But then I realized, like, I'm just kind of filling
myself with poison right now because I'm fearing
what already happened or I have anxiety about
it. Like, what is that helping me now or in the
future? Nothing. It's just kind of wasting my
time, really, where I could be focusing myself
on whatever's at hand, you know? To be better,
make it better. Yeah. Just don't focus on the
past. Don't worry about the future. Just do you
now. Welcome back to Keep It Good. I'm your host,
Emily. And I'm your host, Carly. So last week
we talked about the never -ending game of keeping
your house clean and facing the fact that you
will never win that game. But there is an area
that you can clean that you have a little bit
more control over and that is your mind. So today's
episode is all about cleansing your inner space.
My mind is nuts. I have 5 ,000 things going on.
and it could be really hard some days to kind
of prioritize, but what do you do to kind of
help yourself? My morning routine is helpful.
I kind of start the day off right, but I, for
me, I would say exercise. And I do that, you
know, I try to do that most mornings. So that's
probably my biggest. Mind clearer, if you will.
What about you? That's perfect. Me, like I said,
I do yoga. I do journaling sometimes just to
even jot my things down. But we wanted to kind
of dive into a few things that could help you
as moms, right, Emily? We're literally prioritizing
everybody else's life. So we are the calendar
in the mind. It's just loaded and cluttered.
So these are some things that really help you
kind of regroup and move on to your clear path.
I love that. Yeah. So yoga for me, yoga is so
incredible, because not only are you like, you're
giving yourself some time to kind of have no
noise, like no, just nothing. It's your time.
But I don't think a lot of people realize what
the benefits are to yoga. First off, I mean,
you'll build flexibility and strength and who
doesn't need that, right? But it can help with
pain. It can help with your immune system, your
cardiovascular health, like your circulation,
all of that. It decreases stress and inflammation,
which who loves inflammation? No one. But most
importantly, it helps with anxiety. You do that
breath work. You're kind of really getting into
that mindful state of being and just focusing
on the present, the present mood. You know, just
in general, but it will help increase your mood.
It helps with your memory, your intention, your
focus, sleep, and your digestion. So yeah, there's
physical benefits to yoga, but mentally, oh,
wow. It's just an incredible practice that I
think more people should kind of get into. Well,
I also think it's nice because it is something
that you can do at home. You don't have to be
at a studio, which is incredible to also do it
with other people because there's just a vibe
in the room that you cannot emulate at home by
yourself necessarily. I'm only practicing about
once a week, but I do a long class and it is
my time. And the kids know that. My husband knows
that I am going downstairs and I am doing yoga.
It's magic. It really is. Yeah, it is. And it,
you know, you could put on Zen music, you can
do whatever you want. But the great thing about
it is all you have to invest is a map, which
you can find at TJ Maxx. You're using your body,
you're using resistance, or, you know, stretching,
flexibility, all these things. It's just incredible.
Yeah, absolutely. And there's all different kinds
of yoga, right? So even if it's for 10 minutes
at night and you're doing a restorative practice
or the apps that I have, there's all different
kinds and all different time limits and you can
get out of it really what you want. Do you want
it to be hard? Do you need to stretch? Yeah.
It's really, it's quite incredible. There's even
chair yoga for those who aren't flexible or can't
do the certain moves. It's just stretching and
being connected to your body on a different level.
And it really does quiet your brain. It slows
everything down. And the hardest part is just
getting yourself to the mat. Once you're on the
mat, you just lose yourself. And you're like,
oh my gosh, this feels so good. A lot of people,
too, get very emotional when they do yoga, because
I think their mind does get quiet. It doesn't
have to be like you're crying because you're
sad during yoga. It could be that. But I feel
like it just unlocks so many things. And I know
many people who have cried through their whole
yoga session. It can release serotonin, endorphins,
all these things that is just stored up in your
body. And now you just have this flood. these
chemicals that are good chemicals for your body
you know but they're just stuck so I mean that's
that's just one of the things that if you've
never tried it maybe maybe try some chair yoga
first or just some slow flow restorative it's
just there's there's no bad way to do yoga your
practice is your practice exactly Exactly. So
let's say that you tried yoga and it's just not
your thing. You don't like it. Even just walking
is another awesome tool to clear your mind. Do
you walk? Yes, I love to walk. I walk whenever
I can, even if it's for 20 minutes. I have a
wonderful neighborhood for that. So lucky for
me, I don't have to go to a trail or anything
necessarily, which I also do. But I'm really
lucky and our neighborhood has a ton of walkers.
