WEBVTT - Morning Me Cannot Be Trusted: Six Things I Do the Night Before 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.880 Thirty five thousand micro decisions by nine o'clock. Yeah, no, thanks. 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:07.040 You don't realize how many decisions you make, just like, oh, 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:07.960 has the kids done this? 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:08.719 Have I done that? 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:10.840 Like there's so many decisions you have to make every 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.680 day and it's like, no, wonder why we're so exhausted. Hello, guys, 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.360 and welcome back to Stepping Up. I am pumped for 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:19.239 today's episode. I feel like I say that every week. 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.560 But anyway, I'm very passionate about the things I talk 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:26.000 about here obviously, but this is honestly, I feel like 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:29.240 such a sore spot for everyone in life, Like think 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:33.120 about you know, Freaky Friday, and you remember Lindsay Lohan 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:34.760 and she has to be like literally dragged out of 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:36.800 bed and she's always running late. And then even like 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.839 New York Minute, which you know that movie sparked my 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:44.440 love of Planners Jane Ryan and Mary Kate Olsen was 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:46.960 like one of the twins in that movie who also 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:51.560 was just rushing around and just always like, I feel 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.720 like mornings are just chaotic for everyone, even you know, 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:58.080 before kids, my mornings, Like I've never been a morning person, 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:00.200 to be honest with you, except until I got old 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.800 and then I realized I would rather have less sleep 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.080 and have some alone time before my kids wake up, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:10.400 love them dearly, but yes, So today's episode is for 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:12.959 those of you who feel like your morning's always a scramble. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.360 And these are the things I do the night before 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:19.600 because mourning me cannot be trusted. Mourning me has a 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.880 bad attitude usually, and she doesn't know what day of 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:24.679 the week it is, or she knows is. 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:25.440 She's got a lot of. 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.640 Things to do that day, and she can wake up 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.760 pretty overwhelmed. You know, morning Steph is feral. She loses 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:32.560 her keys, she's trying to put one shoe on, and 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.200 she's yelling out, where's my laptop? Things like that, Like, 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.640 we don't. We're not going to listen to her. She's 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.959 not the person we want to be calling the shots 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.080 for the day. So I realized at one point I 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:46.080 think I was running late for probably life in general, 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.279 let's be honest. I just remember the girls were little, 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.280 and for me, I had a really important Zoom meeting 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.200 that day and it was for I'm pretty sure it 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.600 was for Stephe's planners. Anyway, I had to drop the 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.120 girls off at daycare and I ended up being over 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:59.680 an hour late to this meeting because I thought it 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.280 start later than it did. And that was a massive 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.080 wake up call for me, because you know, I might 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.280 be a hot mess, but I one thing I try 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.840 to be really protective of is you know, you know, 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.760 you want to be professional in business. You want to 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.360 be professional, like it's your livelihood, you're providing fee family, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:20.720 And this morning it really did wake me up pun intended, 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.760 and for me, that was the moment I was like, 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.840 you know, I can't keep being reactive because when you 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.919 think about it, when you are not prepped and planned, 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.120 which you know I love this stuff. Planning is you know, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.760 it's great, but if you're not prepped, you're always going 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.120 to be on the back foot. You're never going to 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.240 be on time, You're not going to feel calm. That 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.600 is why we are so stressed. It's because we're being reactive. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.480 We haven't planned and prepped for the next day. And 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.800 so once this happened on this particular morning, I realized 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.880 I cannot rely on morning Steph anymore. So I need 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.760 to think of my future self. And you know, you 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.320 guys would have heard me say this a lot talking 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.519 about my future self, and the more. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.880 You look after her the smooth your. 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.280 Life is going to run like genuinely, But before I 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.760 get in today's episode and give you all these amazing 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.360 tips and hacks that I do the night before, because 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.640 morning meat is a mess, a little bit of a 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.640 life update. I have been trying to really, you know, 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.079 like we create routines in our lives, but sometimes they 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:26.200 don't you know, we outgrow them and they don't serve 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.640 us anymore. It's like, you know, when our kids are babies, 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.600 they'll have a little nap routine and then in two 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.280 or three weeks they're like, no, we're not doing this 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.600 anymore and you have to change it up. And that's 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:37.800 the same with life. Our life will change and what 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.080 we want out of our life, maybe our goals change, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.480 maybe our working situations change, And if we keep trying 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:48.280 to stick to the same routines that don't work, it's 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.200 just not really serving us. So this is happening with 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.600 us right now. With the kids sleep, And when I 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.720 was writing the book before that, I was quite strict. 