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The LYLAS Podcast, Season 4, Episode 64, "Habit Stacking: Our Hack to Making the Day Work"
Interested in harnessing the power to transform your day-to-day life? We have the hack!!!! Habit Stacking!
From morning rituals to nighttime preparations, we share practical tips and personal stories on how small, consistent actions can set a positive tone for your entire day.
Discover the magic of habit stacking and how it can make even the busiest schedules more manageable. We'll walk you through our tried-and-tested morning routines, emphasizing the importance of starting your day with small wins like making the bed or drinking warm water with lemon. You'll also learn how family support and consistent routines can enhance well-being and productivity, backed by our personal anecdotes. Whether you're a working mom or just someone looking to boost your daily efficiency, this episode promises actionable strategies to help you bring your best self to every activity.
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Welcome to Lila season four. If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you probably know what Lila stands for and, by default, this podcast is for you.
Speaker 2:Still loving season four. Our content's hot, all of our topics. We're so jammed every time we get on here to discuss it. I hope you guys are liking this too, because we're just having a ball.
Speaker 1:We are, I mean, we're old pros at this at this point right.
Speaker 2:Right right.
Speaker 1:We actually haven't recorded for a few weeks because Sarah's been traveling the world. I've been dealing with COVID and illnesses and sick children, so we're back at it after like three weeks of radio silence. But before we get into today's topic, I wanted to talk a little bit about Sarah's travels. We were just catching up before we pressed play and then I started to ask her about the open and I said wait, let's, let's press press record, cause I want to share this. So cause you didn't put any of this on social media, which you typically don't but you send me pictures, cause you know I'm celebrity obsessed and let's see what was it. It was Wimbledon. You were sitting next to, like, the Royals, yeah, and you're sending me pictures of Kate, and this time you were sending me pics of Tay Tay. So I want to hear what was it like being in close proximity to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey?
Speaker 2:um, I think the first, I think the the preface to all of this is is that we're tennis fans. I know you are. We're going because our guy wasn't even playing in the U S open, but we were there because we decided that if our guy Novak Djokovic, if you follow tennis he's you love him. I hate him kind of guy. But he really has a strong mental game, he practices conscious breathing, he's really big into yoga and wellness practices, so, if for no other reason, he's a really amazing figure just to follow for his healthy lifestyle and the habits that he kind of subscribes to. But we also recognize that we have some really great American players and so if we were going to have an American um male in the final that we were going to go, and so we did, and it was the Taylor that we were going to see, taylor Fritz Um, I don't even know who that is.
Speaker 1:I'm like, I don't care. Tell me about the celebrity.
Speaker 2:I know Well, and at the, at any final in tennis there does seem to there's always people there, right, it just is what it is. I don't even know why tennis like gets that kind of like glamour aspect to it, but I mean, it's nothing to go and to you know, like have like Brad Pitt or Tom, like Tom Cruise, or, of course, if you're going to Wimbledon, it's actually the princess's job, it's one of her titles to be at the final. So it's not like even almost like a choice, for I mean, the poor lady was still going through chemo when she was there, um, and she looked brilliant. But there's always people around because people like to see the finals in this and they get acknowledged like on the screen. But I think in general, people are just very respectful of the sport that's being played.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean, and so even you know princess Kate will sit there and like do some acknowledgements, but she's not doing anything else to like garner attention to herself. You know John Bon Jovi was sitting there. Or you know, again, like Brad Pitt, tom Cruise, um, you know, at this one I don't even know who this is, but apparently he's a big deal like Bad Bunny, like whatever, all of these people, kevin Hart, are just sitting there and they're actually watching tennis and not drawing attention to themselves. Because, just as another preface, tennis is a quiet sport. You're not cheering the entire time, you're only allowed to like get out of your seats during certain times or to like cheer whenever there's points or something like that. So it's a quiet sport, kind of like golf, and I don't. That just isn't. That wasn't fair. I don't think for her to come and make it about her.
Speaker 1:But do you think she was making it about her Like, maybe she.
