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141. We're getting out of a RUT... "Hot Girl" reset edition · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
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Speaker 1: Hawkerel Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
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Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day for you to become
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Speaker 1: the hot girl energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
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Speaker 1: Happy Wednesday. This episode is definitely going to be up
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Speaker 1: later than I wanted, but that's okay. Things have kind
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Speaker 1: of been kind of chaotic this week, just because it
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Speaker 1: was Thanksgiving this past weekend and work has just kind
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Speaker 1: of been a lot just kind of catching up within
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Speaker 1: these next four days. I took the Monday off to
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Speaker 1: spend time with family and do some obviously family dinners
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Speaker 1: and all that, But I have not talked on the
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Speaker 1: MIC in two weeks. It's been a bit since i've
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Speaker 1: chatted on here last If you guys follow me on
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Speaker 1: social me or if you listened to the last episode,
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Speaker 1: then you guys know that I was actually in Dallas
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Speaker 1: last week for Zach's work, a very quick work trip.
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Speaker 1: I'm talking like from Wednesday to Friday. I was back
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Speaker 1: late Friday night so I could be home for Thanksgiving
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Speaker 1: with my family, and to be honest, it kind of
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Speaker 1: worked out that we didn't have an episode last week
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Speaker 1: because on top of being in Dallas last week, we
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Speaker 1: did unfortunately lose a family member on Zach's side of
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Speaker 1: the family. So it was a pretty interesting week last week.
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Speaker 1: It was very very tough, especially to be able to
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Speaker 1: like travel when you're in this really low place with
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Speaker 1: losing someone in your family. It was very difficult for Zach,
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Speaker 1: honestly specifically to go to Dallas and be present for
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Speaker 1: his job. So if you saw my story, that's kind
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Speaker 1: of what happened. Zach's grandmother unfortunately passed away very unexpected lee,
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Speaker 1: which was even harder. And I've known Zach for thirteen
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Speaker 1: years now, so I've known his grandma for thirteen years.
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Speaker 1: We would do, you know, monthly dinners with her, go
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Speaker 1: out to her home and cook dinner with her, and
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Speaker 1: it was always just something that we both really enjoyed
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Speaker 1: and Freddie loved her so much, and you know, whenever
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Speaker 1: I would travel, she actually would watch Freddy most of
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Speaker 1: the time. So yeah, we kind of just had a
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Speaker 1: special bond and it kind of hit me hard as well.
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Speaker 1: And again because it was very unexpected, we did have
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Speaker 1: to go to the hospital and say our goodbyes, and
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Speaker 1: what made it tougher was that she was awake and
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Speaker 1: she was aware of the situation that she was, you know,
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Speaker 1: slowly passing or I guess passed very fast in a sense,
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Speaker 1: so you know, she was able to say, like, you know,
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Speaker 1: she was able to hear what we had to say
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Speaker 1: for our final words, and you know, we were both
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Speaker 1: a wreck, obviously, Like losing someone is not easy, and
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Speaker 1: I have lost three other grandparents, so I have one
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Speaker 1: grandparent left, my Nona, And Zach has never lost to grandparents,
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Speaker 1: so this was his very first loss in his immediate family.
