I just made a free community for busy people who want to improve their lives without relying on willpower and motivation (it might be paid in the future). It's focused on building and using systems in every facet of our life. It's ugly and in construction, so I'm inviting you for free right now as a founding member. Join here: www.skool.com/systems-for-life-1333
00:25 📝 Prioritize your to-do list for the next workday to save time and reduce decision fatigue. 01:35 🧥 Consider having a limited wardrobe or wearing the same outfit daily to conserve mental energy for more important decisions. 02:17 🏡 Declutter your physical space to save time searching for items and reduce mental clutter. 03:12 📧 Unsubscribe from unnecessary email subscriptions to save time spent on sorting through emails. 04:23 📱 Limit checking your email to once or twice a day to minimize distractions and increase productivity. 05:04 ⏰ Automate tasks like bill payments and savings to streamline your routine and save time. 06:41 💡 Automate decisions using frameworks to reduce decision-making time and avoid unnecessary deliberation. 06:55 🌙 Establish nightly routines to ensure tasks are completed efficiently without procrastination. 07:49 🔄 Immediately tackle small tasks that take less than 5 minutes to prevent mental clutter and save time. 08:59 📝 Write down tasks that require more time to complete to free up mental space and maintain focus on current tasks. 09:13 📋 Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for repetitive tasks to avoid reinventing the wheel. 09:28 🍽 Embrace meal prep to save time on meal decisions and cooking, especially during busy days. 10:52 🧹 Delegate tasks that fall below your hourly rate to save time and focus on higher-value activities. 11:19 🤔 Immediately jot down ideas to prevent mental clutter and foster creativity. 12:01 ⏳ Take action on tasks rather than overthinking, as you'll only know the outcome by doing.
Haha I basically don’t use social media except to upload onto RUclips. I use one sec combined with Apple Shortcuts to block any automatic use of distracting phone apps unless I choose to intentionally use them.
This is a fantastic reminder that effective time management is about embracing simplicity and structure. Adopting these habits not only frees up our schedule but also liberates our mental space, allowing us to focus more on what truly matters.
Totally with you on the baby tip. After we had our son there's no more working into the night, no more work on weekends. We must delegate, automate or simpy say 'no' to some work.
This is such a great video. I’ve watched a lot of others but you are straight to the point. There’s all these trendy things like minimalism, productivity systems. You basically just laid it out simply and way faster then all these other gurus who follow these trends
For neurodivergent folks with executive function and working memory challenges, and even those with chonic illnesses, routines and doing things as soon as you think of them are not that simple or effective at all. Flexible systems work better than routines, such as having a bare minimum, typical, and maximim version of things to do on a regular basis. It can be far more draining for us to force action rather than putting the task in a "parking lot" list for later. These accomodations are a different version of the process you described that accomodate for varying abilities and energy levels. I appriciate the other tips!
@@bvan.harringtonyeah, your whole item at 6:55 sounds like a mystical fairy tale to me. There is nothing automatic about the “routine” tasks I do. I have to deliberately remember and motivate myself to do everything every time. Being you sounds amazing.
I had a cleaner but got rid of it. I live in a 800 sq foot apartment and was paying them $150 for 3 hours of work. I got cleaning equipment at Home Depot for $30 and can clean my entire apartment better than them in an hour. Easily cost saver.
The best thing I ever did was automate my bills. I get paid biweekly so every bill is cut in half and gets paid right after I do. Saves interest, and I'm nearly always running a small credit on my bills. Also pay my mortgage biweekly too. Saves sooo much time. Also agree with the cleaner service. Once a month to deep clean is amazing.
6:57 everything in a routine, push start. "routines are really great because once you press Start each task runs automatically until it's complete without procrastinating between task transitioning between each task being anxious and overwhelmed between each task none of that you just start, run, complete" 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
I teach productivity, so I'm happy to say that I already do all of those...except one. We found in my family that meal prep wasn't ideal (we tried both monthly and weekly. We tried frozen, refrigerated, ingredient prep, and whole meal prep. We really did try it all.) What we found DOES work is that I have a binder full of big, easy to follow, color printed recipes. Each week, everyone in the house picks a meal out. I put in a grocery order based on those meals and have it delivered (biggest time savings right there). Then, based on everyone's schedules that week, everyone knows what night they have to cook their meal. Granted, my house is now full of teens. But we started this when my youngest was in kindergarten; I just helped him cook his meals back then. We always cook for three more people than will be eating that night. Those three meals get put into containers for the next day's lunches. Food doesn't sit around not being eaten for a long time; there's no decision making past that first "Oh, I feel like making spaghetti this week" (which gets spread out across the whole household). And it's not too much pressure on any one person in the house. Plus, everyone in the house is guaranteed to have at least one meal they like. And they all contribute to the smooth running of the household.