It's actually like a joke because so many people
walk. But yeah, I love it. How about you? I love
walking, just not in the winter. So that's where
like my other little tools in my toolbox help
out because yeah, it's got to be like a beautiful
day. I'm not one of those like die hard. I see
people running. Running? Never. I tried it. I
hate it. And then like a few years go by, I try
it. I hate it. And then a few years and I'm like,
well, I'm turning 40. Maybe this is the year
I'm going to love running. No, it's never the
case. I'm not a runner. Yeah. No, I got it. Yeah.
But I see people running in the rain and I'm
like, bravo. Like you are incredible. Yeah. Incredible.
I could never have that self -discipline to be
like out in the snow, freezing cold. Those people
are like, they blow my mind. They're just incredible
human beings. Not me. Think about it now, too.
There's so many people who work from home. And
I know people who have the walking desks. They
have a small, it's not a full treadmill, but
they stand and they walk while they're working
at their desk. Yeah. There's so many benefits
to it. It's insane. Have you heard about the
walking backwards? No. I don't know if I could
do that. I know. But there's, I guess, some.
evidence or whatever but of walking backwards
can help you keep your knees like really strong
and healthy. Oh. Because you're not putting the
pressure of like going forward with your weight.
You know when I was younger I used to walk up
the hills backwards because it was like easier.
Me and my mom used to do these crazy hills to
this twin pond and it was like seven hills right
and it was just like never ending and so I would
turn around and walk backwards and Yeah, that
makes total sense now that you say that. I've
actually never seen anybody do it and I have
not done it, but I think it's interesting. Yeah,
that's something cool to look into. I've never
heard of that. But I do love walking. Oh, I love.
I love walking. I mean - Or hike. You love hiking?
Hiking is my jam. Yeah. I mean, that's just a
good old nature walk. Yeah. And you get so many
benefits from - from being in the woods, like
those negative ions that are emitting from the
trees and just, you just, it's like a spiritual
walk. Yeah, the sun. I just can't wait. Counting
down the days until it's warm enough for my body
to handle it. But yeah, back to walking. I mean,
this is like such an easy little tool that you
can use, but again, it increases the serotonin.
the dopamine, these are your feel -good hormones.
It releases endorphins, which is a natural mood
booster. It lowers stress, anxiety, increases
blood flow to the brain, which will enhance your
cognitive function and memory attention. If you
feel like you're in like a writer's block or
creativity is just stagnant, it boosts creativity
and problem solving. It can help with depression,
helps with sleep, just builds a ton of mental
resilience. And it's just a healthy outlet. I
mean, no one's going to tell you that walking
is bad. You know, I've not heard one. Unless
you're clumsy and you trip on a stick, then that's
on you. But I mean, that's just a very simple
way. And it does. It just kind of gets. gets
your mind thinking onto other things, you know,
and when you have less stress and anxiety, you
have less of those panic thoughts, you know,
that just adds to the clutter and unnecessary
thinking that will just kind of cloud your judgment
throughout the day. Yeah, I totally agree. Because
you're taking, again, a little second for yourself,
even if it's only 20 minutes, and you got to
clear your brain a little bit so you can go on
with the rest of the day. Yeah, it's like multitasking.
You're helping your brain, you're helping your
body, you're helping your mood, helping your
sleep later in the day. It's just like an all
-around awesome little thing that we take for
granted. What about meditation? Have you ever
meditated? I have, and like I have a couple times
through the years, but not where I feel like
I have a practice of it. I have a really hard
time shutting my mind off and doing it what I
consider well. I don't know if there's a right
or wrong way to really do it, but I have the
Peloton app and sometimes after a workout, they
have five minute meditations even. And sometimes
that's even hard for me to do. Like I cannot
even shut my brain off for five minutes. But
they kind of walk you through it. They direct
you and tell you how to get into, hopefully,
a meditative state. But yeah, it just depends.
And I don't do it as often as I probably should.
