January 31, 2025 • 16 mins
Setting routines is essential for a balanced and fulfilling life, especially as we approach 2025. In this episode, we explore the benefits of routines, including consistency, efficiency, and stress reduction, and share tips on creating and maintaining a successful routine.
• Discussing the importance of routines for the new year
• Identifying the mental, physical, and stress-relief benefits of routines
• Exploring consistency and how it fosters healthy habits
• Understanding efficiency in reducing decision fatigue
• Highlighting focus and prioritization of important tasks
• Sharing strategies for daily planning and time blocking
• Emphasizing the need to celebrate small wins for motivation
• Talking about breaking tasks into manageable steps
• Reviewing and adjusting routines for ongoing effectiveness
• Encouraging flexibility in schedule to accommodate life's unpredictability
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, my name is Sherry and welcome to my podcast,
silver T, and this episode isabout routines.
So 2025 is here and I fell illthe last couple of months into
2024.
And during that time, I stoppeddoing a lot of my routines and
(00:24):
now that I'm feeling better sothank God for that I'm feeling
better I want to get back intoroutines, because they are so
important and it added a levelof stress free in my life.
So I want to talk about some ofthe benefits of having routines
(00:47):
in your life and maybe youmight want to consider it for
2025.
Stay tuned, welcome back.
(01:09):
So we were talking aboutroutines for 2025 and I want to
talk about some benefits ofhaving a routine and how they
are beneficial to you on so manylevels of mental, physical and
(01:34):
stress.
It's less stress and lessdecision fatigue.
So let me talk about some ofthem.
The first one I want to talkabout is consistency.
Consistency A routine helps youbuild healthy habits.
(01:54):
When you do something regularly, it becomes second nature, so
routines turn into habits,healthy habits.
You create these habits bystarting with routines.
Efficiency Knowing what youneed to do and when to do it
(02:15):
reduces decision fatigue andsaves time.
So a lot of times, when youknow what to do, it's like
things seem to go faster.
When you know what you want todo, it's like driving to
somebody's house for the firsttime and driving it feels like
(02:37):
it takes forever to get there.
It's because you've never beenthere before.
Over time, you continue todrive.
You'll notice that, wow, thisis, I know where to turn.
I know what light is, whatlight I want to be.
Focus A structured schedulehelps you prioritize tasks and
(03:01):
focus on what's important.
I don't know about you.
I have a tendency to kind of gooff down a rabbit hole and
forget what I'm supposed to befocusing on.
So I try to focus on what ismost important to me before I go
down, if I go down that rabbithole.
(03:26):
Stress reduction Having a plancan reduce anxiety because you
know what to expect and canprepare accordingly.
So stress reduction is going tobe something.
Or let me say it this way youwant less stress in your life,
okay, so why not try to dothings that will reduce your
(03:49):
stress?
So you do that by beingprepared.
You want to be prepared.
You want to be prepared Like Ilike to get all of my.
Be prepared like I like to getall of my my gym gear out at
night, so in the morning I'm notrunning around looking for, oh
(04:10):
no, what am I going to?
What pants am I going to wear?
Do I have any clean pants?
You know, I would know that thenight before.
So I will, I will prepare.
So that will be a part ofstress reduction by preparing
accordingly.
So sometimes I like well, I do,I used to I was starting out by
(04:34):
putting a lot of my exerciseson my schedule because it seemed
to.
It seems to bring a level ofaccountability when I see it on
my calendar, because now do Ihave an excuse as to why I can't
do it when there's obviouslytime to get it done?
So, um, I put it on my schedule.
(04:57):
So that's something you mightwant to do and and be ready for
it.
Do you know?
You know that day you you mightwant to do and be ready for it,
you know that day you're goingto the gym.
So get yourself together andyou can go to the gym.
So I want to touch on settingup a successful routine.
How do you think you're goingto build a successful routine?
(05:22):
Daily planning, and let me tellyou, daily planning for me is
like OK, I'm going to do my food, my meal planning for the day I
am going to.
That's going to reduce somedecision fatigue, because I have
started my day with figuringout what do I want to eat.
(05:44):
So I write down my food andsometimes I actually plan out my
meals for at least three daysbecause I try not to, I try not
to go past three days because I,after three days, I really
don't want to eat that same foodagain.
(06:05):
So I, I, after three days, I'mpushing it, but day one, day two
, day three, I, I just I'm done.
