Speaker 1: I'd like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of
Speaker 1: country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.
Speaker 1: We pay our respect to their elders, past, present and emerging,
Speaker 1: and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Speaker 1: Islander peoples today. Welcome to Stepping Up the podcast where
Speaker 1: we explore all things organization, mental health, routines, personal.
Speaker 2: Development, motherhood and health.
Speaker 1: I'm your host, Steph Pace, and I'm the woman behind
Speaker 1: Just Another Mummy blog and also the founder of Steph
Speaker 1: Pace Planners. But I can assure you this is not
Speaker 1: just another podcast online. I'm known for my organization tips
Speaker 1: and tricks and the occasional banter, but it definitely wasn't
Speaker 1: always this way. I used to be a hot mess
Speaker 1: and occasionally still am. And I'm here as your honest
Speaker 1: and real friend each week to show you how I
Speaker 1: turn my life of chaos into clarity.
Speaker 2: Between the house, health, kids.
Speaker 1: Work, and wanting to be the best version of yourself,
Speaker 1: it can be overwhelming, and I'm here to give you
Speaker 1: the tools and tips to stop you feeling like a
Speaker 1: slave to your daily tasks, home life, and especially the
Speaker 1: expectations you have on yourself.
Speaker 2: Join me as I share my.
Speaker 1: Journey and insights into the art of balancing at all
Speaker 1: and speak to guests who can help us all live
Speaker 1: a better life. Whether you're looking to streamline your daily routines,
Speaker 1: bosh your wellbeing, achieve your fitness goals, diamond to personal development,
Speaker 1: or find inspiration to step up into the best version
Speaker 1: of yourself, We've got you.
Speaker 2: So are you ready to step up your game?
Speaker 1: Let's go. Hello guys, and welcome back to steffing Up.
Speaker 1: I have had a week. I feel like I said
Speaker 1: that every time I come on here, but I'm actually
Speaker 1: quite concerned about my brain lately. I feel like I'm
Speaker 1: just malfunctioning. Like anyway, I did the most embarrassing thing.
Speaker 1: You know, when you embarrass yourself in front of strangers,
Speaker 1: it's just like the worst. Like when we went overseas
Speaker 1: last year. We went to the Atlantis Hotel, this bougie
Speaker 1: ars hotel on the way back in like in Dubai
Speaker 1: for I think we'll have three nights. Anyway, this is
Speaker 1: not the actual story, but I'm going to tell you. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I had Willow with me and we'll walk downstairs. You
Speaker 1: guys would have seen the Atlantis Hotel because it's like
Speaker 1: world famous. It's just insane. It's huge, and it's filled
Speaker 1: with very fashionable people. You know, they got their prata,
Speaker 1: they got their chanelle or whatever else there is. And
Speaker 1: I'm there with my camart top that I really like. Anyway,
Speaker 1: will I wanted to go down into the lobby to
Speaker 1: look at something, I think because there's like a huge
Speaker 1: bloody fish tank, like aquarium, not a fish tank. So
Speaker 1: I took her down and someone must have like brought
Speaker 1: water in from like the pool area anyway, So there
Speaker 1: was women in front of me, and I was literally
Speaker 1: just admiring what they were wearing, like they were wearing gowns.
Speaker 1: They looked stunning. And there I was in my like
Speaker 1: my thongs, nearly said, flip flops and and pretty much
Speaker 1: what I'm wearing now, just like some shorts and a top. Anyway,
Speaker 1: next minute, I slip and I fully ax myself and
Speaker 1: fall my ass, and everyone like the whole place just
Speaker 1: turned around and looked at me. It was just mortifying.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to disappear and it killed. I ended
Speaker 1: up having the biggest bruise on my ass, and then
Speaker 1: the flight home, which was pretty long. I could barely
Speaker 1: sit straight like it was so painful. Anyways, the actual
Speaker 1: story that I actually was going to tell you was
Speaker 1: the other day Ryan dropped me off. So this is
Speaker 1: turning into a storytime now. Anyway, Ryan dropped me off
Speaker 1: at the car dealership because it just got serviced. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I walk in and you know, it's a car dealership,
Speaker 1: it's pretty open plan, and I said to the guy,
Speaker 1: as per usual, I said, hey, could I please use
Speaker 1: your bathroom? And he said, yeah, sure, just go through
Speaker 1: the doors. It's just on the right. So I walk
Speaker 1: out the doors and I literally just like malfunction. I'm
Speaker 1: just standing there and I freeze and I saw I'm
Speaker 1: like twitching a little bit because I just my brains
Speaker 1: is like where do we go? And I just forgot
Speaker 1: everything he just said. And then the other guy saw
Speaker 1: me and he's like, okay, it's just over there, and
Speaker 1: he showed me where to go. Anyway, he didn't take
Speaker 1: me to the toilet, you know what I mean. Anyway,
Speaker 1: so I came out and then I malfunction again, like
Speaker 1: he just showed me where to go and I just
Speaker 1: came in the door. And now I've forgotten again where
Speaker 1: to go, So the same guy's like, I will take
Speaker 1: you back through. I was so embarrassing, Like I wish
Speaker 1: I could explain how blood embarrassing this was. Told me
Speaker 1: back through, gave me my car keys, but then he just
Speaker 1: goes to me, would you like me to drive it
Speaker 1: out of the car spot, probably because by this point
Speaker 1: this guy's like this bloody lady should not be driving.