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Speaker 1: So he has been taking it pretty hard. So I'm
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Speaker 1: really just trying to be there for him and you know,
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Speaker 1: tell him that there's gonna be days that are good
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Speaker 1: and there's gonna be days that are not so great,
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Speaker 1: and it's okay to feel sad because you know that
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Speaker 1: you miss them. And I think the only thing that
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Speaker 1: you could really do is just think about the good
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Speaker 1: times that you did have and that she did live,
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Speaker 1: you know, up to eighty five, so she had amazing
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Speaker 1: eighty five years of great memories with you know, her life,
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Speaker 1: and then also just the past twenty nine years with Zach,
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Speaker 1: so Zach was very close with her, And yeah, it
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Speaker 1: was just kind of a really difficult week last week,
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Speaker 1: so I was really just trying to prioritize being with
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Speaker 1: his family, helping out where I can for the celebration
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Speaker 1: of life and all that. So yeah, it's been kind of, yeah,
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Speaker 1: a sad week last week, and then going into this week,
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Speaker 1: you know, we had Thanksgiving this past weekend, which was
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Speaker 1: hard losing a family member and not it feeling the
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Speaker 1: same obviously, and yeah, just I don't know, it's just
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Speaker 1: been kind of a weird few weeks, and I think
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Speaker 1: the time off from the podcast was probably needed in
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Speaker 1: that sense, but also like going into this week, it
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Speaker 1: just kind of feels like, obviously there wasn't much work
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Speaker 1: happening last week because I was traveling and because the
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Speaker 1: loss of a family member. So now I have so
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Speaker 1: much work that I'm trying to catch up on this week,
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Speaker 1: and I don't know, I'm just kind of feeling like
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Speaker 1: I've been in a funk. And I wanted to kind
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Speaker 1: of chat about that in today's episode of How I
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Speaker 1: Find Ways to get myself back in the productive mindset
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Speaker 1: kind of just get myself out of a rut, and
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Speaker 1: obviously with the seasons changing, I think a lot of
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Speaker 1: people can relate that, you know, it is getting darker
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Speaker 1: in the mornings, it is getting darker at night faster,
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Speaker 1: which makes it difficult to wake up, It makes it difficult,
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Speaker 1: you know, to drive home in the dark, maybe from work.
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Speaker 1: And then obviously the weather has been getting colder. So
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Speaker 1: I feel like it's just been, all in all, a
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Speaker 1: time of year that people typically feel this way where
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Speaker 1: they might feel a little unmotivated or just low, or
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Speaker 1: you know, just kind of feel lazy and don't know
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Speaker 1: how to get themselves back on their feet or just
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Speaker 1: back in the productive mindset that they want to be
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Speaker 1: in or the motivational person that they want to be.
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Speaker 1: So I figured this would be a really good time
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Speaker 1: to kind of just chat about things that I do
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Speaker 1: when I feel this way, And these are things that
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Speaker 1: I'm currently doing to kind of get myself out of
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Speaker 1: this funk or rut that I'm currently feeling and just
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Speaker 1: trying to find ways to, yeah, get myself back to
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Speaker 1: my motivational and productive self. Also another thing that I
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Speaker 1: feel like has kind of made an impact for my
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Speaker 1: routine and just my mental state as well, is that
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Speaker 1: I feel like I've just been like, so go go
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Speaker 1: in the sense where you know, I went to Italy,
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Speaker 1: I came home for two weeks, and then I was
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Speaker 1: gone to Toronto for a weekend, and then I came
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Speaker 1: home for a week, and then oh, I was off
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Speaker 1: to Dallas and then I'm home now. So I just
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Speaker 1: feel like, you know what, as much as I am
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Speaker 1: grateful for travel, I don't really love to travel back
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Speaker 1: to back. I'm more of a you know, every few
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Speaker 1: months kind of travel girl. Like I really like to
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Speaker 1: structure my routine, get back into it. I hate getting
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Speaker 1: back into the swing of things and then two weeks
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Speaker 1: later I'm off again. And that's just a preference. I
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Speaker 1: am a homebody. I am a routine person. I just
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Speaker 1: personally am structured that way, and that's just what makes
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Speaker 1: me feel my best self is when I'm in a
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Speaker 1: productive routine and when I have things all figured out.
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Speaker 1: I just I don't know, maybe it's a mental thing,
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Speaker 1: but I'm just a homebody and I'm a routine person
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Speaker 1: and that's just what works for me. So that could
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Speaker 1: be also why I feel like things have just been
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Speaker 1: so off is just kind of like the on and
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Speaker 1: off of feeling productive and then not and then you know, unpacking,
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Speaker 1: trying to reset, get the house in shape, all that.
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Speaker 1: There's just like so many things that you don't think
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Speaker 1: about that you need to just kind of like get
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Speaker 1: yourself back into it, if that makes sense. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: so it's kind of multiple things. So we're going to
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Speaker 1: talk about some things that I personally do that I
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Speaker 1: feel like really helps, and it's actually been helping out
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Speaker 1: a lot these past few days. I have actually taken
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Speaker 1: a lot of these things into factor and wanted to
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Speaker 1: share with you guys if you're currently feeling this way
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Speaker 1: and also need to kind of get out of a
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Speaker 1: rut or a funk that you might be feeling. The
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Speaker 1: first thing that I always recommend when it comes to
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Speaker 1: feeling low or you know, just kind of like reasons
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Speaker 1: that you think might be causing this unproductive time that
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Speaker 1: you're having or just feeling super unmotivational is I personally
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Speaker 1: find journaling about how you're feeling in that moment is
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Speaker 1: really important to do, along with writing out things that
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Speaker 1: bring you joy. So this could be things that you
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Speaker 1: do day to day that kind of fills your cup.