so true after becoming a parent, you realize how premium your time is it may sound like common sense but before becoming a parent i was much more care free with my time and never felt that type of pressure to get stuff done at all times
Yep I totally felt that. There was so much time. And now I have to squeeze in a 15 minute workout and laundry and unload the dishwasher during her 1st nap
I so relate. I do most of these already. I have two places to brain dump, I call them my idea book and my thought catcher. The idea book catches all the crazy and awesome ideas that fly into my head so I can focus on what's urgent. The thought catcher is just a piece of used printer paper that lives under my keyboard so I can write down whatever I need to remember later. And yes, I can attest that having a baby forces you to be more intentional with your time! Mine is currently 18 months old and all of my focus tasks have to happen while she is napping.
@@bvan.harrington HAHAHAHA no. What is this sleep you speak of? Seriously though, that's the only problem/concern/issue we're having with this baby. She's an awesome napper, so I have a reliable and predictable 2 hours of productivity during the day, sometimes she'll still take a second nap and I'll get another hour or two! But she doesn't sleep well at night. Here's to running 2 businesses, a RUclips channel and a household in 2-4 hours a day while sleep deprived! 🙋♀️🥳
Wow! What a helpful habit list. I've seen so many "Helpful Daily Habits" videos but I think your video is the best. Especially the digital declutter. I don't think enought people talk about how much that can help. Thanks!
Oh that's true. I don't see a lot of people mentioning that either. When it gets to the point where I can't find anything on my PC and spend hours looking for documents for taxes... you know it's unorganized
Great advice. A lot of people mess their day up before they even leave the house for work. How are you going to get anything done in life if you can't even make your bed 😊 I have said that to a few people because it's true
Thanks, i needed this! Im gonna set 10 minutes every night before bed and just pick up the things and toys around the livingroom, that always put stress on me directly in the morning! And a todo-list i need to start it again!
This is such a great video and great tips. We all need these advises in our lives. We all live in mental, physical and emotional clutter. Need to learn how to get rid of all that unnecessary load to be happier and more productive. Thank you I've subscribed 😊
Been doing some of the habits you've mentioned since COVID happened and they really helped me become more efficient in my life-work balance. I'll try incorporating the Information - Action Framework, it'll surely save me from going back and forth with my thoughts! Thank you for this!! Also, I wasn't prepared for the Bonus Tip 😆
Thanks Betty. I like the way you frame the goalsetting process- particularly to focus on what you can control. -I can walk every day not i can lose 5 pounds a week.
Betty you are fantastic! Great suggestions. I'm already successfully doing some of them. And I learnt many more with the rational that lays behind. Thanks! 🙂
If I do the little 5 min task right away I forget what I wanted to do or I get stuck in doing all the little things ... so there is no time or energie for the big ones xD
Great video. One small correction at 8:59 . SOP = Standard Operating Procedures, which is a general term for a standard sequence of steps to complete a task (in any discipline / domain). "Standards of Practice" is a term used in clinical practice related domains. Cheers!
Ok maybe it was the example used at 6:08 BUT if your solution to a recurring question is to use the same conclusion w/o thinking about it again, then wouldn't you figuratively and literally stay in the same place with no actual growth? So why not have a flowchart of how you make decisions and go through THAT flowchart every so often to see if one of the circumstances change OR you come up with a new idea? I'm just sayin'. To do anything else is to simply become stagnant.
Great summary Betty - I so most but nice to watch this and reinforce there are ones i’m slipping on and would be happier if i applied more discipline to..
Wonderful video and great ideas. Excellent and concise recommendations for simplifying basic personal habits as well as digital habits. I'm a big "systems" person, so any advise on getting information and data organized is valuable. Wow, I think I have to spend the weekend purging my clothes closet!
