WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.200 Hi everyone, Welcome back to another podcast episode. My name is Alicia Gogin, 2 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.240 the host of the Globe Sucress podcast, where I help you expand your 3 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.359 mind and become more self aware so that you can glow up into the best 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.679 version of yourself. Hi. Hello, how are we doing another day? 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.239 Another freaking dollar? I said that in last week's episode. I don't know 6 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:19.920 why it's just looping in my brain, but it is, and we're gonna 7 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:24.559 go with it. I have been feeling so productive lately. Now I will 8 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:31.120 attribute to the energy and the productivity to my ovulation phase because that's where I'm 9 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:35.159 in in my cycle right now. So God bless a good ovulation phase where 10 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:40.439 it gives you the most energy. Like, honestly, if you don't know 11 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.399 about your cycle as a woman, you should definitely go watch out of my 12 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:48.840 videos on cycle sinking. But I have been super inspired. I think you 13 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.759 know what it is, mainly outside of like the ovulation phase, because like 14 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.039 right now, I have a lot of energy and I'm just getting things done. 15 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:58.000 Like right now, I'm recording this episode waite earlier than I thought. 16 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.719 I've been super on my videos. I have like two three in the backlog 17 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.519 where you to go. For you guys, I am so on it and 18 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:11.200 I'm very in my organization planning mode. But I will say I'm very very 19 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:19.040 inspired because slowly summer is coming to an end, and naturally I'm just thinking 20 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.959 about the fall in the winter, I'm thinking about the content that I be 21 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.040 creating for you guys. I want to come up with this little series that 22 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:30.400 I have for my YouTube channel. I have been focusing I think I've said 23 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.640 this multiple times, but I've been focusing on furnishing more of my condo now 24 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.400 that I feel like I'm not living this like Hawkgrol summer, not like I 25 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:40.159 was actually living a Hawkgrol summer. By the way, it wasn't hot, 26 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.799 it was healed, but I just felt like I wasn't really I wasn't prioritizing 27 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.480 getting any new like furniture or a rug that I need or you guys know 28 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:53.519 this freaking studio. But listen, okay, listen. I have found the 29 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.799 chair I want to get. I just now need to decide on the color, 30 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.040 and so that's going to take me damn near probably three weeks to figure 31 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:05.000 out. But I am going to push myself. But the chair that I'm 32 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.919 looking at is called the Togo bean bag chair. I will be getting a 33 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:12.639 replica. I am not going to be dropping damn near five k on that 34 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.919 chair. So I'll let you guys know. We'll keep it, we'll keep 35 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.360 it updated. But I've been thinking that I want to like redo this room. 36 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.719 And by the way, if you're listening to Spotify and Apple, I 37 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.520 do have my YouTube channels, so if you're wondering, like why i'd be 38 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:28.759 talking about this, because you could see me if you wanted to on YouTube. 39 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.080 But I've been thinking about revamping this whole entire room, Like I want 40 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.000 to get a carpet. I'm gonna do the bean bag chair, which means 41 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.000 I'll be filming lower It's gonna be a whole production. But with that said, 42 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:44.120 I have been very motivated and I have a lot of goals. So 43 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.000 when you have a lot of goals, and this is something that I've actually 44 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.479 been really feeling, not thinking, well, I guess thinking, but feeling. 45 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:55.360 For the past few weeks, I've been having so many goals and not 46 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:59.280 even necessarily goals, but I have a lot of projects and things that I 47 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:02.280 need to work on, to the point where it's forcing me to really make 48 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:07.159 more plans and be very strategic with my time and to like, you know, 49 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.120 lately, I've been really really good with my sleep routine and staying off 50 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:15.080 my phone and doing the things that I need to and having more deadlines for 51 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.360 myself so I can get things done quicker. Like I've been really in my 52 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:23.240 masculine energy. I'm trying to get shit done and it's feeling really good. 53 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:24.360 Like I'm getting so much done, and I figured, like, why not 54 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:29.680 give you guys some tips that I've been implementing that I think is really good. 55 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.400 And you know what, like, let's talk about this for a second 56 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:35.719 before we even get into the tips. So sometimes when we don't have a 57 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:40.759 lot of goals or like action plans, we're just kind of flowing through life 58 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.520 and just chilling and just being. That you could say is more you being 59 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.240 in your feminine energy, and it's not a bad thing to be in at 60 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.360 all. It's actually very healing. A lot of people aren't have never even 61 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:00.520 resided in that feminine flow, just you know, listening to your intuition, 62 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.520 more letting out your emotions and just relaxing and being in the present. And 63 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.800 both men and women can do this by the way too, and just like 64 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:12.280 not taking things so seriously and not trying to hyperfixate and perfect every single action 65 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:16.480 and you take throughout your day this that it's great, but sometimes you need 66 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.000 to add a little bit more masculine energy within your life, especially when you 67 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:24.120 want to hit goals, because your goals do you require you to kind of 68 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.079 take more of that linear stance one step here and then the other above and 69 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:31.399 the other above. So you need to kind of think a little bit more 70 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.439 strategically, and you need to have a focus. And I was listening to 71 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.759 a podcast and I was talking about this in the video I posted today. 72 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.160 Actually, well when you see this, it won't be today, but I 73 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.399 was talking about how not to feel lonely while building your dream life. Really 74 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.240 good tips if you need a little bit of advice if you feel a little 75 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.560 lonely on your journey, which I think a lot of people do on a 76 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:55.360 self development journey. But I was talking or sorry, I listened to a 77 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.920 podcast from The Skinny Confidential, which I freaking love that podcast. And if 78 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.199 you didn't know, it's a couple like they're married, who have this podcast. 79 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:06.240 So there's Lauren everts Well her last name is Bostick now and Michael Bostick, 80 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:10.399 So there's a male and a female, so I love both their perspectives 81 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:13.839 on things. But they were talking about like five business mistakes that they made 82 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.879 that they I don't know, they're just like giving advice on like mistakes not 83 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.040 to make. And they're talking about how, you know, when you're young, 84 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:26.480 really do the most that you can when you are trying to hit goals, 85 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.879 like if you want to be extraordinary, if you want to have the 86 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:31.639 dream life that you say that you have, like it is going to require 87 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:34.920 you to do work and to take that action. And even Michael was saying, 88 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.160 like, you know, on the weekends where you could chill with your 89 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.000 friends, maybe some of those weekends you're going to take to work on your 90 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.720 side hustle or your business, especially if you don't know what you're wanting to 91 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.439 do in your life. And then Lauren was talking about how she agreed, 92 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:53.360 but she was also saying, like she's talking about the soft life era and 93 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:58.639 how you know there's this whole movement of like quiet quitting and just wanting to 94 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.240 chill and relax, and she was like, I try and be gentle with 95 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.800 myself, like I totally give myself time to relax and be more in that 96 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.680 feminine energy. She didn't say that, but that's basically what she means. 