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Speaker 1: We've talked about it in previous episodes that you know,
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Speaker 1: things that kind of make you feel good going into
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Speaker 1: your day. So three to five things that bring me
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Speaker 1: joy or some comfort in my day to day routine
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Speaker 1: are things like, you know, booking a workout class, you know,
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Speaker 1: going on a walk, making my favorite coffee, watching a
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Speaker 1: YouTube video, lighting a candle, maybe even turning on my fireplace.
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Speaker 1: Like those things to me brings so much joy in
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Speaker 1: my day. When I do those things, I feel very
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Speaker 1: happy and I find it just like I don't know,
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Speaker 1: makes me feel good starting off my day this way
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Speaker 1: because I feel like it puts me in that mindset
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Speaker 1: that I want to be in, which is obviously being
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Speaker 1: productive and getting shit done. And I find doing the
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Speaker 1: things that bring you comfort allows you to feel good
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Speaker 1: about yourself and you know, kind of makes you want
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Speaker 1: to get into that productive mindset, especially when it comes
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Speaker 1: to movement, which is kind of the next point, which
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Speaker 1: is finding ways to move your body, because I think
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Speaker 1: it plays such a huge role in your mental state.
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Speaker 1: I am an overthinker, Okay, I overthink about literally everything,
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Speaker 1: which I hate. I freaking hate it. I also am
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Speaker 1: a very stressful human being. I feel like I get
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Speaker 1: stressed all the time, and so I feel like whenever
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Speaker 1: I book a workout class and I actually go to it,
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Speaker 1: I feel like it literally clears my headspace so much
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Speaker 1: like I don't overthink, I don't think about anything. I
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Speaker 1: just think about that exact moment of getting my workout done.
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Speaker 1: I don't have those negative thoughts, it's all put aside.
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Speaker 1: I'm truly just focusing on moving my body. And it's
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Speaker 1: honestly the best way to kind of go into the
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Speaker 1: day as well, because I feel like it sets my
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Speaker 1: mindset and a better headspace throughout the day. And I
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Speaker 1: don't know, I just feel like it's the best way
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Speaker 1: to start the day off, is getting some movement in
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Speaker 1: and allow yourself to just kind of focus on that
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Speaker 1: one thing versus focusing on all the other things that
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Speaker 1: you might be focusing on when it comes to work,
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Speaker 1: personal life, whatever the case may be. I think just
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Speaker 1: getting that workout class in is so beneficial. And I
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Speaker 1: was actually talking to my neighbor about this. We went
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Speaker 1: on a walk together and she was talking about how,
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Speaker 1: you know, she's been postpartum now for I want to say,
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Speaker 1: like eighteen months. She's had two boys back to back
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Speaker 1: that are in close age and she has not gone
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Speaker 1: to a workout class for the past eighteen months, and
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Speaker 1: she's finally started to push herself to get into a routine.
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Speaker 1: You know, she's been going spinning like three to four
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Speaker 1: times a week. And she was telling me how she
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Speaker 1: feels so much better going to a workout class versus
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Speaker 1: going to the gym by herself and trying to get
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Speaker 1: a workout in herself. And this is something I totally
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Speaker 1: agreed with because I felt like during COVID, when I
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Speaker 1: was at home doing gym workouts and working out myself,
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Speaker 1: you know, just following people that I saw on you know,
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Speaker 1: Instagram or YouTube, I felt like my workouts were never
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Speaker 1: fully like productive or fully in it, if that makes sense.
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Speaker 1: I wasn't locked in because I felt like I would,
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Speaker 1: you know, do the twelve reps of a workout and
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Speaker 1: then I would either go on my phone or I
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Speaker 1: would just kind of like think about something that I
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Speaker 1: wouldn't want to think about, and then oh, I would
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Speaker 1: force myself out of that negative headspace and then keep
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Speaker 1: doing my reps all that so, I feel like booking
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Speaker 1: the workout class is what's changed my life, because I
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Speaker 1: feel like, you can't go on your phone for obvious reasons.