I mean, I'm not an avid. I don't do it all the
time. But when I do, I really do feel the benefit
of it. You're just in a completely different
state of mind when you finish. some people are
like well how do you just like sit in a room
and not like think no you can there's apps there's
you can go on youtube there's guided meditations
i mean there's so many options out there but
again this is just a simple tool you don't need
to buy anything you don't need you can sit on
your bed you can sit on the floor you can sit
at your desk at work put on the the youtube of
guided meditation on your lunch break and all
of a sudden like you just feel the stress just
lift, you know, and you I mean, there's all different
meditations, you can do a manifestation meditation
where you're just like focusing on your goals
and what you want. And it's just so cool. It's
just so cool. And it's another thing that like
people kind of overlook, I think, because you
think of it as one specific thing, but it's not
it could be any, any meditation that works for
you. It's just like giving yourself a mantra.
which is important because I think mantras just
kind of guide your life. You know, it gives you
a positive thing to kind of work towards. And
yeah, it's just cool. So if you've never done
meditation, just look up the app and let them
kind of talk you through it. It's just listening
to the instructions and following what you're
supposed to be doing. And all of a sudden you're
done and you're like, I just did it. You'd be
surprised at how easy it can be. I have done
it via app as well. uh, nighttime. So like to
put yourself to sleep, basically. You know, like
a, I don't know how long they are. I think they
range from 15 to 30 minutes and they have you
lay down, you know, lay down and be comfy and
start breathing. They talk you through the breath
work and then they start to kind of guide you
through. Um, and I think that has been probably
the closest I've ever had to a complete meditation.
Because it has helped me fall asleep, but just
relax, mind and body. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. It's
so cool. What about journaling? Do you ever journal?
Journaling, I have for two days. I like it. Nothing
ever became of that. Let's just say that. So
no, I know that it can be really good, but no.
Nope, not a journaler. How about you? See, I'm
not the one where it's like, Oh my God, so today
Steve got me, you know, like, I'm not like writing,
you know, like we would if we were teenagers,
right? Cause I think that's like a diary. Yeah.
A lot of people think that's what journaling
is, you know, like dear diary today, I got my
period and it really sucks. And no, that's not
it. Journaling can be different and you can make
it however you want. It's another. form of just
its brain dumping, right? You're just writing
what comes to mind. Doesn't have to be a short
story. Yeah. It doesn't even have to make sense.
Right. Like for me, if somebody opened my notebook,
I'd be like, who the fuck is this girl? We need
to get her some help. Because she was just writing
craziness. But it's all my ideas. Like my brain
doesn't stop thinking. And I just have like,
million ideas for all these different projects
and or just my to -do list, you know, like I
Have to oh, I'll remind myself next Tuesday's
parent -teacher conference or you know, like
just anything whatever is in my brain at that
moment I I just kind of throw it to the paper,
you know So that it's out of my brain onto the
paper and if I need to I can look at it and I
can remember You know what needs to be done throughout
the week, but it's not I'm clearing out that
space in my brain So that I have room for better
things, you know, yeah, so it's not like necessarily
a to -do list your But you put like your things
to do Yeah, and make it just my whole life on
this page, you know at times like I need to buy
bananas I don't want to hold on to that thought
who cares like why am I gonna? hold up space
in my brain for bananas when I could be just
thinking of something so much cooler, you know,
so it's, you just have to kind of think of it
like, okay, oh, this thought came in, let me
write it down. So then it's out of my brain and
I have room for better things, you know? So you're
not doing like a 20 minute, like, oh, every morning
I spend 20 minutes. No, no, no, no. This is just
like throughout the day, throughout the life.
Okay. you know you're just kind of like jotting
things down as you go and it really helped me
just kind of make space yeah and eliminate all
that junk that's just hanging out it could just
be something oil change next wednesday i don't
care i know it needs to be done but i'm not going
to hold it in my brain anymore you know i'm going
to put on my paper so that i know it's there
i'm not going to forget And it also, I mean,
you could get into depth with it, and sometimes
I have, and I've released a lot of my emotions
or my thoughts. It's helped me get to the deeper
root of what I'm stressed about. And it can really,
the coolest part about it is when you get it
off your brain and onto the paper, it lowers
your cortisol, and that's your stress hormone.
And we've been hearing a lot of things about,
oh, you know cortisol belly or you know like
menopause and cortisol and all the things but
we don't realize that we hold so much of that
with just our thoughts like our thoughts are
the ones that are raising our cortisol levels
more than anything so by just eliminating that
you'll be surprised at how you feel afterwards
you know by clearing that that mind space it
increases your focus too you can now focus 100
% on whatever task you're trying to complete
at that time. You're not trying to multitask
all the time, if that makes sense. Maybe I'll
start adding that to my morning routine. I think
you do need to because I always hear you say
like, oh, I forgot to do that, or I had an idea,
but I totally forgot. And I'm like, well, you
need to write it down. Those of you that know
me, this is very true. I have all good intentions.
