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
Speaker 1: extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Speaker 1: peoples today.
Speaker 2: Welcome to Stepping Up the podcast where we explore all
Speaker 2: things organization, mental health routines, personal development, motherhood and health.
Speaker 2: I'm your host, Steph Pace, and I'm the woman behind
Speaker 2: Just Another Mummy blog and also the founder of Steph
Speaker 2: Pace Planners. But I can assure you this is not
Speaker 2: just another podcast online. I'm known for my organization tips
Speaker 2: and tricks and the occasional banter, but it definitely wasn't
Speaker 2: always this way. I used to be a hot mess
Speaker 2: and occasionally still am. And I'm here as your honest
Speaker 2: and real friend each week to show you how I
Speaker 2: turn my life of chaos into clarity. Between the house, health, kids, work,
Speaker 2: and wanting to be the best version of yourself, it
Speaker 2: can be overwhelming, and I'm here to give you the
Speaker 2: tools and tips to stop you feeling like a slave
Speaker 2: to your daily time, asks, home life, and especially the
Speaker 2: expectations you have on yourself.
Speaker 1: Join me as I share my.
Speaker 2: Journey and insights into the art of balancing at all
Speaker 2: and speak to guests who can help us all live
Speaker 2: a better life. Whether you're looking to streamline your daily routines,
Speaker 2: boushial wellbeing, achieve your fitness goals, dive into personal development,
Speaker 2: or find inspiration to step up into the best version
Speaker 2: of yourself, We've got you.
Speaker 3: So are you ready to step up your game? Let's go.
Speaker 3: Hello guys, and welcome back to stepping Up.
Speaker 2: I know I might be sounding a little bit different today,
Speaker 2: and that is because I'm recording for the first time
Speaker 2: in our brand new house. So if you guys haven't
Speaker 2: been following me on socials, we finally moved into the
Speaker 2: new house, which is so bloody exciting, and of course
Speaker 2: with that, we are living out of boxes right now
Speaker 2: and I couldn't really set up my normal podcast equipment,
Speaker 2: so I'm pretty much filming this with my little wireless microphone.
Speaker 3: So I do hope it is okay, and I.
Speaker 2: Have so many things to update you guys on. I
Speaker 2: feel like there's just so much that's how been over
Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. As you know, I do
Speaker 2: like to batch record, So the last few episodes I
Speaker 2: recorded in the unit and now, yeah, we've just moved
Speaker 2: into the new house. We've been here for two weeks
Speaker 2: and it is just chaosy, but it is just so
Speaker 2: bloody exciting. I can't tell you how long we've waited
Speaker 2: for this moment, and the kids they're just like, I
Speaker 2: don't know, I can't explain it. And I know this
Speaker 2: sounds a bit lame, but it feels like we've finally
Speaker 2: come home. And yes, we've obviously been waiting for this
Speaker 2: moment for two and a half years. It has been
Speaker 2: a long time in the making, but there's something about
Speaker 2: this place that it just feels like we've finally come
Speaker 2: home and it's just beautiful.
Speaker 3: I guess.
Speaker 2: For a bit of background, if you guys are knew here,
Speaker 2: Ryan has been building the house and we got an
Speaker 2: introm ox, which means basically we've moved in before the
Speaker 2: house is completely finished. Basically means we're living on a
Speaker 2: building side at feels where there's like trade is here
Speaker 2: at seven o'clock in the morning, I'm like in my pajamas.
Speaker 2: The other day, the girls had their book week thing
Speaker 2: and Harper's wand broke, and then I asked the trader.
Speaker 3: I was like, could you please sillicn this gem back
Speaker 3: on for me.
Speaker 2: It's been really really helpful to have them here, but
Speaker 2: it's chaos and I'm happy about it.
Speaker 3: We're just happy to be here. As you guys know.
Speaker 2: When we're in the unit, the kids were feeling really
Speaker 2: out of sorts as well, and now that they're here
Speaker 2: and they have their own space in their own rooms,
Speaker 2: it's like they feel like themselves again too.
Speaker 3: So it's's been really really beautiful to see. But of
Speaker 3: course with.
Speaker 2: That means routines are crazy, like the kitchens and done.
Speaker 2: We've already got like one shower, but we just don't CAx.
Speaker 2: We're just so bloody happy.
Speaker 3: To be here. If you guys are, make sure you're
Speaker 3: following along on socials.
