Full Transcript for Micro Moments Compound Into MACRO Change: Learn MaryRuth's Personal Method to Accomplish Big Results

00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:18,031 I really hope at the end of this episode, 96 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:19,432 you will write in your iPhone notes 97 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:20,633 or write down in a journal, 98 00:03:20,633 --> 00:03:22,001 or write down on a piece of paper 99 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:24,771 something that you are going to do that 100 00:03:24,771 --> 00:03:27,707 will truly change your day to day life. 101 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:30,643 The thing that I am the most passionate about 102 00:03:30,643 --> 00:03:33,179 is this idea that we all have 103 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:34,847 24 hours in a day, 104 00:03:35,448 --> 00:03:37,617 and I believe that 105 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:40,086 every person who's inching along, every person 106 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:42,188 who is making progress in their own life, 107 00:03:42,188 --> 00:03:44,257 I believe that creates a lot of happiness. 108 00:03:44,757 --> 00:03:47,560 And so learning the self-mastery of 109 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:50,630 how do I use my 24 hour period 110 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:51,864 when I'm feeling good 111 00:03:51,864 --> 00:03:53,967 or when I'm sick, or when I'm going through a tough time? 112 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,004 And how can I day to day, week 113 00:03:58,004 --> 00:03:59,706 to week, month to month, year 114 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,208 to year, move forward every day? 115 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,310 So without further ado, 116 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,979 I am very excited 117 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:08,181 to break this down for you. 118 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:09,515 So in no particular order, 119 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:12,151 this is truly what I do. 120 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:14,821 And it wasn't 121 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,456 always this complicated. At first. 122 00:04:16,456 --> 00:04:18,024 I would just literally write 123 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:20,159 down the hour on a piece of paper 124 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:21,527 and what I wanted to do the day 125 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:22,895 before that was like 126 00:04:22,895 --> 00:04:24,631 my first version. 127 00:04:24,631 --> 00:04:26,132 But then over the years, as I had 128 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:27,367 one child, two child, 129 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:29,068 and the twins were born during Covid 130 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:31,537 and having those four kids in four years, 131 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:33,673 plus being with the MaryRuth Organics team 132 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:34,974 and just trying to be 133 00:04:34,974 --> 00:04:36,476 a good daughter, a good spouse, 134 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:37,677 a good friend. 135 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:40,413 I have added in all of those layers. 136 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:42,815 So the first thing I would encourage 137 00:04:42,815 --> 00:04:45,151 you to do is create 138 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:46,986 either on a piece of paper 139 00:04:46,986 --> 00:04:48,688 or in your iPhone 140 00:04:48,688 --> 00:04:50,189 notes, your morning 141 00:04:50,189 --> 00:04:52,292 and nighttime routine, which is something 142 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,894 we talked about in the very first episode 143 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:56,129 of the Move for an 144 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,997 everyday podcast, is, 145 00:04:59,165 --> 00:05:00,800 I believe, so 146 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,336 much in the power of a morning and nighttime routine. 147 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:05,038 No matter how long, how short, 148 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:07,907 how big, how small, it's an anchor 149 00:05:07,907 --> 00:05:11,311 to help you every day. 150 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:12,812 I remember sharing that 151 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:14,981 one of my favorite quotes is I read it 152 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:17,216 in the New York Times at some point 153 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,519 a few years ago, is 154 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:21,220 most people think they need 155 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:23,956 to feel good in order to get going, 156 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,191 but in reality, 157 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:27,460 we need to get going in order 158 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,829 to give ourselves a chance 159 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:31,030 at feeling good. 160 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:32,465 And so 161 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:36,969 I really encourage people 162 00:05:36,969 --> 00:05:38,237 to start in this place. 163 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:40,840 Creating a morning and nighttime 164 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,809 routine is a micro version 165 00:05:42,809 --> 00:05:44,277 of a macro 166 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:46,012 pursuit 167 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:47,413 of where you want to go in your life. 168 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,982 So some people already know that 169 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:53,152 they want to be a veterinarian, 170 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:54,721 or they want to hike 171 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:56,723 a very tall mountain in their neighborhood. 172 00:05:58,558 --> 00:05:59,625 Some people do not 173 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:00,827 have a macro view 174 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:03,229 or self-awareness about like what is their purpose? 