I'm going to buy you a journal. Yeah, I'm going
to need a new journal, for sure. It's so funny,
though, because even my oldest, she you know
they like they like books they like to draw and
like write stuff down especially my older one
because she's learning how to you know read and
write and all that good stuff and i have found
a couple of her little journals like she writes
stuff down like a diary already and it's just
like it's so weird that that's the instinct i've
never told her to like write down her thoughts
or anything it's so funny and i remember doing
that as a kid too you know like dear diary i
mean that's not what she's saying but it's funny
how I'm seeing that even she's doing it. So I
should take after my eight -year -old. I should
really start doing that. It's amazing what we
learned from our kids. They're like just totally
innocent and know how to do certain things that
we like overthink, you know, constantly overthinking
things. That's a big one right there too, overthinking.
Like, okay, so... This brings me to the point
of the past, present, future, right? What is
the majority of your thoughts that you think
about? Is it the past, present, or future? Wow,
I've never actually thought about that. I guess
future. Well, let me tell you something, okay?
The past already happened. There's no amount
of thinking that is gonna change whatever happened,
right? You can't go back in time. Even if you
think of the situation differently, it's not
gonna happen. it already has been done. So let
that fear or anxiety or anything else go. There's
nothing you can do to change it. Live with it,
own it, move forward, right? Yeah. Your future
has not happened yet. You're not a fortune teller.
You can't make things happen unless you're practicing
like manifestation. You can kind of like know
that it's coming, but Once you put it out there,
you just kind of have to forget about it and
know that it's happening You can't overthink
it. You can't second -guess it. So Stop thinking
about the past stop thinking about the future
and just be in the moment because before you
know it The future is here and you fucked up
the present that you were just at because you
weren't appreciating it, you know so don't that's
I've been trying very very hard to be mindful
and and just live in the present moment. Yeah,
be in the moment. That's solid advice, for sure.
It took me a long time to get to that point.
I was more worried about the past. Like, I shouldn't
have done this or did that. But then I realized,
like, I'm just kind of filling myself with poison
right now because I'm fearing what already happened
or I have anxiety about it. Like, what is that
helping me? now or in the future, nothing. It's
just kind of wasting my time, really, where I
could be focusing myself on whatever's at hand,
you know? To be better, make it better. Yeah.
It's just, yeah, don't focus on the past. Don't
worry about the future. Just do you now. Yeah.
I always, people make fun of me because I never
take pictures. I love pictures. I'm the worst.
I've always said, well, it's because I'm not
thinking about that. I'm present in the party
we're at or the holiday or whatever. But then
after, I'm like, oh, darn it, you didn't take
any pictures. I do sometimes. So I like to think
that I'm kind of present. But I think my mind
is more looking to what's next. And that's probably
common because we're just busy. Humans are busy.
Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So yeah, we're always looking
towards what what do we have to finish? We all
have work to do to keep our mind clean. And this
is these are great tools. Yeah, it's just hopefully
people are less stressed, you know, because I
just I look around and everyone's fucking stressing
out. Everyone's got a million things on their
plate. But like, nobody takes the time to. to
take care of themselves you know you have to
kind of put yourself first sometimes invest in
yourself well and they can be quick too like
even that's like oh i'm thinking about the future
okay nope take it in what i'm doing right now
instead you know yeah that takes two seconds
to turn it around yeah it makes me kind of sad
sometimes because i take a lot of pictures i'm
i'm like the polar opposite of you i i probably
should put the camera down and not take so many,
but I do. But then I look back at my kids and
I'm like, ah, it feels like yesterday. And they
were just in their little jammies and all snuggly
with their binkies. And those were the times
when I was so focused on either the past or the
future. I didn't really enjoy that moment. And
now I regret it. As a mom, you're just like,
ah, it's time for bed. But one day, it's going
to be the last night that they ask for snuggles.
or it's gonna be the last night that you get
to tuck them in and read to them and those days
are coming up because you know they're gonna
be like in the double digits soon and i'm like
just oh my god yes snuggle with me until your
whatever age you know it's probably be weird
when they're 18 and i'm like do you want snuggles
you know so i'll take it i will live in the moment
for that those five minutes and just soak it
in soak it in I don't care that the dishes need
to be changed or whatever. No, I'm soaking it
in and I'm taking that moment and I'm being present.
I love that. What about grounding? I love grounding.