Speaker 1: And I'm like, no, no, it's fine, No, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for your help, so silly, like sorry about that.
Speaker 1: And then do you know what I do? I grab
Speaker 1: the keys and I proceed to walk and then go
Speaker 1: into the passenger side of the car. I opened the
Speaker 1: door and I nearly get into the passenger side of
Speaker 1: the car, and then I realized and then he's just
Speaker 1: looking at me, and I'm like, oh, wrong side. And
Speaker 1: then I went back around and then I very carefully
Speaker 1: drove out because I'm like, if I hit a gutter
Speaker 1: now after that, I could have just died. It was
Speaker 1: the most embarrassing four five minutes of my life. Honestly,
Speaker 1: it was so stupid. Anyway, speaking of our brains just malfunctioning,
Speaker 1: today's episode is for you. Now, if this is for you.
Speaker 1: If you were someone that you feel like constantly busy,
Speaker 1: that you have a million things to do, but the
Speaker 1: end of every day you feel like you've ticked off nothing.
Speaker 1: You're no closer to getting those important things done, you know,
Speaker 1: those things where every day you're literally saying to yourself,
Speaker 1: I need to do that, I need to do that,
Speaker 1: I need to do that. And then you've got the
Speaker 1: smaller tasks where you're like they take two seconds and
Speaker 1: they're important, but then you just forget about them. But
Speaker 1: they're so important as well, you know, like we always
Speaker 1: have a million things to do, our tasks, we've got errands,
Speaker 1: we've got people to get back to, we've got groceries,
Speaker 1: work things, kid things, and so many of us just
Speaker 1: don't know how to prioritize it all because it all
Speaker 1: feels important. And that's where I'm going to come in
Speaker 1: and help you and save the day. Life is unfortunately
Speaker 1: a never ending to do list. You're never going to
Speaker 1: get to the end of it because every single day
Speaker 1: more things are being added. There's always things to do,
Speaker 1: and if we're not able to manage these things the
Speaker 1: next minute, the house is a shit show, which is
Speaker 1: going to happen anyway. If you've got children, your bills,
Speaker 1: you you've got unopen mail that's been sitting on the
Speaker 1: bench for weeks, so much happening, and you get to
Speaker 1: a point where you just feel like you suffocated and
Speaker 1: you just simply do not know where to start because
Speaker 1: there's so many things to do, and I feel you,
Speaker 1: I again, I'm terrible at prioritization. That's why I came
Speaker 1: up with this life changing hack. Because although I make
Speaker 1: planners and all the things which have helped me so much,
Speaker 1: you need to know the strategy behind it. And that
Speaker 1: is something one day I'm so excited to hopefully bring
Speaker 1: to the world. And if all those things sound like you,
Speaker 1: and you're just sick of feeling in a constant state
Speaker 1: of overwhelm and over knowing when to do a task,
Speaker 1: what task, and you just feel like you're holding everything
Speaker 1: in your head, and you just like, I can't do
Speaker 1: this anymore. Make sure you listen to this episode and
Speaker 1: listen to the end, because that is where I Am
Speaker 1: going to tell you exactly what to do. But we've
Speaker 1: got to start from the top. There is a few
Speaker 1: reasons why you are the way that you are. Basically
Speaker 1: the nicest way possible. A is you are loading up
Speaker 1: your plate too much and then you get overwhelmed and
Speaker 1: you start nothing. Akay, you just have too much shit
Speaker 1: to do, so you just don't do any of it,
Speaker 1: which I'm very much guilty of. B you are holding
Speaker 1: all of your to do's an important shit all in
Speaker 1: your brain. They're not meant to stay there, guys, if
Speaker 1: you don't realize it's not very Our brain isn't very
Speaker 1: helpful at times. It will literally my brain especially will
Speaker 1: just malfunction sometimes. And there also is a quote I loved,
Speaker 1: and the quote was brains are for creating ideas, not
Speaker 1: for holding them. And I do that all the time.