Speaker 2:I think that whenever you're at a tennis match and you're supposed to be quiet and like, you're kind of acting you know what I mean A little bit attention seeking. I think you're making it about yourself, so that's just like. None of the other so like celebrities have behaved in that manner, let's just put it that way. And I've been to every final in tennis. I've been to all of them and I've never seen anybody behave the way that she did. Really, yeah.
Speaker 1:And I love Tay-Tay, just for the record, love her.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, I wasn't there to watch Taylor Swift, I was there to watch Taylor Fritz, but also I've never seen any other celebrities act the way that she did, and I literally have been to Aussie, to the French, to Wimbledon twice.
Speaker 1:Maybe that was her first tennis match. Maybe she didn't know the protocol.
Speaker 2:Totally off topic, I just had to hear about it and figured somebody else might want to hear about it too, Cause maybe that'll get us some listeners or some haters in our response whenever this goes out. And see what happens.
Speaker 1:So, moving on to today's topic, something we've kind of talked about before our daily habits. You know, if you've listened to this show, you know I have my daily five that's really involved, so like it's evolved to like the daily 10 at this point, but like basically those habits that we do on a daily basis. And so today we wanted to talk a little bit more about expanding on that and habit stacking. So you know, we're moms, we're busy moms, working moms, and so in order to get all of these things in, you have to do like multiple things at one time, or at least that's. I find it a little bit easier to get it in if you can stack these things. So let's dive into that habit stacking. You can tell we are not prepared for this.
Speaker 1:I was like I feel like I could talk about this every day, because this is life right, this is what we do every day.
Speaker 2:Well, let's expand, though, because you did have the daily five that we talked about in the season one, and that you described these things as almost being like non-negotiable, like these are the core things that are at your base. So what were they and are you still doing them, have you? What have you expanded on, then?
Speaker 1:Definitely still doing them. So every day. I start with. You know the core five for sure, which is meditation, hydration. So that's warm water with lemon before I have my coffee. I try to get sunlight before screens, so I try to get outside walk the dog. Sometimes I have my coffee on the back porch.
Speaker 1:This is what I mean by habit stacking Like I'll sit on the back porch with the sun coming up, get like early morning sunlight while I'm drinking my coffee or my warm water with lemon. I might be journaling during that time or reading. I have a devotional I read, so just kind of like stacking those things because one of my other habits is journal read or podcast, so like a choice of one of those three things. So if, for example, if I'm sitting outside in the sunlight drinking my warm water with lemon and journaling, you know I've got three things right there knocked out. Mm hmm, exercise, body movement, something, whatever it is, whether it's yoga, running, walking. Mm hmm, what is number five? See, I've been doing them for so long I can't even remember, was it?
Speaker 2:the Gua Sha.
Speaker 1:Oh, gua Sha, Thank you, and so like, yeah, I still do that every day, but that's just part of, like, my morning makeup routine, like when I'm moisturizing and all that stuff. I Gua Sha right after. So, yep, that was the daily five and so I've really just stacked on that sunlight is like a like a new thing that I do Sunlight before screens.
Speaker 1:And that's not to say that I don't ever look at my phone before I get outside, but I really try to make a conscious effort not to. And then I'm trying to think if I have any other habits that I've stacked on. I feel like there's so many things I do but it's just part of the routine. Now, if I don't get those things in, it really messes with me. I feel like I haven't accomplished anything in the day, like I have to get those things done because it sets the whole tone for the rest of the day, and then I'm like I can bring I feel like my best self to the rest of my day when I sit down at my desk or get the kids off to school, whatever it is.
Speaker 1:I'm like my best self at that point. Get the kids off to school, whatever it is, I'm like my best self at that point.
Speaker 2:Well, you just feel that sense of accomplishment because you know it doesn't matter what time of day it is. If you've already gotten like five things done, then you're already feeling like you've got the ball rolling Right and it's not like it's a uphill kind of a thing. It's like, okay, we're already kind of moving in this positive direction.
Speaker 1:Let's just keep keep going, let's just keep swimming right, let's yeah, if you can already like, first thing I do when I wake up is make my bed. Like I love that sense of accomplishment, like check, because I I don't care how clean my house is if the beds aren't made. I feel like my house is dirty and so like that's it, just it, like that's the tone, it's's like OK, make the bed. It's just kind of I go into autopilot mode until I get myself upstairs and my meditation spot to start my rituals, if you will. What are your? What are some of your habits that you do on a daily basis?