97 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.240 But you know, I still have goals and they require me to take action. 98 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.279 And I think the same thing too. It's so important that we don't 99 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.920 burn ourselves out and we're not in this hustle, hustle hustle culture because a 100 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:25.560 lot of the times you just push past your capabilities anyways, and then you 101 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.079 end up, you know, prolonging your process and a lot of ways when 102 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.360 it comes to hitting goals because you're so burnt out, or because you're so 103 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:36.160 not aligned to where you're actually technically kind of supposed to be in your life. 104 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:41.480 But I digress. I say that because you know there's gonna be a 105 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.959 time and place where it's important for you to channel more of the mask and 106 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.079 the energy and to kind of hustle in a way. Now we can learn 107 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.079 how to work smarter or not harder and not really burn ourselves out. But 108 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:55.519 you know, like the soft life, and I've talked about this a lot 109 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.519 of the times, Like the soft life is so important and it's so healing, 110 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.399 and it's essentially you in your feminine energy and not taking life super seriously 111 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.279 and always trying to perfect and plan. I've already said this before, but 112 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.360 again, if we want to have this life, then it is going to 113 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.279 require us to take some action. And what helps us take action is to 114 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:20.680 set things in place within our day to allow us to be basically more productive 115 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:25.240 so that we can get the task done quicker, more efficiently, so we 116 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:30.000 don't burn ourselves out things like that. And so with that said, I've 117 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.000 had so many things that it's basically forced me to continue to learn how to 118 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.040 be a little bit more productive, more efficient, and I want to share 119 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:40.680 some tips with you guys. So this episode is really going to be for 120 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:45.040 the ones where the season of your life is to channel more of the masculine 121 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:50.040 energy. Maybe if you feel like this is just too much or too hard 122 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:54.120 or too strict, most likely you probably need a little bit more of that 123 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.959 feminine energy. Like maybe there's too many things on your plate where you're like, 124 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.519 I can't even add anymore any more productivity? Are freaking tips or trips 125 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:03.319 or whatever? Like I have been there, and honestly, like that's kind 126 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.839 of how I've been this summer. I've been really in the flow of things. 127 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.839 I've been creating content based off of what I'm going through in my life. 128 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:16.000 I wasn't pre planning a lot of things, and I really enjoyed that 129 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.079 period of my life, like it really allowed me to just be in the 130 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.639 present and live my life and also experience things so that I can share for 131 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.639 you guys. But now, naturally, as the seasons are changing, I 132 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:31.000 can just energetically feel the need to add a little bit more masculine structure. 133 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.480 And I think another thing is like, if you're feeling a little bit overwhelmed 134 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.120 lots of anxiety with your life, sometimes that can be a result. Well, 135 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.519 obviously there's a million reasons why we have anxiety, and I have a 136 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:48.600 lot of episodes on managing anxiety and stress. But sometimes it's because we actually 137 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:56.320 don't have any focus or goals or clear vision for our lives. When we 138 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.720 don't have a clear vision and we feel very lost, there's a lot of 139 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.960 anxiety that can come from that, like what am I even doing? Where 140 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.159 am I even going right? So if you don't know that is the first 141 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:13.159 step is to create a vision for yourself. Now, for me personally, 142 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.320 I have a very very very clear vision for my life now, I definitely 143 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:22.720 always have to adjust it throughout the seasons, Like even now thinking about fall 144 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.759 and winter. There's just going to be things where I need to kind of 145 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.120 look back on my vision and adjust it and see where I'm going. But 146 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.360 for the most part, I do have a pretty long term vision. But 147 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:35.039 it will help you in this process that you are feeling a little bit chaotic 148 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.799 to have some sort of vision, so sitting down and looking at the light 149 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.679 that you want to live or the things that you want to accomplish. Like 150 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:43.919 for me, and this is kind of what has called me to move into 151 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:50.360 the masculine a little bit more. Is my book. So I've finished writing 152 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.320 my book, but of course I have editors, and so right now we're 153 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.000 going through all the edits and we're restructuring things, and we're doing a bunch 154 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:01.360 of stuff, and it's getting close to the time that we need to submit 155 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.840 the manuscript and then we go to press, and then we do marketing and 156 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:09.200 we do all that kind of stuff. So now like there is no more 157 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.480 room for me to kind of be in the feminine. I have to set 158 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.639 a deadline and I have to have things in place in my life in order 159 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:20.000 for me to get that done. Another thing for me is I'm thinking about 160 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.679 fall content, and honestly, fall comes and goes very very quickly. So 161 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:28.679 now that we are approaching fall, I really need to move into the masculine 162 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.360 and sit down and have a vision of like what types of videos do I 163 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.480 want to bring to my audience, what topics do I want to talk about, 164 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.240 what would make sense for that season of life for my audience, so 165 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:43.159 that you guys can actually get some help throughout each season. You guys know 166 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.759 I'm here for you every season, so you know, really getting clear of 167 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:48.720 what you want, and of course you could even go bigger than that, 168 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:54.440 like obviously have certain goals financially and just things that I can see myself doing 169 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.000 next year. But getting clear with the vision that you hold for yourself, 170 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.720 what you want to accomplish, who want to be that will really help you 171 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:05.320 be able to actually take steps towards what it is that you want, because 172 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:07.679 I think a lot of people kind of even struggle with taking action in their 173 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:11.559 life or being productive because they don't know even where to start or like why 174 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.919 they're starting. And I know we have a lot of goals for ourselves, 175 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.799 so I would honestly say, if you have so many that you can't even 176 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.080 pick, just focus on like the next three months. So this is what 177 