Speaker 1: I'll come up with the best ideas at the worst times.
Speaker 1: And now I know, I just just got to write
Speaker 1: it down or drop it in my notes, and then
Speaker 1: I bring it home and put it in my notebook
Speaker 1: because I will forget it. And the last reason is
Speaker 1: is because you don't use a planner aka staph face planners.
Speaker 1: And if you do use a planner, you're not being
Speaker 1: strategic with your tasks, which again is where I'm going
Speaker 1: to come in. So you're probably wondering. Okay, Steph what
Speaker 1: is this planning hack? What is this magical strategy that
Speaker 1: changed your life?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 1: I figured this out a while ago because I was
Speaker 1: like you, I had a lot of to do is
Speaker 1: didn't know where to put them' got things done? It
Speaker 1: was a shit show. So I came up with the
Speaker 1: top three and the quick three method. Now, this is
Speaker 1: where you choose and it sounds very simple, but I'm
Speaker 1: going to be breaking it down for you, giving you
Speaker 1: criteria questions to ask because right now, probably you might
Speaker 1: be driving somewhere right now and you're like, that's easy,
Speaker 1: I can figure that out. But when you actually write
Speaker 1: down all your task and you look at them, it
Speaker 1: can actually be a little bit tricky to determine what
Speaker 1: is your top three and what is your quick three. Now,
Speaker 1: your top three tasks are the three obviously the three
Speaker 1: most important task to focus on each day. The purpose
Speaker 1: of this is to complete critical tasks to ensure progress
Speaker 1: and no negative impact occurs if you don't do it.
Speaker 1: So right now, making planners, so that is a really
Speaker 1: important task for me, and if I don't do it,
Speaker 1: the impact is humongous. Basically, I'm fucked and it released everyone.
Speaker 1: I'll be giving you some more examples. Now, your quick
Speaker 1: three tasks are three smaller quick tasks can be completed easily. Now,
Speaker 1: the purpose of the quick three can vary, so these
Speaker 1: can either be super important tasks that are just quick
Speaker 1: to action, or these are maintenance tasks that do not
Speaker 1: have a huge impact or a humongous level of importance,
Speaker 1: but they do need to get done. And when you
Speaker 1: get to do these, it gives you that sense of accomplishment,
Speaker 1: like you know, booking your car for a service and
Speaker 1: getting a map to the toilet so you don't look
Speaker 1: like an idiot. Now let's go through the criteria of
Speaker 1: what makes your top three tasks your top three. The
Speaker 1: first criteria is urgency, so these tasks have very strict
Speaker 1: deadlines and they need your immediate attention. The next thing
Speaker 1: is important, So these tasks have a big impact on
Speaker 1: your long term goals and also your responsibilities. So for example,
Speaker 1: those you take care of so your children, you obviously
Speaker 1: need to do things for them, and that has a
Speaker 1: big impact if you don't do things that are of
Speaker 1: importance and it's urgent. And these are also things that
Speaker 1: have impact on your long term goals. So when we
Speaker 1: say your top three tasks This definitely isn't just to
Speaker 1: do with work. This has got to do with your health,
Speaker 1: any of those things that have a big impact on
Speaker 1: your life. Now, the three questions to further help you
Speaker 1: determine if it is a top task or not, because
Speaker 1: trust me, you're going to need them, is will this
Speaker 1: task have a significant impact on the outcome of my week?
Speaker 1: So this again ties into your responsibilities, things you've got
Speaker 1: to do, who you've got to care for, and also
Speaker 1: your goals. Question number two, does this task have an
Speaker 1: urgent deadline to meet? And this also can tine to
Speaker 1: you quick three, But I do feel that if it's urgent,
Speaker 1: you need to pop it in your top three. And
Speaker 1: if it obviously has you know, all the things like
Speaker 1: a big impact, all that type of thing, even if
Speaker 1: it only take you twenty minutes, should be in your
Speaker 1: top three. Anyway, Question number three, will complete in this
Speaker 1: task move me even closer to my long term goals?