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Speaker 1: You are locked in for that forty five minutes and
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Speaker 1: truly have to focus on each movement. You know, you're
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Speaker 1: breathing everything. And that's why I feel like it helps
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Speaker 1: so much because you get to take away that distraction,
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Speaker 1: which could be your phone or whatever it is, and
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Speaker 1: it really just allows you to lock in and focus
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Speaker 1: on what is happening in that current moment. So she
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Speaker 1: was saying how beneficial the workout classes have been and
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Speaker 1: how enjoyable it's been because it allows her to kind of,
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Speaker 1: you know, really focus in those forty five minutes of
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Speaker 1: getting a good sweat in, and it allows her to
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Speaker 1: like go into her day feeling so much better knowing
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Speaker 1: that she'd like really focus on herself for those forty
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Speaker 1: five minutes. So I do find booking a workout class
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Speaker 1: does make a big difference comparing like just working at
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Speaker 1: yourself or doing a work at yourself. And again that
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Speaker 1: could just be us we feel the same way in
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Speaker 1: that sense. You may feel differently than that, But in
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Speaker 1: my opinion, I do find booking a worko class a
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Speaker 1: game changer and truly just like makes me so happy
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Speaker 1: be when I do a workout class before I start
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Speaker 1: my day. Another thing I love to do is I
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Speaker 1: love to create to do list or write out tasks
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Speaker 1: that I want to complete with the day, because I
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Speaker 1: think setting realistic goals for yourself for the day kind
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Speaker 1: of makes you feel like you've completed little wins. So
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Speaker 1: you know, it could be as simple as you know,
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Speaker 1: I want to make my bed, I want to clean
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Speaker 1: my kitchen, I want to organize my living room like
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Speaker 1: it could be the smallest things like that, and you
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Speaker 1: getting those little things done in a day and checking
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Speaker 1: it off kind of makes you feel like, Okay, I'm
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Speaker 1: getting back to where I want to be. Those little
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Speaker 1: things make me feel better. The fact I did it
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Speaker 1: today is a huge win. I'm proud of myself. You
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Speaker 1: feel accomplished. You go on to the next day, you
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Speaker 1: do the next task, you complete it again. You start
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Speaker 1: to feel that motivation and that boost of your mood
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Speaker 1: by completing these little things. So I feel like creating
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Speaker 1: to do list is a huge game changer, especially when
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Speaker 1: it comes to work. If you're feeling really overwhelmed with
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Speaker 1: work or really overwhelmed with school, and then that's kind
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Speaker 1: of what's putting you in a funk and you just
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Speaker 1: trying to like figure out ways to manage it again,
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Speaker 1: doing it to do list, writing everything out, figuring out, okay,
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Speaker 1: what's realistic for my structure for the week. And that's
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Speaker 1: why I always say to also do like a weekly
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Speaker 1: planner of how you want to structure your week, so
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Speaker 1: you know, on Monday, I have to do this, On Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: I have to do this, and it just kind of
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Speaker 1: makes things feel really organized, and then you don't feel
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Speaker 1: like you've bombarded so much in one day, and then
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Speaker 1: you feel overwhelmed, and then again you get yourself in
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Speaker 1: this negative headspace where you feel like everything is too much.
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Speaker 1: So because I have a short week this week, I
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Speaker 1: didn't do my weekly to do list to be fully transparent,
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Speaker 1: like I didn't do my task for Tuesday, my task
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Speaker 1: for Wednesday, my task for Thursday, like I didn't do
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Speaker 1: that when I typically usually do that every Sunday night.
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Speaker 1: So maybe that's why this week specifically for me, has
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Speaker 1: felt a little off, and last week felt a little
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Speaker 1: off because I was traveling, like so that right now,
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Speaker 1: just saying it out loud makes me realize that, Okay,
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Speaker 1: maybe I need to write it to do list out
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Speaker 1: for Thursday and Friday. That way, I'm going into those
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Speaker 1: days knowing fully what I have to get done and
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Speaker 1: achieving those things that I wanted to set my goals
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Speaker 1: for will make me feel good knowing that I did
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Speaker 1: those small wins, and it makes me feel like I've
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Speaker 1: completed things throughout my day that I needed to get done.