I just subscribed to support you, you’re awesome and appreciate that you just say it and encourage us! The baby tip is funny, I did get a puppy a year ago. Yes, I’m more productive. 😂
Habit 8 can be a trap depending on how you implement it. It requires on the fly prioritization and evaluation of how long the small task will take. It’s also easy to use it as a means of procrastinating whatever higher priority task you’re avoiding. For example, if you have a paper due the next morning but the stove top is looking a little greasy and it would only take 5 minutes to clean. For myself, I try to ask myself honestly “am I using this to distract myself from something more important?” And if I am, it goes into my notepad that I will check at a predetermined time later. Even if it would only take me 2 minutes to do. I’d rather schedule out an hour later to do all of the small tasks at the same time.
Damn I didn't know I needed this video until I watched it. Thank you❤ The baby tip LOL its really true. My daughters went off to college, and I swear my husband and I became so discombobulated. When they were home, we ran a very organized life. Because we were balancing school, sports work etc. Then when they left. We just were lost with so much time that we fumbled a lot of tasks, events, and important appointments. Im gonna watch again with him. Maybe we can get back on track. ❤
Haha I can't even imagine my daughter going off to college, maybe someday. Before I had Ally, my husband and I had too much time where we would self-sabotage because we overthought everything and were too strategic, but now we're mostly action then reflection then action again. I wish you the best!
I usually give this advice jokingly when someone asks me about productivity. I say, get married and have kids, so that you will have soo less time than you will only focus on important stuff and try to get it done anyhow.
If wearing the same things or capsule wardrobe feels limiting & boring (for me at least), try to create a uniform look, for me when I am able to find a well-fitted & comfy pant, I purchase multiples and pair it with different tops, even my tops are the same top with different colors lol, or similar design in multiple colors.
Just a thought about thoughts to action, for example - when we are hungry, we get automatically motivated to get food, drinks etc, can we use this same motivation to get things done?
thanks for the video, I enjoyed it! The one I'll push back on is the delegating part. When I'm doing these tasks, I'm not forgoing earning income to do them, so unless you're going to replace that or another task with increasing your take home income, I feel like this is a fallacy
Please, our family have their own professions, yet I, my parents and siblings all play musical instruments. As much as I love music, I could hardly concentrate on your lessons, as the music background distracted me. Please, if you don’t mind, maybe next time you could eliminate the music at your next vlog? Thank You.
Hmmm I do most of this already. No idea how much time I'm saving though I guess 😂😂😂. The Houston comment is good though. I'm not sure how many people do this but for many important life decisions I have to make I have create a general framework. Could be about investing, types of chores I hate, what is worth my time and so on. For those repeated decisions, I know my general preference and impact on stress so I don't bounce back and forth. Instead I just make my standard decision. It's great because it saves, time, and stress along with just being consistent.
Very powerful and energetic video! I’ve already unsubscribed from some of my promotions emails ❤ wardrobe is next! Could you please advise how to archive any big goal or dream? for example I always wanted to start RUclips channel/play the guitar but it’s unknown way for me so I don’t make a decision and continue dreaming 😢
Thanks! I'm glad this video helped! For big dreams or goals, I like to use the principles from Atomic Habits. I'll be making a video on this some time next month actually. But I'll break down the big goal into small steps. For me, making RUclips videos starts with sitting down at my PC and opening up Notion. In the next video, I'll be talking about RUclips and have a free Notion template in it too. For guitar, I would break down that habit into sitting down and grabbing the guitar to play for a minute. Over time, that small task will become bigger like take a lesson or learn a song. But starting small makes you more consistent with it. It also helps to ask yourself "what would a guitarist do?" or "what would a youtuber do? what do youtubers do on a daily basis?" and do those tasks.
@@olialaoo I keep wanting to play guitar as well, but I already have a handful of priorities right now so I can't fit guitar. So my decision for it is no until I can move aside one of my current priorities
You look suspiciously like Switch and Click! I've been massively decluttering my home. One step a time and writing down quick notes on my phone any time I have a thought because I know I'll forget about it. I do the same too for the grcoery trip because I've just started cooking after moving out and I swear I always forget like one thing.
Can you provide any links to the Thought to Action Framework? I checked out SuperFrameworks and couldn't find it. Also, I sort of went down a rabbit hole looking at different frameworks. LOL Any links or additiional info would be great! Thanks!
I got something better than a cleaner: A cleaning robot that vacuums and mops … EVERY SINGLE DAY. Best purchase in a long time. I have a dog that's losing so much hair that I could vacuum every day and still the next day there is balls of fur already. Now I go for a walk and when we come back, it's cleaner than before. I almost cried when I saw how good this thing works and I realised how much time it's going to save me!