Speaker 1: So going to the gym. Maybe it's fine starting to
Speaker 1: work on your side business that you've been wanting to
Speaker 1: start forever, and that is a long term goal and
Speaker 1: this is something that you need to work towards. It
Speaker 1: could also be going through your budget, going through your
Speaker 1: bank statements, which take time, but in turn you can
Speaker 1: figure out where you can save money so then you
Speaker 1: can achieve your goal of going on a family holiday
Speaker 1: or saving for something. Now, these are my favorite questions
Speaker 1: you can ask yourself if you get stuck, or you
Speaker 1: can just go straight to these two because I actually
Speaker 1: do love these two. The first magical question is if
Speaker 1: you're still stuck on your top three, what impact will
Speaker 1: not completing this task today have on my life, my work,
Speaker 1: and my family. So I love this because although you're
Speaker 1: not going out and buying the new door or the
Speaker 1: Explorer toy isn't going to affect you, it is going
Speaker 1: to affect your kid when she's got the shits because
Speaker 1: she has a birthday party on the weekend and she's
Speaker 1: got no present to give to a friend, so that
Speaker 1: it is actually going to affect you. So something like that,
Speaker 1: And I think we naturally think like that anyway as mothers,
Speaker 1: but I think it is good to be able to
Speaker 1: think of how does not doing the impact my life,
Speaker 1: my work, and my family. And my most favorite question
Speaker 1: that I love because I know when you ask yourself
Speaker 1: this question, you will know in your gut if you
Speaker 1: should do it or not. And that question is how
Speaker 1: will I feel if I get this done today. Now,
Speaker 1: we all have those tasks that have been eating away
Speaker 1: at us four months. Potentially you lose sleep over it,
Speaker 1: and you just keep putting it off and you keep
Speaker 1: putting it off, and although it might not be urgent
Speaker 1: or have a deadline, it's something you still need to
Speaker 1: do and it is affecting your mental health and you're
Speaker 1: putting it off is making it worse. So when you
Speaker 1: ask yourself this question and you're going through your list,
Speaker 1: which i'll take you to you later, you will know
Speaker 1: I've got to do this shit today and then you're
Speaker 1: going to feel so much better, honestly. So that is
Speaker 1: my most favorite question. An example of that would be
Speaker 1: decluttering the garage. Our garage is like one of the
Speaker 1: first places to get trashed, along with my car, and
Speaker 1: when I put it off, it just feels worse and worse,
Speaker 1: and then you finally do it and it's actually not
Speaker 1: that bad. So making sure that within this three tasks
Speaker 1: do include, if you have the capability and you don't
Speaker 1: have a million deadlines every weekend day, that you include
Speaker 1: those tasks that just eat away at you and get
Speaker 1: them done. Just get them done now. Just some really
Speaker 1: quick examples. You guys have got the gist by now,
Speaker 1: but some really quick examples. For I say, people that
Speaker 1: are working of top three tasks. This could be completing
Speaker 1: a key project, could be preparing for an important meeting
Speaker 1: and developing a new strategy for a project. Now an
Speaker 1: example for mums who possibly aren't working at this point,
Speaker 1: could be preparing meals and planning weekly groceries because we
Speaker 1: know the outcome of that is not fun. Helping kids
Speaker 1: with homework or school projects. Like for me, the kids
Speaker 1: just had their very first like proper assignment and it
Speaker 1: was a speech, and man, I just I stressed out.
Speaker 1: I took hours up is a really good reader and
Speaker 1: really getting really good now. But it was like that
Speaker 1: was a top task for me that day. I had
Speaker 1: so much other things to do, but you know, that's
Speaker 1: top importance to me obviously. And then another one would
Speaker 1: be scheduling and attending family appointments. There's a million more,
Speaker 1: but these are just examples. Now let's move on to
Speaker 1: your criteria for your quick three tasks. Now it sounds
Speaker 1: pretty again self explanatory, but you will be surprised. There
Speaker 1: is an abundance of tasks that only take not very long,
Speaker 1: but they hold different levels of importance, and this is
Speaker 1: where these questions come into play. Now, the criteria for
Speaker 1: a quick three task is task that can be done
Speaker 1: under fifteen minutes, Tasks that are straightforward and easy to complete,
Speaker 1: so the mental capacity is pretty low, like you can
Speaker 1: just get it done and it is a necessity. So
Speaker 1: these tasks, even though they are minor, they still need
Speaker 1: to be done. They can be small tasks with big impact.
