Hi, it's Ola here with another video.
I've been asked a few times before in the comments to
film something like a morning routine or a daily routine.
But the problem is that I don't have any routines.
So I figured that what could be,
maybe even more interesting and more helpful to other people would
be if I filmed how I did some of the activities,
some of the things that I did during the day,
like cooking or getting dressed or doing my makeup and everything like that
because I know that some of these things are difficult
for people with a MC and with other disabilities.
But I kind of figured a way to do it, uh, to do them on my own,
but I do them in a different way in my way and it took me a few years to figure them out.
So I think it may be useful to you if you're a parent of a kid with disability,
especially with a MC.
Or if you are
disabled yourself, maybe my ways of doing things could kind of help you, uh,
find your own ways.
So I've listed a few things that I wanted to show you,
I hope they're gonna be useful.
I'm not gonna show you some of the things like, I don't know,
actually getting dressed because it's kind of difficult to do if
I don't want to strip in front of the camera.
But if you would like a video like that, just comment below
and I'll try to figure something out, uh,
and show you how I get dressed on my own because
I struggled with that for a while when I was younger,
especially with a bra as a girl.
It was just so difficult and it still is kind of difficult,
but I could show you how I managed to figure
out how to get dressed in different kinds of clothes.
I just have to figure out how to do that without,
you know, just showing myself naked in front of the camera.
So just let me know in the comments if that's something you'd like to see.
And today in this video, I'm gonna show you things that are more
mm let's say censored than actually getting dressed.
So the first thing I wanted to show you is how
I do my hair because I know that it's a problem,
especially for girls or with guys with longer hair because they can't
raise their arms high enough to just brush their hair or,
or tie them
so I can do that. It took me a lot of years to actually be able to do that.
I think I've only managed to do my hair on my own
probably, like, maybe five years ago, maybe even less.
I still do have problems with that but every time, uh, I do that it just gets easier.
So it takes practice to, to do everything
and I can raise my arms high enough to do everything.
And I wasn't able to do that when I was born
and when I was younger
that would help me to do that was swimming.
Uh, I had swimming classes every single week and, uh,
it just helped me kind of build muscles in my arms here.
So now I can just,
you know, raise them so you can see that with my left arm,
I can do basically everything.
I can just brush my hair wherever I want. Yeah.
So, uh, that works fine for me. My left arm is way more able than my right arm.
So with my right arm, I have a bit of a problem. I actually never tried it before.
I think I never tried to brush my hair with my right arm.
So you can see that it's a bit more difficult. Like I can't
kind of turn my wrist to, to do that. I have to help myself with the other arm to,
to do the other, the other side of my head. It doesn't really work for me that way.
So I can only do that with my left arm, which is just more able and then I can just
do anything I want
and uh I can't do a lot of hairstyles. I can't braid my hair or anything like that.
I can just put them in a ponytail or in a bun,
but it's still something.
So what I do when I want to tie my hair is I usually lay down on my bed so that my hair kind,
you know, gravity helps it go down and then
it's easier to collect it and I have no idea how to film that.
So what I usually do is I just brush my hair
a bit back so that it's easier to uh kind of collect
with my to hold with my arms.
And when it's back,
I use my right arm. I put my, I put my scrunchie on or my
uh hair band on my right arm
and I try to hold all of my hair in my right arm
and just collect them with my left arm.
So I'm gonna show it to you from the front and then I'll also film it from the back.
OK.
Sorry.
So
I,
yeah,
OK. As you can see, it's not perfect here like it has some loose hair
and also my hair is not fresh today. So it's way easier with
hair that's straight after washing and drying. But yeah, it just
does the work. So
it's what I need. So it's, it's not too easy.
It actually took me like five times uh to, to do that
on
that.
I don't know why I also had to change the hair
but in the middle because the the yellow one just didn't work.
So yeah, it takes, it takes some practice even for me,
even though I consider myself to be kind of good in tying my hair up.
