hello sweeties potatoes almost two years
have passed since i made my most watched
video of all time the one habit that is
changing my life setting systems rather
than goals so i thought it was a good
time to give a little update on how all
the systeming has been going where it
has left me and if my life has truly
been changed
when i posted the video in january of
2020 unbeknownst to all of us we were in
for a wild
wild ride since then we've all
collectively have plenty of time to slow
down be with our own thoughts question
our existence ponder the meaning of life
grapple with what's truly most important
and
question our existence some more as
someone who has mostly seen the world in
black and white with an incredibly
driven all or nothing personality i
realize this was very much the
foundation i've been operating on when
it came to everything in life
including work and productivity
everything had to be epic and wonderful
and absolutely life-changing or else why
do it
at all my subconscious life motto was to
burn brightly crush brilliantly reset
and do it all over again this absolutely
influenced the content on my channel as
well i'm sure many of you have stumbled
across me and my videos in the midst of
burning out and resetting yourselves all
that to say i used to think of resetting
my life as this grand undertaking that
can only happen once i hit some sort of
mental physical or spiritual rock bottom
but
what if we can be more proactive with
our resets
and what if life didn't need to be that
extreme
i've learned that while big resets can
help kick-start our journey
small daily resets are what keeps us on
our journey and my tayat it's far more
sustainable and healthy tying it all
back to systems versus goals being
proactive with your reset is essentially
creating a system as a quick refresher
from james clear's atomic habits a goal
is a result you want to achieve a system
is a process that leads to those results
in the wise words of mr clear and my
mother small incremental improvements
lead to big results which brings us to
today's video sharing a day in my life
sprinkled with many little resets
throughout the day for optimal healthy
and sustainable productivity
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i just came home from the office enjoyed
a little snack and was feeling
particularly wary and withered on this
day because time of month and poor sleep
the night before so i'm planning to be
bed ready at 9 00 pm to meditate for at
least 30 minutes to an hour before
drifting off at
10. the agenda for tonight quick tidying
showering brushing my teeth taking my
time with skincare and talking to james
all of these are mini daily resets in
and of themselves so let's get started
with tidying the system i set for myself
is to spend at least 10 minutes every
night putting things back where they
belong and let me tell you it has helped
me keep my apartment consistently
organized for many many weeks now since
i moved my furniture around instead of a
big old cleaning sesh over the weekend
tidying my space for a couple of minutes
every night no matter how tired i am
from the work day has to allow me to
actually enjoy
my weekends instead of needing to clean
a week's worth of mess case in point as
some of you may have seen on my
instagram stories this artful clutter is
from my arts and crafts night over the
weekend james took me to a pottery
making class a few months ago and it was
absolutely glorious my time on the wheel
was not the most glorious but playing
with clay getting my hands dirty
focusing on just one thing reconnecting
with my childhood hobby and working on a
different part of my brain was
absolutely phenomenal since taking some
time off last month an la vlog is coming
very soon i think my brain finally
understands and accepts the importance
of rest between sprints of productivity
so let me backtrack a little and fill
you guys in on how we got to making
these viral block frames and mirrors i
was procrastinating from work one day
watching home decor vlogs and opened a
bunch of links on etsy for wavy mirrors
and mushroom lamps not that i need
another one the more i poked around etsy
the more gems i found
blah frames add to cart wiggly mirrors
add to cart checked catch all trays add
to cart when all of a sudden a thought
flashed in my mind
why don't i try making these myself
so i started a mood board and began
dragging and dropping all of these items
in my cart into millino i looked up
videos on how to make sub blob mirrors
and trays added relevant video links
into my board wrote down a to get list
for supplies i felt good enough about it
and called it a day huge shout out to
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pro two days later i was still
procrastinating in the middle of a
pretty intense week so i decided to
start ordering all the art supplies and
clear my schedule for saturday to spend
the whole day
by myself made possible by the system of
tiding for a few minutes every night
moving on to the rest of my evening
showering showering oh showering
showering is honestly something i love
to hate my boyfriend sent me a video of
a dog named phil who despises showering
and that is a thousand percent me but of
course every time i step out of the
shower i without doubt feel like a brand
new woman so if you're like me go ahead
and take that shower friend this is one
of the least demanding but most
rewarding ways to help us feel
reborn the last thing i like doing
before bed is meditating so the second
to last thing to do is talking to james
are you having a good shower filled
hey
no matter how busy or hectic our days
are we always make time for each other
at the end of the night to catch up swap
stories and share some giggles being
long distance this time really is a
precious nightly reset for our
relationship to be present with one
another and before we say good night
we've been sharing three things we're
grateful for which is a another
fantastic way to reframe our
perspectives and reset one thing i'm
incredibly grateful for is how james
always greets me with the biggest smile
and the most positive of spirits
even if he had the most stressful of
days
and it just never fails to brighten up
my mood
sim time over
good night
and
good morning when it comes to morning
routines you guys know i like keeping it
as simple as possible while i do believe
it's important to have one i don't think
it needs to be a thousand steps for me
making the bed brushing my teeth and
skin caring are enough to help me feel
prepared refreshed and ready to take on
the day yes these are really simple
things but when we do small things
consistently it adds up over time to
increase our overall well-being so these
daily small wins are absolutely worth
celebrating this is when i'd usually
head into the office to read which i
actually already did and i proceeded to
bike home to now pretend like i'm
reading for this video so every morning
i try to read one chapter of trump
following the central book of
philandoffa's teachings which is my
spiritual practice the book explains the
practices through principles of