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Speaker 1: I also find setting a timer makes a huge difference
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Speaker 1: when you want to be more productive. This is something
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Speaker 1: that I've talked about in a previous episode that I
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Speaker 1: saw another influencer do, and she sets a timer for
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Speaker 1: sixty minutes each day to get whatever she needs to
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Speaker 1: get done around her house. So I've been doing that.
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Speaker 1: I've been setting usually a thirty minute timer just because
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Speaker 1: it's a bit easier for me to include it into
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Speaker 1: my lunch break, and I'll fully just lock in and
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Speaker 1: get everything that I want to get done, clean up
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Speaker 1: the kitchen. You know, if I have boxes that I've
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Speaker 1: unboxed pr from and there's just like boxes all over
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Speaker 1: my living room, I break them down, I put them
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Speaker 1: in my garage. Like sometimes you know, we put things
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Speaker 1: to the side and we don't think about it, and
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Speaker 1: so having a timer on I feel like motivates me
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Speaker 1: because I'm like, Okay, I need to finish all this
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Speaker 1: before the timer goes out. I also find playing music
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Speaker 1: is a good distraction and putting your phone on do
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Speaker 1: not disturb. Again, if you're very distracted, like myself who
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Speaker 1: is distracted by their phone, put your phone on do
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Speaker 1: not disturb and set a thirty minute timer and you
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Speaker 1: will be amazed at how much shit you can actually
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Speaker 1: get done in thirty minutes. And again, it just kind
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Speaker 1: of makes you feel like you've completed a lot of
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Speaker 1: things throughout your day. It allows you to lock in
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Speaker 1: and focus on everything that you have to get done
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Speaker 1: and you don't have any distractions. So those are like
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Speaker 1: big things for me that I feel like helps me
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Speaker 1: out when I am in a rut. Is just like
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Speaker 1: locking in, taking thirty minutes to myself to get shit
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Speaker 1: done around the house, and then I just feel like
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Speaker 1: a clean space really just makes me feel ten times better.
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure a lot of people can relate to
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Speaker 1: that as well. So doing that writing out tasks, completing
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Speaker 1: it just kind of checking off the list of you know,
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Speaker 1: your little to do list of what you want to
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Speaker 1: get done for the day, will just really motivate yourself
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Speaker 1: and put yourself in the right head space throughout the
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Speaker 1: rest of the week. Another thing that I find helps
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Speaker 1: me kind of get out of a rut or a
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Speaker 1: funk is resetting myself. And so what I mean by
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Speaker 1: that is it's almost like a mini checklist of things
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Speaker 1: that you want to do for yourself. So it could
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Speaker 1: be are you drinking enough water throughout the day? Are
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Speaker 1: you getting enough sleep? Think about it. Are you getting
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Speaker 1: that seven to eight hours of sleep that you want
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Speaker 1: to get? Are you moving your body? Did you book
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Speaker 1: any workout classes for this week? Are you eating healthy recipes?
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Speaker 1: Are you getting takeout every single night? Or are you
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Speaker 1: actually making home cooked meals? Should you consider going to
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Speaker 1: the grocery store and maybe picking up food so you
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Speaker 1: can eat healthy throughout the week. There's so many things
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Speaker 1: to think about when it comes to those little things,
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Speaker 1: and it does make a huge difference when you are
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Speaker 1: actually doing those things. Like if you're actually geting enough sleep,
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Speaker 1: you are going to have a good week. If you
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Speaker 1: are actually drinking enough water, you're going to feel good,
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Speaker 1: You're not going to have a headache, You're not going
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Speaker 1: to feel like you're overthinking too much. If you're eating
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Speaker 1: home cooked meals and healthy meals. Again, your body likes that.
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Speaker 1: Your body feels good, your energy feels good when you're
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Speaker 1: actually eating healthy and when you're moving your body finding
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Speaker 1: ways like going to workout classes or walking or whatever
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Speaker 1: the case may be. When you actually prioritize that, again,
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Speaker 1: your body is telling you that good job. You're doing
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Speaker 1: what you're supposed to be doing, and it's going to
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Speaker 1: make you feel better. So those little things is almost
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Speaker 1: like a mental checklist of things that make you feel good,
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Speaker 1: typically that you might not actually be making a priority.