Me too. I love it. Same, same, same. Don't talk
dirty to me, Emily. Sorry. I love it. No, I like,
I don't know. I think we both kind of learned
about grounding around the same time, like really
the benefits of it. But then you sent me the
documentary and we watched it and we were like,
okay, this is like far beyond what we thought
grounding was. You know what I mean? Yeah. Oh,
beyond. I mean, I always felt a special feeling
being in my garden, being in the dirt. Yep. you
just feel different. And I never could put my
finger on it. I just never, I always felt great
after yard work or like being at the beach. Who
doesn't feel good when they're at the beach?
I know. If you tell me you don't feel good being
at the beach, then you're just a negative Nancy
and we should not be hanging out. Right. We are
not friends. Yeah. We are not friends. Oh my
God. Like, well, first of all, if you haven't
heard of the earthing movie, It's a documentary.
I believe it's free on Amazon Prime if you have
that. Yeah. Yeah, that's where we watched it
I don't know if it's still on there, but just
Google search it. It'll come up Yeah. Yeah, just
look it up. It's called the earthing movie You'll
see a pair of bare feet in grass. If you see
that that's the one it's phenomenal and it made
me realize that feeling that I was having at
the beach or in my garden and It's so freaking
cool. So listen to this. The earth is negatively
charged, right? It just has this like natural
negative electrical charge. And our body can
kind of build up this positive static electric
charge throughout the day without even realizing
it. Because if you think about it back in the
day, people would walk around barefoot. There
were no shoes. there wasn't anything. So everyone
was naturally connected to the earth on a daily
basis without even trying. And they were just
in this awesome state. So along came the shoes.
Now we are disconnected from the earth. We hardly
ever walk around barefoot or anything like that.
But when you do, they say you should do it for
about 30 minutes or more to get the real benefits,
right? But when you do this, You're neutralizing
free radicals in your body. So free radicals
are like crazy molecules that are just like super
unstable They cause destruction to your healthy
cells and that in turn turns to inflammation
disease all these things so when you're you're
basically absorbing the negative electrical charge
from the earth and you're absorbing these electrons
and You're just kind of neutralizing what's going
on in your body as you absorb this So your sleep
gets better your well -being gets better. Your
pain goes down Circulation gets better. Your
healing is quicker your calmer which leads to
less stress and Some people say that they feel
energized after you know, it just fuels you with
this awesome Energy so you're probably saying
like oh 30 minutes of plus like is there such
a thing is too much No, there is no such thing
as too much like the more you do it the better
you feel it's addicting cuz now like Like I said
in the the last one. We're never inside in the
summer. We are constantly outside My nails are
never pretty in the summer because I'm like I'm
just in the dirt. Like I love it I want to feel
it touch it smell it I'd eat it if I could But
yeah, I mean, I love, I love it. It just, it
just makes me so like, it's like a drug. Yeah.
It just makes me feel so good. But yeah, we're
just never inside. We're always outside and I
got my kids doing it. And like I said, my son
has ADHD. So when we watch the grounding movie,
it talks about, um, in the, in the winter, right?
We live in an area where we get a lot of snow.
It'd be stupid to walk outside. We are not going
outside and grounding at all. for months, honestly,
months and months. Yeah. So we all, and I know
your family went all in too, we got the grounding
mattress covers, right? We did it for my sons,
for us, and it's so cool. I mean, the only thing
you have to watch out is during a thunderstorm,
you should probably unplug it, but otherwise...
Good advice, solid advice. Yeah, solid. Read
that warning label. But otherwise, like it's
such a cool feeling. I'll go to bed and I feel,
I don't know about you, but I feel like tingling
in my legs when I'm like laying down. We just
replaced it because we've had it for like two
years. Yeah. That's interesting. We're probably
about that too then. Maybe we should get a new
one too. Yeah. I mean, I felt something the first
night. Again, placebo effect, whatever. I felt
glorious. So I was feeling it. Yeah, and we had
gotten it because first of all, my son, when
it talked about ADHD, I was like, oh, sign me
up. Another natural thing. Yes, all for it. But
my husband also was in a really bad car accident,
and he really screwed up his back. And he's had
back pain ever since. And we've tried all the
things. We've just tried it all. And so we were
like, you know what? Why not? Let's try it. His
back is so much better. I mean, it lowers inflammation.
It does all the things that I said. I mean, I
don't think anything is as beneficial as the
real deal. Yeah. But for us who, yeah, who can't
be outside for eight months or seven months a
year to put our feet, it's way too cold. Yeah.
