Time Hacking Radio

There is a very good reason why Marie Kondo is a mega superstar in the home organizing space.  She so elegantly created a two-step process to organize your space.

1. Get rid of the things you don't want.
2. Organize what is left.

It's that simple!  Discard, then organize.

I think the same thing is true for time hacking.  All of the little micro-responsibilities add up to a great big pile of soul-crushing commitments.

I don't have a solution to eliminate all of the things that you're doing that you shouldn't be doing, so for now I'm focusing on the organization part of the equation.

I read another great book called How To Live on 24 Hours A Day.  It is a delightful book that was written in 1910, but it holds up.  The idea is that you have sleep time, you have work time, and most people consider the time not at work as kind of shoulder time.  Instead of treating that time with disregard, what if you added some purpose in there?  You could definitely find 7 hours in your week just by adding a little bit of purpose into your shoulder time.

So, our take-away is to focus on 1. ELIMINATE followed by 2. REPURPOSE.  

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Coming with the intention to organize my closet, my aunt ended up helping me with my storage shed as well.  The idea is that what is left in the closet is only the things that you need on a semi-regular basis.  The rest is stored in the shed in a way that can be easily accessed, should the need arise.

My aunt did the work, but I was the back-up team who did the purging.  

The result of this organization process was two complete cars full of STUFF to be removed.

In this process, I realized that my former laundry storage system was awful.  I had our dirty laundry tucked into a corner of the closet that was somewhere I couldn't see.  The result was a seriously unruly laundry situation.  

In this recent purge, my aunt managed to give me enough space in my closet to move our laundry to a place where we can actually see it.  

I know this sounds like the stupidest time hack...EVER, but just being able to see our laundry that needs to be cleaned has managed to revolutionize our laundry system.

The time hack is that now I can do laundry in a reasonable amount of time instead of doing seven loads at a time.  

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This process takes a kind of a long time on the front end but SAVES a bunch of time on the back end.  You need to record everything that you have in your kitchen.  Everything that's in your pantry, freezer, and fridge…everything.

Be prepared when doing this, if you're like me, you'll end up doing a kitchen clean-out session too.

In this process, you'll be writing everything down like a massive inventory.  

I got hung up on the best tool to record all of this stuff, but I landed on a sheet of paper and then I typed everything on a Google Sheet that I then shared with my husband.  It seemed like the easiest solution.

Once everything you have in your kitchen is recorded, you can go to the grocery store and just fill in the holes rather than guess what you have.  Once something runs out, you put an x next to the item and you'll know to grab it next time you shop.  It's that easy.

As a heads up, this is massively time-consuming to perform the initial inventory, but it is a huge time saver going forward.  Not to mention, it saves money because you don't have to buy 4 containers of sour cream because you think you've run out.  It's a double win.

Thank you Apartment Therapy for the wonderful time hack.

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@Rhinojulie is one of my recently favorite people.  She is a fitness expert and all-around dynamic lady.

I spoke with her on my Time Hacking Summit, which is when she discussed the massive benefit of an air fryer.  

In this conversation, Rhino Julie gave me permission as a mom, to let my kids eat what they'll eat and to feed myself with the good, healthy things.  Kind of a relief.

In this conversation, she suggested investing in an air fryer.  An air fryer is a mini convection oven that sits on your countertop and heats food up super fast. (No, it's not a real fryer.)

I got one for Christmas and I've been making myself some delicious, nutritious food for my lunches.  Now, I make myself some easy broccoli and chicken and I feel so good about the amount of time I spend preparing food (which is minimal) and the kind of food I'm putting in my body (which is healthy).

Thank you Rhino Julie for the wonderful tip!

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My daughter, who is a swimmer, is hardcore.  Recently she's been feeling the anxiety that we're all living with, but in her case, her specific anxiety had to do with her swim times.

She is a super hard worker, despite her hard work, her swim times were still getting worse.  This then, made her even more anxious and made her work even harder.  So, her body was revolting because she was EXHAUSTED.

Her coach explained to her there are a few different kinds of workouts.  What she is in right now is a maintenance cycle.  The point of the daily workouts is to maintain fitness levels, not to level up.  There is zero possibility of competition any time soon, so we're just doing what we do, working on form and technique, and trying not to get injured.

