Speaker 1: What of guys, Happy Monday. I hope you all are
Speaker 1: having a great day and a beautiful, amazing, productive week.
Speaker 1: But if not, this episode might be just what you
Speaker 1: need because I'm going to be giving you guys tips
Speaker 1: on how to have a better day. We all have
Speaker 1: bad days, even me, but we can always turn those
Speaker 1: days around. It's our choice. So I put together a
Speaker 1: short list of things we can all do to have
Speaker 1: a better day. Are you ready? Here we go? Okay,
Speaker 1: So I'm not saying I'm an expert. The reason I
Speaker 1: put these things together is because, like you guys, I
Speaker 1: have had a lot of bad days in my life,
Speaker 1: Moments when I'm like I can anymore. I'm just I'm
Speaker 1: tired mentally, physically, I've had a lot of heartbreak. I've
Speaker 1: shared a lot of these things with you guys. This
Speaker 1: is also a way to remind myself what to do
Speaker 1: and to stay on track, because I've noticed that when
Speaker 1: I don't do these things, I don't feel good, I
Speaker 1: don't sleep well, I'm irritable, and certain things that wouldn't
Speaker 1: throw me off the edge throw me off the edge.
Speaker 1: So this is why I've always said that it's super
Speaker 1: important to have a routine, especially in the morning, having
Speaker 1: at least an hour to yourself. I know that sounds crazy,
Speaker 1: but if that means you need to wake up earlier,
Speaker 1: to start your day earlier, to give yourself some time,
Speaker 1: I completely one hundred one thousand percent suggest that because
Speaker 1: it changes your life. You guys, I'm sure you guys
Speaker 1: have heard about the five am club. I know for
Speaker 1: some people are like, oh five am, that's crazy. I know,
Speaker 1: but I've noticed how it changes my life. So first
Speaker 1: of all, get a good night's rest. If you need
Speaker 1: to drink some magnesium to help you rest better, I personally,
Speaker 1: I'm not a doctor, but I take four hundred milligrams
Speaker 1: of magnesium a night, sometimes eight hundred, so two pills.
Speaker 1: That helps me just relax. I've told you before too
Speaker 1: that I smoke cannabis. I'm not telling you to do it.
Speaker 1: All I'm saying is what I do and what has
Speaker 1: helped me just to have a good night's rest where
Speaker 1: I don't wake up. I'm not tossing and turning. So
Speaker 1: magnesium is amazing, Cannabis is well. You gotta be old
Speaker 1: enough to have cannabis, and I'm not promoting to do it.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying what helps me again, because I can't
Speaker 1: stress enough because then people are like, oh, Chiky said this, No,
Speaker 1: I did not say that anyways, Magnesium, just go with magnesium.
Speaker 1: Waking up early is a big one because yes, we
Speaker 1: all have the same amount of time in our day,
Speaker 1: but it's what we do with those hours that mean
Speaker 1: how the rest of the day, the week, the month,
Speaker 1: the year will go. I'm not saying you have to
Speaker 1: wake up at five am every day, but I try
Speaker 1: to wake up that early at least Monday through Friday,
Speaker 1: sometimes Monday through Thursday. If I need to sleep in,
Speaker 1: I will let myself sleep in. You have to listen
Speaker 1: to your body, and if I don't like working out
Speaker 1: that day, I won't. But when I wake up at five,
Speaker 1: I put my alarm on, I take my little pill,
Speaker 1: my little thyroid pill, and I drink nothing but water
Speaker 1: the first hour of my morning while I'm doing my meditation.