Are there snow? Yeah. I'm not doing it. I don't
even like to walk in the cold, let alone take
off my shoes. Yeah, right. Never. But yeah, it's
just so cool. And it works so much that... We
put it in his 504 at school my son. We actually
don't need it anymore We just took it out this
past year, but we would have him go to the grounding
mat at the nurse and Sit there for 10 minutes
and just kind of re -stabilize himself, but that
was after recess too, right? Yeah, so like after
some energy was let out Yeah, okay So it was
it was just so cool and the principal and the
teachers were all like what what are you talking
about? You know? And I'm like, Oh my God, like
everyone needs to know about this. Everyone needs
to know about grounding because it's just nature's
medicine. Yeah. Well, and I think it's neat that
there's these options for us who, whether you
can't get outdoors or you live in a cold area
like we do, but they make sheets. There's grounding
sheets. So if you don't want to put the mat,
the mattress pad on there, I've never done the
sheets. You guys did, didn't you? We have the
sheets for our bed and then we use the pad for
the boys, but they also make like pads that you
could just, while you're at work. Right. Sitting,
just put your feet on. Typing. Yeah. You just
take your shoes off, put them on this mat and
wow. I mean, it's just so cool. It is so cool.
So yeah, grounding is like, I mean, if you only
practice one thing out of this little box of
tools, do... the grounding. You won't regret
it. I don't know if we've said this yet, but
it has to be grass, woods, sand, dirt, because
I love to be barefoot, especially when it's warm
out. And I was like, oh my god, I'm just grounding
all the time. This is so crazy. I love to be
barefoot. And then I was like, oh, not on my
patio, not on my driveway. Well, they say sometimes
you can be on concrete, but it shouldn't be treated
with a chemical or painted. Then it won't really
fit you. You're going to get the full experience
if your feet are actually on the ground. On the
sand, on the grass, even if you're just swimming
in a body of water and not a pool. Right. The
ocean, pond, lake. Yeah. And it does. It feels
so good. You do. And if you know this now, The
experience is 10 times better. Yeah, you're going
to have a phenomenal summer. But one thing I
did start doing with my kids, I forgot to say
this when we were talking about journaling, is
in the morning right before school, usually we
have a little lag time, right? And I would let
them like watch, you know, something on TV, whatever.
I noticed that this would kind of hype up their
energy in the worst possible way. It wasn't doing
anything to kind of help them set up. Positive
day for themselves and it led to a lot of fighting
a lot of like I don't want to watch this You're
gonna watch, you know, and it was just like enough.
Oh my god So the last 10 minutes before we leave
for school We started doing this little journaling
prompt which already is making a big difference
I think so I have them write how they want their
day to go Ways that you can make this happen,
you know, like so they'll list like three things
that they can do that day To make this goal happen
today Then they write any fears or concerns that
they have for the day You know, I'm nervous about
this or whatever and we kind of talk about it
and then we find a solution Then I have them
write five things that they like about themselves,
you know, I'm smart. I'm fast. I'm whatever five
things that they're grateful for and Then three
things that they can kind of work on for that
day, you know, like share more or Raise your
hand more like whatever it is. I mean little
kids come up with the funniest things right like
Today my son made a made a mission. He Wrote
down his goal And then I just got a picture from
my friend that he just won a little possum award
at school. And I was like, oh my God, like this
is so exciting. I can't wait to praise him when
he gets home because he stuck to the plan. And
I just think like, not even for kids, I'm going
to start doing this with myself too, because
I think it's great to kind of set yourself up
with a goal. Identify the ways that you can get
that goal. Think of things you like about yourself.
Stop picking yourself apart. And like I said,
I always talk about what I'm grateful for first
thing in the morning, but it's just a good reminder
too. Right. Well, and for them, they're clearing
out their mind now, you know, of maybe some junk
before their day starts. Yeah. And I tell you
the transition from that to going out the door
to getting to school, it was so much better.
I mean, usually we have a lot of issues like
in that short timeframe. Yeah. But it was, it
was a nice little change, even once a week, you
know, like, what is your goal for this week?
What are you going to do to accomplish it? Set
yourself up for success. I love it. That's fantastic.
Hopefully you guys can try some of these and
just kind of clear that mind. Yep. And remember,
stop thinking about the past. Stop thinking about
the future. Focus on today. Absolutely. So you
have a little quote for us. I sure do. A cluttered
mind will never lead you to a clear path. and
that is by Christina Scalise. I love that. You
want a clear path? Get rid of that clutter. Hope
you guys have a great week. As always, keep it
good.