April 16, 2025 • 18 mins
What if those two seemingly innocent words—"maybe later"—are actually sabotaging your entire life? This eye-opening episode dives deep into how our tendency to postpone what truly matters is keeping us stuck in an endless cycle of waiting for the perfect moment that never arrives.
The truth stings a little: "maybe later" isn't responsible planning—it's procrastination dressed in a responsible outfit. It creates an illusion of control without requiring us to make actual decisions. Every time we defer something important, we're not just delaying joy; we're actively choosing something that drains us instead. We're reinforcing the dangerous belief that our needs are optional luxuries rather than necessities.
I'm sharing three powerful, practical tools to break this pattern: the 90-day rule for overthinkers, the three-task rule for the perpetually busy, and the non-negotiables list for reconnecting with what you truly need. These aren't cute productivity hacks—they're lifelines designed to help you move things from your "later" column to your "now" column. Because clarity doesn't come from waiting; it comes from moving.
Ready to stop protecting "later" at the expense of now? This episode offers the honest conversation and practical guidance you need to start creating the life you want today, not someday. Your joy isn't optional, and your needs matter right now—not just when everything else is perfectly aligned.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Hi there, welcome to the Create your Day podcast.
I'm your host, jen Cody, andwelcome to this week's episode.
So grateful to have you here,and I'm looking forward to
chatting with you this weekabout something that is a little
bit sneakier than what weusually talk about.
So most weeks, I'm on heretalking to you about living in
(00:40):
alignment and, you know, makingsure that you're setting the
rules for your own life, you'retaking the rest that you deserve
.
We're here to find balance.
We're here to live bold lives.
We're here to be brave, andthat's what this podcast is all
about.
Today, I am coming at you withsomething that is going to sting
(01:00):
a little bit, but it's going toalso set you free, I promise.
So what we're talking about?
It may sound harmless, butsecretly, it's actually
something that is sabotagingyour time, sabotaging your joy,
and it's sabotaging your damnlife, to be quite honest, and
what I want you to do right nowis pay close attention to what
(01:23):
I'm going to say, because whatwe're talking about is using the
phrase maybe later, not never,not no, because we've spoken
about that.
This is not.
I don't want to do this.
This is not no, I'm notavailable.
This is not saying no to thingsbecause we think that we have
too many obligations.
This is saying maybe later, andit sounds like a perfectly
(01:48):
reasonable thing to say.
We have full plates, we have alot going on.
We are trying our best to beresponsible and we feel like
we'll get to it when things calmdown.
So maybe later feels like a yes, right, when work slows down,
when the kids get older, when Ifinally have time, maybe later.
But I'm going to tell yousomething Later is a liar and we
(02:13):
are going to talk about ittoday.
The words maybe later, they areseductive.
They are an illusion.
They give us the illusion ofcontrol, but they don't actually
require us to make a decision.
So essentially, it's justprocrastination and it's like,
dressed up in a responsibleoutfit, we feel productive
(02:36):
because we are planning to dosomething.
We're going to start to dosomething.
We are totally going to havethat hard conversation, right,
we're just going to do it later.
We're going to finallyprioritize what we want.
We're just going to do it later.
We're not going to do it rightnow.
(02:58):
The sad thing is, if your lifeis built around maybe later,
there's a very good chance thatyou are going to blink and
realize you've delayed yourentire freaking life.
Joy later, alignment later,peace, clarity, breathing,
(03:18):
balance, yep, yep, all laterWe've convinced ourselves that
this version of our life is theprelude to something better.
We think that the grind we'rein right now, it's necessary,
it's just a season.
Right, we'll get to what we'refinally going to get to, to feel
(03:40):
like ourselves again later.
But what if that season neverends?
What if the season is onlygoing to end when you end it?
So I need you to be reallybrutally honest for a second.
Every single time you say maybelater to something that matters
(04:01):
, you are saying yes tosomething that's draining you.