Speaker 1: And again if it has really high importance, even if
Speaker 1: it doesn't take long, I would still pop it in
Speaker 1: your top three because there's a certain way you're going
Speaker 1: to do this in your planner and plan your day
Speaker 1: so you understand it a minute. Now, three questions to
Speaker 1: determine your quick tasks. Question Number one, can I obviously
Speaker 1: complete this on under fifteen minutes? Number two? Is this
Speaker 1: task pretty simple and straightforward? Number three? Does this task
Speaker 1: even though it is fast, need to be done this week?
Speaker 1: And what's the impact if I don't do it? And
Speaker 1: again with the two magic questions that I add on
Speaker 1: is what impact will it have if I don't complete it?
Speaker 1: On my life? Work and family, So it could be
Speaker 1: as simple as replying to your boss. You should probably
Speaker 1: do that. And the last question is how will I
Speaker 1: feel if I get this done today? Do you know
Speaker 1: how many times this is TMI? But I had to book?
Speaker 1: Perhaps mean and these are super important and I'm not
Speaker 1: underplaying that whatsoever, And it doesn't really make sense when
Speaker 1: I say it out loud. But because I've got health anxiety,
Speaker 1: I kept putting it off for some reason and it
Speaker 1: just kept eating at me and eating away at me.
Speaker 1: So that's something that is actually should be a top
Speaker 1: priority because it's health. But when I ask myself, how
Speaker 1: will I feel if I get this done today or
Speaker 1: this week? I knew showed away I had to do it.
Speaker 1: And that is why I love that question, because your
Speaker 1: gut does not lie. It will tell you what you
Speaker 1: need to do and when you need to do it. Now.
Speaker 1: Some quick tasks for people who work is you know,
Speaker 1: sending a quick email, making a phone call, tiding up
Speaker 1: a workspace, cleaning up your planner, and then scheduling appointment.
Speaker 1: So things like that. There's a million other examples. Examples
Speaker 1: for mums at home would be like for my kids,
Speaker 1: was I to order them new bike shorts fin under
Speaker 1: their dress because the ones I bought them apparently were
Speaker 1: too short. So that was one of them. Organizing a
Speaker 1: small area of a room or just a room in general,
Speaker 1: unless it's like a kids bedroom or your bedroom and
Speaker 1: it's really affecting you. You know, it's just like having
Speaker 1: those parts of the house that kind of like eat
Speaker 1: away at you and it could be just a draw
Speaker 1: and it's only going to take you fifteen minutes, but
Speaker 1: you just don't do it. That's when you ask yourself
Speaker 1: that question, how will I feel if I get this done?
Speaker 1: And they need to do it. Now, let's move on
Speaker 1: to implementing the top three and quick three method today.
Speaker 1: Now you're going to our start every day doing this method.
Speaker 1: You're going to be identifying your top three and you
Speaker 1: quick three. If your brain is overloaded, which I'm assuming
Speaker 1: it is, I think you know what I'm going to say,
Speaker 1: because I say this all the time. We're going to
Speaker 1: do a brain dup. You're going to get it all out.
Speaker 1: And now what we're going to do is looking at
Speaker 1: this list first before we start doing anything else. Is
Speaker 1: look at anything that actually is just bullshit and you
Speaker 1: don't need to do get rid of it. Now. What
Speaker 1: I want you to do is highlight tasks that will
Speaker 1: take fifteen minutes or less. I really want you guys
Speaker 1: to after this episode go back and listen to last
Speaker 1: week's episode because I talk about time estimation and how
Speaker 1: we can be very bad at it. So that's where
Speaker 1: this comes into play. So knowing what tasks actually only
Speaker 1: take fifteen minutes, so you go through your question speech
Speaker 1: one what is necessary to complete this week only now
Speaker 1: I want you to do the same for important tasks
Speaker 1: in another color, the ones that have to be done
Speaker 1: this week. Now, these again have a large impact if
Speaker 1: you don't do them. So this is why we're breaking
Speaker 1: them up. We're putting it to their groups. We've got
Speaker 1: your quick task over here, we've got your top task
Speaker 1: over here. And obviously it's like three a day to
Speaker 1: do your math. You don't do it every single day,
Speaker 1: but like on the weekends. Even if you can do
Speaker 1: like top task and like your quick tasks, whatever it is,
Speaker 1: because obviously there's house resets and all that crap, it's
Speaker 1: up to you now that you've separated them. Moll I
Speaker 1: want you to open your planner and look at your days.