175 00:06:03,229 --> 00:06:03,963 What is their passion? 176 00:06:03,963 --> 00:06:05,898 So I always say first things first. 177 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:07,867 If you have something 178 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:09,936 that is important to you, like a purpose 179 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:11,237 or taking care of your family 180 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:12,438 like a big view, 181 00:06:12,605 --> 00:06:14,040 a big macro view of what 182 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,475 you want to do every day 183 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:16,809 and where you're going, 184 00:06:16,909 --> 00:06:17,910 then you can reverse 185 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:19,445 engineer your morning 186 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:20,646 and nighttime routine 187 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,715 to be very connected. 188 00:06:22,715 --> 00:06:25,017 So the micro and macro

will be deeply connected. 189 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:28,187 If you are a person who's like, I don't, 190 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:29,856 I want to learn more about myself. 191 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:31,023 I want to have more self-awareness. 192 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:32,325 I want to figure out what my hopes, 193 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,227 my dreams are for myself, my family. 194 00:06:34,761 --> 00:06:35,695 Maybe you're a teenager. 195 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:36,863 Maybe you're in college. 196 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:40,032 What's incredible is that you 197 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,901 don't have to know all the answers, 198 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,237 but the act of creating 199 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,872 a morning and nighttime routine 200 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:47,273 and trying to execute it 201 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:49,242 every day in a 24 hour period 202 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,245 will eventually create 203 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,280 so many green lights in your life 204 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,916 and show you a lot about who you are 205 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:58,284 and give yourself self-awareness. 206 00:06:58,284 --> 00:07:00,486 But then you will end up having 207 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,789 that North Star in your life, 208 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:05,191 that macro view. 209 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,560 So first, things are two ways 210 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,462 you can break down your morning and nighttime routine. 211 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:11,030 I do it on paper, 212 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:12,732 and a lot of people 213 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:14,400 I know also do it on the iPhone. 214 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,903 So the first thing you could do on the iPhone is create 215 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:18,104 your morning and nighttime routine, 216 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:21,040 then your copy 217 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,942 and pasting it below. 218 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,677 So you write out in your iPhone notes, 219 00:07:25,044 --> 00:07:26,913 morning routine, nighttime routine. 220 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,114 Or it could use AI 221 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:30,316 Whatever resonates with you. 222 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:32,385 Then you're going to copy it 223 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:34,887 and paste the same thing 224 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:36,456 you wrote below. 225 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:39,992 So if two versions of here's your morning and nighttime 226 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:42,628 routine, your iPhone notes, and then you copy and paste it 227 00:07:42,628 --> 00:07:44,263 as the identical morning 228 00:07:44,263 --> 00:07:45,765 and nighttime routine below it. 229 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:48,000 And then when you wake up 230 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,368 every morning, you delete 231 00:07:50,736 --> 00:07:51,237 the copy 232 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:53,673 and pasted version, like when you've gone for a walk 233 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:54,841 or had your vitamins or 234 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:56,442 or had some sunshine 235 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:57,810 or stretch, you delete it 236 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,979 and then you copy and paste again for the next day. 237 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:01,647 So that's the most eco friendly 238 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:03,850 version of how to do this. 239 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,384 I do something a little bit different. 240 00:08:05,384 --> 00:08:06,986 I really just have to do this 241 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,721 for survival purposes 242 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:10,857 of having these four extremely 243 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:12,058 young kids. 244 00:08:12,124 --> 00:08:14,660 Ethan is eight, Elliot is seven, 245 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:16,128 and the twins are four and a half 246 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:18,264 and having them all 247 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:19,866 go to school, having them, 248 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:21,267 you know, whether it's school, whether it's camp, 249 00:08:21,267 --> 00:08:23,035 getting them out the door by 730, 250 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,237 it's a lot. 251 00:08:25,471 --> 00:08:26,739 So I use a piece of paper 252 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:28,140 and I do photocopy it. 253 00:08:28,140 --> 00:08:29,675 So I write out my morning 254 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:31,477 routine, which deeply 255 00:08:31,477 --> 00:08:33,846 involves getting my children ready for school 256 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:36,949 lunches, dressing them, breakfast, 257 00:08:36,949 --> 00:08:39,719 what they need, and I photocopy it. 258 00:08:39,719 --> 00:08:42,121 And then every day, as soon as I wake up, I'm 259 00:08:42,121 --> 00:08:43,389 the first one up in the house. 