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I'm your host, Blakely Ramsey and the goal of this podcast is to discuss all things personal development, wellness and the art of editing your life in an elevated way.

From mastering morning routines to mastering your mindset, we're going to sift through the noise and empower you to take elevated action.

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You don't need a full blown system to feel in control.

You just need a few small systems that compound over time.

Today I'm sharing five ridiculously simple systems that all take less than five minutes, but that can radically shift your day.

Okay, system number one is something you're probably already doing, but I want you to start thinking, thinking about it a little bit more intentionally and it is going to be your decision dashboard.

Now this can be housed anywhere you want.

You can put it in notion, you can put it in Trello, you can put it in Google Calendar, you can put it on a post it note, you can write it on a legal pad.

I used to have a friend when I worked in a traveling sales job and she would literally put her decisions on her dashboard with a post it note.

So you can put this forever you want.

But think about your actions you need to take during the day.

Not to do's not projects the actual action that you need to take.

Think about the outfits that you want to wear, think about the meals that you want to make.

Just go through and pre make decisions and stick a post it note on it.

It literally will take you maybe three to five minutes and it's something that will help eliminate decision fatigue on the forefront.

And that's what you want, isn't it?

Okay, system number two, the three tips task rule.

Every single morning I want you to take a couple of minutes and I want you to decide three needle moving tasks that you want to accomplish in the day.

This is not intended to make you feel pressure or make you feel like.

But Blakely, I've got more than three things that I need to get done in the day.

I absolutely understand that.

But if you write down every single thing that you need to get done in a week or a month and you've got it on one running to do list, it is going to overwhelm your brain.

I promise you, if you put three tasks on a to do list, you accomplish those tasks, it is going to give you this level of confidence and you can absolutely do more.

But the likelihood is there are probably very few things you actually need to get done and get Them done well in a day.

So I would encourage you if you are like I used to be and you've got a to do list a mile long, see what needs to be deferred or delegated or just deleted.

A lot of things on our list really honestly don't need to be done.

They're just busy work.

Okay, system number three, the night before reset.

This is something that helps me sleep.

It helps me wake up clearer the next day.

You're just going to do a five minute reset each night.

This for me looks like making sure my outfit is picked out, making sure my Brita is filled up, making sure my, you know, coffee is filled.

Like whatever I have in the morning when I'm kind of in that groggy state and I'm just wondering and walking around, I want all of that to already be done.

So when I wake up, I am just running through the motions and I'm not using my really valuable decision making skills on small things that aren't actually moving the needle.

Okay, system number four.

I talk about this all the time.

I love a calendar time block.

I want you to once again shift your mindset on this.

Instead of it being so micro, just give yourself some macro time blocks.

You know, macro like time block time with your kids time block.

Okay.

I'm specifically going to sit down and work on social media in this 30 minute time block.

I'm going to do this in this time block.

Just think through activities that you need to get done and the more freedom that you have in your schedule, the more strict you're going to have to be with yourself on this.

But set yourself a couple time blocks.

You don't want to look at my calendar because it is time blocked to the nth degree.

I time block rest.

I time block journaling.

I time block fun.

I time like all the things because if it's not on my calendar, it's not going to get done.

But start small.

Start with something that you've been putting off like creating a TikTok or creating a YouTube video or whatever it is.

Time block it.

And if you time block it, you will actually commit that time and get it done.

Okay.

And the last system is a weekly hour to reflect and review.

I love to look back on my week before and go, you know, what worked, what didn't work, what?

Where did I wish I had extra time?

Where did I, you know, pack my schedule too much?

I find that if I don't take intentional time to stop and review and reflect, I will just keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again in the moment.

I'll tell myself, man, I need to improve on this next time.

But if I don't take intentional time to journal about it, really think about it in like a quiet space, I won't change anything.

So gift yourself 30 minutes to an hour every week just to go back and reflect on what didn't work.

What do you want to change?

What do you want to add?

Do you want to add in more fun?

Do you want to add in a couple more work time blocks?

Like what do you need?

And gift yourself the the option to actually reflect, revise and just keep doing it.

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Systems don't have to be complex.

That is my mission is currently When I tell people that I am a systems coach, they're like, you can literally see people's eyes glaze over and they're like, oh, systems sound boring.

Systems seem complicated.

What even is a system?

Systems will give you so much freedom, they'll bring so much joy and abundance into your life.

And what I have found through my coaching program is that yes, having systems like Notion and Trello and Post its are really important, but it's the mindset around systems that is where people struggle the most.

So if mindset around systems is where you struggle, make sure you subscribe.

Make sure you follow.

Because I have a ton of really good content coming out over the next couple weeks and months, I'm really diving into a ton of research on this topic and I'm also diving into a way to make sure that the information that I am giving you, I'm actually giving it to you in a tangible way that's not overwhelming.

Something that you can go, oh, you know what, I can do that tomorrow.

It'll only take me five minutes.

So I think that I can do that.

If this is something that you are struggling with or you are curious about, make sure that you subscribe so that you can see all of the content that is coming out about systems soon.

With that, have a wonderful day and I will see you in the next episode.

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