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.240 With the girl's sleep schedules. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:02.160 Not like I don't run the house like a military camp, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:06.200 but I really just know how important sleep is, and 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:11.000 I try to, you know, really help the girls with 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.520 their sleep schedules because I've always really struggled with my 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:16.400 own sleep. I have been on sleep medication for as 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.680 long as I can remember. I did manage to come 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.240 off of it once when I went to like a 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.039 health retreat which is in Queensland. It was amazing, and 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:23.960 I'm aiming. 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:24.360 To get back there. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.120 But I've always struggled with sleep since I was a kid. Now, 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:32.760 Harper Order she is more like right, she's horizontal, she's out, 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.440 she's pretty good, and I think she's very She's got 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.039 a lot of energy. And Willow's a bit more like me. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:43.000 So trying to get both girls to get into a 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:48.040 nighttime routine when they're very different, I realized it can't 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.400 be cookie cutter for both. So I've been really like 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.240 playing around with their routines. And you know, there's a 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.440 couple of rules that we have in the house because 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.440 I am someone like if we cannot have the overhead 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.760 lights on past six pm, I'm like, I don't even 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.080 care if it's still bright outside, Like the overhead lights 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.800 are not happening. So it's been a bit of a 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:12.120 kerfuffle at home lately with that. But the biggest things 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.320 that have helped us with the girls in their sleep 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.120 is we now after dinner, like making sure we're having 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.640 dinner at five PM, which you know, if you don't 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.960 have kids, maybe you think that's really really early, and 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.840 yeah it is, but trust me, you need to do that. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.320 So we have at dinner at five and then after that, 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.039 depending on how long they take to eat their dinner, 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.479 I'll usually just say like no more TV. And that 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.440 is again because their brain is going to signal to 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.599 their brain like okay, it's time. We're winding down, so 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.760 we'll do coloring in and stuff like that, and they're 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.080 playing their rooms and you know, the girls actually really 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.039 love reading, which is great. I'm buying so many books, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.800 but I'm not mad about that. And the other thing is, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.200 as you guys know, I do I close the kitchen 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.960 like I do closing shifts. So we all know, every 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.440 child gets really hungry and thirsty when it's time to 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.560 go to bed, so I will let them know, and 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:04.560 I will let them know ahead of time, like you know, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.200 you've got twenty minutes and the kitchen's closed. And I 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.080 found with the girls especially, and i'd think kids with 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.960 ADHD and people in general. It is good to kind 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.080 of say you've got this much time and not just 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.880 say okay, you're done. Because I noticed when I say 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:19.720 the girls, okay, you're done, like you're cut off, that's 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.279 when they get really upset. So that's what's kind of 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.160 been going on at home. If you guys want more 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:26.800 updates on that, let me know. I could probably do 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.440 an episode on this. I could do an episode on 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.880 anything really, So that's what's going on. And speaking of 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.280 nighttime routines, let's get into the things I do the 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.240 night before for morning me. Now, this was a hack 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:40.720 I shared on Instagram a little while ago, and you 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:41.600 guys loved it. 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:44.039 So we all know I love planning. 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.440 But what I do so hack number one or step 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.360 number one, is I plan my outfits for the week, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.839 so I prep them for the week. Now what this 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.440 looks like for me is I've got these little hangars. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:56.839 They're like little plastic hangers. You get them from Amazon, 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.400 and I labeled them Monday to Friday, so only we'll 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.600 plan to Friday. And I have them on part of 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:07.880 my hangar in my wardrobe and they're just there and 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.720 I will put behind each little tag so say Monday, 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.800 I'll have Monday's workoutfit or Monday's outfit, and also the 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:18.440 gym outfit. Now why we do this, as I've talked 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.800 about this before, is the micro decisions in the morning 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.920 getting ready and trying to find an outfit for the 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.600 day when you're already stressed and you're already running late. 