260 00:08:43,623 --> 00:08:45,091 I start crossing off 261 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:46,425 what I can and can't do 262 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:48,528 related to that morning routine, and it is 263 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,463 the greatest part of my day. 264 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,631 It is so comforting, 265 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:53,399 even if I can only do half of it. 266 00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:54,800 I like just crossing off the things 267 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,936 where, okay, I don't have a lot of time. This season, 268 00:08:56,936 --> 00:08:59,405 in the summer league, I coached my son Elliot's 269 00:08:59,405 --> 00:09:00,606 basketball league. 270 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,642 The last game is in September, 271 00:09:02,642 --> 00:09:04,577 but it was July and August, 272 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:06,779 and on those mornings when we had to go to the 273 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:09,348 basketball game all four of us leave the house really fast 274 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,316 on a Sunday morning, 275 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,051 I would just cross off some of the morning routine. 276 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:13,653 I knew I wasn't going to get to do, 277 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:16,055 but maybe the day before Saturday it was 278

00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:18,558 easier and I could. 279 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:22,428 I'm just 280 00:09:22,428 --> 00:09:24,664 listening to Elliott in the background, but it's okay. 281 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:26,399 They don't need to cut this 282 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,401 out of the podcast like it's okay. 283 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,001 It's real life. 284 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:31,370 My children are home from school 285 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:32,972 and I mean, they're about 286 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:35,374 to go to school, home from camp, and we can hear some background 287 00:09:35,374 --> 00:09:37,410 noise, but it's okay. So, 288 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,046 and then it would just cross off what I want to do. 289 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,213 Same thing for nighttime routine. 290 00:09:41,213 --> 00:09:43,082 I love seeing at 6 p.m. 291 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:43,983 I start to make dinner. 292 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,184 We all eat together. 293 00:09:45,451 --> 00:09:46,953 Then everybody does the baths. 294 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:48,120 Then we tuck them in. 295 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:49,288 I have certain time 296 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:51,123 I turn off my phone. 297 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:53,092 I love having camomile tea. 298 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:56,395 Sometimes I will do a face 299 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:59,332 mask or paint my nails once the children are sleeping. 300 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,533 And I love having that 301 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:01,734 morning and nighttime routine. 302 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:03,836 So that's the first part of my day. 303 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:05,304 My day begins where 304 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:07,006 I have this locked in. 305 00:10:07,306 --> 00:10:09,208 It repeats the same every day. 306 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:11,377 Now we're going to hold up the time blocking journal. 307 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:13,145 So I'm going to rip out 308 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:14,947 a piece of this paper for us. 309 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:18,150 And I'm going to show you here. 310 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:20,620 Here it is 5 311 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,854 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 312 00:10:21,854 --> 00:10:23,055 all the way to 10 p.m. 313 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:24,256 at night. 314 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:26,359 So the day before 315 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:27,693 the next day is 316 00:10:27,693 --> 00:10:29,161 when I time block what's happening. 317 00:10:29,161 --> 00:10:31,297 So this is the second tool I use. 318 00:10:31,497 --> 00:10:32,865 So the morning routine written 319 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,066 on a different piece of paper. 320 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,668 The day before 321 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:36,869 I will write down 322 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:39,405 taking it from my iPhone notes, 323 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:42,241 all of my zoom 324 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:45,077 meetings, or my Google Meets, 325 00:10:45,177 --> 00:10:46,379 whatever's happening. 326 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:50,116 And then I will around my work schedule, 327 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:51,484 add in anything else 328 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:52,718 there that's relevant. 