@@bvan.harrington oh no, what happened? Was it too much hair? Or did they actively conspire and kick it down the stairs? 😅 I have a "Dreamy L10s Pro Ultra Head" … it cleans the mops in the station, so I only remove hair from the wheels once a week and check for water levels every few days. Some robots have special brushes that cut long hair to keep it from entangling but so far that didn't seem necessary.
@@bvan.harrington yes, a friend had an early Roomba, too … I didn't like it. it kept bumping into everything, moved lamps, and then it called for help to empty it's tiny dust container. mine is much better, I absolutely trust the collision avoidance and leave it running when I'm not home without a worry. it will handle itself for days without any intervention
I just made a free community for busy people who want to improve their lives without relying on willpower and motivation (it might be paid in the future). It's focused on building and using systems in every facet of our life.
It's ugly and in construction, so I'm inviting you for free right now as a founding member.
Join here: www.skool.com/systems-for-life-1333
00:25 📝 Prioritize your to-do list for the next workday to save time and reduce decision fatigue.
01:35 🧥 Consider having a limited wardrobe or wearing the same outfit daily to conserve mental energy for more important decisions.
02:17 🏡 Declutter your physical space to save time searching for items and reduce mental clutter.
03:12 📧 Unsubscribe from unnecessary email subscriptions to save time spent on sorting through emails.
04:23 📱 Limit checking your email to once or twice a day to minimize distractions and increase productivity.
05:04 ⏰ Automate tasks like bill payments and savings to streamline your routine and save time.
06:41 💡 Automate decisions using frameworks to reduce decision-making time and avoid unnecessary deliberation.
06:55 🌙 Establish nightly routines to ensure tasks are completed efficiently without procrastination.
07:49 🔄 Immediately tackle small tasks that take less than 5 minutes to prevent mental clutter and save time.
08:59 📝 Write down tasks that require more time to complete to free up mental space and maintain focus on current tasks.
09:13 📋 Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for repetitive tasks to avoid reinventing the wheel.
09:28 🍽 Embrace meal prep to save time on meal decisions and cooking, especially during busy days.
10:52 🧹 Delegate tasks that fall below your hourly rate to save time and focus on higher-value activities.
11:19 🤔 Immediately jot down ideas to prevent mental clutter and foster creativity.
12:01 ⏳ Take action on tasks rather than overthinking, as you'll only know the outcome by doing.
Nice! This is super helpful
How did you make this? So cool
@@ConcietedMuchXD Basically taking the transcript and summarizing with AI, you can search for tools that do it such as Harpa.
Ty!
Hey. 7th time stamp is 5:41 not 6:41@@yurydmorales
Just wanted to let you know
Delete social media and you have time for everything 😅
Haha I basically don’t use social media except to upload onto RUclips. I use one sec combined with Apple Shortcuts to block any automatic use of distracting phone apps unless I choose to intentionally use them.
+1 t to the video clip of apps having G+ in it
Amen
Plot twist: Your work is social media.
And TV
"If you say 'use the good knife,' that means you got bad knives." That was simple, yet absolutely brilliant. 💯
Going to throw away all my knives but 3
This is a fantastic reminder that effective time management is about embracing simplicity and structure. Adopting these habits not only frees up our schedule but also liberates our mental space, allowing us to focus more on what truly matters.
Thanks Carl! Gotta simplify to make life easier :) I don't like playing life on hard mode
When you put your laundry away put it away in “outfits” so you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the week
This is absolutel genius
Totally with you on the baby tip. After we had our son there's no more working into the night, no more work on weekends. We must delegate, automate or simpy say 'no' to some work.
I'm delegating my sleep to someone else
This was honestly a great list, thanks for sharing. Especially the “don’t think just do” haha
Thanks so much!
This is such a great video. I’ve watched a lot of others but you are straight to the point. There’s all these trendy things like minimalism, productivity systems. You basically just laid it out simply and way faster then all these other gurus who follow these trends
Thank you so much! Trendiness doesn't work for me when I'm super super busy haha
For neurodivergent folks with executive function and working memory challenges, and even those with chonic illnesses, routines and doing things as soon as you think of them are not that simple or effective at all. Flexible systems work better than routines, such as having a bare minimum, typical, and maximim version of things to do on a regular basis. It can be far more draining for us to force action rather than putting the task in a "parking lot" list for later. These accomodations are a different version of the process you described that accomodate for varying abilities and energy levels. I appriciate the other tips!
That’s really insightful. I didn’t know about this.