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.919 I'll say, like focus on the next quarter. So we have essentially almost 178 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:31.080 one quarter left of the year October, November, December. Obviously we're still 179 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.840 in August and then we have September. But like the next quarter, that's 180 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.120 where I'm really planning, like all of my content, any of my goals, 181 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:41.240 things that I need to launch, whatever it is, and also make 182 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.519 it fun. By the way, this is something that I think I'm going 183 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:45.840 to make a video on. We'll actually I know that I'm gonna make a 184 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.600 video on this how to prepare for fall. I did a video on how 185 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:52.840 to change your identity for the summer and it did really well. You guys 186 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.200 liked it. And I created a template and I just talked about, you 187 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.639 know, structuring the vision that you hold for yourself. So that is definitely 188 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:01.960 going to be coming. But if you want to do this now, of 189 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.080 course, like sitting down, going on notion, going on canva, creating 190 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.039 a mood board, like how do you want the next three four months of 191 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.120 your life to look? Get clear? Now, I think a lot of 192 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:18.279 people struggle with being productive because they have never actually evaluated where they spend their 193 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.039 time. I feel like there has been so many times where I feel like, 194 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.039 no matter how much time I have in the day, there is just 195 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.320 not enough. And then I will sit here and I will honestly think about 196 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.440 what it is that I did this day or the day that I feel like 197 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.879 times just like not enough time, and I realize, like, I've done 198 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.879 like maybe three things, And then I realized that I could have done those 199 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.759 three things in a shorter time frame, or I actually could have done a 200 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:48.480 lot quicker and I didn't. So taking a second to really think about how 201 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:52.240 much time you spend doing the things that you say you need to do, 202 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.039 like working towards your goals, but also things that have nothing to do with 203 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.559 your goals. So even if you think about the gym, how long are 204 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:03.559 you take at the gym? Are you wasting a lot of time just standing 205 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.679 around and talking to people and switching music a thousand times and not having a 206 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.440 plan, which usually that's what happened. Sometimes people are like, they don't 207 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:13.360 go in with the plan, so then they go in there and they're like, 208 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.759 oh, maybe I'll go in the StairMaster because this is free. Oh 209 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.679 maybe I'll do waits over here. And then like you get home and you 210 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.600 do everything else, and at the end of the day you're like, oh 211 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.799 my gosh, you didn't have enough time to do this that in the third 212 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.480 But it's also like what you did at the gym could have actually taken thirty 213 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:30.279 minutes, but you took another hour to do it because you didn't even have 214 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.399 a plan. Or let's say in the morning, you like to have your 215 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.240 slow mornings. You're relaxing mornings, which is amazing. You can have that. 216 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.840 That's good. But something that I was realizing was like, Okay, 217 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:45.159 I'm spending an hour. I'm giving myself an hour to have like a slow 218 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.879 morning, let's say, But within that hour, I'm not even doing much. 219 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.200 Like it doesn't take an hour to drink a coffee. It shouldn't take 220 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.639 an hour for me to sit and scroll on Pinterest because I don't even want 221 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:01.080 to be scrolling on Pinterest for an hour. It doesn't take me an hour 222 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:03.720 to journal, So why is it that I'm giving myself an hour here for 223 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.240 this slow morning routine when I really could do things in a smaller frame and 224 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.600 I want to be clear here. This is not to just be a tyrant 225 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:16.519 on ourselves and to take all the joy and the fun out of everything, 226 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.799 but it's simply to evaluate how much time you're wasting and also how much time 227 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.879 are you telling yourself that you need to get a task done. And this 228 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:26.840 is going to lead into the third thing, which is if you want to 229 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.960 be more productive, you are going to have to have some more time frames 230 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:35.799 and deadlines. Because this is the thing. If we do not have a 231 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:41.679 timeline, we will take as long as we give ourselves. So if you 232 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.519 tell yourself tonight, I'm going to go home and I'm going to deep clean 233 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.120 my place until I go to sleep, until it gets dark, until I 234 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.639 get tired, you are going to spend three to four hours doing these mundane 235 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.120 tasks and trying to get your ear place clean. You might finish it, 236 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:58.000 or maybe you won't, but you might finish it. But the thing is, 237 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.399 if you were to act, tell yourself, Okay, when I get 238 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.799 home, I'm going to deep clean my place and I'm going to get it 239 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.720 done in an hour. Most likely if you're actually setting realistic goals, and 240 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.120 we can talk about that, but most likely you would actually get your place 241 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:16.240 cleaned in an hour because you gave yourself that deadline. And this happens all 242 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.639 the time. It happens in school all the time. I used to always 243 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.320 do this in school. I would literally just wait until the last minute until 244 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:26.480 I actually got that deadline in and that really showed me that I could actually 245 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.200 get something done in such a short amount of time. And also, I 246 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.440 am not promoting you wait to the last minute, because that affects the quality 247 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:39.000 of your work as well obviously, but it really goes to show you, 248 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.639 like you actually could get so much work done in a small amount of time. 249 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.519 I think you can even think about this when it comes to nine to 250 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:48.360 fives. I think when a lot of us moved to working from home, 251 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.039 we realized just how much time we waste at work not actually doing anything. 252 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.639 And that's how I work as well. Like you know, I don't have 253 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.919 an eight hour work day because I can get my work done in such smaller 254 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:07.240 frames of time if I'm actually focused and I actually give myself that deadline, 255 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.200 that framework. So whatever goals that you have in mind, give yourself a 256 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:17.360 framework and make sure that it's realistic. Yes, but you know, have 257 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.279 some sort of end date if you just say, like, oh, I 258 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.559 want to start my YouTube channel this year, or like I want to start 259 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:30.440 my YouTube channel this fall. When what day? And like how many videos 260 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.120 are you going to post within the fall? And then you know, oh 261 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:36.639 you want to start vlog, Miss okay, what day are you going to 262 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:38.840 be planning it? And like how long are you going to give yourself each 263 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:42.279 day to record the video? Like you need to have a plan, but 264 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.679 you also need to have a time frame. If not, it's going to 265 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.720 be up in the air. And what happens, especially when you're planning, 266 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.919 is things