Have you been feeling lazy, low energy, and unmotivated?
Maybe you just can't seem to get off your phone
and do what you should be doing.
Maybe you recognize that you're procrastinating
way too hard, but you can't seem to stop.
It's like you have this internal battle
where you know you have to stop being lazy,
but your body isn't responding to your mind.
If you're finally ready to make a change
and become more motivated, productive, and disciplined,
watch on.
Hello, my loves. Welcome back to Lavendaire.
It's Aileen.
So today's video is for anyone who's ready
to exit their lazy girl era.
So you wanna stop being lazy, stop procrastinating so much,
and you're ready to become more motivated, disciplined,
and productive in your life.
So I'll be sharing 10 ways for you
to stop feeling so lazy all the time.
Number one, create a positive energy routine
and do it daily.
So a positive energy routine is a routine of activities
that give you energy.
These are things that boost your mood
and make you feel good.
So it could be anything from listening to upbeat music,
going for a walk, exercising, dancing,
even meditation, journaling,
things that give you that good feeling
like you feel centered, you feel positive.
Ask yourself what are your favorite activities
that give you energy, boost your mood,
and make you feel good?
Make a list of two or three that you can do every single day
and then implement that as part of your morning routine.
If you don't know where to start, try this.
Go for a walk outside for 15 minutes
and for that entire 15 minute walk,
repeat thoughts of gratitude
and positive affirmations to yourself.
You get that exercise, you get that exposure to nature
outside of your normal environment,
and you are working on your mind.
You're building a positive mindset
through positive affirmations and a gratitude practice.
I highly recommend you do these positive energy activities
as part of your morning routine.
But you can also do these anytime throughout the day.
Like if you feel like you're in a lull
and you've been feeling really lazy,
and it's the afternoon,
then kickstart that positive energy routine.
It'll bring fresh energy
and you'll just feel more upbeat and energized.
Number two, eliminate distractions.
So where do you go when you are avoiding your work?
Most of us are probably scrolling our phones.
We're on social media or maybe we're watching TV,
or we're just like spacing out somewhere.
Maybe we turn to our fridge
and we look for something to eat.
Recognize where you are turning to for distractions
from what is really important in your life,
and then eliminate or reduce those distractions.
So if you are always like turning on your TV,
literally like hide your remote or something.
If you're always going to your phone,
put your phone in a drawer, like turn it off.
Literally shut off your phone and hide it in a drawer
so that you can focus on your work.
You have to take control of your distractions
or else they will take control of you and your life.
Number three, create a productive workspace.
So you want to make sure that you're designing your space
so that it makes easy for you to do your work.
You wanna design it so that it naturally fosters
focus and creativity.
If your space is a mess
or if you don't have all the tools
that you need to get started,
you're less likely going to start.
Try to make your space feel more inviting
and exciting to work in.
This is why some people like to decorate their space,
make it aesthetic so that they want to be in that space,
and then make sure that you have
everything that you need right there.
This is why I like to keep all of my tools
like within arm's reach
so that it's easier for me to just turn on a camera,
turn on my lights, and start filming.
Whenever I have to do podcasts
or whenever I have meetings,
I have my mic and my camera on my desk
so that I'm ready to just plug it in and turn it on.
The act of taking out all my gear
and setting it up every single time I need it
is already wasting time.
So I just leave it out, I put it in arm's reach
so that I could just like turn it on, turn it on.
Boom, I'm ready to go.
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Moving on to number four,
master goal setting and prioritization.
So you wanna get really good at setting
clear and achievable goals
and also knowing how to prioritize your goals,
as well as knowing how to prioritize your tasks.
Most people, they just go with the flow.
Maybe they're working on tasks
that aren't really that important,
it's just busy work.
So you have to know how to prioritize
and focus on the most important things,
the most impactful thing.
This is how you can achieve more by doing less
and that is the art of working smart.
So if you wanna learn more about that,
I have plenty of videos on goal setting
and prioritizing your life,
so I'll post those here and down below.
Number five, learn the art
of task batching and time blocking.
So, task batching is simply batching similar tasks together
and time blocking is blocking a specific amount of time
to do that task.
The idea is it is much more effective
and efficient to stay in one type of task
so that your brain is on the same wave length
and you go into this flow state where it's just like a ball
that is like rolling from momentum
versus trying to switch from this type of task
to that type of task
and this and that, and then take a break to run errands
and come back and try to finish this task.
Each time your brain switches from one task to another,
it loses like 20% efficiency.
Like there is this time where your brain
has to calm down from the previous task
and start up for the next task.
So you're losing this brain power
and you're losing some energy, you're losing time.
So in order to optimize your workflow,
design your calendar around time blocking for task batching.
So for example, I might block out one whole day
for filming videos and recording
and then I would block out another day for planning
and writing and emails and so on.
Number six is to remember to practice positive self-talk.
If you are always saying negative things about yourself
or feeling guilty for being lazy
and just making yourself feel even worse,
that's not helping anyone.