329 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:55,521 Is it, a show and tell day at school 330 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:58,157 for one of my children? Is it color war at camp? 331 00:10:58,424 --> 00:10:59,792 Anything I need to know. 332 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:02,228 I usually rip out seven of these 333 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:03,529 every single week. 334 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:05,698 I like to do it on Thursdays before the weekend. 335 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:07,266 So Thursday to Thursday 336 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,467 I have seven of these, 337 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,603 and I write down the day 338 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:14,240 before the next day before 4 p.m.. 339 00:11:14,573 --> 00:11:15,841 Okay, what's happening? 340 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:17,376 What are my work responsibilities? 341 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:18,577 When am I eating? 342 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:21,480 I went to a mom's school dinner last night. 343 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,281 It was so fun. 344 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:25,351 But I am able to see the day before. 345 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:27,119 Okay, this is what's happening. 346 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:28,587 And what's great is a lot of times 347 00:11:28,587 --> 00:11:30,990 our days do not go as planned. 348 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:35,161 And so what's amazing, which is, 349 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:37,697 an expression that's on 350 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,498 the cover of this, it says Move Forward Every Day. 351 00:11:39,498 --> 00:11:40,800 It also says structure 352 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,001 creates freedom. 353 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:44,670 Is that so many times, every single day, 354 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:45,971 there's going to be things that happen 355 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,540 that are not part of our plan, 356 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:49,675 and it allows you to accept it 357 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:51,711 even before it happens. 358 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:53,813 Because you have everything written down, 359 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:54,480 you can move 360 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,016 whatever you're supposed to do that day to the next day 361 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:59,251 or the next day, because it's all there. 362 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:02,722 So we all want to be able to go 363 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:03,923 with the flow, 364 00:12:03,989 --> 00:12:05,024 have freedom to do 365 00:12:05,024 --> 00:12:06,225 the things that we love. 366 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:08,260 And I always say structure creates freedom 367 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:11,063 because if you can see what your responsibilities are, 368 00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:12,465 then if something 369 00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:13,766 fun and amazing comes up, 370 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:16,168 like your child has a play

date or they want to go to a last 371 00:12:16,168 --> 00:12:17,369 minute birthday party, 372 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,772 you can see what's happening. 373 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:22,208 So you're still very grounded and just shift it 374 00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:24,343 to the next day and the 375 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,746 next day, or if you get sick, it is shift it to the next day. 376 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,080 You don't feel well or shift it 377 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,281 to the following week. 378 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,250 Everything's just inching along. 379 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:34,553 And I really believe that time 380 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:37,323 blocking creates a lot of freedom 381 00:12:37,656 --> 00:12:38,791 and should be a tool 382 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:41,594 that is not about hustle culture, 383 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:44,263 but about feeling like 384 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:45,598 you can see the macro 385 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:48,267 view of your week and shifting 386 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,202 as things come up that you didn't 387 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,072 plan for you 388 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:54,940 or your children or your loved ones 389 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:56,375 or maybe you take care 390 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:57,843 of an elderly parent. 391 00:12:58,043 --> 00:12:59,145 We want to do something special 392 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,346 for your friend. 393 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,414 So, so far we've talked 394 00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:04,283 about the morning routine 395 00:13:05,484 --> 00:13:07,386 on the iPhone notes or on a piece of paper 396 00:13:07,386 --> 00:13:09,922 photocopied, time blocking. 397 00:13:09,922 --> 00:13:12,124 AI has a lot of great time blockers. 398 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:13,392 Harvard has done a lot of research 399 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:15,127 on how time blocking is one of the best 400 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,163 time management tools. 401 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:20,166 I have these seven pieces of paper 402 00:13:20,499 --> 00:13:22,201 that I take my meetings 403 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,270 from my iPhone notes 404 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:26,672 and write them out really helps me 405 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:28,007 get through the days, especially 406 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:29,208 when I haven't slept. 407 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,843 Really helps me to see like, okay, 408 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:32,912 I have like this little bit left 409 00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:35,281 to do before the next day or before bedtime. 410 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:39,652 Then I also use a paper calendar 411 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:41,687 and this is the last tool 412 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:42,888 that I use. 413 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:45,424 So the paper calendar allows me 414 00:13:45,424 --> 00:13:48,494 to have deep breaths like I'm 415 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:49,695 the type of person, 416 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,964 especially with