Speaker 2: Every week I've been uploading a YouTube video showing the
Speaker 2: progress of us moving in and like pouse progress as well.
Speaker 2: In other news, we have just been shooting, like we've
Speaker 2: done like five photo shoots in a row for our
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five planners, which you need to make sure
Speaker 2: you write down these dates.
Speaker 3: The reveals start on the sixteenth.
Speaker 2: Of September and they all go on sale on the
Speaker 2: twentieth of September, and if you know anything about my Planners,
Speaker 2: they can sell out on the night, so you want
Speaker 2: to make sure you jump on, but you should wait
Speaker 2: to see the Planners, and also just the videos we
Speaker 2: also filmed. They are just next level. I can't explain
Speaker 2: you how much work and time goes into every single Planner,
Speaker 2: and then also all the content and strategy behind me
Speaker 2: planning for everything, and our team, and it's just everyone's
Speaker 2: just so passionate.
Speaker 3: But it is huge days.
Speaker 2: So I've done five photo shoots and I'm absolutely zonked,
Speaker 2: So I don't know if this is even going to
Speaker 2: make any sense, but it's such a fulfilling thing. It
Speaker 2: kind of feels like we call it Planner Season because
Speaker 2: it literally is a season for us at SPP and
Speaker 2: me personally. It is all our hard work, everything coming together.
Speaker 2: There's always mistakes and shit shows happening, but we always
Speaker 2: manage to get through. And other Plannet companies tend to
Speaker 2: post some photos of their Planners feature, but I go
Speaker 2: full out. If you know anything about my reveal video,
Speaker 2: it's a full production, and of course finish year it's
Speaker 2: going to be no different. So please make sure you
Speaker 2: sign up to our wait list, which I'll give you,
Speaker 2: guys the link in the show notes, because you're not gonna.
Speaker 3: Want to miss out.
Speaker 2: Because I have really shaken things up. I can't explain
Speaker 2: to you, I can't say it here, but the planner
Speaker 2: is not only externally I've completely revamped, it's also internally.
Speaker 3: There is so.
Speaker 2: Much more functional and better for people like me with
Speaker 2: a messy mind that gets overwhelmed and you really need
Speaker 2: to be able to have a proper planning system. I've
Speaker 2: got you covered and I just can't wait for you
Speaker 2: guys to see the designs and everything we've done.
Speaker 3: Anyway, moving on, Yes, we're in the house now.
Speaker 2: We've been doing planner shoots and you know, as you
Speaker 2: guys know, it's been a really tough couple of years
Speaker 2: for me. You know, I've had a lot of loss,
Speaker 2: a lot of grief, very much been in this hustle era, which,
Speaker 2: as you guys know, I never promote that, but I've
Speaker 2: had to for my business and to get us into
Speaker 2: the house. And now that we're finally here, yes, we're
Speaker 2: a really long way from being completely finished. If anyone
Speaker 2: knows when you've been into a house you're never really
Speaker 2: going to be fully finished.
Speaker 3: But I knew it's just time for.
Speaker 2: Me to kind of reassess where I'm at and see
Speaker 2: what I can do to really pull back in areas.
Speaker 2: So I can, you know, be Steph, be a mum,
Speaker 2: get at least six hours of sleep every night, because
Speaker 2: although we have seasons and not every season, you are
Speaker 2: going to be able to keep up with all the things.
Speaker 2: For me, for example, my health has really taken the
Speaker 2: back seat, which.
Speaker 3: Has always been really important to me.
Speaker 2: And instead of me getting upset with myself about it
Speaker 2: or expecting more, I just knew this is the season
Speaker 2: I'm in and that's okay. But now that we're here,
Speaker 2: I've been thinking really long and hard about everything I'm
Speaker 2: doing and before, to be honest, I couldn't have pulled
Speaker 2: back on anything because everything contributes and I love everything
Speaker 2: I do. And that's the thing is I love every
Speaker 2: single business. I have, every platform.
Speaker 3: The podcast, YouTube, everything, But if.
Speaker 2: I am only one person, and although I'm very passionate
Speaker 2: for me, one of my biggest struggles is kind of
Speaker 2: being able to be realistic. So which is what I'm
Speaker 2: really doing right now? If you know, along with all
Speaker 2: these life updates and things like that, I do have
Speaker 2: a pretty big announcement. Is this something I always preach
Speaker 2: you guys, as well as just being able to kind
Speaker 2: of be realistic with yourself and know that you can't
Speaker 2: be everything to everyone all the time and you can't
Speaker 2: do everything right now. And if you have ADHD like myself,
Speaker 2: and if you are a very driven person, that can
Speaker 2: be frustrating because you just want to do all the
Speaker 2: things now, Like, for example, I have absolutely no free time.