@@bvan.harringtonyeah, your whole item at 6:55 sounds like a mystical fairy tale to me. There is nothing automatic about the “routine” tasks I do. I have to deliberately remember and motivate myself to do everything every time. Being you sounds amazing.
I have my own pitfalls but it’s different.
Can you give me more tips or point me to a channel/ someone to make life mire easier?
Great video! Thank you for posting 😊 Automating your life as much as possible is the key to floating through your day and minimising stress.
Love that!
Great tips! Especially the one about doing things now instead of thinking about it too much.
Glad it was helpful!
Believe me being productive is really tough as by nature we always tend towards chaos
My husband and I became increasingly productive with each baby we’ve had that’s such a good point!
So true!
I had a cleaner but got rid of it. I live in a 800 sq foot apartment and was paying them $150 for 3 hours of work.
I got cleaning equipment at Home Depot for $30 and can clean my entire apartment better than them in an hour. Easily cost saver.
The best thing I ever did was automate my bills. I get paid biweekly so every bill is cut in half and gets paid right after I do. Saves interest, and I'm nearly always running a small credit on my bills. Also pay my mortgage biweekly too. Saves sooo much time. Also agree with the cleaner service. Once a month to deep clean is amazing.
Oh my gosh a deep clean is so amazing. It's like resetting your home back into a great position so that it can slowly get dusty again.
6:57 everything in a routine, push start.
"routines are really great because once
you press Start each task runs
automatically until it's complete
without procrastinating between task
transitioning between each task being
anxious and overwhelmed between each
task none of that you just start, run, complete"
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Whoa! Hi, Betty! A refreshing change in pace. All the best and keep safe always!!
Thank you, I will
I teach productivity, so I'm happy to say that I already do all of those...except one. We found in my family that meal prep wasn't ideal (we tried both monthly and weekly. We tried frozen, refrigerated, ingredient prep, and whole meal prep. We really did try it all.) What we found DOES work is that I have a binder full of big, easy to follow, color printed recipes. Each week, everyone in the house picks a meal out. I put in a grocery order based on those meals and have it delivered (biggest time savings right there). Then, based on everyone's schedules that week, everyone knows what night they have to cook their meal. Granted, my house is now full of teens. But we started this when my youngest was in kindergarten; I just helped him cook his meals back then. We always cook for three more people than will be eating that night. Those three meals get put into containers for the next day's lunches. Food doesn't sit around not being eaten for a long time; there's no decision making past that first "Oh, I feel like making spaghetti this week" (which gets spread out across the whole household). And it's not too much pressure on any one person in the house. Plus, everyone in the house is guaranteed to have at least one meal they like. And they all contribute to the smooth running of the household.
That's awesome! I actually love that, it's much more flexible. I'll try that when the kids get old
This is great. My favorite part which I didn’t know was that the brains main function is to come up with ideas. Not store things.
so true after becoming a parent, you realize how premium your time is
it may sound like common sense but before becoming a parent i was much more care free with my time and never felt that type of pressure to get stuff done at all times
Yep I totally felt that. There was so much time. And now I have to squeeze in a 15 minute workout and laundry and unload the dishwasher during her 1st nap
I so relate. I do most of these already. I have two places to brain dump, I call them my idea book and my thought catcher. The idea book catches all the crazy and awesome ideas that fly into my head so I can focus on what's urgent. The thought catcher is just a piece of used printer paper that lives under my keyboard so I can write down whatever I need to remember later.
And yes, I can attest that having a baby forces you to be more intentional with your time! Mine is currently 18 months old and all of my focus tasks have to happen while she is napping.
That’s so awesome. Are you sleeping through the night yet
@@bvan.harrington HAHAHAHA no. What is this sleep you speak of?
Seriously though, that's the only problem/concern/issue we're having with this baby. She's an awesome napper, so I have a reliable and predictable 2 hours of productivity during the day, sometimes she'll still take a second nap and I'll get another hour or two! But she doesn't sleep well at night.
Here's to running 2 businesses, a RUclips channel and a household in 2-4 hours a day while sleep deprived! 🙋♀️🥳
A really realistic and structured video! It was really helpful, thank you for sharing!
thanks so much! Glad it was helpful
Wow! What a helpful habit list. I've seen so many "Helpful Daily Habits" videos but I think your video is the best. Especially the digital declutter. I don't think enought people talk about how much that can help. Thanks!