But yeah, it does work. So I'm kind of proud of myself that I managed to
learn how to do that.
So the next thing I wanted to show you is how I my makeup and how I basically put
everything on my face because I can't use my
hand with like using the inside of my head.
So I can't put any cream like that because it just doesn't work for me.
So what I usually do is I use the, the side of my hand to put everything on my face.
So I'm gonna show you now because maybe you've never thought about doing it that way
and maybe it's gonna work for you as well.
So as you've probably noticed watching my videos,
I don't wear too much makeup and I very rarely wear
even a little bit of makeup. So
I'm gonna just do my my eyelashes now and my lips
and just some powder because I just don't wear makeup.
I don't use foundation, I don't use anything like that.
Ok. So like I told you I don't really use makeup at all.
I just put some mascara and lipstick on and that's it.
But, yeah,
I'm not leaving the house because there's
some Coronavirus going around in the world.
I don't know if you've heard about it, but there's something going on
around. So I'm just not leaving.
But, yeah, when I stay home I usually don't use any perfume or anything like that.
But I just wanted to show you
how I kind of use it because
it's also a bit different than people. Normally, people who don't have any
disability would
use it.
So I have like a small bottle like that. It's easier when I have
bigger balls like this one because then I can just put it. I have like a shelf here.
I could just put it here and then just press it with my arm and, and that's how it works.
But when I have a smaller one,
it's more difficult because I can't use my fingers in a way to, to,
to press it that much.
So I just put it on my arm like that and then
it works.
Oh, no, it doesn't work actually.
Ok. I think I have to put it like on my shoulder
and then, oh, yeah,
it worked now and on the other side I just use my hand like that and do it the same way.
I've just thought about another thing that I could show you how I do,
which is kind of relevant these times and
which I struggled with a lot at the beginning
and it's putting a face mask on. So I use the ones that my grandma made.
Uh, I have problems with using the ones that you have to put the, the stripe,
the strap like over your head.
I don't know how to say that. You know, it,
it's just more difficult, but I use this ones that you put behind your ears,
which are a bit
easier for me to put on.
And uh
and I'm gonna show you two types of them because this
one is kind of easier to put on because it has bigger
uh things for the ears and it's just easier to, to put on.
I usually just use my right arm. Uh my, I
just put it on my right ear first using my right arm
and then I put it like that.
So, yeah, you can't hear me too well.
Yeah.
And then like that, it's, it's not too difficult.
Uh But the other one that I have,
which is a bit thicker material and the straps
are also a bit smaller than the other one.
It's just more difficult to put on
and it takes a bit more time to do that.
So
I also do it the same way.
But then
yeah,
to just,
yeah, it didn't, it didn't quite work. Oh, ok. Now, now it did work.
Uh
Yeah,
and like that. So do you wear masks, please?
Wherever you are in the world, please wear masks.
I mean, if there's Coronavirus in your country, of course, but
I think it is in most of the countries now. So please wear masks, especially in us.
Please just wear the masks and in UK and here in Poland,
wherever you are, just wear masks, please.
So another thing I wanted to show you is how I write and how
I hold the pen because it's also something that I know some people struggle with
and it's something that I had to learn when I went to primary school.
So
I usually hold my pen like that.
So I know people
usually hold it something like that, but it's not just, it's not comfortable for me.
So I put like I hold it with my thumb and put it between my
3rd and 4th finger
and yeah, I don't have a pretty handwriting. Sorry for that.
Ok, so now that I'm all ready to go out, I have my makeup on, I'm ready to go.
So I went downstairs to the kitchen because
wherever else we could go in the quarantine.
So yeah,
I wanted to show you a few things that I do in the kitchen because if you don't know, I
right now am in Poland. So I live with my parents, but
normally usually I live in UK where I study.
So I, I have to do everything in the kitchen on my own.