So sometimes I'll plan out mymeals up to three days and that
will help me with time, savingtime and knowing that I have
these ingredients in myrefrigerator.
(06:27):
So definitely like to do somedaily planning.
Time blocking this is also thisis still a part of building a
routine for success Timeblocking.
Just like I talked about withthe gym, I blocked out time to
go to the gym, so I like toblock out time for taking a walk
(06:53):
.
I like to block out time for ifI decide I want to go somewhere
and do something, spend timewith my family, I'll block out
time for that because sometimesI get.
How can I say?
I feel like I feel like I'm notalways present like I should be
.
So I just said, you know what,let me not do that.
(07:18):
So I would try to put things onmy calendar to say, okay, I'm
gonna go see mom on this day orgo spend time with donna at her
studio on this day, and I'll puttime in there for that, because
then, um, again, that level ofaccountability and you, you're
blocking out time.
So you see, you do have timeand no excuse for why you're not
(07:41):
doing it.
Hi, I hope you are enjoying thepodcast so far, and the way you
can help my podcast is byhitting that subscribe button
below and you'll be notifiedwhen I release new and exciting
podcasts.
Thank you and enjoy the rest ofthe podcast.
(08:06):
Break tasks down, okay.
Divide larger tasks intosmaller, manageable steps.
This makes them less dauntingand more achievable.
Well, I agree with that.
You want to do the small thingsto get to the big thing.
So if you're planning onworking on trying to, there's a
(08:29):
program out there that I reallylike.
It's called um, it's not I'm,it's not the name of it.
I like the, the motto of this,this particular program and it's
called food for your medicine,and I really do like that
program.
I discovered this program afterafter I've been through cancer
(08:52):
and then then I ended up withdiabetes afterwards.
So so they sent me this thingsaying make food your medicine.
So let's break down the foodsand figure out what it is that
you're eating to control yourA1C, so you can get rid of the
(09:14):
medicine and the diabetes.
So, breaking them down,breaking them down, your A1C
comes down.
Next thing you know you're offthe medicine.
No, diabetes comes down.
Next thing you know you off themedicine no diabetes.
Celebrate your small wins.
To take a moment to acknowledgeand celebrate your achievements
(09:37):
, no matter how small they are.
This reinforces positivebehavior and keeps you motivated
.
Yes, that is true, because Ifeel like when I celebrate those
small wins, I feel good, I feelmore confident, and it does, it
(09:58):
does encourage these same typeof behaviors, these.
It helps you, it encouragespositive behavior.
So I I really feel good when Iachieve a small goal Because,
wow, I'm like, wow, I feel good,I don't have to worry about
that.
Today I'm done, I don't have toworry about today I did what I
(10:19):
needed to do, so next, what'snext?
So, yes, celebrate your smallwins, because they make you feel
good, confident and they theyencourage positive behavior.
You reward yourself withpositivity.
So, yeah, keep keep doing that.
(10:41):
So break these goals down intosmaller, manageable tasks.
Down into smaller, manageabletasks.
So don't forget to do that whenyou're breaking down, when
you're creating your routinesfor 2025 and beyond.
Prioritize, prioritize task,determine what tasks are most
(11:01):
important and tackle them first.
Yeah, so make sure, if you'relooking at trying to eat to
control a disease or lose weight, you're going to tackle the
first thing you need to do, andthat's probably let's look at
what I'm eating every day andwhat kind of exercise am I doing
(11:22):
.
Let's tackle those.
So, that way, the next stepwill come Create a schedule.
That way, the next step willcome.
Create a schedule.
Allocate specific times foreach task.
Be realistic about how longeach task will take.
(11:42):
Okay, I did talk about creatingputting something on blocking
out time.
You block out time on yourcalendar.
You see, you can do it.
There's no reason why it's notdone.
Well, let me not say not done.
There's no reason why you don'tthink you can do it.
Or, if you thinking you don'thave time for it when it is Look
(12:04):
right there, it's on yourcalendar, it's there, so you can
.
You can go, do it.
Stay flexible, life happens.
Be prepared to adjust yourschedule as needed.
Now I don't want you to be toorigid when you're taking the
time to create these steps forroutine because, yeah, I know we
get into a routine.
(12:25):
You're just in a routine andsomething comes and knocks you
whatever you had for that hour,knocks you right out of your
schedule, and now you're kind ofirritated and annoyed.
And don't be too rigid.
Life happens.
You can do it again later, at alater date, or you can do it
tomorrow, depending on what itwas that came and disrupted your
(12:49):
schedule.