Speaker 2: And guests who just bought a marketing course?
Speaker 3: Yes I did.
Speaker 2: I'm an idiot sandwich. But anyway, when I told Ryan,
Speaker 2: he's like, are you actually kidding me?
Speaker 3: Stuff? And it's just because I'm passionate. It's like the
Speaker 3: handwriting course.
Speaker 2: If you followed me back at COVID days, I bought
Speaker 2: a bloody handwriting course, which I still haven't done because
Speaker 2: I have terrible handwriting and I sell planners, so I
Speaker 2: felt like I had to kind of sort that out,
Speaker 2: but I still haven't done it. And I feel like
Speaker 2: a lot of the time when you ask someone who's
Speaker 2: passionate and you want to do all the things and
Speaker 2: you want to have all these hobbies, and then like say,
Speaker 2: you know, you sign up to all these courses and
Speaker 2: you say I'm going to do this out and the other,
Speaker 2: and then it doesn't happen. We tend to be quite
Speaker 2: hard on ourselves, but I think, if anything, if we're
Speaker 2: in a really hectic season of our life, I think
Speaker 2: we need to just give ourselves a bit more grace
Speaker 2: with that.
Speaker 3: Yes, there is definitely.
Speaker 2: Times where we could just be being lazy, but I
Speaker 2: think the world is just really really noisy social media,
Speaker 2: there's a million platforms, there's things to be doing. This
Speaker 2: is the first time, like our generation and even the
Speaker 2: generation under us, we've never had to be so switched
Speaker 2: on twenty four to seven. And I think it's about
Speaker 2: time we kind of really took charge of that and
Speaker 2: stopped feeling guilty for maybe not doing course or not
Speaker 2: falling through with that hobby. If that is for your
Speaker 2: mental health, then you should be giving yourself a pat
Speaker 2: on the back. Really, And this is all going to
Speaker 2: be tying into my announcement soon, but I think we
Speaker 2: just need to meet ourselves with a lot more grace.
Speaker 2: Like I always say, if your friend came to you
Speaker 2: and said, you know, life's being really crazy, I was
Speaker 2: meant to do this, that and the other. Would you
Speaker 2: tell them, oh, you're lazy, that's not good enough, or
Speaker 2: would you tell them you've got a lot on right now,
Speaker 2: it cut yourself some slack. And I do believe there
Speaker 2: is a massive difference between meeting yourself with compassion and
Speaker 2: then you're just making up excuses. And I think we
Speaker 2: always will know within our gut what that is for us.
Speaker 2: Like I know one hundred percent when I'm just couldn't
Speaker 2: be bothered to do things, But I also know when
Speaker 2: life's just crazy and I just need to just take
Speaker 2: a fucking minute, you know what I mean. So that
Speaker 2: is really I guess leaning into my announcement now, which
Speaker 2: was something I haven't taken lightly.
Speaker 3: And I have been thinking about this for a while because,
Speaker 3: as I said, every.
Speaker 2: Single thing I do I love, But I am only
Speaker 2: one person and the season I'm in right now, I've
Speaker 2: just moved house. I have a lot to be doing
Speaker 2: around here. You've got the planners, and it's time for
Speaker 2: me to really.
Speaker 3: Cut back on some stuff.
Speaker 2: So with that, I have decided to be taking a
Speaker 2: break with the podcast. And I'm sure you guys may
Speaker 2: have noticed, Yes, I have been showing up with episodes
Speaker 2: every week, but even you know, on socials and me
Speaker 2: being able to talk about it and really engage with
Speaker 2: you know, the Stepping Up community. I haven't had this
Speaker 2: space to do that. And when I do things, I
Speaker 2: like to put my whole heart into it. But I
Speaker 2: feel like I.
Speaker 3: Just have so much more to give to you guys.
Speaker 2: But I also know and acknowledge that I can't be
Speaker 2: everything to everyone all the time.
Speaker 3: So it isn't goodbye. It is definitely not goodbye.
Speaker 2: Stepping Up will come back bigger and better than ever,
Speaker 2: and I know in the future there's going to be events,
Speaker 2: but you know, I've got so many things on the horizon.