Speaker 1: Always starting your day and I've said this so many times, guys,
Speaker 1: but starting your day with either prayer, meditation, breath work,
Speaker 1: something that's going to connect you with your body with
Speaker 1: the present moment is super important. Read A devotional could
Speaker 1: be short. It doesn't even have to be a crazy
Speaker 1: ass amount of time. I just give myself an hour
Speaker 1: because I wash my face, I brush my teeth. I
Speaker 1: like to take my time. I meditate sometimes five minutes,
Speaker 1: ten minutes, twenty minutes. It all just depends. I read
Speaker 1: a devotional I read positive thinking card, something that just
Speaker 1: is filling my day in my mind the first thing
Speaker 1: I do with something positive and energetically pleasing. So anyways, so,
Speaker 1: like I said, just wake up early. If you have
Speaker 1: to be at work at nine, wake up at six
Speaker 1: instead of seven. You know what I mean, Like, wake
Speaker 1: up early and give yourself that gift of I'm going
Speaker 1: to take this time for myself to align myself with
Speaker 1: the universe, to get myself connected with God, with my faith.
Speaker 1: Whatever it is that makes you feel better in that aspect.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be what I do. Whatever connection
Speaker 1: means to you, Okay, and this is super important, you guys.
Speaker 1: Look it up. I'm really, really, really really really trying
Speaker 1: not to drink any beverages that are too cold because
Speaker 1: it's bad for your tummy. Like there's a I don't
Speaker 1: know the exact reasons, but I know that it's not
Speaker 1: that great for your digestic system and it causes a
Speaker 1: lot of diseases, especially if the first thing you do
Speaker 1: in the morning is drink something cold. That's why I'm
Speaker 1: telling you drink room temperature water. They say eight ounces
Speaker 1: of water is the best thing to do as soon
Speaker 1: as you wake up, to get your digestive system going,
Speaker 1: to get your your metabolism going, all that good stuff
Speaker 1: to wake up your body. Basically, then I suggest you
Speaker 1: drink something warm to kind of just settle your tummy.
Speaker 1: I always drink a green tea in the morning with
Speaker 1: my collagen and my honey. I'm very consistent. That's what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. A routine, making a routine. Following this routine
Speaker 1: as much as you can, you're gonna fall off. I
Speaker 1: fall off all the time. Well not all the time,
Speaker 1: but I do fall off. But it's important to get
Speaker 1: your back yourself back there because you're gonna see once
Speaker 1: you start doing this and you start making this habit,
Speaker 1: you're gonna feel so good. You can stretch. When I
Speaker 1: was talking about the spiritual thing, it doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be prayer, doesn't have to be meditation. It could just
Speaker 1: be simple like stretching in the morning, like anything to
Speaker 1: just get your spirit connected. With your body. Okay, drink
Speaker 1: something warm. I just told you what I drink, and
Speaker 1: while you're drinking your warm beverage, because I feel like
Speaker 1: drinking something warm. I feel like something warm always just
Speaker 1: makes your soul feel better. So what I like to
Speaker 1: do while I'm driving to the gym, while I'm drinking
Speaker 1: my hot tea, I like to practice gratitude important, you, guys,
Speaker 1: super super important to Yes, you're praying, you're thanking God
Speaker 1: for your day, right, that's in the morning, right right.
Speaker 1: And then the next thing you do is you can
Speaker 1: find at least three things to be grateful for. At
Speaker 1: least three things. If you don't want a journal, don't journal.
Speaker 1: I used to journal a lot more I don't journal
Speaker 1: as much as i'd like to. So now while I'm
Speaker 1: driving to the gym, I practice gratitude. I'm like, God,
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for this amazing tea. It feels
Speaker 1: so nice in my tummy. Thank you God that I
Speaker 1: have this car that can take me to the gym.