my four beautiful kids. 417 00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:54,333 Like I need to see the whole month. 418 00:13:54,733 --> 00:13:55,701 I need to kind of see 419 00:13:55,701 --> 00:13:57,203 my bandwidth visually, 420 00:13:57,670 --> 00:13:59,438 and I can't really see it that 421 00:13:59,438 --> 00:14:01,440 well on a laptop or on my iPhone. 422 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,775 So I also like to write 423 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:04,076 on my paper calendar, 424 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:06,045 certain birthday parties, 425 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:07,580 certain sports games, 426 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:10,549 certain holidays, certain times. 427 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:11,984 I have something very important 428 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:13,652 with the investors at work. 429 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:15,788 I like to see it all. 430 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:17,056 Even today, 431 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:19,391 when Joel and I were going to film the podcast, 432 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,827 I could visually see it when I looked 433 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:23,229 at the month of August, 434 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,631 and it allows me to feel at peace. 435 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:27,633 I get whenever I feel overwhelmed. 436 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:29,702 I go to the paper calendar and I say, okay, 437 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:33,672 I see that last Friday 438 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,274 we took Elliot for his birthday 439 00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:36,542 to Universal Studios, 440 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,143 and then I saw his birthday party 441 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:40,112 and then I saw we had basketball practice. 442 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,314 It helps me feel 443 00:14:42,748 --> 00:14:45,150 at peace and very grounded to have that 444 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:46,819 large paper calendar 445 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:48,320 where I can kind 446 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,521 of see the whole year. 447 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:51,690 When do we have 448 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:54,193 marketing summits? 449 00:14:54,193 --> 00:14:55,461 When do we have quarterlies? 450 00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:56,762 When do we have the board meeting? 451 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:58,831 When do we have monthly reporting? 452 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,032 Our top two tops? 453 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:01,867 I love seeing it 454 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:03,602 and I can feel excited about it. 455 00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:06,572 So just to recap, I personally use 456 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:09,208 the morning and nighttime routine 457 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:10,409 on a piece of paper. 458 00:15:10,442 --> 00:15:11,610 You can use your iPhone. 459 00:15:11,944 --> 00:15:13,479 I use a time blocking journal. 460 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:17,783 You can use paper or you can use I. 461 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,853 I also use one very large 462 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:23,355 paper calendar that I carry everywhere with me. 463 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:24,556 I carry it

in, 464 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,792 pretty much a duffle bag in the car 465 00:15:26,792 --> 00:15:27,960 with me. 466 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:28,560 Okay. 467 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,496 For example, last Tuesday 468 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:32,131 work ended 469 00:15:32,131 --> 00:15:34,700 and then the dentist called, and because I had the big paper 470 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:37,603 calendar, I could see everything. 471 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,939 And I saw, okay, I could take all of the children 472 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,740 to the dentist the next day at 9 a.m., 473 00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:43,709 the week before they have to go to school. 474 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:46,312 I love so much 475 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:48,380 using all of these tools together, 476 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:49,682 and I have done it 477 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:51,250 for years and years and years. 478 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:54,119 I think the key is to figure out 479 00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:55,487 what resonates with you, 480 00:15:55,487 --> 00:15:57,289 what is practical for you, 481 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,558 what sounds like oh, I would really like that. 482 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:01,026 Like I do make very short 483 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:03,729 to do lists, and then I try to time 484 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:06,131 block it in throughout that seven day window. 