This is the flip-flop, right,because we talk about when we
say yes to something, we'reactually saying no to something
else.
What about when we say maybelater, we are saying yes to
something else that is drainingus.
(04:21):
You're also reinforcing theidea that your needs are
optional.
They don't matter as much aswhatever it is that you're
saying maybe later to your joy.
It's a luxury, your real lifethat can totally wait until
another time.
But can it Again?
(04:41):
What if the season only endswhen we end it?
I don't know about you, but Ihave never seen anyone hustle
their way into clarity.
I've never seen anyonepeople-please their way to a
peaceful situation.
And the thing is, we think thatwe're burnt out because we're
(05:02):
weak.
No, you're burnt out becauseyou've been holding your breath
and you're waiting forpermission to exhale by
constantly saying, maybe later,maybe later is costing you
clarity.
It's costing you yourself-trust.
We've spoken about this.
This was probably a year or soago, but do remember we spoke
(05:25):
about every time you say thatyou're going to do something
that's important to you, likeI'm going to get up early
tomorrow and work out, I'm goingto read a book tomorrow night
before I go to sleep, I'm goingto have dinner with my kids this
week, on whatever day.
Every time you say yes to oneof those things and you don't
follow through, you're breakingtrust with yourself.
(05:46):
Maybe later is doing the samething.
It's costing you yourself-trust.
It's costing you a life thatactually fits you.
So what do we do?
How do we actually Make somechange?
How do we get this to stop?
Well, the first thing is thatyou have to stop waiting for the
stars to align.
(06:07):
You have to stop waiting forthe perfect conditions and you
have to create the space you'vebeen postponing.
Create your day.
Right, that's why we're here.
Does this mean you're going toquit your job?
You're going to move to Balitomorrow?
No, although if it's on youragenda, let me know.
Maybe you need a roommate,let's talk about it.
(06:28):
But what it does mean is thisTake one thing you've been
putting off, something you knowwould make your life feel
lighter, make your life feeltruer, make your life feel more
like you, and I want you to moveit from the later column to the
now column.
So that may mean finally havingthat conversation.
(06:52):
You know the one I'm talkingabout, the one you've been
putting off, the one you keepsaying maybe later, maybe later,
maybe another time.
Finally having thatconversation.
Maybe it means blocking onedamn hour this week for your joy
.
Wow, what a concept.
Can you take one hour this weekthat's not committed to errands
(07:13):
, not committed to commitments?
Maybe it's starting thejournaling, starting the gym,
starting whatever the dream isthat you've been putting off.
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou're less tired.
Stop saying you'll do it later.
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou have more clarity.
(07:36):
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou can see better.
I have a spoiler alert You'renever going to be less tired.
You're never going to be ableto see more clearly what you are
going to be.
You're going to be lessresentful.
How amazing is that?
Watch your energy come backwhen you get rid of some of the
(07:58):
resentment that builds up whenwe consistently push things off
to later, later, later.
We want your energy back andresentment is really draining.
So I'm going to offer you alittle reframe.
Later is not a strategy, it's astall, and you are not here to
(08:25):
stall your way through the lifethat is waiting for you.
You're here to live it.
You're here to feel it.
You're here to trust yourselfenough to say this matters.
I matter.
What I want to do matters, andnot only does it matter, it
matters right now.
(08:47):
Why do you need to wait untillater for something to matter?
Again, you are never going tobe less tired.
You're never going to have moretime.
You are never going to have theright moment, and we talk about
this in our everyday lives,about kids, right?
How many times have you heardsomeone say you're never going
(09:09):
to have the exact time to havechildren?
You'll never have kids if youwait for the moment to be right.
The same goes for so manyimportant things.
The timing is never going to beright to ask someone to marry
you.
The time's never going to beright to ask someone for a
divorce.
The time is never going to beright to ask someone for a
divorce.