Speaker 2:Um, the warm water with lemon is the thing, you know it. It does help so much with not only just hydration, but it's the way to kind of get your body set for the digestive process throughout the day. And so, um, I start every day with that, um, it's either coffee or kind of matcha, and I do go outside, um, with the dog pen. You know we got to let her out for a few minutes and that's also where I kind of get a sense as to you know how the rest of my day is going to kind of go, just based upon weather. You know what's it kind of looking like. I'm really attuned to kind of what's what nature is doing. And so after that, you know, I movement, always a run.
Speaker 2:I do a run before I go to yoga or before I go to work out with my personal trainer, like that's the way that I just it's best for me if I start my day with that as being a component, and I'm not super early in the morning, it's usually after I drop off, you know, the kiddo at school and head to a park and then just go. You know it doesn't matter which one, it's just a park and then just go. And then you know, after that it's always back down to the list, and so that's where I have my little to-do list every single day, on our little post-its which, by the way, if you like, subscribe or write a review, we'll send you some swag and one of them is a post-it note that's called the list. So it's super fun, but then I just go through that and that is a habit.
Speaker 2:Me having a list of things to do is a habit because it allows me to get things done throughout the day but also to have flexibility in the order in which they get done, and so that's important for me. I need to have structure with a flexibility component with it, and that allows there to be room and achievement in the same space. I do a lot of breathing exercises, I do my daily reading out of the book. The read aloud was pen, so and that is a meditative kind of process, I think you know, whenever you allow yourself to kind of sit in that space and focus on whatever you know you're reading, your journal or whatever it is that you're kind of taking in, and then to be more mindful of that throughout the day, like what are the focal points, and so it's something that I do and then continue to come back to at different points in time.
Speaker 1:And so what time do you wake up in the morning to get all this in?
Speaker 2:I am usually up at like six, six o'clock, yeah, about six o'clock. Six. 18 is whenever the alarm goes off, but I'm usually awake before that.
Speaker 1:So I'm definitely a morning person and I find I still need like quiet time in the midst of all this stuff. And so my alarm goes off at five. It goes off earlier, but I wait until my husband leaves for the gym and then I get up and like, because then I can make the bed. I can't make the bed with him in it, so I wait until he leaves and then I get up and like, cause then I can make the bed. I can't make the bed with him in it, so, um, I wait until he leaves and then I get up and he usually leaves about quarter till five.
Speaker 1:So sometime around there I'll get up and, you know, make the bed and make my athletic greens while my hot water with lemon is getting started. You know I'm doing that stuff. I'm packing lunches and I kind of think of that almost like a habit stacking, because I make lunches every single day for the kids, and so part of that is like prepping my stuff. But even to start my day off, like the night before I make sure we've got water in the coffee pot and like I've got like their lunchboxes laid out and what I can do ahead of time. I do so that it just becomes very like seamless in the morning, because the quicker I get upstairs and like get in my zone, the quicker I start the habits. And so I like to, you know, I like to be finished with most of those before he even gets home from the gym so that when he gets home I usually tag out and that's when I'll go outside and go for a walk or run.
Speaker 1:I do a lot of running these days, so I'll leave for my run. By then the sun's coming up and so you know I'm stacking there too. If I'm on a run and the sun's coming up, I'm getting the sunlight and my exercise in. So constantly looking for ways to kind of weave it together If I didn't get a meditation and let's say I woke up late that happened a couple of times last week. You know I do like a walking meditation or something, so that I was getting exercise and meditation in and I could get home and get started.
Speaker 1:But one thing for me like I had to travel for work last week I was gone for three days and I still stick to that same routine. Like I'm in my hotel room, I get up at 5 am, I get my ass to the gym. I've, you know I do my little athletic greens. I was taking it to the gym with me. But like I find that it's even more important almost when I'm outside of my natural environment, to stick to what I know works for me, so that you know, because you're going out to dinners or you know I was drinking, which I don't. You know, I'm not a huge consumer of alcohol, but I'll have some alcohol, especially if I'm out for, like a celebration or a work dinner or something like that. So you know, I find that if I just stick to those things, it just seems to help my body process all that other stuff, you know, whether it's the travel and the digestive issues, or consuming alcohol when you normally don't. You know those types of things.