So I just wanted to show you how I learned everything
and how I did everything with different kind of tools.
I used to help myself with everything.
So yeah,
I just wanted to show you different things because
maybe it's also gonna be useful for you.
So, yeah, that is a lifesaver. It opens everything in the kitchen.
I mean, all the bottles, jars and other stuff like that.
I'm gonna show you how it works.
I have no idea where to buy it.
To be honest, my mom just get it for me in some local shop,
some grocery shop and I have a few of them.
So I have them in every backpack, in every kitchen, in every room basically.
But yeah, I have no idea where to buy them and even how to find them online.
I'm gonna try to and maybe I'm gonna be able to link something in the description,
but I can't
miss anything because I just bought them here locally in worse than Poland.
So what you can do with them is you can open bottles like that
and
it just makes it way easier. It's open.
You can also close it if you can't close it properly
and you need to take it away or something like that.
So you can just put it like that
and you can close the thing and it closes quite hard.
I personally can also open bottles that were open
before I can also open them with my hands.
I don't do it that way. I take them between my
2nd and 3rd finger
and
turn it like that
and they open.
But I use that thing for opening, uh, bottles that were not open before.
Another thing you can do with that is opening a jar.
It has this to
this piece. I don't know if you can see it,
but this small piece here and this bigger piece here
are both open jars.
I don't use them too often because I usually open the jar with a spoon.
I just put a spoon right here and, and open it like that.
But I can try doing it right now.
I don't know if it's gonna, oh, yeah, it works the same way as the spoon.
So you have to take it like that
and do it that way and then you can
easily
open the jar
and I think it's just for two sizes of jars. So, like bigger and smaller ones,
it's kind of useful. I guess. I've never used it that way, but it can be used that way.
But how I usually open the jar is I take the spoon,
I put the jar like that. I, and
I kind of try to put, let some
go inside the jar if you know what I mean?
I mean, this jar is also, is already open, of course,
but when it's closed I just let some
air inside and then it's easier to open it.
Yeah. So another thing that this thing can open is cans
and it's quite useful for me in this way because I can't,
I just don't have strong enough fingers to open the can like that.
Like, you know, like we usually do.
But
this thing has like this small bit. I'm trying to,
I'm trying to focus the camera on that. But you can see. Oh, yeah,
you can see this like small thing here inside
where you put the,
the thing from the can. I just don't know how these things are called
and then
you just do it that way
and it's open
to them.
It's useful.
I don't know where to buy it, but it's great.
And the last thing that it can open our bowls like that
is it's a beer, but I'm 21 so I'm allowed
and
I don't usually use it that way because it's just,
I would have to hold it very hard with my, with my right arm.
But you basically do with that way. Yeah.
I'm, I'm kind of scared now to do it because I don't want to spill the drink
everywhere because what, what I do,
I usually put the bottle between my legs when I sit down and that way it's,
it stays steady,
but I'm gonna try to do it.
No. Yeah, I'm kind of scared. I'm not gonna do it now.
Uh,
yeah,
that what we can do if you are like me and your skirt
to open bottles like that because your arms are not strong enough.
We can just put the bottle between your legs and it works great.
Can I do it?
No, I'm scared. I'm sorry, I'm not gonna do that.
But yeah, it opens bowls as well.
So, yeah, so that's how I basically open everything in the kitchen like bowls.
I mean,
uh, because I just used this thing that I showed you and
it works great for me.
But I also wanted to show you how I hold things because I do it in a quite different way
because I can hold a glass or a can or a bottle like that in my left hand.
I couldn't do that
in my right hand. It's not strong enough.
But if I had to hold something with my right arm, I just do it like that.
I hold it that way.