Speaker 1: Thank you God I paid my rent. Whatever it may be,
Speaker 1: you can find joy in like the smallest thing that
Speaker 1: sometimes we overlook, but it makes a huge difference when
Speaker 1: we say the words thank you, and we're grateful for
Speaker 1: running water. You guys, Like the smallest little things really
Speaker 1: connect us with the world. Sometimes I swear I wake
Speaker 1: up and I'm like, God, thank you, thank you that
Speaker 1: I woke up this morning six thirty. I'm on my
Speaker 1: way to the gym. Thank you that I'm able to
Speaker 1: see the sky, to see the sunrise. Like, having an
Speaker 1: attitude of gratitude takes you a very long way. Now
Speaker 1: we're talking about the gym. Sweat. It is important to sweat. Yes,
Speaker 1: we want to look good. And people are like, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go to the gym in the beginning of the year,
Speaker 1: like I want to look good. That's the thing when
Speaker 1: we're like, I'm gonna get on a diet, I'm going
Speaker 1: to work out because I want to. Like, you have
Speaker 1: to make it a part of your lifestyle where you're like, okay,
Speaker 1: even if it's fifteen minutes in the morning where I'm
Speaker 1: just walking and they break a little sweat, take a walk,
Speaker 1: take a stroll around the neighborhood, take the dogs out
Speaker 1: for a walk. That's moving your body. If we don't
Speaker 1: move our body, you guys, they say, And I think
Speaker 1: I've shared this as well. I share so many things
Speaker 1: with you guys. But we don't get old and stop moving.
Speaker 1: We get old because we stop moving. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1: Like our body start aging because we are not moving,
Speaker 1: we're not stretching, we're not building muscle, sweating removing toxins,
Speaker 1: releasing toxins from our bodies, like sweating is so essential.
Speaker 1: It also helps with stress levels, with keeping your qurtsol
Speaker 1: down or lower. Like we're all stressed. We all go through,
Speaker 1: even stress that we don't even feel that our bodies feel.
Speaker 1: So if we're doing and giving back to our body,
Speaker 1: our body's going to give back to us. So these
Speaker 1: are the things that I have done for a few
Speaker 1: years that have really just set my morning. And you
Speaker 1: might think, like shit, how do I do this all
Speaker 1: in one day? You can. It's just waking up earlier,
Speaker 1: getting a good night's rest, connecting with your spirituality, like
Speaker 1: it is so important. Like I had to make it
Speaker 1: a point where I'm like I cannot start anything, no
Speaker 1: work before ten o'clock. I understand a lot of people
Speaker 1: start work at nine. I'm telling you wake up at
Speaker 1: five and just go to the gym or even in
Speaker 1: the shower. You could do squats it could get up
Speaker 1: with it. Where there's a will, there's a way. So
Speaker 1: I don't want to hear like, oh I don't have time.
Speaker 1: We have to make time. That's the thing. Sometimes I
Speaker 1: catch myself, I'm like, oh I didn't have time. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: I didn't make time. I didn't make time to call
Speaker 1: this person. And sometimes energetically, like mentally, I just can't.
Speaker 1: And I'll be honest about it and be like, you
Speaker 1: know what, I just I can't. I'm not okay right now,
Speaker 1: Like I've gotten comfortable with who I am that now
Speaker 1: I can vocalize it. But guys, it's all in us
Speaker 1: making the time and making ourselves a priority. If we
Speaker 1: want every other area in our life to be successful,
Speaker 1: then we need to make the time for ourselves. If
Speaker 1: we are not okay mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, then how
Speaker 1: are we going to give our best self? Also, sweating,
Speaker 1: working out, moving your body helps with depression, helps with anxiety,
Speaker 1: doing breath work as well, meditating. All of these things
Speaker 1: things to have a good day. And the more you
Speaker 1: practice it, the better it gets, the easier it gets.