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.400 That's not a good combo. So for me, I really 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.760 like to be able to on Sunday. I will literally 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.920 plan my outfits Monday to Friday, and of course like 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.080 weather changes and things like that. Which is one of 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.000 the extra tips I'll put in here is to always 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.720 check the weather the night before, at like six pm, 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.760 just in case you need to change you know, shorts 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.760 to pants or adding a jacket and things like that. 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:50.760 So now when I wake up in the morning, I 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:51.400 don't have to think. 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.120 I walk over to my little prepped outfit section and 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.560 I go to the little tab that says the day, 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:01.160 and I grab my clothes, And that honestly has changed 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.280 my life. I do this also with the girls. So 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.760 we have this hangar behind the door, and it has 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.160 little pouches and it says Monday to Friday, and I 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.600 will make sure they have clean uniforms in there, their socks, undies, 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.320 their sports uniforms under the right day. And the girls 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.360 also will wake up and they are not like, Mum, 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.560 where's my shorts, Mum, where's my skirt? But look, that 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:22.040 still gonna happen from time to time. We are not 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.440 perfect here. So prepping out outfits for the week for 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.480 you and the kids, you need to get onto that. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.200 And you can even go so far as like say, 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.240 if you like to change up your handbags, like having 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.880 your handbag there, having your jewelry, like whatever you need 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.880 to do to have the least amount of things to 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:41.200 decide on in the morning. 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:42.080 You need to do that. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.640 So yeah, again, I just got these little things from Amazon. 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:47.760 I do have an Amazon storefront. If you guys want it, 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.880 I'll pop it in the show notes if you want to. Again, 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.920 that's an affiliate link, but you don't have to use it. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.760 And then I just use a label printer and that's 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:56.040 how I get the labels on them. 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.160 They're the best. Okay. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:01.600 Ritual Number two is I will have lunches eighty percent 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:06.319 prepped for the next day. Now, I before kids, I 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:10.040 always thought I'd be the mum who would have freshly 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:10.760 baked soured. 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:11.840 Okay, no, I never thought that. 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.120 I did think I was going to prep their lunches 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.839 fresh every single morning. And look, there will be times 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:22.280 I will do that, but that's not really me. So 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.240 what I do on a Sunday is I really like 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.520 freezing wraps for the kids lunches. I feel like it's 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.480 really easy and I just feel like they defrost better. 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.000 And I would love to be the mom that you 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.600 know preps their lunch fresh every morning, but it's not 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.960 going to happen all the time. So for me, I 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.760 will make sure they have eighty percent of their lunch 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.080 or one hundred percent of their lunch ready the night before. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.200 And this also counts for me because when I don't 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.560 do this, I either am in the KFC drive through 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.360 more times than I'd like to admit, or I get 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.720 so busy I barely eat and that is even worse. 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.960 So this is why we need to prep. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.600 So when I say prepped, I mean down to their 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:03.000 water bottles and my own water bottle being filled up and. 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.200 Where their stuff is. 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:06.080 So like as I've said, I've talked about the launch 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.880 pad before, the kids also have their own kind of 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.280 school one, so they have their school bag, they have 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.360 the jumper in their bag all the time, and even 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.480 like down to having a little checklist of like do 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.080 I have this in my bag? Like I love making 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.319 like checklists and things if you can't tell, and having 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.280 like a little checklist for your own kids that literally 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.640 can be hung on the wall, doesn't have to be 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.680 fancy and to say do I have this? And you 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:31.679 can have like a foat like pictures if you need it. 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.439 Depending on how old your kids are, it could be 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.760 a picture of like school heart, school jumper, lunch drink bottle, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.160 anything like that, and then they can go through it themselves. 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.839 And like visual cues are so so important, Like think 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.120 about when you go into a classroom, what's on the walls. 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.520 It's visual cues of things they're learning, so then their 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.480 brain actually absorbs it. And it's kind of like as adults, 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.400 we stop doing that, and then we wonder why we're 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.440 so forgetful, and it's like we do need those visual 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.679 cues every day. And I'm actually even making I've been 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.480 playing around with like my skincare routine and stuff, and 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.560 I do forget what nights I'm doing what because I'm 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:11.120 kind of like. 