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Speaker 1: So it's almost like a little reminder of just saying, hey,
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Speaker 1: if you aren't doing these things, you might want to
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Speaker 1: give yourself a bit of a reality check and start
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Speaker 1: doing those things because it's gonna make you feel better.
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Speaker 1: You're gonna feel good, You're gonna have the energy that
17:27
Speaker 1: you have been missing. It's truly all about the energy
17:29
Speaker 1: because sleep, movement, and food play a huge impact of
17:33
Speaker 1: your energy levels along with how your mood is. So
17:37
Speaker 1: if you're doing those things, then you know you're gonna
17:40
Speaker 1: be in a better mindset. If you actually are drinking
17:42
Speaker 1: enough water, eating enough healthy foods, along with getting enough sleep,
17:45
Speaker 1: So not only are you going to like reset yourself
17:47
Speaker 1: by doing those things, but you're also going to book
17:50
Speaker 1: yourself a feel good appointment. I don't know why this
17:54
Speaker 1: makes a huge impact, but it does for me personally.
17:57
Speaker 1: I find when I just like need a boost of
18:01
Speaker 1: my mood and just like feeling good about myself or
18:03
Speaker 1: just like a boost of confidence. I feel like when
18:05
Speaker 1: I book a nail appointment, or when I book a
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Speaker 1: hair appointment or getting a facial, like it's just something
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Speaker 1: that makes me feel good and makes me feel better
18:14
Speaker 1: when I've put the effort in myself, if that makes sense,
18:17
Speaker 1: and it doesn't have to be, you know, something like that.
18:20
Speaker 1: It could also just be like doing in everything, shower
18:22
Speaker 1: at home, doing a face mask, Like just knowing that
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Speaker 1: you've put an effort in yourself makes you feel good.
18:28
Speaker 1: Maybe it's literally shaving your legs, like could be the
18:31
Speaker 1: smallest thing, like just that's obviously something super random, but
18:34
Speaker 1: like making yourself just feel clean and feel good is
18:38
Speaker 1: the whole purpose of like a feel good reset, if
18:42
Speaker 1: that makes sense. So I just got my hair done.
18:45
Speaker 1: I feel so much better cutting off three inches of
18:48
Speaker 1: my hair, you know, going darker for the fall season.
18:51
Speaker 1: I kind of feel like a new me. But again,
18:54
Speaker 1: it's been a great way to boost my competence and
18:56
Speaker 1: I've definitely felt I don't know, just like better knowing
18:59
Speaker 1: that I've gotten that done for myself. I did actually
19:02
Speaker 1: book a nail appointment this week and I'm going to
19:04
Speaker 1: be changing up the shape again doing a different color,
19:06
Speaker 1: so I'm looking forward to that again. It's something I'm
19:08
Speaker 1: looking forward to. It's something that I know that's going
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Speaker 1: to make me feel good and make me feel like
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Speaker 1: I put the energy towards myself by treating myself to
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Speaker 1: this feel good appointment. So I don't know, I personally
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Speaker 1: feel like when you put the effort in yourself, it
19:23
Speaker 1: makes you feel like you actually care and it just
19:27
Speaker 1: all in all makes you feel a little bit better.
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Speaker 1: So that's what I do when I'm in a funk,
19:31
Speaker 1: is booking myself one feel good appointment, and I feel
19:35
Speaker 1: a lot better going into my week when I treat
19:38
Speaker 1: myself to a little appointment that's about taking care of yourself.
19:42
Speaker 1: This next one is something that I never thought would
19:45
Speaker 1: make a huge impact in my week, but it truly does.
19:47
Speaker 1: And that is being more social or putting yourself in
19:51
Speaker 1: a social setting. So if you work from home. Like me,
19:55
Speaker 1: it could definitely be hard if you know, the back
19:58
Speaker 1: to back days get really busy, you've ben still in
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Speaker 1: your office for eight hours getting all this work done.
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Speaker 1: Or it could be you know, you've been stuck at school,
20:06
Speaker 1: you know, studying or writing a paper, and it's been
20:09
Speaker 1: days of just like constant you know, same like, and
20:13
Speaker 1: it's just been days where it constantly feels the same.