But don't be too rigid, becauselife does happen.
So allow that to be a part ofyour mindset when you're
creating these successful stepsthat you need.
So just remember, don't be toohard on yourself.
So stay flexible.
So stay flexible.
And the last thing you want todo, once you set these goals,
(13:19):
these steps for creating asuccessful routine review and
adjust Regularly.
Review your routine to seewhat's working and what isn't.
Make adjustments as necessary.
Reason make adjustments asnecessary.
So I went, I decided I wantedto go to the gym, because I
haven't been to the gym in acouple of months and I want
again a routine I want to getback into because I was.
(13:40):
I was out for um some, somemedical reasons.
I wasn't feeling good so Icouldn't go to the gym like I
normally do.
So now I want to get back intothe gym, but it's cold outside.
Normally I go to the gym atfive o'clock in the morning, but
I'm not going out there andit's dark.
(14:00):
I don't want to go out therewhen it's dark.
It's dark and cold at the sametime.
So I decided let me go.
Let me try to make it to thegym at um 10 o'clock.
So I went to the gym at 10o'clock and I get into the
parking lot.
Let me.
The whole parking lot was fulland I am driving around trying
(14:24):
to find a parking spot.
I'm like, who is at 10 o'clockin the morning?
Who's here?
Shouldn't you people be at work?
So I get out and go into thegym and it was the retirees.
They out there getting theirworkout on and I'm not mad at
(14:45):
them, right?
So why are you mad at them?
That's an encouragement to me.
So I decided I'm going to tryto change the time that I go to
the gym to maybe 11 o'clock.
I think 11 o'clock I might go.
So I'm going to see how theparking lot and gym is at that
(15:06):
time.
Is it going to be too crowded?
Well, some people have alreadycompleted their workout and left
and now starting to slow down.
So I don't know.
Or I might just stick with 10o'clock because, honestly, even
though the gym was crowded, theparking lot was crowded, the gym
was not.
I don't know where everybodywas at, but they weren't in the
(15:27):
park that I went in.
So I might stick with 10o'clock.
So we'll see if.
If it doesn't work, I can justadjust to another time.
That that's, that's it.
So I'll review and adjust.
So, if you like what you heard,please hit that subscribe
(15:48):
button, that follow button andthat notification button and
you'll be notified when Irelease new and exciting
podcasts.
So until next time, mylisteners, you know what I
always say early detection isthe best detection.
So please get your mammogramsdone.
(16:09):
If you haven't got them done,get them done.
If you got them done, schedulethem for next year.
So until next time, enjoy anice cup of tea.
Hi, my name is Sherry and welcome to my podcast,
silver T, and this episode isabout routines.
So 2025 is here and I fell illthe last couple of months into
2024.
And during that time, I stoppeddoing a lot of my routines and
(00:24):
now that I'm feeling better sothank God for that I'm feeling
better I want to get back intoroutines, because they are so
important and it added a levelof stress free in my life.
So I want to talk about some ofthe benefits of having routines
(00:47):
in your life and maybe youmight want to consider it for
2025.
Stay tuned, welcome back.
(01:09):
So we were talking aboutroutines for 2025 and I want to
talk about some benefits ofhaving a routine and how they
are beneficial to you on so manylevels of mental, physical and
(01:34):
stress.
It's less stress and lessdecision fatigue.
So let me talk about some ofthem.
The first one I want to talkabout is consistency.
Consistency A routine helps youbuild healthy habits.
(01:54):
When you do something regularly, it becomes second nature, so
routines turn into habits,healthy habits.
You create these habits bystarting with routines.
Efficiency Knowing what youneed to do and when to do it
(02:15):
reduces decision fatigue andsaves time.
So a lot of times, when youknow what to do, it's like
things seem to go faster.
When you know what you want todo, it's like driving to
somebody's house for the firsttime and driving it feels like
(02:37):
it takes forever to get there.
It's because you've never beenthere before.
Over time, you continue todrive.
You'll notice that, wow, thisis, I know where to turn.
I know what light is, whatlight I want to be.
Focus A structured schedulehelps you prioritize tasks and
(03:01):
focus on what's important.
I don't know about you.
I have a tendency to kind of gooff down a rabbit hole and
forget what I'm supposed to befocusing on.
So I try to focus on what ismost important to me before I go
down, if I go down that rabbithole.
(03:26):
Stress reduction Having a plancan reduce anxiety because you
know what to expect and canprepare accordingly.