Speaker 1: But before you do this. This is a crucial step.
Speaker 1: You need to think about when are you at your
Speaker 1: best to focus, because this time is when you're going
Speaker 1: to be doing your top three tasks. These tasks are
Speaker 1: always going to be bigger, they got more mental capacity
Speaker 1: needed focus mode. You're going to be doing them first.
Speaker 1: And I want you to remember, if it is a
Speaker 1: bigger task, you're not going to de clutter the house.
Speaker 1: You need to say, spend one hour de cluttering the
Speaker 1: house or de clutter this room for this much time,
Speaker 1: because that's when you start to feel defeated, as when
Speaker 1: you set yourself up for failure because it's not possible
Speaker 1: to do all of that in one day plus your
Speaker 1: other top task plus your quick tasks. Now I want
Speaker 1: you to schedule in your top three tasks the best
Speaker 1: part of your day, and then your quick three can
Speaker 1: be like scattered around. I like to do them in
Speaker 1: a batch. Just smash it out and get it done.
Speaker 1: And the best thing too, when you're looking over your
Speaker 1: week is to kind of work backwards from due dates
Speaker 1: or the best dates to get it done for you.
Speaker 1: So for example, say you have an event on Sunday,
Speaker 1: you don't want to really have to rush around in
Speaker 1: your lunch break at work to go and find a dress,
Speaker 1: maybe a order it for express right now, right your
Speaker 1: second or b wait till you have a half day
Speaker 1: off or a day off or like a late night
Speaker 1: shopping and then go get your dress, that's what I mean.
Speaker 1: Or maybe a day your kids are at daycare or
Speaker 1: you know that type of thing. So now you've got
Speaker 1: your task, they're all categorized, you schedule them in, and
Speaker 1: now the left doovers that are on that list that
Speaker 1: you didn't do anything with, you're going to be transferring
Speaker 1: them and doing the same process for next week. But
Speaker 1: just remembering happen. Honestly, there'll be times like the podcast
Speaker 1: are recorded last week, just setting up the camera because
Speaker 1: it was being a little shit took me an hour,
Speaker 1: so my whole day was moved around a bit. But
Speaker 1: it's about being flexible and not beating yourself up about it.
Speaker 1: This is just about you understanding your priorities and not
Speaker 1: putting a ton of things on your to do list
Speaker 1: that is just not possible. And at least you know
Speaker 1: in your call that if you get even half of
Speaker 1: these done, you're going to feel so much better. And
Speaker 1: it's the things that you need to be doing to
Speaker 1: move forward. As I said, some things can take longer
Speaker 1: than others. So what do you do if a task
Speaker 1: takes longer than expected? I just just schedule. So if
Speaker 1: a top task takes longer than expected, figure out if
Speaker 1: it's feasible to continue because it's that urgent and that important.
Speaker 1: So for me, if it was something that was like
Speaker 1: really really important, then the other two tasks, I'm like, ook,
Speaker 1: they can wait till tomorrow continue. Or you can break
Speaker 1: it down into as I said, a timeframe, or break
Speaker 1: it down into smaller tasks and prioritize, so focusing on
Speaker 1: completing the most critical task for and then you can
Speaker 1: reschedule the rest and then being flexible so things are
Speaker 1: going to move around. That's okay, You're not a failure.
Speaker 1: You're doing a bloody great job. And even just now
Speaker 1: knowing this framework is huge for you, Like this is
Speaker 1: going to change your life. I shared with this on
Speaker 1: Instagram a while back, and I've had so many people
Speaker 1: message me. I shared how I do it in my planner.
Speaker 1: So in my planner, I highlight my top three tasks
Speaker 1: in like pink, so it's really bright, and then my
Speaker 1: quick three is in like a light color like blue,
Speaker 1: and I know, and then it helps my brain be like,
Speaker 1: oh yep, no matter what, these are the ones I
Speaker 1: really want to focus on, and then you're good to go.
Speaker 1: And in general, like if you really struggle, even more
Speaker 1: so if you want a number, your top three and
Speaker 1: your quick three in importance. But please, I do recommend
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