So you have to start cultivating a more positive mindset.
Say nicer positive things to yourself.
I love you, I support you,
it's okay.
Like be gentle on yourself.
If you fall off, if you are being lazy, it's okay.
Give yourself love and support.
Like I empower you, I encourage you,
I know you can do it, I know you can be strong,
I know you can be disciplined.
I know you can commit.
Positive self-talk is so powerful.
That is how you're gonna change your identity
and therefore change your actions,
and therefore change your life.
So catch and cut out any negative self-talk
and replace all of those negative thoughts
with positive ones.
Moving on, tip number seven is to set better boundaries.
So if you are the type of person
that gets pulled in all directions
because people are asking so much of you
and you feel like you have to say yes,
you feel like you just wanna be nice
so you end up saying yes
even though you actually don't wanna help,
you have to learn to set better boundaries.
You have to start prioritizing yourself,
your needs, and what your priorities are.
You begin to set better boundaries.
Once you are more aware of yourself and your needs,
like you know yourself better,
you know what you want better,
and you know what really matters to you
that way you can prioritize that.
And also when you become to grow more confident in yourself,
the more confident you are in yourself,
the easier it is to say no
to things that don't align with what you wanna do
because you are putting yourself first
and you're confident in that.
I see this as a journey of learning to own your own power
and to stand strong in yourself.
When you are able to do that,
then all the energy gets like honed in you
and so that you can be your most effective,
productive, motivated person
versus you like giving your energy to everyone else
and helping others and depleting yourself.
In the end, you are not even moving forward
towards your own goals
because you've been helping everyone else
move towards their goals.
So you wanna bring back the power to yourself
and learn to set better boundaries around that.
Number eight, establish healthy lifestyle habits.
This one is such a basic but it really is important
because we all need to have like
a healthy baseline of habits
that support us in our everyday lives.
Things like getting enough sleep, eating well,
exercising well.
So doing all the things that so that your body is healthy
and has the right amount of energy to do things.
When we get really busy,
we tend to forget about our self-care.
We tend to stop eating well, we stop,
tend to like sacrifice our sleep
because we're trying to get more done
because we're so busy, right?
The more you sacrifice those healthy habits,
the less energy you have in life.
So even though you're trying to work more
'cause you're trying to
do all the things on your to-do list,
you're actually losing energy
and you're taking more time to do those things
because you're not investing in your self-care.
Like if you were to give yourself
time to do all of those healthy habits,
then doing all of those things
would put you in the right mindset
and have the right energy to then
work on all the things that are important.
You would have more energy to work to your to-do list
after getting good sleep,
after eating well after exercising.
So, people tend to like forget that.
They forget that your health and your energy
really is the most important thing
and it's the thing that you shouldn't sacrifice
if you wanna stay productive and motivated and disciplined.
Tip number nine, stay consistent by tracking.
If you're trying to make a change in your life,
you're more likely going to stay consistent
if you track your progress.
So, create a system for you to track your habits
and track your progress
as you're trying to change your life.
This could be as simple as a habit tracker.
We have one in our workbook.
All it is is a grid where you write down your habits
and then you check off each day that you do that habit.
You can track this on Notion.
I have a lot of different things
that I wanna do every single day
related to self-care and healthy habits.
By tracking your progress, you're more likely to feel
that you are making a real effort
and that the change is real,
like it's more set in stone.
There are days where you'll forget to do them
and you might fall off, you might forget for a whole week
and you might not even recognize
like how often you're actually staying on track
if you're not keeping track of them.
Write it down and that way you can actually have data
to see your progress and to work off of.
My last tip for you today is to remember to celebrate
all of your small wins.
So as you are on this journey to changing who you are,
changing your identity, changing your habits,
changing your mindset,
understand that that journey is not always linear.
You're gonna feel good sometimes,
you're gonna be doing great,
and then you might fall off.
Life gets in the way, something happens
but what will keep you going is if you have the mindset
of appreciating and celebrating all the small wins
that you make along the way,
rather than feeling like you're not there
until you reach perfection.
Because the truth is perfection is an ideal,
it's not always reality.
Celebrates all of your small wins
and all of the progress that you have along the way
because all of that matters.
Change doesn't happen overnight
but if you give yourself these boosts of motivation
by celebrating your small wins,
then you're essentially like giving yourself
more and more energy to persevere on this path
just to keep going.
The secret to making positive change
is to truly keep going.
Just set your mind on the goal and keep working towards it.
No matter how long it takes, you will get there.
All right, now it's your turn to share
in the comments down below,
what is the next step that you're gonna take this week
to exit your lazy girl era?
So, is it creating a positive energy routine?
Is it tracking your habits?
Like which of the tips from today
was your favorite that inspired you?
Which one are you gonna implement this week?
Comment down below, I'd love to hear it.
And that's it for today.
Sending you so much love,
and I will see you in the next one.
Bye.
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