But
I'm also not strong enough. I, I'm strong enough to put
like can, uh, to my mouth. But when I have a bigger glass or a bottle,
I can do it with one arm. So I usually just hold it like that in both arms. And
that way I can drink, uh,
I used to use straws so that I don't have to put it up to my mouth,
but I don't use them anymore because
if I don't have to use them, then I don't wanna, you know, just, just waste plastic,
I guess. Ok, so another thing is holding plates and the bowls because
when it's empty, then it's easy because of course,
I can just hold an empty bowl like that and it's fine.
But when I have like milk inside or soup or anything like that,
then it's quite heavy and it's,
I'm just worried that I'm gonna, you know, trip over or just let it go and, uh,
spill everything.
So, what I usually do is I either put it on something steady,
uh, like a plate or something like that and then carry that way or when I can do that
then
because it's easier for me to carry something like that with my thumbs
inside and when there's soup inside and I can't have my thumbs inside.
So then
because I can't
kind of carry it like that or something like that.
It's just not easy for me. It's not comfortable.
So I usually
hold it like that. So I hold it between my
two arms and then it's quite easy to carry it. Not if it's too hot,
but if it's cold and it's quite easy to carry
because I can just hold it strong between my arms.
And as you can see, I don't have any thumbs inside, I just
hold it that way.
So maybe it's gonna be easy for you as well.
And with plates,
I can also carry them like I can also carry a lot of plates when they're empty.
But when they have something inside and I'm also, you know,
worried I'm gonna steal something or just drop it.
Then I usually just as well put my
thumbs inside. But
what I do is I have my, like I hold plates so you can see, I hold them in my left arm,
I hold them like that.
But
as I can't do that with my right arm, my right hand, I just hold it like that.
It's, it's quite a strong grip, I'd say.
Uh but yeah, it's just, it's just easier for me.
It may not be easier for you, but maybe it will help.
I just want to show you because I have this thing with sugar,
this container with sugar.
I just wanted to show you how I carry
heavy stuff because this is quite heavy right now.
So I just put it on my left arm like that and hold it like that
or
I just hug it
and, and carry it like that because it's also easier to kind of, you know,
have it closer to you and just hug it and then I can carry it wherever I want
because it's even too heavy for me to,
yeah,
it's quite heavy for me to carry it like that.
So I just usually hug it and it's easier.
So now I just wanted to show you how I cook things and how I prepare my dinners.
I'm not gonna cook anything like on my own
today because my grandma made us some crepes.
So I'm just gonna hit them up.
But you can still see how I manage in the kitchen basically
and how I do everything with the pans and with holding everything.
So I'm just gonna speed up the footage here and
you can just see how I do everything.
So there's one last thing that I wanted to show you because
it may make your life easier because it made my life easier.
So it's this thing on the side of your, on the back of your phone,
I think it's called pocket
pocket something. I, I don't remember one second
pop, socket.
Yeah, it's not socket, pop, it's pop, socket.
Ok. So this thing,
it made like
my hands are so small that if I were to hold my phone just like that
I can't kind of type on it with my one hand
with one
hand only. So when I use that, that way I can hold my phone in one arm and type
and it just feels more secure because I just won't drop it.
Even if I hold it like that, I just won't drop it.
And I don't know, I just, I think I've had it for the past 1.5 year now
and it's so much easier to use a bigger phone like
that because I always wanted to have like smaller phones.
This is iphone eight.
So I always wanted to have smaller ones because I just
couldn't use them easily but with pocket so pocket sock,
pocket
pop
socket, but with pop
socket now, I can just use it easily.
Uh It's not an ad, by the way, I'm not, you know,
monetized or anything like that. It's not an ad. I just like using that. Ok.
So I think that's it for this video.
If there's anything else that you'd like to see how I do that,
even if you're just curious or if that could help you with your abilities,
then just let me know in the comments or on my Instagram and Twitter.
And
yeah,
I hope you like this video and I'll make sure to make
the one about clothing and getting dressed because it's also very important.
I know that a lot of you struggle with that. So yeah, I hope you liked it.
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Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you on Thursday. Bye.