*Trying* to Create A Better Work-Life Balance Through Time Blocking // day in the work life vlog

What is up you guys welcome back to my channel Can we just have a little bit of an honest chat here? I have been feeling really overwhelmed recently and to the point where I just had a complete breakdown yesterday It just made me realize how much I need to get things organized I need to reprioritize some things and I need to create a better work-life balance for myself I've been doing a lot of traveling recently and when i've been home I've been working like crazy working super hard so that while i'm away I don't have to work and i'm just like not in a good routine of mixing my work and my life and i'm not Taking care of myself. I'm not prioritizing working out making myself meals And i'm just like not in a good balance good routine right now And I feel like I need this and maybe this would be a really good video idea for my main channel As I try something new to not only be more productive with my day, but also just find a good balance you know everything that i'm trying to do here on this channel is to create a life you love doing what you love and I just like don't necessarily Have a life I love right now Like it just it's it's really overwhelming to me and I know that I can be doing some things a little bit better in terms of like my systems and Organization the first thing I want to do is create a to-do list of everything that I need to get done this week Because I also have i've got family coming to visit me here soon two separate times all in one month and I just know that i'm gonna need to take more time off and I need to front load my work schedule and I just feel Like creating a work-life balance is impossible right now, but i'm gonna try my best to do it So by creating a to-do list of all the things I need to do this week I think it's just going to help me to feel less overwhelmed and then I can Put everything on my calendar where it needs to be. So let me let me make a list. Okay Now that I have this written down it honestly doesn't seem like a lot and that's the thing for me is like I tend to get so overwhelmed thinking that there's so much to do but like as soon As I write down i'm like, oh, this is totally manageable. I don't know why the heck you were freaking out so if you are the type of person that like Constantly feels overwhelmed or even like if you're just now getting started with your youtube channel your brand and you're like there's so much to do Make a to-do list of all the things you need to do and then put it into the appropriate places Within your calendar or like set certain goals for yourself Whether it's like 30 day 60 day 90 day goals and like what projects are actually top priority to achieve those goals during that time I saw a reel by erin may henry if you guys know who she is she shared how she plans out her month and I really liked the way that she Blocked off her calendar for things that are going to help her to achieve her goals So it's like if she wants to focus on her health and her fitness She needs to block off time for her workouts and stuff that she does and it's just something that i've never thought about before but something that I think would be really helpful for me because I tend to get in the mindset of oh, I have so much work to do. I can't focus on Myself like I don't have time to go to the gym I don't have time to like book myself into a workout class when the reality is if I just like prioritize my time better I could do all of the things this She lives on my fridge that I see it every day and it's just a reminder of Where I need to be prioritizing my time or like how I would ideally like every day to play out The morning is when I spend time getting good with me You know, like I pour a lot into other people with what I do and i'm constantly just like giving myself to others that I Need to make sure that i'm taking care of myself, which is another reason why we're doing this right here But the morning I typically wake up between it's been like 6 30 7 30 recently today I woke up around seven o'clock seven to eight is supposed to be for Reading journaling meditating eight to nine is for working out and then nine to ten I actually get ready for the day and I eat breakfast and Shower do my hair makeup all of that stuff and then I actually start work at 10 o'clock So it's just a way for me to make sure that yeah like I actually have time to work out even though i'm like I got so much work to do and I have not necessarily been abiding by this this morning I actually did because I knew I was filming this video and I was like girl hold yourself accountable with this freaking video Having this is great. But I think actually having it on my calendar is even better today What do we actually want to get done? I want to actually film this video And then we're going to edit friday's vlog. I know I have to do emails You know what? We're gonna do emails mail and Mercedes The way I work like I said, I can get overwhelmed pretty easily So it's like if I have 10 things on my to-do list I just get like really overwhelmed and then I just know I won't get them all done So if I can boil it down to like three main things that I need to get done And even then there's like multiple things within this so it's like edit friday's vlog I know that i'm not only going to edit it I'm going to work on the thumbnail and i'm probably just going to get it scheduled today as well But just having that one simple thing on here It simplifies it for me emails mail mercedes like I have this whole stack so I gotta do that Oh, you know what and taxes i'm gonna put and taxes on here because I gotta pay taxes Okay, the next thing that I want to do is put everything on my calendar I'm more of like a physical planner person But for doing this and like following aaron's kind of like structure here I am going to use a digital calendar as well But like this will be like my full-on just like checklist so I feel accomplished. What time is it? It is already 10.05, which is perfect. I like to start my workday at 10 o'clock So we're gonna do let's do emails taxes Mail and mercedes we're gonna do this all at once the next hour. I really