truthfulness compassion and forbearance
in detail including the different ways
they can manifest in our daily lives as
it pertains to daily resets i found that
on mornings that i do read i'm far more
grounded and far less scattered as the
practice belongs in the school of
buddhism the reminders to be more
self-aware reflective and compassionate
also helps give me a buffer so that
whenever anything happens throughout my
day whether it's positive or negative to
pause take a step back and reflect
before reacting based off of my emotions
and attachments i know i said i'm
dowling back on the pursuit of
life-changing things but this book
seriously changed my life and has been
providing such a grounding guidance for
my being and of course grounding start
to my mornings
now that i feeled myself spiritually
it's time for some physical fuel as you
guys know i love starting my mornings
with a matcha or hojicha if making my
bed brushing my teeth and putting on
skincare is how i start my mornings
making a warm latte is how i start my
work day to be able to spend some time
for myself to be present and to shift
into work mode with a little boost of
caffeine
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that's so beautiful
okay so we've gone through our morning
routine we've made our beverage of
choice now it's time to take on the day
i want to share with you a productivity
app that james got hooked on and in turn
got me hooked on so
sensama it's an amazing app that helps
you organize all of your to do's in one
place prioritize what you need to get
done today time track and just overall
live lighter they're founded on the
belief that you can't succeed if you're
too stressed and burnt out to think
clearly so there are daily resets and
reminders built in the app to remind you
to work smarter and not
harder here's a quick rundown of how i
use the app every morning i'm greeted
with a question what do you want to get
done today
this is when i plan my day and add how
much time i plan to spend to each task
you can also tag each task by channels
or categories that you set for yourself
this is a pretty cool feature where at
the end of every day it shows you how
much time you spent on each category you
can also click on each channel to show
only those specific tasks but i prefer
to view on my task in one place it's
really just personal preference of all
the digital daily and weekly planning
tools and templates i've tried this is
by far
the best app i've come across
principally because of the daily
planning and daily reflections that's
essentially being proactive with your
daily resets so this part of the video
isn't sponsored but i do have an
affiliate link down below if you guys
are interested in trying out a free
trial for zinsama
once noon rolls around it's time for a
little physical reset the only physical
activity i've had the energy and time to
do these days is qigong a form of
traditional chinese exercises according
to traditional chinese medicine there
are meridians or energy channels
throughout our whole body that forms a
network through which qi or vital energy
flows it is believed that ailments
illnesses and discomfort forms wherever
chi is blocked along the meridians the
goal of qigong is to help unblock any
stagnation in our body that could have
developed through stressors in our
day-to-day life similar to how small
improvements lead to big results over
time
small stressors in our daily lives can
also compound negatively over
time for me qigong is a great
preventative measure to help manage my
day-to-day stress level reset my energy
level and give me a natural boost of
energy the qigong exercise that i do is
also from my spiritual practice fallen
dapha there are four standing exercises
if you're interested in trying this out
i'll link an instructional video down
below it's made in the 90s so while it
may look a certain type of way
please remember that we shouldn't judge
something's effectiveness based solely
on its appearance though everyone will
have different experiences i will say
since practicing on and off with my mom
from a very young age and as you guys
may have seen throughout the years i've
been active on youtube i rarely get sick
and i think a huge reason is because of
my spiritual practice that cultivates
both the mind and body simultaneously
here are some snapshots of work from the
rest of the afternoon getting ready to
do a live unboxing with fell for beauty
within youtube and instagram
i head home after for a little snack and
to wrap up our collab video with hiram
taking a little breather before moving
on to the rest of the evening here's a
little 10 minute tiding in action
now that we've arrived at after work
hours if reading drum following is my
spiritual reset and qigong is my
physical reset meditation would be my
mental reset whether it's for 30 minutes
or an hour i found that while yes
meditation has incredible benefits the
fact that i'm making time and choosing
to be with myself and show up for myself
that
is something i'll be able to carry with
me along with all the other benefits for
days to come and really give me that
buffer to pause and reflect before
impulsively reacting as we talked about
a bit earlier for me meditation is one
of the greatest resets that's readily
available at our disposal while you can
meditate anytime and anywhere i found it
to be the most beneficial as the first
thing i do when i wake up or the last
thing i do before bed it's just a great
way to start or end my days this is why
i talk to james before meditating so
that i can go to sleep right after i get
in samosa now after going through my
whole day and all of these daily resets
that have
really withstood the test of time
the million dollar question is
has my life
actually been changed by systems
many things came together to make this
all happen but i'm happy to share
over the past year or so i've begun to
see the world through more colors and
shades of grey i was finally able to
internalize taking my rest days as
seriously as my work days solidified and
inspired by douchik from hometown
cha-cha-cha i learned how to listen to
my body more and to just be taking time
off when needed without feeling an
overwhelming sense of guilt because i
realize feelings of guilt manifest in my
life as indicators that i'm
overcompensating for something that
happened in my past and the past is
something we should learn from not
something we should carry into our
present i've also grown to appreciate
the small ordinary and mundane things in
life become far more gentle with myself
as a way to express my immense gratitude
for my health and my existence that i
try to not question as much
anymore and gradually
over time
without me even knowing
the one habit that is changing my life
became
the one habit
that changed my life
and i hope that for the hundreds and
thousands and millions of you who
watched the first video this is still
insane to me how many people have
watched the first video i hope
that it has changed your life
too
and with that
here is
a voice hug
grateful for you all
love for you all
see you guys
in next week's video
bye