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Speaker 1: So what's important to do is it's important to kind
20:19
Speaker 1: of change the environment. So whether it's going in a
20:21
Speaker 1: social setting like a coffee shop or a library, like
20:24
Speaker 1: getting out of your typical space might be good for you.
20:27
Speaker 1: Just having a change of scenery and also just being
20:30
Speaker 1: in a social environment just kind of makes you feel
20:32
Speaker 1: a little bit better. But also like trying to make
20:35
Speaker 1: the effort of making plans with your friends or getting
20:38
Speaker 1: out of the house with your husband or your boyfriend,
20:40
Speaker 1: whatever the case may be, like finding ways to putting
20:43
Speaker 1: yourself in a social environment or just socializing with people
20:47
Speaker 1: will really just make you feel a lot better. I
20:51
Speaker 1: booked plans with my girlfriend this week. I'm actually seeing
20:53
Speaker 1: two of my girlfriends this week, which I haven't seen
20:55
Speaker 1: in a while, and I feel like that's going to
20:57
Speaker 1: make me feel really good, just kind of reaching connecting
21:00
Speaker 1: with them, catching up again, being in a social setting,
21:03
Speaker 1: not being in the same environment that I'm typically in.
21:06
Speaker 1: I also find again back to the workout classes, like
21:08
Speaker 1: being in that social environment. I have a few friends
21:11
Speaker 1: that I usually book classes with, which is nice. So
21:13
Speaker 1: we usually talk for like fifteen minutes after the class.
21:16
Speaker 1: I get my social fix in. It's nice. I get
21:19
Speaker 1: back home, I lock in for work, and I feel good.
21:21
Speaker 1: So sometimes just socializing and this is not socializing on
21:25
Speaker 1: your phone, like I'm talking, socializing and connecting one on
21:27
Speaker 1: one with a person in real life will make a
21:31
Speaker 1: huge difference in your mood. And again, just make you
21:34
Speaker 1: feel good and yeah, just kind of give you the
21:37
Speaker 1: energy that you need. And then, honestly, the last one
21:40
Speaker 1: is really just being kind to yourself and not being
21:42
Speaker 1: so hard on yourself when you're going through this difficult time,
21:46
Speaker 1: because you have to understand that when you're in a
21:49
Speaker 1: funk or when you're in a rut, you need to
21:50
Speaker 1: tell yourself that this is very temporary, like this is
21:53
Speaker 1: not you're new forever, like it is going to be hard.
21:58
Speaker 1: But doing these little things, doing these little tasks. It's
22:01
Speaker 1: going to bring that spark back. It's just to make
22:03
Speaker 1: ourselves feel better and feel more motivated and feel more productive.
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Speaker 1: That they're small wins like us doing these little tasks
22:10
Speaker 1: are little things that we can check off in our
22:13
Speaker 1: mind that we know is going to make us feel better.
22:16
Speaker 1: And it's all about just doing the little things, moving
22:19
Speaker 1: your body, drinking water, getting enough sleep, doing those little tasks.
22:22
Speaker 1: Writing things down in a journal, Like you can spend
22:25
Speaker 1: ten minutes in the morning writing on a piece of paper,
22:27
Speaker 1: doesn't you have to be a journal of things that
22:30
Speaker 1: you want to get done for the day or how
22:32
Speaker 1: you're feeling in that current moment. It's so so important
22:35
Speaker 1: to write things out physically. I think writing things out
22:39
Speaker 1: makes a huge difference compared to like writing something in
22:42
Speaker 1: your notes in your phone, and again just telling yourself
22:45
Speaker 1: that this is temporary and that doing these little things
22:48
Speaker 1: are going to bring back that motivation that you want
22:50
Speaker 1: and that spark that you've been looking for. I also
22:52
Speaker 1: didn't mention this tip as well, but I also feel
22:56
Speaker 1: like romanticizing your life does also make a huge impact
23:00
Speaker 1: in your mood. Like I personally love romanticizing my mornings
23:05
Speaker 1: and nights by doing the extreme and the extra of
23:08
Speaker 1: you know, putting on face mask, lighting candles, setting up
23:11
Speaker 1: a fireplace, turning on my favorite TV show. Like, those
23:14
Speaker 1: little things bring so much joy and comfort into my
23:18
Speaker 1: life that I don't think people realize how those little
23:21
Speaker 1: things make things feel so much better. I never bake, Okay,
23:24
Speaker 1: I decided to bake cookies last week as part of
23:28
Speaker 1: my night routine, and it was such a healing thing
23:31
Speaker 1: to do of just like making the cookies, putting them
23:33
Speaker 1: in the oven, taking them out, how to candle it
23:36
Speaker 1: ate them, watch my favorite YouTube video like it truly
23:38
Speaker 1: was such a vibe. Oh and I was scrolling through Pinterest,
23:40
Speaker 1: like literally the little things that bring you so much joy.