Speaker 2: But I'm opening my eyes and being realistic about the
Speaker 2: season I'm in and what is needed of me. And
Speaker 2: right now, things that I'm doing is getting back into organization.
Speaker 3: I'm getting the house ready. If you're an.
Speaker 2: OG you know Stephing Day's follower from back in the day.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm known from. I've known for organization.
Speaker 2: I'm known for my day to day just being around
Speaker 2: the house and showing you guys how I keep up
Speaker 2: with routines and things like that, and that has definitely
Speaker 2: just kind of feels a little way over the last
Speaker 2: couple of years because of my business and the season
Speaker 2: I'm in, and now that I'm here and once the
Speaker 2: planners are kind of like launched and that's done, I'm
Speaker 2: just so excited to be able to like set my
Speaker 2: house up and.
Speaker 3: Start the process of what we've worked so hard for.
Speaker 2: And that again is a very visual thing, and I
Speaker 2: am going to be doing youtubes every week. I'm going
Speaker 2: to be doing so much content on socials of the
Speaker 2: house and my organization, and that's something you guys really
Speaker 2: need to see.
Speaker 3: With your eyes. But if you are a podcast.
Speaker 2: Early through and through, you can literally listen to that.
Speaker 2: You know, you can hop on my YouTube on Mondays.
Speaker 2: I drop an episode at five pm every Monday, and
Speaker 2: you can listen to that while you drive. You still
Speaker 2: can keep up to date with me. You can watch
Speaker 2: my stories. And just please know that I didn't make
Speaker 2: this decision lightly. It does break my heart because I
Speaker 2: genuinely I'm not going to get emotional.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna get emotional.
Speaker 2: I've gotten so many amazing opportunities from this podcast and
Speaker 2: things that you guys don't even know about. Yeah, that
Speaker 2: is because of this podcast and obviously from all the
Speaker 2: work I put in. But I'm just so grateful for you,
Speaker 2: and I'm so grateful for this community and for you
Speaker 2: guys tuning in every single week to listen.
Speaker 3: To me blab in your ear. And I've got so
Speaker 3: many plans for the future.
Speaker 2: I've got guests that I want to be doing, like
Speaker 2: having on the show that sounded weird and amazing, like
Speaker 2: programs for you guys, and courses and so many things.
Speaker 3: Again multi passionate.
Speaker 2: I want to do all the things, but I'm learning
Speaker 2: that I can't do them all at once. So in
Speaker 2: saying that I don't know exactly when I'll be back
Speaker 2: on here, I don't want to be telling you guys
Speaker 2: a date and then, you know, if things happen. I
Speaker 2: don't want to be feeling that pressure because I know
Speaker 2: I will force myself to show up. And I just
Speaker 2: I guess this is a good reminder for you guys too,
Speaker 2: that what you see on social media, you see these
Speaker 2: people who look like they're just these boss women and
Speaker 2: they get things done and they can keep on top
Speaker 2: of everything, And I want you to know that's not
Speaker 2: the reality of it. My house is a shit show.
Speaker 2: I haven't been able to put my health first for
Speaker 2: a long time, and that's a really important thing to me.
Speaker 2: It's one of my highest values is health. And I
Speaker 2: just want you guys to know that you're all human
Speaker 2: and I don't have my shit together, and that's why
Speaker 2: I'm here, because I'm sharing that journey with you, guys.
Speaker 2: I'm sharing with you how people with messy minds and
Speaker 2: who are overwhelmed chronically can take back control of their life.
Speaker 2: And that is still a journey that I'm living, but
Speaker 2: I'm sharing it with you along the way. And you know,
Speaker 2: everything I've spent literally decades researching into is what I
Speaker 2: share and what I have in my planners and put
Speaker 2: on my pages. And I just know that this isn't goodbye.
Speaker 2: It is just a goodbye for now, and I don't know.
Speaker 2: I just love you guys so much, and please keep
Speaker 2: following Stepping Up on socials and obviously, when we're back,
Speaker 2: I will be announcing it and we will be coming
Speaker 2: back with a bang.
Speaker 3: But until then, goodbye for now. Love you babe.
Speaker 2: Thank you guys so much for tuning today's episode of
Speaker 2: Stepping Up. I don't want this to be just another
Speaker 2: podcast that you listen to you get inspiration and then
Speaker 2: you don't take action. If there's been something in this
Speaker 2: episode that will help you step up into the best
Speaker 2: version of yourself, open up.
Speaker 3: Your trusted planner and make a plan.
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