The time is never going to beright for you to start that
(09:31):
business, for you to have thatconversation, for you to make
the change that you know youneed to make in your life.
So this week I challenge you oh, you know what I dare you to
stop protecting later.
Start choosing yourself, insmall ways, tangible ways, but
(09:51):
in ways that you can do it rightnow.
Clarity does not come fromwaiting.
It comes from moving.
I had a conversation justyesterday with a client who was
saying that they felt that theycouldn't see clearly.
They felt like they were in thedirt.
They couldn't see clearly andthey were waiting to see clearly
(10:13):
before they made a move.
And I really had to offer themthe reframe that that clarity
doesn't come while you're stillin the dirt.
It's the move that you make topull yourself out of the dirt
that gives you the clarity.
Clarity does not come fromwaiting.
It comes from moving.
(10:33):
So take a breath.
This is not a time for you tohave guilt for you to hold shame
.
It's a gut check moment, but ithas to be an honest gut check
moment.
What is something you've beensaying, maybe later to, that
actually needs to be a hell yesright now.
(10:54):
What does that look like to you?
I want to hear from you whatare the things that you've been
putting off, and we need toolsto do that.
Right, because we want to hearfrom you what are the things
that you've been putting off andwe need tools to do that.
Right, because we want to makethese changes, but we need tools
to make the changes actuallystick.
So, what are the tools?
(11:14):
How do we use them?
How do we actually take hold ofwhat we need to do?
And it's not about justshouting be more intentional
into the big abyss, right?
You don't need that.
You don't need another pep talk.
You need actual handles.
Right?
You need something to hold onto, something tangible that's
(11:37):
going to help you see thisthrough.
So I'm going to teach you threetools today, and they're going
to help you stop delaying whatmatters and start creating
traction.
The first one is the 90-day rule.
This is for all my overthinkersout there.
Who's out there thinking whatif I choose the wrong thing.
So we just stay in limbo, right?
We don't want to make a move inany direction because we're
(11:59):
afraid that it might be thewrong one.
So I want you to ask yourselfif I made this move today, would
I still be glad I did it 90days from now, not forever, not
for the rest of your life, notin six years, not in five years,
in 90 days Enough time to seereal momentum.
But it's not pressure to haveit all figured out, because in
(12:22):
90 days you could still pivot,pressure to have it all figured
out because in 90 days you couldstill pivot.
This rule is going to help youcut through the noise so that
you can trust that gut check,because the clarity again is the
result of action, it doesn'tcome first.
So if you made this move today,would you still be glad you did
it 90 days from now?
(12:42):
That's the first tool.
It's a great thing to use.
Every time you're in thatdecision fatigue, you need to
move right.
That's what's going to pull youout of it.
90-day rule Okay.
The second tool is called thethree-task rule.
We've spoken about the CVSreceipt right, the to-do list
(13:03):
that looks like a CVS receipt.
It's just literally the longestthing you've ever seen in your
life.
You're drowning in obligations.
This is for you, so listen up.
The three task rule is where,every day, you're going to pick
three high impact tasks, that'sit.
I don't care if your to-do listhas 12 things.
I don't care if your to-do listhas 47 things.
(13:25):
Pick three, that's it.
Here's the trick If those threethings don't move the needle on
what actually matters to you,not what matters to everyone
else, it does not make the list.
This is going to force you tostop hiding in busyness, because
(13:47):
I know you love to live there.
I know you love to be busy.
The more you can say thatyou're busy, the more you have
going on, the more it feels likeyou're moving yourself closer
to that clarity.
Busyness keeps you stuck.
You need to start focusing onwhat is going to actually build
traction instead of what's goingto keep you distracted.
(14:08):
So the three task rule pickthree high impact.
So those three tasks can't be.
You know, I have to do thedishes and wipe down the
bathroom counter.
No, no, no.
Three high impact tasks.
You don't have to solveeverything every day, just three
(14:30):
things.
And the last tool we're going togo over today is the
non-negotiables list, so thisone is a little uncomfortable.