Oh that's true. I don't see a lot of people mentioning that either. When it gets to the point where I can't find anything on my PC and spend hours looking for documents for taxes... you know it's unorganized
Great advice. A lot of people mess their day up before they even leave the house for work. How are you going to get anything done in life if you can't even make your bed 😊 I have said that to a few people because it's true
Thanks, i needed this!
Im gonna set 10 minutes every night before bed and just pick up the things and toys around the livingroom, that always put stress on me directly in the morning!
And a todo-list i need to start it again!
You got this! I do a 10 minute clean every day when my daughter goes to nap. Does the house wonders to reset
Love this!!! BUT honestly 8 and 14 are the essential the same thing, as are 9 & 13. I just discovered you and I'm in to your content and vibe.
You know what they say, some people just need to hear the same things 100 different ways 😀
@@bvan.harrington True
This is such a great video and great tips. We all need these advises in our lives. We all live in mental, physical and emotional clutter. Need to learn how to get rid of all that unnecessary load to be happier and more productive. Thank you I've subscribed 😊
Thanks so much! I've been reading Esssentialism recently, and the principles in the book describe exactly this
@@bvan.harrington thank you, I've added this book to my list ☺☺👍👍
If you need to microwave your Pop tarts to save time, you might want to loosen up your schedule - Brian Regan
Who microwaves their pop tarts? That's crazy
5:37 recurring thoughts about the decision to move
One of the best videos on productivity I ever watched. Looking forward to more videos!
Wow, thank you!
Wow. Such excellent tips. Thank you so much for getting right to the point and giving great examples. This was so clear and helpful. Subscribed!
You are so welcome!
great tips ... I totally agree w when you put constraints on your time you're more productive ... some times I sound like a broken record to my family
So true!
Been doing some of the habits you've mentioned since COVID happened and they really helped me become more efficient in my life-work balance. I'll try incorporating the Information - Action Framework, it'll surely save me from going back and forth with my thoughts! Thank you for this!! Also, I wasn't prepared for the Bonus Tip 😆
That’s awesome! Love how these have really helped people out
You had a Baby!!! Congratulations! I was wondering what had happened to Switch n Click. Glad to see you're doin well. #happy
Thanks so much! She's so adorable :) 6 months old already
Thanks Betty. I like the way you frame the goalsetting process- particularly to focus on what you can control. -I can walk every day not i can lose 5 pounds a week.
Yay! Thank you! Wish you the best on your goals
this is life changing... everyone needs to hear this
so much love from East africa
Thank you!
Betty you are fantastic! Great suggestions. I'm already successfully doing some of them. And I learnt many more with the rational that lays behind. Thanks! 🙂
That’s awesome to hear
If I do the little 5 min task right away I forget what I wanted to do or I get stuck in doing all the little things ... so there is no time or energie for the big ones xD
I’m glad you’re aware of what you would do. Ignore this tip then 😋
Great video. One small correction at 8:59 . SOP = Standard Operating Procedures, which is a general term for a standard sequence of steps to complete a task (in any discipline / domain). "Standards of Practice" is a term used in clinical practice related domains. Cheers!
Would you please put the proper words for your chapters next time? Habit one, habit two ,doesn’t cut it.
Besides that, great video
Noted!
Ok maybe it was the example used at 6:08 BUT if your solution to a recurring question is to use the same conclusion w/o thinking about it again, then wouldn't you figuratively and literally stay in the same place with no actual growth? So why not have a flowchart of how you make decisions and go through THAT flowchart every so often to see if one of the circumstances change OR you come up with a new idea? I'm just sayin'. To do anything else is to simply become stagnant.
One of the most helpful videos I've ever seen. Ever. ❤
Thank you! One of the nicest comments I've ever seen
Great summary Betty - I so most but nice to watch this and reinforce there are ones i’m slipping on and would be happier if i applied more discipline to..
You got this!
Wonderful video and great ideas. Excellent and concise recommendations for simplifying basic personal habits as well as digital habits. I'm a big "systems" person, so any advise on getting information and data organized is valuable. Wow, I think I have to spend the weekend purging my clothes closet!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Betty you're awesome! Thanks for this video, have a great life 😊
Thank you! You too!
Appreciate your tips and advice. Thankyou
My pleasure!
I have a tip for you. Please cut off the music, it was torturous to have in the background.