So stress reduction is going tobe something.
Or let me say it this way youwant less stress in your life,
okay, so why not try to dothings that will reduce your
(03:49):
stress?
So you do that by beingprepared.
You want to be prepared.
You want to be prepared Like Ilike to get all of my.
Be prepared like I like to getall of my my gym gear out at
night, so in the morning I'm notrunning around looking for, oh
(04:10):
no, what am I going to?
What pants am I going to wear?
Do I have any clean pants?
You know, I would know that thenight before.
So I will, I will prepare.
So that will be a part ofstress reduction by preparing
accordingly.
So sometimes I like well, I do,I used to I was starting out by
(04:34):
putting a lot of my exerciseson my schedule because it seemed
to.
It seems to bring a level ofaccountability when I see it on
my calendar, because now do Ihave an excuse as to why I can't
do it when there's obviouslytime to get it done?
So, um, I put it on my schedule.
(04:57):
So that's something you mightwant to do and and be ready for
it.
Do you know?
You know that day you you mightwant to do and be ready for it,
you know that day you're goingto the gym.
So get yourself together andyou can go to the gym.
So I want to touch on settingup a successful routine.
How do you think you're goingto build a successful routine?
(05:22):
Daily planning, and let me tellyou, daily planning for me is
like OK, I'm going to do my food, my meal planning for the day I
am going to.
That's going to reduce somedecision fatigue, because I have
started my day with figuringout what do I want to eat.
(05:44):
So I write down my food andsometimes I actually plan out my
meals for at least three daysbecause I try not to, I try not
to go past three days because I,after three days, I really
don't want to eat that same foodagain.
(06:05):
So I, I, after three days, I'mpushing it, but day one, day two
, day three, I, I just I'm done.
So sometimes I'll plan out mymeals up to three days and that
will help me with time, savingtime and knowing that I have
these ingredients in myrefrigerator.
(06:27):
So definitely like to do somedaily planning.
Time blocking this is also thisis still a part of building a
routine for success Timeblocking.
Just like I talked about withthe gym, I blocked out time to
go to the gym, so I like toblock out time for taking a walk
(06:53):
.
I like to block out time for ifI decide I want to go somewhere
and do something, spend timewith my family, I'll block out
time for that because sometimesI get.
How can I say?
I feel like I feel like I'm notalways present like I should be
.
So I just said, you know what,let me not do that.
(07:18):
So I would try to put things onmy calendar to say, okay, I'm
gonna go see mom on this day orgo spend time with donna at her
studio on this day, and I'll puttime in there for that, because
then, um, again, that level ofaccountability and you, you're
blocking out time.
So you see, you do have timeand no excuse for why you're not
(07:41):
doing it.
Hi, I hope you are enjoying thepodcast so far, and the way you
can help my podcast is byhitting that subscribe button
below and you'll be notifiedwhen I release new and exciting
podcasts.
Thank you and enjoy the rest ofthe podcast.
(08:06):
Break tasks down, okay.
Divide larger tasks intosmaller, manageable steps.
This makes them less dauntingand more achievable.
Well, I agree with that.
You want to do the small thingsto get to the big thing.
So if you're planning onworking on trying to, there's a
(08:29):
program out there that I reallylike.
It's called um, it's not I'm,it's not the name of it.
I like the, the motto of this,this particular program and it's
called food for your medicine,and I really do like that
program.
I discovered this program afterafter I've been through cancer
(08:52):
and then then I ended up withdiabetes afterwards.
So so they sent me this thingsaying make food your medicine.
So let's break down the foodsand figure out what it is that
you're eating to control yourA1C, so you can get rid of the
(09:14):
medicine and the diabetes.
So, breaking them down,breaking them down, your A1C
comes down.
Next thing you know you're offthe medicine.
No, diabetes comes down.
Next thing you know you off themedicine no diabetes.
Celebrate your small wins.
To take a moment to acknowledgeand celebrate your achievements
(09:37):
, no matter how small they are.
This reinforces positivebehavior and keeps you motivated
.
Yes, that is true, because Ifeel like when I celebrate those
small wins, I feel good, I feelmore confident, and it does, it
(09:58):
does encourage these same typeof behaviors, these.
It helps you, it encouragespositive behavior.
So I I really feel good when Iachieve a small goal Because,
wow, I'm like, wow, I feel good,I don't have to worry about
that.