You might squirm a little bit,but I promise it's a game
changer, so I want you to writedown three to five things that
are non-negotiable for yourwell-being.
They're not nice to have,they're not when there's time,
(14:52):
they're not maybe later.
They are foundational to yourwell-being.
Now, some of you out there, thereason this is so uncomfortable
is that you have no idea whatyou need to feel good.
You have no idea what'srequired for your well-being.
Maybe it's 30 minutes ofsilence in the morning.
(15:12):
Maybe it's, once a week, goingfor a walk by yourself for 10
minutes.
Maybe it's not looking at youremail after 7 o'clock at night.
What are the things that keepyou grounded?
Maybe it's playing with yourpuppy, maybe it's visiting your
grandchild it can be anything.
It could be listening to thispodcast.
I would love that.
(15:33):
What are the things that keepyou grounded and are
foundational to you feelingwhole and you feeling well?
The key to all of this, though,is that you have to protect
those things, like your sanitydepends on it.
You know why your sanityfreaking depends on it.
So when you let those things goand you say maybe later, maybe
(15:57):
later and then you're wonderingwhy do I feel so off today?
Why do I just feel like notmyself today?
These are the reasons.
There's an answer to thosequestions.
These three tools are going tohelp you because they're not
cute productivity hacks, right,they're actual lifelines.
They're going to help you buildthe life that you want, because
(16:21):
when you build the life thatyou want, you don't want to just
have to manage that life, youwant to live it.
You want to feel good about it.
So these are the tools that aregoing to help you.
Take all of the things you'vebeen saying maybe later to and
bring them to a hell.
Yes, I'm getting that doneright now.
And please send me a DM, tellme about it, declare it, make it
(16:45):
real.
Tell me about it.
Declare it, make it real.
Put it in writing If you wantthe tools.
We've went over all three ofthem the 90-day rule, the
three-task rule and thenon-negotiables list.
Those are the things that aregoing to help you.
It's the foundation, right, youneed the foundation for what
(17:06):
comes next.
It's not about pressure.
It's not about time management.
It's about knowing how youshould be spending the time that
you do have.
So thanks so much for being here.
I hope that this was helpful toyou.
Until next time, take all ofthis information, go out there
(17:26):
and create your day in the bestway possible, and I will see you
next week.
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other.
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(17:47):
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Have a great one.
Hi there, welcome to the Create your Day podcast.
I'm your host, jen Cody, andwelcome to this week's episode.
So grateful to have you here,and I'm looking forward to
chatting with you this weekabout something that is a little
bit sneakier than what weusually talk about.
So most weeks, I'm on heretalking to you about living in
(00:40):
alignment and, you know, makingsure that you're setting the
rules for your own life, you'retaking the rest that you deserve
.
We're here to find balance.
We're here to live bold lives.
We're here to be brave, andthat's what this podcast is all
about.
Today, I am coming at you withsomething that is going to sting
(01:00):
a little bit, but it's going toalso set you free, I promise.
So what we're talking about?
It may sound harmless, butsecretly, it's actually
something that is sabotagingyour time, sabotaging your joy,
and it's sabotaging your damnlife, to be quite honest, and
what I want you to do right nowis pay close attention to what
(01:23):
I'm going to say, because whatwe're talking about is using the
phrase maybe later, not never,not no, because we've spoken
about that.
This is not.
I don't want to do this.
This is not no, I'm notavailable.
This is not saying no to thingsbecause we think that we have
too many obligations.
This is saying maybe later, andit sounds like a perfectly
(01:48):
reasonable thing to say.
We have full plates, we have alot going on.
We are trying our best to beresponsible and we feel like
we'll get to it when things calmdown.
So maybe later feels like a yes, right, when work slows down,
when the kids get older, when Ifinally have time, maybe later.
But I'm going to tell yousomething Later is a liar and we
(02:13):
are going to talk about ittoday.