No problem I remove my hearing aid lol
Not really
And WHY the epic fantasy battle music? It doesn’t even match the content
I just subscribed to support you, you’re awesome and appreciate that you just say it and encourage us! The baby tip is funny, I did get a puppy a year ago. Yes, I’m more productive. 😂
Haha puppies are tougher than babies
Great video, Love automation, thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Let me save you 10.51. Go straight to the last 3 tips 😅
Habit 8 can be a trap depending on how you implement it. It requires on the fly prioritization and evaluation of how long the small task will take. It’s also easy to use it as a means of procrastinating whatever higher priority task you’re avoiding. For example, if you have a paper due the next morning but the stove top is looking a little greasy and it would only take 5 minutes to clean.
For myself, I try to ask myself honestly “am I using this to distract myself from something more important?” And if I am, it goes into my notepad that I will check at a predetermined time later. Even if it would only take me 2 minutes to do. I’d rather schedule out an hour later to do all of the small tasks at the same time.
Damn I didn't know I needed this video until I watched it. Thank you❤ The baby tip LOL its really true. My daughters went off to college, and I swear my husband and I became so discombobulated. When they were home, we ran a very organized life. Because we were balancing school, sports work etc. Then when they left. We just were lost with so much time that we fumbled a lot of tasks, events, and important appointments. Im gonna watch again with him. Maybe we can get back on track. ❤
Haha I can't even imagine my daughter going off to college, maybe someday. Before I had Ally, my husband and I had too much time where we would self-sabotage because we overthought everything and were too strategic, but now we're mostly action then reflection then action again. I wish you the best!
Grazie Signora, watching this video really sparked my interest. Ciao from Italy
Glad it was helpful!
I usually give this advice jokingly when someone asks me about productivity. I say, get married and have kids, so that you will have soo less time than you will only focus on important stuff and try to get it done anyhow.
Maybe a bit too radical ah ah. But yeah, it helps to enforce more structure and a parsimonious schedule.
If wearing the same things or capsule wardrobe feels limiting & boring (for me at least), try to create a uniform look, for me when I am able to find a well-fitted & comfy pant, I purchase multiples and pair it with different tops, even my tops are the same top with different colors lol, or similar design in multiple colors.
Thanks for the tips!
Just a thought about thoughts to action, for example - when we are hungry, we get automatically motivated to get food, drinks etc, can we use this same motivation to get things done?
my big time saver - delegate all household tasks to my partner.
lol if only I could do this
Good video, but picture text is misleading. This is not automation.
Wow! That was a pretty helpful and structured video :')
I will definetely use some tips, thank you for sharing!
Glad it was helpful! What was your favorite tip?
@@bvan.harrington oh, i feel like #8 and #14 are the ones that i liked more and will try to apply them in my nearest future :')
Awesome! I hope you the best
these are all such solid tips!!! thanks for sharing!
Of course!!
Congrats on your new arrival!
Thank you so much 😀
Great video! Love your vibe and I subscribed for more!😊
Yay! Thank you so much!
Work on your background lighting to intensify your message delivery.
Subbed! This was hilarious and also highly useful.
The one about clothes doesn’t work in Africa. We dress different almost every day and very colorful too.
thanks for the video, I enjoyed it! The one I'll push back on is the delegating part. When I'm doing these tasks, I'm not forgoing earning income to do them, so unless you're going to replace that or another task with increasing your take home income, I feel like this is a fallacy
Fair point. It definitely depends on what you do with your free time.
Congrats for the channel, and for the baby 😉
Thank you! 😃
Very practical tips.. 👌🏼✨ thanx.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Please, our family have their own professions, yet I, my parents and siblings all play musical instruments. As much as I love music, I could hardly concentrate on your lessons, as the music background distracted me. Please, if you don’t mind, maybe next time you could eliminate the music at your next vlog? Thank You.
Great tips….thanks. Some nice nuggets here.
Glad it was helpful!
Hmmm I do most of this already. No idea how much time I'm saving though I guess 😂😂😂. The Houston comment is good though. I'm not sure how many people do this but for many important life decisions I have to make I have create a general framework. Could be about investing, types of chores I hate, what is worth my time and so on. For those repeated decisions, I know my general preference and impact on stress so I don't bounce back and forth. Instead I just make my standard decision. It's great because it saves, time, and stress along with just being consistent.
That’s so awesome! I do similar things, but I still need to keep on building my database of standard decisions.
Thnaks, A LOT, for the video.
You're welcome!
