Why are these “Get Ready with Me” videos so relaxing? Why do I get lost in the cycle of random people or celebrities getting ready to start their day and do their skincare/haircare routine? Don’t get me started on those “Bedtime Routine” videos too.

Picture college-aged Reagan on her dorm room bed, watching Glossier video after Glossier video of models and Glossier employees getting ready with a video camera pointed at them. I have watched every single Glossier GRWM video, and I am not ashamed to say it. There’s something about watching people verbally go through their skincare routine and have you watch them do it. Lord knows I won’t do 8 out of the 10 steps that they do, but it’s fun to watch. I remember one day, I was watching some GRWM videos in my dorm room, and my roommate went out to go eat with some friends. And by the time she came back, I was in the same spot watching the same type of videos. (Awkward smiley emoji.)

Fun fact: I did, in fact, take a break just now to watch a few GRWM videos. Sue me!

Since I find any type of “Get Ready With Me” or “A Day In the Life” videos and articles so intoxicating, I thought I’d include A Day In the Life of Reagan Fleming. I hope it’s as therapeutic for you as it is for me!

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prepare to be relaxed as hell

〰️ prepare to be relaxed as hell

6:30 - Wake up to my alarm and cuddle with Harper (my dog) for a few minutes.
6:45 - Make coffee, turn my curling iron on, and queue up The Office for some nice background noise.
6:50 - Put contacts in and brush my teeth.
6:55 - Do makeup while sitting on the floor in front of the mirror on the bathroom door.
7:05 - Curl my hair.
7:15 - Let Harper out to go potty, give her a dental chew, and feed her.
7:25 - Pack my lunch for the day if I didn’t already the night before.
7:35 - Get dressed for the day.
7:40 - Make myself a coffee with creamer for when I’m at the office. Sadly there’s no keurig machine, but there is a coffee pot I can use to make myself a pot of black coffee to drink throughout the day. If you can’t tell, I really like drinking coffee.
7:45 - Leave for work.
8:00 - Clock in!
12:00 - Lunch break! I usually watch a show on my laptop while I eat, and then I like to read for the last bit of lunch.
1:00 - Clock back in from lunch!
5:00 - Clock out and walk to my car! Last exclamation point!
5:20 - Get home and let Harps out. She’s usually really wiggly and ready to go potty by the time I get home.
5:30 - Make myself some type of drink (either another coffee, a beer, sparkling water, or a smoothie, depending on if I’m hungry or not) and read either outside on the porch or in one of our living rooms.
6:30 - Start making dinner. I like to play a podcast or some fun oldies music while I cook. It gets me excited about whatever I’m cooking.
6:45 - Eat dinner and watch a show, usually with my roommate!
7:00 - Continue watching shows with my roommate, but here’s when we bring out our crochet projects. I got into crocheting literally last weekend, and I’ve already made a purse, a tank top, and now I’m working on a little slouchy accessories bag. Crocheting and listening to an audiobook is a particular kind of heaven for me.
7:45 - I prefer showering at night and going to bed with damp hair like a lunatic. So, I usually shower around this time and then change into my jammies and slippies. (Aka pajamas and slippers. But I promise you will never hear me say slippers in my own home.)
8:00 - My roommate and I love making decaf coffee and reading in our living room. I could probably drink regular coffee at this point and not be fazed when I go to bed, but I fall to peer pressure and do the decaf. We usually read in silence, and Harps sometimes joins us if she’s not too squirrely at the time. If she’s antsy, I like to have her run around in the front yard to run off some of her energy. She’s the kind of dog that gets super excited when you clap and cheer her on, and that makes her run even faster.
9:30 - My roommates and I are grandmothers when it comes to our bedtime. I’m usually ready for bed at 9, but I really push myself to stay awake until 9:30.
9:40 - Get ready for bed! I have to take out my contacts first and foremost. Then, I use micellar water and sometimes a cotton pad to wipe away my makeup from the day. Next, I cleanse my skin with either the Neutrogena Hydro Boost cleanser or the CeraVe SA cleanser with salicylic acid. (Both make my skin feel incredible.) To finish off the night, I use some type of serum from The Ordinary, and no, I do not want to look up the exact serum I use purely because I’m just lazy, and I wait for that to dry. I should be using eye cream and all that jazz at this step, but I usually just do a night cream all over my face and neck and call it good. Every other day or so I like to use Vaseline on my face as a deep and intense nightly moisturizer. Since it’s still crazy cold in Oklahoma most days, I use this more often than not.
9:55 - I queue up some peaceful and calming show — right now, it’s The Office for me. For a while, it was Heartstopper, which I’ll probably (definitely) get back into in a few weeks. A few nights a week we go crazy and just not have anything on as background noise while we go to sleep. I wouldn’t say that I sleep better with no television on, but I think it’s a nice change while I prepare to shut off my brain for a few hours while I sleep.
10:00 - I let Harper out to go potty for the last time, and then we hop into bed. But! Before we hop into bed, I wrap my hair in a cotton t-shirt since my hair’s still damp, and I sleep in that. If I don’t, boom, headache in the morning.

And that’s it! If you’ve made it this far, congratulations. And I’m surprised. But, hey! You’re probably way more relaxed than you were, right? Oh, the science that is GRWM and A Day In the Life articles.

Reagan Fleming