485 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:07,833 Or if there's a little bit 486 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,468 more monthly tasks, 487 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,437 I kind of write that on the big paper calendar 488 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:12,638 and then try to time block it 489 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:14,440 into the individual days. 490 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,642 It is so deeply rewarding 491 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:19,244 that I have dedicated so much of my free time. 492 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:20,846 Whenever I'm doing donations 493 00:16:20,846 --> 00:16:22,381 or volunteering or lectures, 494 00:16:22,681 --> 00:16:25,017 I always talk about time blocking and the idea 495 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,285 of the compound effect. 496 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,554 The idea that these very small 497 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:31,523 micro moments can compound 498 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:33,792 greatly by the end of the year. 499 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,294 And we've spot we've spoken about that 500 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,662 in the other podcasts. 501 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:37,763 I think we said 502 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:40,833 five minutes of stretching a day 503 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:43,302 at the end of a year is 30 hours, 504 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:45,371 and your body will thank you 505 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:47,373 for those 30 hours of stretching. 506 00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:49,975 Then if you didn't do it, and maybe just stretch the first 507 00:16:49,975 --> 00:16:51,510 five minutes of every show 508 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,711 you watch that year. 509 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:55,114 So again, 510 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:58,917 it is my wish that you will try out 511 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:00,119 consistently 512 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,254 anything that resonates with you. 513 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:03,956 Making it to do lists, 514 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:05,491 adding it into a piece of paper, 515 00:17:05,491 --> 00:17:06,759 just having a to do list 516 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,960 with a big paper calendar. 517 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,461 Just having your morning and nighttime 518 00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:10,829 routine in your iPhone notes 519 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,064 coupled with your regular 520 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,332 calendar on your iPhone. 521 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,901 Each person is unique and only 522 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:17,403 you know what is best for you. 523 00:17:17,903 --> 00:17:20,939 But I want to share that 524 00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:23,675 it is absolutely worth it 525 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:25,978 to create this structure. 526 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:27,312 I do believe it creates 527 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:28,714 a lot of peace, 528 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:30,849 groundedness, and freedom in your life. 529 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:34,053 I am able to be a much happier 530 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:35,988 mom and parent. 531 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:38,624 I am able to be so much more present 532 00:17:38,924 --> 00:17:40,492 in everything that I do. 533 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,828 Because of these tools. 534 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:44,163 Morning and nighttime routines, 535 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:45,931 time blocking, compound effect, 536 00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:47,966 to-do list, paper calendar, 537 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,702 and look, some months and seasons of our lives 538 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:52,704 are going to be more difficult than others, but 539 00:17:52,704 --> 00:17:54,907 it is always worth the effort. 540 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:56,875 If your used to time blocking, you got 541 00:17:57,142 --> 00:17:58,043 you know, life 542 00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:00,512 kind of got away from you and you want to try it again. 543 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:02,614 I absolutely encourage it. 544 00:18:02,981 --> 00:18:04,183 And our team, 545 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:05,617 the MaryRuth Organics team, 546 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:06,852 and myself were always here. 547 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:08,854 You can always email all your questions 548 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:11,890 at wecare@maryruthorganics.com 549 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:14,226 That's wecare@maryruthorganics.com 550 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:17,062 We have The Art of Health For Busy People pdf. 551 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:19,164 We spoke about that on one of the podcasts. 552 00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:20,933 So that is the 12 steps 553 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,201 that are free and accessible 554 00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:23,402 to health and wellness. 555 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:25,904 We have a free PDF time 556 00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:28,240 blocking document 557 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,441 that we can send you 558 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:30,909 at that email address.