come and go so incredibly quick, and then you're pushing it off 267 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.879 and pushing it off and pushing it off. Another thing to help you be 268 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.960 really productive, and this honestly helps me so much, is you need to 269 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:07.400 start eliminating distractions. And I think that we don't even realize how much small 270 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:12.880 little things when we get off of our tracks, really affect our quality of 271 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:18.440 our work and just the length of getting shit done. And I recognize this 272 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.720 within myself sometimes too, because you know, sometimes let's say, let's say 273 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.400 I'm writing my book and I'm like in a deep flow and then I have 274 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.960 to go to the washroom, and then when I go to the washroom, 275 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.519 I haven't urge to pick up my phone. As soon as I pick up 276 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:34.519 my phone, I'm adding at least two to five minutes extra on top of 277 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.599 this break that didn't need to happen other than me just going to the washroom 278 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.279 and getting back. Even if it's just like you the simple like oh, 279 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.319 I'll just quickly check my phone, there is going to be something that gets 280 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.000 your attention, and then you're going to click one thing and another, and 281 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.440 then your mind's going to go somewhere and then you're going to be off of 282 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.480 the task that you're doing, and then you're going to naturally just go into 283 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.160 the you know, the dopamine kick that you're in, and then eventually, 284 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.759 yes, you'll come out of it, but then you just wasted five ten 285 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.599 feen minutes and on top of that, you took yourself out of flow. 286 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:07.160 So it's so important when you are trying to be productive that you eliminate distraction. 287 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:11.319 So for me personally, like when I am writing, my phone is 288 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.640 on D n D, nobody is messaging me. And then also what I 289 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.880 do is I go on YouTube and I write a story not right, I 290 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.279 type in a one hour or like a two hour study with me. This 291 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.640 is the timeframe thing as well that really helps me. So like let's say 292 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:29.559 I decided that I want to write for two hours, I'm going to go 293 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:33.480 on and find music that goes to two hours. So it's done. I'm 294 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:37.799 writing for two hours and my phone is away. Or simply in the morning, 295 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.440 I keep my phone now outside of my room. I do this because 296 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.480 I can wake up naturally, and I'll usually wake up around like six am 297 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:48.519 recently, which has been so freaking nice, and it feels so much more 298 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.400 productive. That's another tip I guess. Try to wake up earlier, like 299 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:55.680 honestly, like thirty minutes earlier. We can talk about sleep. But I 300 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.640 keep my phone out of my room because even when I like my if my 301 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:03.720 alarm does go off, if you pick up your phone, even if you're 302 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.920 not somebody that's going to scroll for long, even if you scroll for like 303 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.720 that five minutes, that really does something to you. And if you have 304 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:15.400 goals, and those goals require you to work on your mindset in the morning 305 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.359 by journaling, or for you to just get up and be in sync by 306 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.440 going to the washroom, drinking some water, having a quick pre workout meal, 307 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.920 and then going to your gym. If you start to have these stupid 308 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:32.400 distractions that get in the way, that is going to prolong you from getting 309 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.960 to where you want to be. So again, this really does come back 310 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.839 to evaluating yourself, not only evaluating where you spend your time, but also 311 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.880 like what are your vices? What do you tend to waste your time on. 312 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:47.480 Maybe it's not you picking up your phone, but maybe it's you, 313 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.759 like I don't know, constantly going to talk to your roommate every three seconds 314 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:55.000 or something, or answering your friend when as soon as she texts you versus 315 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:59.200 waiting to get your task done and then to answer your friend, or maybe 316 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:03.960 when you're at the gym you recognize that you're just constantly having conversations with people 317 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:07.119 between each set, or like you're switching your music and you're trying to find 318 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:11.119 the right song between each set, but that takes you an extra two to 319 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.920 three minutes between each set, and there's taking you longer and longer, Like 320 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:18.920 you really have to start to eliminate those little things, and they will make 321 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:22.920 such a big difference because you will stay in that flow. And when you're 322 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.359 in that flow, like that is the productive flow that you want to be 323 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:29.960 in. That is where you start to get things done. And one thing 324 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.599 that I think that has been so transformative for me because sometimes, like when 325 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:37.960 we're trying to be productive and get a bunch of things done, we do 326 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.039 sometimes feel like we just don't have enough time. Okay, when I wake 327 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:45.039 up in the mornings and I don't play anything, like, I don't play 328 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:51.640 a podcast, it's just meet in silence or I'm working in silence. I 329 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:57.000 swear working in silence makes you feel like time stops. Like honestly, like 330 00:20:57.119 --> 00:21:00.200 spend a whole day or at least half of your morning one day. Just 331 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:04.480 try it. If you're somebody who you know you usually watch YouTube videos in 332 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:10.240 the morning or whatever, Honestly, please try to wake up in the morning 333 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.720 and don't play anything like of course you can go on your phone here and 334 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:15.200 there like whenever it is that you give yourself that time, but do not 335 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:22.680 play anything and just recognize how your nervous system feels and how the space and 336 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:27.039 time literally feels to you. It's insane. I have been doing that, 337 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.960 like especially like a lot lately. And oh my gosh, I feel like 338 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:34.279 I have so much more time when it's just quiet. When I have quiet 339 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:40.079 mornings, you know, even when I'm about to do a task as well, 340 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.599 I try not to listen to a video that's gonna like stimulate my brain, 341 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:47.039 because then my brain is going to think about this idea and that idea. 342 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.400 And it's not to say that I can't do my job, but it 343 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.160 just it makes me more calm, more at ease, and then I feel 344 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.680 like, you know, I'm getting one thing done after the other and I'm 345 00:21:55.720 --> 00:22:00.319 being productive. Another productivity hack that I think is super super helpfu full, 346 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:03.160 and I do this a lot. And you have to ebb and flow through 347 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:06.079 this, right because there's going to be some days where just having a silent 348 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.720 morning it's just going to do it for you, or like a silent walk 349 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.880 as you're getting your steps in is going to do it for you. But 350 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:14.759 on the flip side, there are going to be times where you can habit 351 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.240 stack and habit sacking. For anyone who does not know, it's basically getting 352 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:21.240 two things done at once. Now, we want to be careful with the 353 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:25.920 type of things that we are doing because we don't want to ruin the quality 354 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.279 of work or thing that we are doing. Let's say I don't know, 355 