Love this! #6 has changed my life
thanks Jake! You helped make the video :)
Very powerful and energetic video! I’ve already unsubscribed from some of my promotions emails ❤ wardrobe is next! Could you please advise how to archive any big goal or dream? for example I always wanted to start RUclips channel/play the guitar but it’s unknown way for me so I don’t make a decision and continue dreaming 😢
Thanks! I'm glad this video helped! For big dreams or goals, I like to use the principles from Atomic Habits. I'll be making a video on this some time next month actually. But I'll break down the big goal into small steps. For me, making RUclips videos starts with sitting down at my PC and opening up Notion. In the next video, I'll be talking about RUclips and have a free Notion template in it too. For guitar, I would break down that habit into sitting down and grabbing the guitar to play for a minute. Over time, that small task will become bigger like take a lesson or learn a song. But starting small makes you more consistent with it. It also helps to ask yourself "what would a guitarist do?" or "what would a youtuber do? what do youtubers do on a daily basis?" and do those tasks.
🤩 cool idea, and it would be easier for me to focus on goal itself rather than on my uncertainty. Thanks, Betty :) Waiting for your next videos
@@olialaoo I keep wanting to play guitar as well, but I already have a handful of priorities right now so I can't fit guitar. So my decision for it is no until I can move aside one of my current priorities
I have unsubscribed (roll out) almost as a job at some point. And yet, it all came back
You look suspiciously like Switch and Click!
I've been massively decluttering my home. One step a time and writing down quick notes on my phone any time I have a thought because I know I'll forget about it. I do the same too for the grcoery trip because I've just started cooking after moving out and I swear I always forget like one thing.
I think she has a twin. Lol
Helpful!! Thank you!
Did you edit this yourself or do you have an editor? :o
I edited this one myself, we played with an editor for a bit, but going back to doing it ourselves
Great content, I love it! But the music in this video is so distracting 😅😅😅
Make a planning the day before is just shifting time spent planning by a day.
Can you provide any links to the Thought to Action Framework? I checked out SuperFrameworks and couldn't find it. Also, I sort of went down a rabbit hole looking at different frameworks. LOL Any links or additiional info would be great! Thanks!
superframeworks.com/blog/information-action
Great video. Solid advice.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tips here, thank you. That 5 minute rule works.
thanks Gary! I appreciate it :) Just started a load of laundry yesterday doing that same method haha
Really great list! ❤
Thank you! 😄
Great video. Thanks.
Thanks!
Great speech salute to u
I got something better than a cleaner: A cleaning robot that vacuums and mops … EVERY SINGLE DAY. Best purchase in a long time.
I have a dog that's losing so much hair that I could vacuum every day and still the next day there is balls of fur already. Now I go for a walk and when we come back, it's cleaner than before. I almost cried when I saw how good this thing works and I realised how much time it's going to save me!
Dang I need one of those. We have a dog and two cats, and they broke the robot vacuum. If yours doesn’t break, I need one of those badly
What model do you have?
@@bvan.harrington oh no, what happened? Was it too much hair? Or did they actively conspire and kick it down the stairs? 😅
I have a "Dreamy L10s Pro Ultra Head" … it cleans the mops in the station, so I only remove hair from the wheels once a week and check for water levels every few days.
Some robots have special brushes that cut long hair to keep it from entangling but so far that didn't seem necessary.
Wow haha. I had a Roomba something something, it didn’t mop though. It needed me to cut hair off it every 2-3 days.
@@bvan.harrington yes, a friend had an early Roomba, too … I didn't like it. it kept bumping into everything, moved lamps, and then it called for help to empty it's tiny dust container.
mine is much better, I absolutely trust the collision avoidance and leave it running when I'm not home without a worry. it will handle itself for days without any intervention
Unsubscribing and getting rid of the heaps of junk mail you get is huge.
I still don’t know how to unsubscribe from real junk mail in my mailbox
Thank youma’am
Great advice!
Glad it was helpful!
I like the SOP thing. Where do you saved your domestic SOP's?
We keep almost everything in Notion
Would love some tips for meal prep!
Definitely! My husband actually is making a video on it soon :)
thanks for sharing.
My pleasure
The baby tip is real lol just had a baby and the time management is way better lol
Good luck :) it'll all be okay
very nicely explained keep it up
Thank you, I will
Thank u , very helpful 100z%
You’re welcome!
Really informative video
Thanks so much!
Interesting. But the music is too loud and too invasive, horrible so therefore unfortunately I cannot concentrate on what you say.