Happiness Routines! List #2

Join me, Denise Reed, in another captivating episode where I shed light on how to cultivate daily happiness, derived from the '52 Lists for Happiness' by Maury Seal. As we explore and reflect on various routines in my own personal and work life, I encourage listeners to glean insights and create your list of happiness routines so you can create more happiness in your own life!

In this episode, I delve into my morning routine, sharing pivotal elements that set the tone for my day, from pedaling on my stationary bike, partaking in a nutritious breakfast, to getting dressed and engaging with some introspective journaling. You'll also learn how I deal with other life responsibilities and how journaling provides a release valve for my ever-busy mind.

I additionally offer insight into the unique benefits of using a five-year journal, exploring the thrill of revisiting past experiences, accomplishments, or major life switches. Furthermore, I speak on my daily commute, turning drive time into moments of learning with Audible, with my range of books cutting across essentials to help propel business growth and casual books for pure fun.

In this episode, you'll gain insight into how to meld relaxation into your weekly calendar, including creating 'pajama days' to unwind from the usual hectic week. Toward the end of the discussion, I emphasize the importance of touching base with friends and close relations, and how this contributes to overall happiness.

Remember, life is a work in progress, and working towards happiness takes determination and commitment. Join me on this journey as I share my experiences and wisdom on embracing happiness and living a fulfilled life.

 

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Episode Transcript

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It's me again denise reed and
i am bringing happiness i
hope that's my plan because you
gotta decide that you're going to be that
way you're going to be happy no

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matter what So here
I am being happy and sharing the list two from the 52 list for happiness book by.
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Can you see it?
Maury Seal and I
think it's a she but anyway um the
author is out here and she's trying to bring happiness to us by participating
in our 52 lists and hopefully by my expanding on the 52 lists of of my own happiness or search thereof.
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You might get some happiness in your life.
So I'm chiming in to share les dos, that would be two.
So here we go. Not that I speak a lot of Spanish. I know poquito espanol.
So I know the important things that make me happy.
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Guacamole. So anyway, down to the more serious things.
List two is the list of routines in your personal life and work.
And sometimes those routines can drive you up the wall or those those that love you up the wall.

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So I thought it would be fun to share my list too of my routines in my personal life and work.
And there is a lot of hype about your morning routine and having a morning routine.
So here we go. My morning routine or parts of it, not necessarily in this order,

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but they're my morning routines or part of it.
One is to pedal on my stationary bike.
And I've been doing that for several years now, and I've killed two stationary bikes from pedaling.
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I have worn the bolt slap off of those suckers. But anyway, my goal to start
was just to get on my stationary bike.
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My goal is to do 30 minutes, five out of seven days a week.
So it's great to have a routine that's going to help improve your health and make your life better.
And I love my stationary bike because I mindlessly exercise.
I'm not saying that I'm getting any thinner at this junction,

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but I'm at least feeling better because I'm riding my stationary bike.
So I hope that you have incorporated some kind of movement into your life and
I'm hoping to incorporate more of that.
I just have to figure out how to make it automatic or routine for me so I can continue it.

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So that's one of my aspects of my morning routine.
I always I'll say ninety nine point eight percent of the time make my bed in the morning.
And I do that before I get out of it.
And then I do some kind of breakfast of some sort.

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And it's not always the best breakfast.
Sometimes it's just coffee with cream and a dash of sugar.
Just saying, it's not pounds of sugar. It's just a teaspoon.
And it's a big cup of coffee. Just saying. I got to have some caffeine in the morning.

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I'll stay up with you all night, but don't ask me to get up early.
So just saying, that's part of my morning routine.
And then I get dressed at some point.
And I've started journaling a little bit.
It's just to clear my head of all the stuff that rolls around in there between
my business here at the concierge office suite my own personal like finance.

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For my own personal stuff and then helping my mom with her things and helping
my sister with her things and all my clients with their things.
It's a lot to roll around in this little bit of square space.
So journaling helps me clear my head and it might help you if you ruminate a lot.

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I have read some articles, blog posts, books,
listened to some books on Audible, and those people out there that kind of track
morning routines say that it's great to write things out because it clears up
some headspace because you know you can go back to it and reference it.

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So I'm going to highly recommend, not that you have to write an Encyclopedia Britannica,
but maybe write something about what you've accomplished so you can feel like
you've actually done something in a day.
And for fun, I got a five-year, I guess it's journal, and it's like a tweet,

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you know, 150 characters-ish.
And I write down like the important things, either like what I want to feel.
Or activities or milestones for that day.
And it's been fun. I've been doing it now three, three, am I in here?
I think it's three years now maybe four years and

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it's fun to go back on that same day you
know three years ago or two years
ago and see what i did on that day to
see how far i've come or what i've you
know what's changed since then whatever then is so you might want to think about

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a five year journal just to track life and to see how your life has changed over five years.
I also have a
two-hour commute every day so I have an hour into

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the office and an hour home and I've decided that I wanted it to kind of be
my my education time because usually people don't bother me when I'm in the
car because they just don't.
And I have signed up for a subscription on Audible and I listen to Audible books and,

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I sometimes listen to books that are going to help me in my business with marketing,
marketing, branding, and sales.
And sometimes I listen to stuff for fun just because I can.
So you might want to think about increasing your learning and understanding
and do it with an audible book or a podcast for your area of expertise where

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you can further your learning and education while you're riding around in the car.
Or, you know, sometimes times you need to pick me up and just listen to your favorite tunes,
but I prefer to do learning in most cases because I have the quiet and I can
concentrate as I'm eating home.

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I have also set a goal to listen to at least one audible book a month so I can increase my education.
So you You might want to think about doing that too, to further your own education.
Now, here's something that not everyone has the luxury of doing just because of their crazy lives.

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But I go 9,000 miles an hour during the week. And I've tried to set a goal of
having one day a week where it's a pajama day.
Where I can be totally crusty, lazy, at home for a whole day.

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And it's wonderful to be able to do that. Because I go 9,000 miles an hour the
rest of the time during the week.
I also have a goal to touch base with my friends and interact with them either by phone or in person.
And I don't necessarily have a schedule for that, but I have a goal to at least

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touch base with them once a week if I don't get to lay eyes on them.
And we talk by phone. and one of my other guilty pleasures and routines is getting
on here and sharing a facebook live,
about some of the crazy stuff i get involved
in and hopefully it's something

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worthwhile for you and that it will bring you joy and happiness because it's
the reason why i am sharing the 52 52 lists for happiness because it's a work
in progress and not every day is joyful.
And sometimes you have to chase it with a vengeance fiercely.

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So I would like to encourage you to do the same.
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So, Hey, it's almost Friday.
Celebrate it, live big and create your list for happiness and make it a routine
to be happy about and if it's not stop the ones that aren't making you happy.

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