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.839 for instance, like actually this is not really habit stacking, but I'll just 356 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:38.400 mention it anyways. Like sometimes when I am writing, naturally, it's like 357 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.000 okay, let me put on some background coffee shop music and like set the 358 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:45.599 vibes so it can kind of like flow and like get things done. But 359 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:49.160 sometimes it's distracting, so I'll just turn off and it will be quiet or 360 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:52.160 like silent. That's not really habit sacking, but I figured out just say 361 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:57.359 that. But a habit stack can simply just be instead of you waking up 362 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:03.279 in the morning and then sitting down on your couch and watching a podcast episode 363 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:07.720 like the one that you're watching right now, and watching it through the entirety 364 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.720 and then deciding to go get up and go for your walk or get up 365 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.759 and I don't know, make yourself a meal. You would be listening to 366 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.359 that podcast as you're making your meal, or you'd be listening to that podcast 367 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.400 as you're going for your hawkrow walk. Or for me, there are so 368 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:25.759 many people that hit me up on my phone, like all of my friends, 369 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.000 family followers on Instagram, things like that, and if I were to 370 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:34.039 just continue to keep answering people all day, I would literally never get anything 371 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:37.000 done. So sometimes what I like to do is like, if I'm sent 372 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:41.000 first of all quickly, I'll send voice notes to people so that I save 373 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.359 time texting. That's not really have a stack. But what I'll usually do 374 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.920 is like if I'm going on a walk, I will then decide to listen 375 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:52.119 to the voice notes that my friends sent me, or I will call my 376 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.319 friends instead of using the time that I'm supposed to be working during the day, 377 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:00.960 and like stop halfway through and then text and have these conversations with skincare. 378 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:02.839 I do this all the time, Like, honestly, you have to 379 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:06.279 think about the most niche, small little things to do throughout your day. 380 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:08.200 And again, this is not all about like hacking every single part of your 381 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:11.599 life, like we need to slow down, but there's some things that you 382 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.160 can definitely have a stack. For me personally, when I do my skincare, 383 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.359 I have about like five products that I usually put on my face at 384 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:22.839 nighttime, depending sometimes I literally just put one thing on done. But when 385 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:27.039 I do my skincare, I like to put like the serumon and then I'll 386 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:32.880 let it dry and then I'll put on whatever the next serumon, let it 387 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.880 dry, the I cream, let it sink into my face, whatever. 388 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:38.160 So that takes a little bit of time. So when I put the first 389 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.240 layer of my skincare on, that's when I will go floss my teeth. 390 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.920 Okay done, next layer on. Now I'm going to brush my teeth. 391 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.440 Okay done. So I've done brushing my teeth and my flossing and then I 392 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:56.559 finished my skincare versus doing my five steps skincare and standing around and doing nothing 393 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.640 in between as I'm waiting for it to dry and then brush my teeth. 394 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:04.160 Simple things like that, And honestly, it really is essentially multitasking. But 395 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:08.960 again, we just want to be aware that we're not taking too much of 396 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.160 the quality of the work or the things that we are doing. Like for 397 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.880 me to go on a brisk walk and for me to talk to my friend 398 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:19.279 on the phone, like the quality of the conversation is not low just because 399 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:23.000 I'm walking. But let's say I don't know, like I'm walking in a 400 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:27.559 very busy, crowded place and there's a lot of people and maybe like some 401 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:30.920 people are trying to talk to me, but I'm like trying to like get 402 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:33.960 to a certain place, or maybe I don't know the direction, so I'm 403 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:37.119 trying to look on my GPS as I'm navigating downtown Toronto and I'm talking to 404 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.640 my friend on the phone. That is where I would say it's probably not 405 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.480 a good opportunity to habit stacked, because now the quality of your conversation is 406 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.000 not really going to be there. So you obviously have to consider things, 407 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.720 but try and look throughout your day, Like if you find yourself just standing 408 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:55.559 around waiting for your coffee to be made, your French pressing your coffee, 409 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:57.440 is there something you could do? Like I was gonna say, brush your 410 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.839 teeth, but you should probably just brush your teeth after you do your coffee 411 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:03.960 or drink your coffee. At least that's what I do. But maybe you're 412 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:07.480 journaling as you're waiting for your coffee to be done, Like just small little 413 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.960 things like that. Now a few other things that are going to be helpful 414 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:15.400 for you to be productive, And honestly, these things are even more important 415 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.960 than you trying to time badge by like setting deadlines and getting things done in 416 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.759 a short amount of times. Actually By the way, I don't really think 417 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:25.319 I talked about the time batching. I mean I talked about the timeframe thing. 418 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:29.559 But okay, time batching is essentially like you are setting a time that 419 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:33.240 you're going to do X amount of work, but it's all kind of like 420 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.240 in one sitting. So I will give you a very good example of how 421 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:41.359 I used to time batch all the time when I was working two jobs. 422 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:44.799 I was working my corporate job and then I was like serving and bartending. 423 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:48.000 I had like a very small amount of time for me to do content. 424 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:52.640 So I wanted to post a YouTube video every single week, and I also 425 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.279 wanted to post a TikTok every single day. So I wasn't able to actually 426 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:02.960 get on camera once a week and sit down in film or on TikTok to 427 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:06.640 sit down every single day and to film and then edit and then upload. 428 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.880 So what I would do is I would pick one to two days out of 429 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.480 the week, and I would have all my scripts ready, all of my 430 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:14.440 ideas, and I would sit down and I would batch film. So I 431 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:18.559 would film three videos at a time, or I would film five tiktoks for 432 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:22.119 that whole week, and then I would choose another day where I just edited 433 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:26.000 everything and I planned everything out and then all I had to do for the 434 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:30.680 rest of the week was hit post. So that's time batching in a way. 435 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.480 Okay, So, like I was saying, though, you're going to 436 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.160 have to really set your mind and your body up for success though when it 437 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:41.640 comes to hitting goals and being productive. And this is what I mean, 438 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.720 if you are insanely tired, it is going to be really hard for you 439 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:51.240 to be productive really at all if your sleep is not on par, if 440 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:53.720 you are sleeping in, if you are not going to sleep at the proper 441 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:57.240 times, like, these things are going to impact your energy, which is 442 00:27:57.240 --> 00:28:00.839 going to impact your abilities to make the right decision, which would be to 443 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.880 maybe time batch or to get things done in an hour instead of three hours. 