The words maybe later, they areseductive.
They are an illusion.
They give us the illusion ofcontrol, but they don't actually
require us to make a decision.
So essentially, it's justprocrastination and it's like,
dressed up in a responsibleoutfit, we feel productive
(02:36):
because we are planning to dosomething.
We're going to start to dosomething.
We are totally going to havethat hard conversation, right,
we're just going to do it later.
We're going to finallyprioritize what we want.
We're just going to do it later.
We're not going to do it rightnow.
(02:58):
The sad thing is, if your lifeis built around maybe later,
there's a very good chance thatyou are going to blink and
realize you've delayed yourentire freaking life.
Joy later, alignment later,peace, clarity, breathing,
(03:18):
balance, yep, yep, all laterWe've convinced ourselves that
this version of our life is theprelude to something better.
We think that the grind we'rein right now, it's necessary,
it's just a season.
Right, we'll get to what we'refinally going to get to, to feel
(03:40):
like ourselves again later.
But what if that season neverends?
What if the season is onlygoing to end when you end it?
So I need you to be reallybrutally honest for a second.
Every single time you say maybelater to something that matters
(04:01):
, you are saying yes tosomething that's draining you.
This is the flip-flop, right,because we talk about when we
say yes to something, we'reactually saying no to something
else.
What about when we say maybelater, we are saying yes to
something else that is drainingus.
(04:21):
You're also reinforcing theidea that your needs are
optional.
They don't matter as much aswhatever it is that you're
saying maybe later to your joy.
It's a luxury, your real lifethat can totally wait until
another time.
But can it Again?
(04:41):
What if the season only endswhen we end it?
I don't know about you, but Ihave never seen anyone hustle
their way into clarity.
I've never seen anyonepeople-please their way to a
peaceful situation.
And the thing is, we think thatwe're burnt out because we're
(05:02):
weak.
No, you're burnt out becauseyou've been holding your breath
and you're waiting forpermission to exhale by
constantly saying, maybe later,maybe later is costing you
clarity.
It's costing you yourself-trust.
We've spoken about this.
This was probably a year or soago, but do remember we spoke
(05:25):
about every time you say thatyou're going to do something
that's important to you, likeI'm going to get up early
tomorrow and work out, I'm goingto read a book tomorrow night
before I go to sleep, I'm goingto have dinner with my kids this
week, on whatever day.
Every time you say yes to oneof those things and you don't
follow through, you're breakingtrust with yourself.
(05:46):
Maybe later is doing the samething.
It's costing you yourself-trust.
It's costing you a life thatactually fits you.
So what do we do?
How do we actually Make somechange?
How do we get this to stop?
Well, the first thing is thatyou have to stop waiting for the
stars to align.
(06:07):
You have to stop waiting forthe perfect conditions and you
have to create the space you'vebeen postponing.
Create your day.
Right, that's why we're here.
Does this mean you're going toquit your job?
You're going to move to Balitomorrow?
No, although if it's on youragenda, let me know.
Maybe you need a roommate,let's talk about it.
(06:28):
But what it does mean is thisTake one thing you've been
putting off, something you knowwould make your life feel
lighter, make your life feeltruer, make your life feel more
like you, and I want you to moveit from the later column to the
now column.
So that may mean finally havingthat conversation.
(06:52):
You know the one I'm talkingabout, the one you've been
putting off, the one you keepsaying maybe later, maybe later,
maybe another time.
Finally having thatconversation.
Maybe it means blocking onedamn hour this week for your joy
.
Wow, what a concept.
Can you take one hour this weekthat's not committed to errands
(07:13):
, not committed to commitments?
Maybe it's starting thejournaling, starting the gym,
starting whatever the dream isthat you've been putting off.
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou're less tired.
Stop saying you'll do it later.
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou have more clarity.
(07:36):
Stop saying you'll do it whenyou can see better.
I have a spoiler alert You'renever going to be less tired.