Speaker 1: So you have to be patient, be patient with yourself,
Speaker 1: give yourself grace. It's going to take some time. I
Speaker 1: want to say, maybe the first two weeks might be
Speaker 1: the hardest of waking up earlier than you usually do.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a little hard, but then your
Speaker 1: body's gonna get used to it, and you're going to
Speaker 1: feel better, and you're going to miss it. You're going
Speaker 1: to be like, I need to go to sleep early
Speaker 1: because I want to wake up early because I want
Speaker 1: to have a great day. I want to have a
Speaker 1: good week, I want to have a good month. Successful
Speaker 1: people in life financially, materialistically, but more than anything, I'm
Speaker 1: talking about spiritually wake up early and do these things
Speaker 1: and have a routine. Trust ask any successful person if
Speaker 1: you want to be successful. If that's what you're looking for, great,
Speaker 1: But I'm talking about spiritual, feeling good, being the best
Speaker 1: version of yourself, giving your best self to others. That's
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. Then all that other stuff comes
Speaker 1: comes with time, comes with practice, comes with discipline, comes
Speaker 1: with consistency. This is all what I'm talking about. Being disciplined,
Speaker 1: loving yourself enough to do this for yourself. Then the
Speaker 1: success comes because you're disciplined. So self discipline equals self love,
Speaker 1: self care, self love, loving yourself enough to make these
Speaker 1: changes and create these habits for yourself. Now, when you're vacationing,
Speaker 1: I'm usually like working and traveling a lot. I do
Speaker 1: the same thing. Sometimes I don't have to wake up
Speaker 1: as early. But the first thing I do is I
Speaker 1: won't look at my phone. I won't. I'll do my best.
Speaker 1: And I kid you not every time I look at
Speaker 1: my phone or at Instagram or my emails, or start
Speaker 1: responding to text messages before I thank God, before I
Speaker 1: connect myself spiritually, I have a weird day. I don't
Speaker 1: know if it's just me mentally, I don't know. But
Speaker 1: when I put on my meditation music in the morning,
Speaker 1: could be anywhere, and I pray and I meditate even
Speaker 1: five minutes, it changes the entire day for me. So
Speaker 1: when I'm vacationing, I do everything. I take my teas
Speaker 1: with me. I am that girl. I pack a lot
Speaker 1: because I love taking my collagen and my own honey
Speaker 1: and the whole thing. And all I have to do
Speaker 1: is sometimes order warm water or boiled water, and I
Speaker 1: do the same thing. I always find a hotel that
Speaker 1: has a good gym, and if there's no gym, then
Speaker 1: I go up and down the stairs. I find a
Speaker 1: way to make myself sweat to keep on my routine.
Speaker 1: So those are the things. Okay, So having a good
Speaker 1: night's rest, waking up early, meditating, connecting, doing breadth work,
Speaker 1: whatever that means to you. Sweating is important, practicing gratitude,
Speaker 1: and also setting realistic goals, you guys, short term goals
Speaker 1: that has helped me tremendously, whether it be to lose weight,
Speaker 1: whether it be to start a business, whatever it may be.
Speaker 1: I set short term goals and then I have long
Speaker 1: term goals. But in order to get to that long
Speaker 1: term goal, I have to take steps, baby steps and
Speaker 1: understand that it's better to walk than to run. I
Speaker 1: have told you guys this as well, that I'm very
Speaker 1: happy with how my career has gone steady, slowly. I'm
Speaker 1: good with that. I like that pace. I prefer that pace.
Speaker 1: Anything too quick, anything that happens too quick, I feel
Speaker 1: like it doesn't last as long. So just be patient
Speaker 1: and set realistic short term goals that will really help
Speaker 1: you stay connected, stay grounded, and it helps you have
Speaker 1: something to work towards. But all of these things, especially
Speaker 1: also listening to meditation music, listening to calm music in
Speaker 1: the morning to set your day to set like the tone.
Speaker 1: And then when I'm on my way to the gym,
Speaker 1: you better know, I'm like playing hip hop and I'm
Speaker 1: rapping and I'm like, all right, I'm ready to go
Speaker 1: pump some iron, you know. But it all has its time.
Speaker 1: I love music. Music is a huge part of my life.
Speaker 1: I'm cleaning, I have a certain playlist, I'm meditating, I
Speaker 1: have a playlist, I'm working out, like I have playlists
Speaker 1: for every part of my life. Maybe we should do
Speaker 1: an episode on that. Actually, because music is important. It's important,
Speaker 1: it's a part of my life. I think we can
Speaker 1: all agree. So I wanted to share that because a
Speaker 1: lot of people have asked me, like, Chiky's why and
Speaker 1: how are you so positive? I choose it. I choose
Speaker 1: to be positive. I choose to have a good day.