444 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:11.960 Like, your sleep really does change your neurochemistry and your brain and that 445 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:15.559 does lead to decision making. So I would honestly say, really focusing on 446 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.079 your sleep schedule can be very, very huge when it comes to being productive. 447 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:22.519 And what I mean by that is, yes, you want to make 448 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:26.759 sure that you're getting the proper amount of sleep and making sure that you're going 449 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:30.079 to sleep at like a decent time, but Also, what you can start 450 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.720 to do is try your best to wake up fifteen minutes early, thirty more 451 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:37.240 minutes early, or even an hour if you can. Like you don't have 452 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:41.240 to do a lot, right, but even fifteen minutes extra can save you 453 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.119 not only like a lot of time, but like you can add like one 454 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.240 little thing in So if you're really wanting, if you have a goal to 455 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.640 reprogram the thoughts that you think on a daily basis, because you know that's 456 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:53.240 bleeding into all areas of your life. It's affecting the way that you manifest 457 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:56.559 things, it's affecting the things that happen in your life, etc. Okay, 458 00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:59.519 well, one of the things that you've learned that you need to do 459 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.759 is to journal and to do more self concept journaling in the morning. But 460 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:06.839 you don't really have a lot of time, Well, maybe you are going 461 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:10.039 to wake up ten minutes early to do that before you go to work. 462 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.920 Small things like that, and seriously, do not underestimate the power of you 463 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:19.200 waking up fifteen, ten thirty minutes earlier and actually taking that time to do 464 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:22.279 one little thing. Again, sometimes when we want to be productive and hit 465 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:26.839 goals, we feel like we need like we need like three extra hours in 466 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:29.759 the morning or we can't do it. But it's not We don't need to 467 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:33.200 go to that extreme. You have to first show yourself that's even possible for 468 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:36.720 you to do one little thing versus you trying to do like a meditation for 469 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.640 an hour and then journal for thirty minutes and all these things. Anyways, 470 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:42.200 like that's you're shooting too high, Like it doesn't even need to be that 471 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:45.920 deep. And I think this goes into my next thing, is like you 472 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.000 do have to be realistic with your goals. And I don't mean for you 473 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:52.319 to tell yourself that you can't achieve certain things in your life. So let's 474 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:55.640 say you are really wanting to work on a side hustle. You have gotten 475 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.599 your vision and your goal, and you want to take some action towards that 476 00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:00.000 thing, and you also have a nine to five, so you need to 477 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.599 like do some more like deadlines and time batching and things like that. An 478 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:10.039 unrealistic goal would, most likely, if you've never even done this before, 479 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:14.119 would be maybe like, okay, three days out of this week, I'm 480 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:17.759 going to spend four hours on my side hustle after work. Well that might 481 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:19.319 be a little bit too much you could try, of course, right, 482 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:23.480 but if you keep feeling then like that's a little bit too much. Instead 483 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.440 just focusing on one day a week, you're going to do the four hours 484 00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:30.839 of work and see how much you can even do and accomplish, and continue 485 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:34.160 to make that a habit before you start adding more days. And I'll give 486 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.920 you an example. So when I left my corporate job, I ended up 487 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.200 going full time as a bartender and a server because I still wanted to make 488 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:44.279 a lot of money until I could go full time with social media. I 489 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:47.559 still ended up having more time than I did doing the nine to five in 490 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.839 the bartending obviously, but there were like two shifts that I would usually get. 491 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:56.119 So I would get a shift where I would open so like ten thirty, 492 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.720 or I would do like a lunch shift, which like twelve. Technically 493 00:30:57.799 --> 00:31:02.559 they were the same type, wasn't I left like thirty minutes in between to 494 00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:06.160 go to work, So it was basically a very early morning shift. Or 495 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:10.400 I would have a shift at five pm. And so what originally, when 496 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:14.319 I was trying to really like time batch my stuff and really work on my 497 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.400 side business, which was my social media as much as I could, I 498 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.880 would try and do editing and like whatever I could in the morning right before 499 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:26.039 I went to work. But then the whole entire day I would be working 500 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:30.440 and I wouldn't get home from til either like eight nine or ten or eleven 501 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.160 if I was closing whatever, and it would be a huge long day, 502 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.799 and I'd be so burnt out. And then the next day, when I 503 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:38.000 would start work at five o'clock, that would have been a perfect time for 504 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.559 me to do more filming, like those are the days that I usually filmed, 505 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:47.400 But I was so exhausted because I tried to add all of this work 506 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.359 in before a super long day. And I started to realize that is not 507 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:55.640 a smart way to work. I need to time batch when it makes sense, 508 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:57.359 which is on the days where I have a half day at work. 509 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:01.200 It makes no sense for me to burn myself out, not take care of 510 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:05.920 myself, not even eat breakfast, not go to the gym, and take 511 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:08.440 care of myself on the days where I have a huge long day. And 512 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:12.680 then again it actually affects the next day, which I could have been more 513 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:15.920 efficient with my work if I didn't have such a long day. So you 514 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:20.480 really have to think about your goals and what you're telling yourself that you can 515 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:22.599 do. And this is again not to say that you can't do a bunch 516 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.960 of stuff. You can, but you want to learn how to work smarter, 517 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:29.839 not harder. And honestly, that is why I was able to do 518 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.119 it for so long. Like I was working on well, I mean, 519 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:36.240 I was on TikTok and I had my podcast and a little bit of YouTube, 520 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:40.599 but not really throughout when I had both jobs, and I didn't really 521 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:45.680 ever burn out because I was able to see when I was setting on realistic 522 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.599 goals and I would adjust and I would really really time manage properly by learning 523 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:53.319 how to time batch in a way that actually worked, and also giving myself 524 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:58.519 time frames and deadlines. Another thing that I think is so important and a 525 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.920 lot of us might not think about this when we're trying to be productive, 526 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:05.880 is to fuel yourself. Coming back to the sleep thing. If you are 527 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:09.880 running on caffeine basically all day and you have like one meal, it's no 528 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:14.880 wonder that you end up crashing and you feel like you can't do things, 529 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:17.440 or you have the urge to go on your phone and get that dopamine kick, 530 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:22.440 like you are not fueling your brain. Honestly, your body and your 531 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:27.400 brain very well. So it is so