This resonates for me, because how many times have I pushed, and pushed, and pushed, without getting the results that I was looking for.  The conversation with my daughter, made me stop and consider what cycle I am in right now.  For me, I'm not getting results because I'm in a cycle of learning and content creation.  I understand now that I'm also in a maintenance cycle.  I'm moving toward something bigger, but I need to cut myself some slack.

Hopefully, this gives you permission to allow yourself a maintenance cycle.  If you're getting ready for the big event, by all means, consider pushing, but if you don't have a competition coming yet, maybe you can find a way to chill.

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I learned from my previous employment, that if you can't afford to pay your employees tons of money, you can instead give them more time, which could be flexibility with their schedule, or paid time off, or whatever other creative solutions you might be able to think of.

We train our technicians by paying minimum wage, and immediately after passing training, we increase the hourly rate by $3.  The way we historically handled it, however, was it was on the technician to organize themselves to get through this training.  In this case, the time benefit was that we're not setting the pace for getting a raise.  

I realized recently that in order for this model to be successful, we need to have a person in that role that is used to organizing their own time.  

What I learned was that I need to be more forceful.  Yes, we can still allow our employees to set their own pace, but I will be adding my deadlines to move things forward faster.

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I'm making some stuff for you!  I don't want to give everything away, but I'm going to tell you the end results I'm looking for from these offers. 

The first is a FREE 5-Day Challenge.  The idea is to give you to the point where you can see the time challenges in your life that need to be eliminated.

The second project is to craft a library of sorts.  It consists of different time hacks that I use in my business that you would be able to easily implement in your own business.

What I've been researching in this process is how home organizers solve organizational challenges for their clients.

Here's how we're the same:

1. Set goals for how you want to use the space. (Or use your time.)
2. Categorize your stuff. (Put our time into categories.)
3. Contain your stuff. ((How to contain your time to maximize your efficiency.)

Like a bolt of lightning, I realized just how similar our processes can be.  They're super cool, so I'm totally going to be learning from them when creating my own frameworks.

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In a moment at the end of the episode, Dax Shephard spoke about comparing oneself to others by either up comparing or down comparing.  (I can't remember the actual term...I think that's close.)

In speaking about parenting, Dax Shephard's point was that all you have to do is go to the supermarket and down compare yourself to parents you see and you'll realize, "Hey, I'm better than that person," and you'll be confident in your ability.

Without trying to crap on other people, I find myself looking at others and realizing that I might be 1% better than that person.

What I realized is that I don't have to be the BEST in the world, instead, I just need to be a little bit better than what I was yesterday.  Or, if it helps, feel free to head to the grocery store and find a freakshow and feel better about yourself.  Whatever gets you through the day.

Hack your motivation and get some results.

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I'm all about deadlines and milestones and the like.  They help my brain to get in gear.

For me, I've decided to complete two fitness challenges in 2021 all around me turning 40.  

Challenge number one is, I have to go 400 miles by the time I'm 40...which happens in May.  This averages out to less than 3 miles a day.  Simple.

The second challenge is I have to do 40,000 situps and pushups this year.  This one averages out to around 110 each day.  Totally doable.

If you would like to join me in this challenge...hop on board.  I'd love to have you!

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I am pro-technology, but at this point in time, my phone is so totally distracting.  I specifically don't have the Facebook app on my phone, but I do have Instagram, which is the same.  Also, coming off of the election cycle, I was in a news spiral that I can't seem to get out of.  

Together, those two apps are responsible for the majority of my time.  

I had resisted eliminating those two apps for a long time, but I think it's time to remove them.  I will miss exchanging content with my 13-year-old, but I feel like we'll be able to find other ways to bond as humans.

I encourage you to consider how you are using your phone.  If you are bored for even the briefest amount of times and you can't help but pick up your phone, you might need to ditch your distractions.

I still have my Audible account, I still have little puzzle games to help me turn off my brain before I go to bed.  If a game creates a craving, it does not make the cut.

I encourage one and all to use your phone for good, not for distraction!

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