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:12.679 Into skin cycling at the moment. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.200 So if you haven't heard of that, basically night wine 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.360 you exfoliate night to use like a retinol because you 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:21.280 know it was born in nineteen ninety. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.800 And then night three and four is like recovery nights. 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.840 And I forget what day I do what And yeah, 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:29.400 I do like pop it in the planner, but when 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.560 I'm in my bathroom, my plan is not with me, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.520 so I won't remember. So even down to me, I 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.360 want to create like a cute little skincare menu and 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.200 like laminate it and stick it up on the wall 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:43.160 in my vent, like in my bathroom. Yeah, I'm a 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.720 bit weird. So yeah, having visual cues for your family, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.160 which I guess is another tip in itself. It's not daycaresh, 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.839 it's not preschoolish. I think it's something that we should 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.480 all do more of. And I would love to like 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:56.920 just make ten plates for it and put it in 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:00.439 a really cute frame, so you know, having lunch is 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:04.360 packed the night before, even down to like I'll have mine, 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.160 I'll prep our fruit and veg. I'll cut that up 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.880 on a Sunday and during the week I'll do another 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.720 lot on a Wednesday, so even down to having things 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:16.120 cut up makes that easier. So instead of me having 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.680 to shop it every single day, I'll grab some out 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:20.920 of the container and chuck it in a little container 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:22.920 for them ready for school. And then when it comes 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.040 to like their snacks for their lunches, we have a 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.240 little basket in our pantry and they know this is 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.520 like school approved snacks and they can grab like three 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.400 or three or two or however many they want out 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.400 of that and that is their snacks for the day. 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.120 So also like that's really good for kids to kind 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.800 of feel, you know, empowered and have like some autonomy 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.680 with that, so feeling like you know, as a kid, 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.880 you just feel like everything's being decided for you. So 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.040 I think I do notice a massive difference with my 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.200 girls when it's like here's your options, you go for it, 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.920 and again having their own checklist on the wall to 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.239 be like have you got this? It makes them feel empowered, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.040 not like you know, you go then they go to 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:03.679 school all day and they've been told what to do. 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:05.240 So I think that's a really good step to do 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:06.240 because I. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.920 Can't actually tell you it's been more than one time 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.160 that when I haven't done this, I might be okay, 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:12.640 not might be. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.280 This is what happened. I was taking the kids to 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.360 school and Harper was like, mum, my lunch isn't in here. 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.199 And I realized I hadn't even made her lunch and 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.000 they had Subway for lunch. But less you say, the 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:26.240 kids were pretty jealous. Subway is awesome, But that's happened 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.800 more times than I'd like to admit. Now, this next 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:30.880 one is kind of tied into the last one. I 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.400 was saying, it's having everything at the front door. Now, 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.400 I've talked about the launch pad before, which is having 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.960 everything you could possibly need in one section near where 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.920 you're exiting from your house. So I'm talking filled up 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.640 drink bottles, I'm talking keys, the form that you need 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.520 to take to that appointment that day, that's filled in 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:49.120 and that's. 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.000 There like your life pouch. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.520 Everything is there, and that means you're not going to 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.000 be forgetting things. So when you think about it, already, 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.000 from these tips, I've already just told you you've woken up. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.200 Your outfit is picked for you, the lunches are done 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.200 and picked for you. Everything you need to take out 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:10.560 your door is there and put together for you. This 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.000 is being proactive and allowing your brain to have a 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.680 second in the morning. Now if you're sitting there wondering 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.679 like okay, steph, well that sounds great. I want to 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.320 do this launch pad thing. I want to have all 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.280 of this set up, but I have like no storage 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.000 at my exit, my entryway or whatever. It honestly is 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.600 so so simple. Like I remember in our old house, 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.600 I grabbed a little shoe like seat thing for the 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.600 front door. So I grabbed one of them from Kmart. 