important that you do prioritize your meals 532 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:30.160 throughout the day. Are you waking up, are you drinking, are you 533 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:34.359 staying hydrated? Are you having a balanced meal? Are not just like a 534 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:37.319 meal where it's just like a croissant? And then at four pm you're having 535 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.920 a freaking I don't know, like baggle from tim Horns or something, and 536 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:45.400 like a sugary Starbucks drink and then maybe you're having I don't know, like 537 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:49.759 something that you deem healthy at nighttime, and like that's it. Like, 538 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.880 really taking care of your health is going to be so important because at the 539 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:58.960 end of the day, for one, like what are you being productive for 540 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.000 and hitting goals if you're not healthy? Right, It's the same thing as 541 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:07.960 like thinking about how health is really wealth. Like you for you to work 542 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:14.480 yourself and to let's say, be successful, right, get a bunch of 543 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.800 followers, or get a bunch of money, or be successful in your job 544 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:22.000 whatever it is that you're doing. But you're also like not functioning properly. 545 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:25.880 Your health is at all time low. You have no energy, you're in 546 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:31.360 a lot of pain, you're constantly ebbitting and flowing through different cycles of depression 547 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:36.159 and then you're happy again. Like what kind of life is that? Like, 548 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.639 I would honestly think, stop trying to even be productive at this point 549 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:42.760 and take so much off of your plate and focus on your health and your 550 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.679 wellness first, and then slowly start to implement some of these practices of being 551 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.800 a little bit more productive. Like, honestly, that is what I did 552 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:52.280 right, and we can bring this right. This comes right back down to 553 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.639 the soft life. I think a lot of the reasons why a lot of 554 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:57.639 people don't even want to have any goals anymore and like don't want to work 555 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.599 and they want to like live a soft life. Which I'm not saying everyone 556 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.719 who wants to live a soft life doesn't want to work, but a lot 557 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:07.800 of girls kind of like have that idea. It's because you burnt yourself out. 558 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:12.239 It's because you're you are freaking going insanely hard at the gym, insanely 559 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.519 hard working three hundred thousand jobs, stressing yourself out about freaking guys who are 560 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:19.440 not texting you back, or like how you're going to make your paycheck your 561 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:22.599 next paycheck, which is understandable you're in survival mode, but you being in 562 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:27.440 survival mode is breaking down your body. And what I realized is I need 563 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:31.679 to stop trying to hit all of these masculine type of goals in a way, 564 00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:34.960 not to say I didn't have goals. Of course I did, and 565 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:37.719 I was in survival mode regardless because I had to pay my bills. I 566 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:42.239 still worked. But I realized I can't put all of these goals and have 567 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:45.400 all of these things on my plate when my body, my nervous system is 568 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:51.880 literally primed in fight or flight right now, Like it is literally counterproductive for 569 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.880 me to try and start this huge project or this YouTube channel and podcast and 570 00:35:55.920 --> 00:36:00.920 TikTok all at once when I can't even get the proper sleep or I'm not 571 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:06.760 even eating correctly things like that. And even with my social media, I 572 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.639 was very strategic with how I did things, and I knew I wanted to 573 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:13.880 have the YouTube, the podcast, that TikTok, the Instagram, everything, 574 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.559 but I knew that I wasn't going to start at all at once, and 575 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.039 a lot of people want to do everything all at once. But it's also 576 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:21.639 like you have to look at where you're at right now, like there is 577 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:24.119 probably still parts of you that might need a little bit of help aka your 578 00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:29.679 sleep routines. Are you eating correctly? Like is your health generally? Is 579 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:32.519 it good? A lot of the times it's not. So letting go of 580 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:37.159 putting so much pressure on yourself to be super super productive it hit all these 581 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:40.199 goals and take care of yourself. And I feel like this is funny because 582 00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:45.239 I'm just basically saying don't be productive in a productivity video. But you guys 583 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:49.440 know, I'm all about balance at the end of the day. And listen, 584 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.440 there is going to be a time in the place, but you are 585 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.679 going to know you know yourself better than I do, and what season of 586 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:59.039 life that you're in. Is it time for you to add a little bit 587 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.519 more structure into your life? For me personally, absolutely yes. I have 588 00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:06.000 a lot of goals that I have coming up that I need to hit and 589 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:08.440 I need deadlines for them. I need to sit down and plan out how 590 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.760 I'm going to do things and when I'm going to do them. And I 591 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:14.159 need to make sure that I'm fueling my body, and I need to make 592 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:16.039 sure that I'm going to sleep at the proper time so that I can wake 593 00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:20.000 up and have the energy to take action on my goals. I need to 594 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:24.000 make sure that I am eating and making time to cook balance meals so that 595 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:29.360 I am fueled. I need to make sure that I'm being very aware of 596 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.599 where I'm putting my time and my attention and my energy. When it comes 597 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:37.880 to social media, I'm also being very protective of where my time goes outside 598 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.360 of work, so my social life. It's not that I'm cutting out people 599 00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:44.159 from my life and I'm not having a social life, but yes, I 600 00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:46.840 am having more boundaries and saying no. There's a million people who always want 601 00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:50.000 to meet up and do things, and there's always events to go do, 602 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.360 and there's always things to do. But I realize if I keep saying yes 603 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:55.400 to everything outside of me, then I'm not going to get these things done. 604 00:37:55.559 --> 00:38:00.400 And you have to think about ways in which you're putting your energy and 605 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:04.280 things that aren't kind of giving you that return for the moment being, for 606 00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.960 the time being, it's not going to be like this forever. And this 607 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:08.719 is something that they were saying in that podcast episode two, and that I 608 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:13.360 said in my video, Like, you know, when you're hitting your goals 609 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.239 and you have a vision, it's not going to be forever that you're in 610 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:20.920 this masculine structure, nor should you be. Actually, let me give you 611 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:24.559 this advice. It shouldn't be. Sometimes we actually like we get into this 612 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:29.400 productivity grind and then we just kind of get stuck in it, and honestly, 613 00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:32.000 like, welcome to the world, Welcome to capitalism, Welcome to freaking 614 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:37.400 society. Everyone is constantly in this rat race. You need to know when 615 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.159 to slow down. And you're gonna know because your body's gonna tell you. 616 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:43.760 You're gonna know, because your energy is going to tell you. You're gonna 617 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:47.079 know because your intuition, your creativity is going to be very low. Personally 618 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:50.159 for me, that is when I know I need to slow down. But 619 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.360 you know, there are going to be times where I'm starting to feel a 620 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:57.079 little bit chaotic, I'm feeling a little bit confused, I'm not happy with 621 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.519 things, and that's when I know, let me refocus, let me get 622 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:04.800 excited for my life, and let me take that action. Taking that action 623 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.039 is super super key. Now, one last thing that I'm going to say, 624 00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:10.039 and this is for the girls. Majority of you guys are girls, 625 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:16.480 but understanding that you also go through a cycle is going to be very helpful. 