23:44
Speaker 1: When you actually like put the effort of doing those
23:46
Speaker 1: things within your night or within your morning, you feel
23:49
Speaker 1: so good. And again, it just kind of gets you
23:50
Speaker 1: out of that negative headspace and more into a positive one.
23:54
Speaker 1: So this week and last week, it's really just been
23:57
Speaker 1: focusing on doing these little things really to get myself
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Speaker 1: out of this rut that I'm currently feeling, and how
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Speaker 1: I can really just boost my mood and get back
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Speaker 1: into my positive self. And oh, on top of that,
24:09
Speaker 1: I never actually included this, but I've actually been off
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Speaker 1: these past two days of working out because I injured
24:16
Speaker 1: my back, and obviously a back injury is no joke,
24:20
Speaker 1: like it has really impacted my entire body, along with
24:25
Speaker 1: really bad headaches. So I've been icing it, I've been
24:28
Speaker 1: heating it, I've been taking advil. You know, my source
24:31
Speaker 1: of movement right now has just been walking. So obviously
24:34
Speaker 1: having an injury definitely makes an impact of not being
24:37
Speaker 1: able to do workouts, which obviously brings me joy, and
24:41
Speaker 1: it's been a little difficult. But I did book a
24:43
Speaker 1: physio appointment, so I am getting that checked out, so
24:46
Speaker 1: that has been a little hard. But again, I'm not
24:48
Speaker 1: trying to be hard on myself because I know it's
24:50
Speaker 1: temporary and I know going to this physio appointment is
24:53
Speaker 1: going to make me feel better because they're going to
24:55
Speaker 1: hopefully be able to figure out what's going on, hopefully,
24:59
Speaker 1: you know, give me some wretches that I can do
25:01
Speaker 1: to relieve this the just the muscle pain in general.
25:05
Speaker 1: And I know I'm doing everything I can that I
25:08
Speaker 1: can control to manage the situation. So that's kind of
25:12
Speaker 1: been a little difficult having an injury, but hey, that's okay.
25:16
Speaker 1: We know things are going to get better, and that's
25:18
Speaker 1: why I'm here. I'm here to give you guys, tips,
25:20
Speaker 1: tips that I'm taking in for myself, along with tips
25:23
Speaker 1: for you if you're currently feeling this funk or rut
25:27
Speaker 1: that you might be in. And again, as I said,
25:28
Speaker 1: we are in a new season. It's one of those
25:30
Speaker 1: seasons where it does get colder, it does get darker,
25:34
Speaker 1: so it does make it hard on ourselves to you know,
25:37
Speaker 1: have our typical routine, and it's all about adjusting things
25:40
Speaker 1: and finding ways to make our days a little bit
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Speaker 1: better by yeah, just making little tweaks and finding ways
25:47
Speaker 1: to motivate ourselves throughout our day to day life. So
25:51
Speaker 1: I hope you guys found this episode inspirational and helpful
25:54
Speaker 1: for anyone that might be going through a similar situation
25:56
Speaker 1: like me, where we're in a funk and trying to
25:58
Speaker 1: get out of it. But this episode's kind of short
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Speaker 1: and sweet. But again, I'm so happy to be back,
26:03
Speaker 1: and honestly, I should be home for the rest of
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Speaker 1: the year, which I'm very happy about. So there should
26:08
Speaker 1: be a lot of episodes coming before the end of
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Speaker 1: the year. But i'd love you guys. Also much thank
26:14
Speaker 1: you guys for listening to another episode. If you guys
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Speaker 1: your host. I'm on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. But I
26:26
Speaker 1: love you guys allso much. Thank you guys for listening
26:28
Speaker 1: to another episode, and I will see you guys in
26:30
Speaker 1: next week's episode.