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:36.280 It was just like, yeah, like a little bench seat 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.000 that you sit on while you put your shoes on, 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.040 but underneath a shelf where you have your shoes. And 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.320 then I literally got some of my keya hooks and 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.840 I popped them on the wall. And then I got 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.720 like a little side table and there was like you know, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.080 the little tray for your keys and things like that. 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.840 Like you don't have to have all this like custom 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.840 cabinet tree and stuff like, just grab a couple of 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.840 bits and pieces. Even if for you your launch pad 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.520 is in the kitchen on the bench and that is 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.920 where everything is placed. And even down to having like 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:09.280 you know, your paneled ale, your medication, like your pens AirPods, 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.680 everything already in your life pouch, which if you guys 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.400 don't know what that is, it's it's actually it was 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.880 actually a tech pouch, and it was basically this cute 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:20.760 little product I made for Steph face planners, and it 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.280 was meant to just be for like organizing your tech 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:24.960 and your cables. But I loved it so much that 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.000 now it's my life pouch and it comes with me everywhere. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:31.120 So having your version of that or whatever and having 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.040 that altogether. But you don't have to spend money to 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.960 set these systems up, like you really really don't even 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.440 down to like mail systems. You don't have to have 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.680 like a little pigeonhole shelf for anything, Like I got this. 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:45.080 It's a magazine. 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.720 Holder, and I put it on the wall and it's 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.360 just I got some labels and we pop that up 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.920 like it's You can make it so budget friendly, all right. 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.560 So the next thing I do the night before for 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.200 morning me is I will always have the same breakfast 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:01.080 every single day. Again, this comes down to having less 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:05.200 decisions to make, and for me this is made even 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:10.800 easier because I actually make overnight protein wikbis. Now I 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.960 know you guys would know about the overnight oats and 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.760 that type of thing. So I do overnight Witbicks because 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.320 it's like gluten free, and I had overnight oats. I 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:20.520 feel like I had them for like twelve years, so 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:22.920 kind of got over it. So I just get the 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.760 gluten free. It's like a coconut flavored Whitbicks. And I 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:27.840 have these little cute jars I got from Amazon. Has 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:29.680 like a little spoon in the side. So even if 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.040 I can't eat it at home, I can grab this 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:33.920 out of the fridge. It's got the spoon with it, 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:35.520 and I can chuck it in my bag and I 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.560 can go and then I can eat it. So I 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.560 will prep these three to four days ahead of time. 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:42.600 You can prep this and also put it in the freezer. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.640 I just like to prep it in the fridge. But 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.400 my rule of thumb, Now, look, this is just what 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.960 I think. I'm not going to tell you. You know 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:54.360 that this is one hundred percent accurate, so proceed with 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.080 your own risk. I will prep youah three days in 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.800 the fridge generally for pretty much anything like anything, So 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.280 any type of lunch I prep. If I make my 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.000 Mexican beef, any of those meals, I will let it 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.560 sit in the fridge for three days before I feel 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.800 like I can't eat it anymore, and then after that 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:12.840 it will go in the freezer. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.119 So yeah, I get the Whitbicks. 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.919 I put like two of them in this jar, and 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.280 then I put in my protein powder. I use like 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.000 the naked Harvest. I think it's called New Harvest now sorry, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:24.959 it's like their bisc of flavor. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:26.760 I think it's caramel biscuit. 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.119 It's so yum, So I put that in there, and 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.960 then I use this other collagen. Chuck that in there, 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:34.520 and I'll put my arm and milk and I always 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:36.440 put a fair bit and then you mix it really 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.359 really well. I will chuck in frozen blueberries because by 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.639 the time they defrost it is so yummy, and I 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.280 pop the lid on, put the spoon in there, and 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.000 then I chuck it in the fridge. And it's so 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.160 cute because Ryan has it too. But the girls actually 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.840 love it as well, and they'll make their own, like 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.040 overnight Whitbicks or overnight oats. They're actually into the oats more. 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.280 But that's another idea for you and the kids. Like 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.480 instead of having to ploody, I don't know about you guys, 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:05.080 but I hate making toast. I hate toast, like I 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.239 having to like put it in the toaster and then 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.040 you got to make the butter all good, get the 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.560 vegeto might cut the cruster. Oh my god, I hate it. 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:15.119