Speaker 1: I know what to do that's going to make me
Speaker 1: feel good. I've done it wrong for so long, and
Speaker 1: I would get off track and then I was like, damn,
Speaker 1: what I've always been seeking And that's the word seeking.
Speaker 1: What is going to make me feel better? And it's
Speaker 1: all about being disciplined and being consistent in all of
Speaker 1: your routines, your skincare, your night routine, your morning routine.
Speaker 1: Like having that has changed my life. And again I
Speaker 1: told you I've done it wrong. I've messed up. And
Speaker 1: this is why I can tell you now what works
Speaker 1: for me, and maybe you have to try in order
Speaker 1: to see it what it works for you. But having
Speaker 1: some type of routine is important, so important. I just
Speaker 1: I can't stress enough. And you'll, like I said, talk
Speaker 1: to people that have a routine that are successful, and
Speaker 1: they're going to tell you I have a routine in
Speaker 1: the morning. This is what I do. I wake up early.
Speaker 1: Blah blah blah blah. Believe me, it works. I hope
Speaker 1: that this episode has helped you, and I hope you
Speaker 1: feel inspired to create a routine for you, even if
Speaker 1: it's one or two things that I've mentioned. I think
Speaker 1: adding these things little by little will definitely help you
Speaker 1: and you're gonna want more of it. Another thing, if
Speaker 1: you don't like tea, I used to do this a lot,
Speaker 1: I'm going to start it up again. Warm water with lemon,
Speaker 1: miaua le lemon. It helps. It's so good for you,
Speaker 1: vitamin C, digestive system, it's so good. Google it. You'll
Speaker 1: see warm water with lemon in the morning. The first
Speaker 1: thing you do really helps you. And also with that
Speaker 1: having a nice healthy breakfast. A nice healthy breakfast. Okay,
Speaker 1: we have the choice. Everything is making the decision. So
Speaker 1: make sure that the first thing you eat in the
Speaker 1: morning is something really good. It could be a green
Speaker 1: juice it's very good. Some nice like oat meal, delicious,
Speaker 1: some eggs, some protein like feed. Start looking at your
Speaker 1: body as a way of or eating should I say,
Speaker 1: to fuel your body as a way to nourish it,
Speaker 1: and not necessarily thinking like am I going Sometimes a
Speaker 1: lot of things that aren't good for us aren't our
Speaker 1: favorite things. I get that, I know. But if you
Speaker 1: tell yourself Monday through Friday, I'm gonna make healthier choices,
Speaker 1: then you just enjoy it on the weekends and eat
Speaker 1: whatever the hell you want. If you want pancakes, eat them.
Speaker 1: I'm not telling you like it's a for everything, like
Speaker 1: you have to also give yourself some room to indulge.
Speaker 1: But if you tell yourself, okay, I'm gonna do my
Speaker 1: best to make sure that two meals out of the
Speaker 1: three a day are going to be great and healthy,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to drink water instead of soda. You
Speaker 1: start making those changes, it'll just help you throughout your
Speaker 1: life and give you a better week and you're going
Speaker 1: to feel mental clarity, just so many things, guys. So
Speaker 1: I just thought it was very important to share this
Speaker 1: because again a lot of people have asked me and
Speaker 1: these are things that with time, with experience with also
Speaker 1: falling on my face and getting myself back up, have
Speaker 1: helped me. And now I know, and I want to
Speaker 1: do this for the rest of my life, and I
Speaker 1: want to teach this and even when I have a child,
Speaker 1: I have to lead by example. So this is why
Speaker 1: I wanted to talk about these tips for for a
Speaker 1: better day. So I really hope that it helps start
Speaker 1: it tomorrow and you'll see little by little, step by step.
Speaker 1: And we need to make time for ourselves. Remember that
Speaker 1: making time. It's not that we don't have time. We
Speaker 1: have to make time. Okay, guys, So thank you so much.
Speaker 1: I hope that again this helped. I appreciate you coming
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