626 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:19.960 I kind of already mentioned this. If you don't understand cycle sinking, 627 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:23.000 then definitely go check out my videos on cycle sinking. But there are just 628 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:29.360 going to be weeks throughout your month where you are going to naturally have more 629 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:34.559 energy because your hormones are fluctuating. And so for me right now, I'm 630 00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:38.039 ovulating, so I know this is the time to get as much done and 631 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:42.320 more, like literally and more. And this is what I mean. When 632 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.719 we make a plan for ourselves and we want to be productive, we have 633 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:47.159 timelines. Okay, I'm gonna do this on this day and this on this 634 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:52.079 day. Amazing, Yes, we should follow that plan, especially when we 635 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:55.159 have like specific goals, follow the plan and execute that plan until that that 636 00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:59.400 plan is done. Remind yourself that it's not going to be forever, and 637 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.079 get that done. But on top of that, and this is where I 638 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:05.800 think this is beautiful. I really do. I think that the fact that 639 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:10.480 we have cycles, I think is just it's a superpower that men unfortunately don't 640 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:15.920 have. There are gonna be times throughout your month where you actually have a 641 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:22.800 bigger capacity to take on more work. And for me personally, yes, 642 00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:25.280 I have in my calendar when I'm gonna sit down and record. But if 643 00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:29.719 I have that spark of energy to do more, guess what I'm doing it 644 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:34.159 Always do more than you think that you can when you actually have the energy. 645 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.880 I don't say push yourself when you literally are like menstuating and you're freaking 646 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.119 down on the dumps and you have no energy. I'm talking about the times 647 00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:43.079 where you feel that energy. And honestly, if men are listening to this 648 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:45.599 too, this can be for everyone, like outside of your period, because 649 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:50.679 honestly, they're just gonna be days. There's just gonna be days where you 650 00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:54.960 have, for some reason, more energy than the next day. Take action 651 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:59.840 on that energy. Do that extra video, take that extra step, listen 652 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:02.679 to extra podcasts, or you know, add an extra hour onto writing. 653 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:06.400 I actually did that today because I just felt like I could do it. 654 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:10.199 Push yourself a little bit. You don't have to stick to the structure of 655 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:15.760 that masculine so hard. This is where masculine energy goes toxic, when we 656 00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:20.760 hyper fixate and we become perfectionists on things. Yes, it's amazing to have 657 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.639 the masculine structure, to have a plan, to implement that plan, to 658 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:29.639 execute on that plan, but there always has to be room for the feminine 659 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:32.960 flow. And what I mean by that is when you are writing a book, 660 00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:37.519 let's say, or freaking working on a project, and you told yourself 661 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:42.039 two hours, if you have the energy, the creative energy, the flow, 662 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:45.280 whatever it is, to keep going, go a little bit longer. 663 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:50.519 And honestly, go a little bit longer, because I can guarantee you next 664 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.840 week when you have to do that same thing and you have to sit down 665 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:54.679 and do it again, you might not be able to have the capacity to 666 00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:58.719 go a little bit longer. And guess what, Now you've done a little 667 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:02.320 bit extra, so you're making yourself move closer to your goal. And that's 668 00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:07.280 amazing. That is something that you can't write on a piece of paper when 669 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:09.840 it comes to your energy systems, especially when it comes to women. Well, 670 00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:13.079 you can write on a piece of paper because obviously you know when you're 671 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.280 ovulating and things like that, but like only if you track, I guess, 672 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:20.960 But in general, like it's more of a feeling thing and that's the 673 00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:24.079 feminine and you can't get rid of it even when you are operating from that 674 00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:29.360 masculine. And I think that in this day and age, we separate things 675 00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:35.559 very heavily. We stay in one energy state, and realistically, there is 676 00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:38.559 no masculine without the feminine. When there's masculine without the feminine, it goes 677 00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:44.320 toxic. When there's feminine without the masculine, it goes toxic. Realistically, 678 00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:46.880 And if you want to even actually bring this into the genders, listen, 679 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:50.760 we need to have a balance of both. And even if it's not male 680 00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:54.360 and female's female and female. Guarantee you one of them got a little bit 681 00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:58.599 more masculine energy than the other. And I'm not even talking about the traits 682 00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:04.000 and how they look, but there's something energetically beautiful about both energies working together. 683 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.719 It is a journey. It is something that I've had to learn, 684 00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:12.119 honestly over the past two years, of how to make those things flow. 685 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:15.239 I think that it's helpful when you go on a healing journey and you heal 686 00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:21.360 the toxic masculine side of you that wants to criticize and wants to perfect, 687 00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:28.199 but also the wounded feminine that doesn't want to have any structure, wants to 688 00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:30.960 just chill and be in chaos in a way and kind of thrives off of 689 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:36.320 that. Also maybe you're in that self doubting like you're too afraid to take 690 00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:39.199 the action because you literally think that you can't do it. Like healing those 691 00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:43.920 parts of you can be super helpful, and then what ends up happening, 692 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:47.679 what ends up arising out of that is you can tap into the healthy masculine, 693 00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:51.880 you can tap into the healthy feminine, and you can make them work. 694 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:54.000 It's like the ying and the yang. We love a good energy balance 695 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:58.199 here. So anyways, I don't know, Okay, I do know. 696 00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:01.039 This is something that my sothematic therapist always says to me. Oh my gosh. 697 00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:04.079 She'll every time I say like, oh, I don't really know, 698 00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:06.239 She's like, but you do know, and I'm like, yeah, I 699 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:08.519 do, I do know. Anyways, what I do know is my camera's 700 00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:12.559 going to die. So I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode. Don't forget 701 00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:15.000 I have one on one coaching. If you want to work one on one 702 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.880 with me. We can work through limiting beliefs, any blocks that are going 703 00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:20.679 through. We can talk about content creation, mentorship, all that stuff. 704 00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:22.679 It'll be linked in the description. I love you, guys, and I'll 705 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:24.519 see you in the next one. Bye.