You're never going to be ableto see more clearly what you are
going to be.
You're going to be lessresentful.
How amazing is that?
Watch your energy come backwhen you get rid of some of the
(07:58):
resentment that builds up whenwe consistently push things off
to later, later, later.
We want your energy back andresentment is really draining.
So I'm going to offer you alittle reframe.
Later is not a strategy, it's astall, and you are not here to
(08:25):
stall your way through the lifethat is waiting for you.
You're here to live it.
You're here to feel it.
You're here to trust yourselfenough to say this matters.
I matter.
What I want to do matters, andnot only does it matter, it
matters right now.
(08:47):
Why do you need to wait untillater for something to matter?
Again, you are never going tobe less tired.
You're never going to have moretime.
You are never going to have theright moment, and we talk about
this in our everyday lives,about kids, right?
How many times have you heardsomeone say you're never going
(09:09):
to have the exact time to havechildren?
You'll never have kids if youwait for the moment to be right.
The same goes for so manyimportant things.
The timing is never going to beright to ask someone to marry
you.
The time's never going to beright to ask someone for a
divorce.
The time is never going to beright to ask someone for a
divorce.
The time is never going to beright for you to start that
(09:31):
business, for you to have thatconversation, for you to make
the change that you know youneed to make in your life.
So this week I challenge you oh, you know what I dare you to
stop protecting later.
Start choosing yourself, insmall ways, tangible ways, but
(09:51):
in ways that you can do it rightnow.
Clarity does not come fromwaiting.
It comes from moving.
I had a conversation justyesterday with a client who was
saying that they felt that theycouldn't see clearly.
They felt like they were in thedirt.
They couldn't see clearly andthey were waiting to see clearly
(10:13):
before they made a move.
And I really had to offer themthe reframe that that clarity
doesn't come while you're stillin the dirt.
It's the move that you make topull yourself out of the dirt
that gives you the clarity.
Clarity does not come fromwaiting.
It comes from moving.
(10:33):
So take a breath.
This is not a time for you tohave guilt for you to hold shame
.
It's a gut check moment, but ithas to be an honest gut check
moment.
What is something you've beensaying, maybe later to, that
actually needs to be a hell yesright now.
(10:54):
What does that look like to you?
I want to hear from you whatare the things that you've been
putting off, and we need toolsto do that.
Right, because we want to hearfrom you what are the things
that you've been putting off andwe need tools to do that.
Right, because we want to makethese changes, but we need tools
to make the changes actuallystick.
So, what are the tools?
(11:14):
How do we use them?
How do we actually take hold ofwhat we need to do?
And it's not about justshouting be more intentional
into the big abyss, right?
You don't need that.
You don't need another pep talk.
You need actual handles.
Right?
You need something to hold onto, something tangible that's
(11:37):
going to help you see thisthrough.
So I'm going to teach you threetools today, and they're going
to help you stop delaying whatmatters and start creating
traction.
The first one is the 90-day rule.
This is for all my overthinkersout there.
Who's out there thinking whatif I choose the wrong thing.
So we just stay in limbo, right?
We don't want to make a move inany direction because we're
(11:59):
afraid that it might be thewrong one.
So I want you to ask yourselfif I made this move today, would
I still be glad I did it 90days from now, not forever, not
for the rest of your life, notin six years, not in five years,
in 90 days Enough time to seereal momentum.
But it's not pressure to haveit all figured out, because in
(12:22):
90 days you could still pivot,pressure to have it all figured
out because in 90 days you couldstill pivot.
This rule is going to help youcut through the noise so that
you can trust that gut check,because the clarity again is the
result of action, it doesn'tcome first.
So if you made this move today,would you still be glad you did
it 90 days from now?
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That's the first tool.
It's a great thing to use.
Every time you're in thatdecision fatigue, you need to
move right.
That's what's going to pull youout of it.
90-day rule Okay.