need to edit vlog And this is gonna take me a good chunk of time So i'm gonna give myself until one o'clock then we'll take a little bit of a lunch break. So let's lunch finish vlog And schedule it so that brings me to three o'clock. I think sadly it's gonna rain this afternoon Otherwise I would put on here That I want to like take fancy for one of these but it's looking super dreary and just like really bad today Oh, it's only 15 chance of rain. I've been taking her around like 4 4 30 You know what here i'm gonna put like workout So we're gonna walk and then we're gonna work out and then at six o'clock, I actually This is very random But i'm starting a new show with a friend and we decided that we're gonna watch it at the same time together And then this is gonna be dinner because I gotta make time to make myself food Otherwise, I won't do it and i'll order grubhub and it's a terrible habit that i'm in Oh, you know what three o'clock. Oh my gosh. I've got comments on vlog I totally forgot that a vlog was going live organized content calendar. I need to do that so bad Okay, so then like i've got free time from five to six Okay for the rest of the week I really want to book in workout classes because it's like I know Today like I specifically i'm gonna do one of these with fancy and then i'm just gonna do like a simple workout here I know if I like book myself in for a class. It's gonna more so hold me accountable to actually doing it So if we view all classes i'm specifically looking at molly jay Okay, because molly jay is my absolute favorite instructor. I do like this pilates class. So let's actually 30 spots available reserve Let me put this on my calendar Now that i've got everything organized i'm feeling pretty good. I do need to get to work Uh, you don't follow your instagram bitch shut up, do you really Stop stop Perfect. Thank you so much Not my service advisor at mercedes-benz Following me on instagram That's freaking hilarious. I don't even think i've ever told him what I do. So the fact that he's found me on instagram It is now 401 We are done with work stuff until i've got that call later and it is time to dive into personal time Here's what i'm gonna say I did not stay true to my timeline in terms of work stuff because I definitely underestimated how much time it was going to take me to like create the calendar and then like send emails and do taxes and Everything else that I had to do this morning So like I didn't hold true to that which then put me behind on editing the vlog which then I didn't get time to organize my content calendar. I responded to some comments on the vlog that went live I was still working on the vlog. I finished the vlog and then I responded to more comments and the vlog is now It's in my creator studio on youtube, but I didn't have time to get it scheduled So let me film for main channel. I did I did edit the vlog so I edited one of the vlog so i'm just gonna cross that off and make that like that and then on here I already marked off call mercedes-benz And really that's it in terms of like my big to-do list for the week i'm currently putting the finishing touches on this video and My plan for the end was to follow back up on friday and let you guys know how this system and strategy worked for me in terms of creating more of a work-life balance being productive and Reprioritizing things that need to be a priority and the reality is it is now sunday I have worked my ass off this week and my work-life balance is absolutely non-existent And I know some people don't like the phrase like work-life balance like it's not really a thing but like for me I want to make sure that i'm living every day as if it is The only day I have like I don't want to have the mindset of like oh if I don't get this done I'll just push it off tomorrow Oh, I don't have time today to take fancy for this, you know i'm gonna push it off for tomorrow like no I want to treat every day as if it's just that day and Make it as balanced as I can and this week with Launching merch with prepping to have family come into town and just all the content that I need to create right now My balance is absolutely non-existent I ended up booking myself in to three workout classes this week and I only made it to one of them and I'm a little bit disappointed in myself if I can just be fully honest with you guys I am disappointed in myself and I think that the way That i'm going to continue to use this strategy in the future like time blocking my work stuff I don't think that works really well for me. I think adding in their Meetings almost because like when I have a meeting with someone else, you know It's a non-negotiable like someone else is showing up for you You need to make sure that you're showing up for that person and I think that I need to set almost like meetings as my workouts So then it's like I for sure do that and like other things that need to be a priority like making dinner I need to do the exact same thing. So even though my work-life balance was absolute shit this week I did learn something from this video and I am going to take parts of this strategy and system and continue to use it going forward I just know that time blocking every single hour of my day is not the best for me because I prioritize work over other Things and that's what i'm really trying to rewire here This was actually really fun for me to do it was helpful, even though I didn't totally crush it. That's a okay That's just like reality sometimes So when you guys are trying to like be more productive with your time or figure out what systems and strategies work for you I mean i've tried so many different things just to better understand myself My workflow and how I get things done and now i'm at the point where it's like yeah I've got some good strategies and systems, but there are things that I could always be working on to improve So if you guys want to try this out try it out if it doesn't work for you No big deal if it works way better for you than it did for me. That's absolutely awesome But i'm gonna wrap up this video here as the clouds are changing on me. Wow, that got so dark Okay, i'm gonna see you guys back here on tuesday in another video. Bye guys