Today I'm done, I don't have toworry about today I did what I
(10:19):
needed to do, so next, what'snext?
So, yes, celebrate your smallwins, because they make you feel
good, confident and they theyencourage positive behavior.
You reward yourself withpositivity.
So, yeah, keep keep doing that.
(10:41):
So break these goals down intosmaller, manageable tasks.
Down into smaller, manageabletasks.
So don't forget to do that whenyou're breaking down, when
you're creating your routinesfor 2025 and beyond.
Prioritize, prioritize task,determine what tasks are most
(11:01):
important and tackle them first.
Yeah, so make sure, if you'relooking at trying to eat to
control a disease or lose weight, you're going to tackle the
first thing you need to do, andthat's probably let's look at
what I'm eating every day andwhat kind of exercise am I doing
(11:22):
.
Let's tackle those.
So, that way, the next stepwill come Create a schedule.
That way, the next step willcome.
Create a schedule.
Allocate specific times foreach task.
Be realistic about how longeach task will take.
(11:42):
Okay, I did talk about creatingputting something on blocking
out time.
You block out time on yourcalendar.
You see, you can do it.
There's no reason why it's notdone.
Well, let me not say not done.
There's no reason why you don'tthink you can do it.
Or, if you thinking you don'thave time for it when it is Look
(12:04):
right there, it's on yourcalendar, it's there, so you can
.
You can go, do it.
Stay flexible, life happens.
Be prepared to adjust yourschedule as needed.
Now I don't want you to be toorigid when you're taking the
time to create these steps forroutine because, yeah, I know we
get into a routine.
(12:25):
You're just in a routine andsomething comes and knocks you
whatever you had for that hour,knocks you right out of your
schedule, and now you're kind ofirritated and annoyed.
And don't be too rigid.
Life happens.
You can do it again later, at alater date, or you can do it
tomorrow, depending on what itwas that came and disrupted your
(12:49):
schedule.
But don't be too rigid, becauselife does happen.
So allow that to be a part ofyour mindset when you're
creating these successful stepsthat you need.
So just remember, don't be toohard on yourself.
So stay flexible.
So stay flexible.
And the last thing you want todo, once you set these goals,
(13:19):
these steps for creating asuccessful routine review and
adjust Regularly.
Review your routine to seewhat's working and what isn't.
Make adjustments as necessary.
Reason make adjustments asnecessary.
So I went, I decided I wantedto go to the gym, because I
haven't been to the gym in acouple of months and I want
again a routine I want to getback into because I was.
(13:40):
I was out for um some, somemedical reasons.
I wasn't feeling good so Icouldn't go to the gym like I
normally do.
So now I want to get back intothe gym, but it's cold outside.
Normally I go to the gym atfive o'clock in the morning, but
I'm not going out there andit's dark.
(14:00):
I don't want to go out therewhen it's dark.
It's dark and cold at the sametime.
So I decided let me go.
Let me try to make it to thegym at um 10 o'clock.
So I went to the gym at 10o'clock and I get into the
parking lot.
Let me.
The whole parking lot was fulland I am driving around trying
(14:24):
to find a parking spot.
I'm like, who is at 10 o'clockin the morning?
Who's here?
Shouldn't you people be at work?
So I get out and go into thegym and it was the retirees.
They out there getting theirworkout on and I'm not mad at
(14:45):
them, right?
So why are you mad at them?
That's an encouragement to me.
So I decided I'm going to tryto change the time that I go to
the gym to maybe 11 o'clock.
I think 11 o'clock I might go.
So I'm going to see how theparking lot and gym is at that
(15:06):
time.
Is it going to be too crowded?
Well, some people have alreadycompleted their workout and left
and now starting to slow down.
So I don't know.
Or I might just stick with 10o'clock because, honestly, even
though the gym was crowded, theparking lot was crowded, the gym
was not.
I don't know where everybodywas at, but they weren't in the
(15:27):
park that I went in.
So I might stick with 10o'clock.
So we'll see if.
If it doesn't work, I can justadjust to another time.
That that's, that's it.
So I'll review and adjust.
So, if you like what you heard,please hit that subscribe
(15:48):
button, that follow button andthat notification button and
you'll be notified when Irelease new and exciting
podcasts.
So until next time, mylisteners, you know what I
always say early detection isthe best detection.
So please get your mammogramsdone.
(16:09):
If you haven't got them done,get them done.
If you got them done, schedulethem for next year.
So until next time, enjoy anice cup of tea.
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