The second tool is called thethree-task rule.
We've spoken about the CVSreceipt right, the to-do list
(13:03):
that looks like a CVS receipt.
It's just literally the longestthing you've ever seen in your
life.
You're drowning in obligations.
This is for you, so listen up.
The three task rule is where,every day, you're going to pick
three high impact tasks, that'sit.
I don't care if your to-do listhas 12 things.
I don't care if your to-do listhas 47 things.
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Pick three, that's it.
Here's the trick If those threethings don't move the needle on
what actually matters to you,not what matters to everyone
else, it does not make the list.
This is going to force you tostop hiding in busyness, because
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I know you love to live there.
I know you love to be busy.
The more you can say thatyou're busy, the more you have
going on, the more it feels likeyou're moving yourself closer
to that clarity.
Busyness keeps you stuck.
You need to start focusing onwhat is going to actually build
traction instead of what's goingto keep you distracted.
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So the three task rule pickthree high impact.
So those three tasks can't be.
You know, I have to do thedishes and wipe down the
bathroom counter.
No, no, no.
Three high impact tasks.
You don't have to solveeverything every day, just three
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things.
And the last tool we're going togo over today is the
non-negotiables list, so thisone is a little uncomfortable.
You might squirm a little bit,but I promise it's a game
changer, so I want you to writedown three to five things that
are non-negotiable for yourwell-being.
They're not nice to have,they're not when there's time,
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they're not maybe later.
They are foundational to yourwell-being.
Now, some of you out there, thereason this is so uncomfortable
is that you have no idea whatyou need to feel good.
You have no idea what'srequired for your well-being.
Maybe it's 30 minutes ofsilence in the morning.
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Maybe it's, once a week, goingfor a walk by yourself for 10
minutes.
Maybe it's not looking at youremail after 7 o'clock at night.
What are the things that keepyou grounded?
Maybe it's playing with yourpuppy, maybe it's visiting your
grandchild it can be anything.
It could be listening to thispodcast.
I would love that.
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What are the things that keepyou grounded and are
foundational to you feelingwhole and you feeling well?
The key to all of this, though,is that you have to protect
those things, like your sanitydepends on it.
You know why your sanityfreaking depends on it.
So when you let those things goand you say maybe later, maybe
(15:57):
later and then you're wonderingwhy do I feel so off today?
Why do I just feel like notmyself today?
These are the reasons.
There's an answer to thosequestions.
These three tools are going tohelp you because they're not
cute productivity hacks, right,they're actual lifelines.
They're going to help you buildthe life that you want, because
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when you build the life thatyou want, you don't want to just
have to manage that life, youwant to live it.
You want to feel good about it.
So these are the tools that aregoing to help you.
Take all of the things you'vebeen saying maybe later to and
bring them to a hell.
Yes, I'm getting that doneright now.
And please send me a DM, tellme about it, declare it, make it
(16:45):
real.
Tell me about it.
Declare it, make it real.
Put it in writing If you wantthe tools.
We've went over all three ofthem the 90-day rule, the
three-task rule and thenon-negotiables list.
Those are the things that aregoing to help you.
It's the foundation, right, youneed the foundation for what
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comes next.
It's not about pressure.
It's not about time management.
It's about knowing how youshould be spending the time that
you do have.
So thanks so much for being here.
I hope that this was helpful toyou.
Until next time, take all ofthis information, go out there
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and create your day in the bestway possible, and I will see you
next week.
Until then, take care ofyourself, take care of each
other.
Have a great one.
When you have a moment, pleasedo me a favor head on over to
wherever you choose to listen tothis podcast and leave a rating
, leave a review.
This helps us to reach morepeople.
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I cannot stress enough howimportant this is.
So if you haven't already doneit because I know Apple Podcasts
will only let you do it onetime please do me a favor.
It takes not even 60 seconds.
Go on over and leave a ratingand a review.
Thank you so much.
See you next week.
Have a great one.
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