Speaker 1:I just find that it helps me sort of regulate quicker. Oh, you're still gonna. I mean, I still have like I can't hardly drink anymore. I don't know if it's like the post 40 thing, but like it just doesn't sit well anymore.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Not that it ever did, but I'm saying it just. You know it's almost like not worth it. I hate hangovers.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because it also impacts me, like the next morning, like getting to the gym and getting my stuff done, and I don't like that, right, I can't show up as my best self if I don't get my stuff done, so sticking with it outside of my natural habitat is almost more important.
Speaker 1:I mean, you build the habit right by doing it every single day at home, but then not letting it slide when you're on vacation. Even on vacation I'm doing. You know, we were in Portugal. I was still getting up and meditating every morning. I'm still going to do the same things.
Speaker 2:That's huge.
Speaker 1:Do you do that Cause you just came off like a three week vacation? Are you still running and meditating like doing those things?
Speaker 2:Some uh, I wouldn't say sometimes I run but we walk, like we walk together an excessive amount, and so I think that for me that's where the substitution kind of comes into play amount, and so I think that for me that's where the substitution kind of comes into play. So he, Jeff and I don't run together, Um, but we, whenever we travel, we will literally like I'll keep my watch on and we'll log 10 to 10 miles a day just in walking, and so some days I'll run, some days I won't always have clothes. I usually will go to the gym twice, wherever we're at or do some type of like strength based kind of workout, core workout, Along those lines. I spend, again, more time outside, probably more time doing more of a meditative practice whenever I'm away than an active movement practice.
Speaker 2:I would say and that's just because I don't know how I work this way, but I automatically acclimate to a time zone and I, whenever we were actually talking about this, it's like if the sun's up, then I'm up, and if the sun's down, then I'm down. So no matter like six hours, I should not be tired or I should be awake. No, this nature thing says it's bedtime and so I just stay on the same schedule as whatever the sun and lunar pattern is, no matter where I'm at, and I don't experience like that real intense, like jet lag or like fatigue or anything. And so that's where there's a difference. I mean, most normal people will, you know, feel that way, and so I have like this whole stretch of time just to have like quiet time. Where I can.
Speaker 2:I will usually like go out for a walk, um before he gets up, and like whatever city we're in, and then I'll come back, or that's whenever I do a workout, or that's whenever I just like we'll sit out on a balcony or wherever else and just have some more like quiet kind of downtime, and so I think that that's a that's a big difference within that. But that's whenever I travel. If I'm traveling domestically, I still run, like we're going to Chicago this weekend. So I'm bringing all my gear, all your stuff, all my stuff.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I guess that's a good context to put it in. Like when we were in Portugal, we were again. You're like walking a lot and do it. You know doing those types of activities where you're active.
Speaker 1:And so you might not need to work out, but like, if we're, you know, in the Bahamas or something, I'm going to work out every day because I sit on a beach, like I'm not going to get my 10,000 or whatever you know your, your step goal is. So I could understand that if you're visiting a place where there's a lot of activity, then you're probably not, you know, running every day. You're still getting your activity. You're still closing those rings on your watch.
Speaker 2:That's right they are. They are a great reminder and they're you know, it's amazing how we have, I guess, adapted to using these things is like a source of relief or almost a source of like. We got to like work on it or kind of like get things fixed. And I mean even as a silly example with that, like I do do a lingo and my bird like has that sick face on it right now. I've been look, I've been spending like 40 minutes a day now doing this, do a lingo, to try to get this bird's face not sick. Still, I don't know what's wrong. Something's not right with the bird. I'm on a streak and his face isn't getting better. But it's like weird I know it's like this weird stuff that it just somehow is now transformed into being like a motivator for us or like we feel bad if we don't get that thing done. But it's so tied to our goals that you know, maybe it's a natural kind of process that takes place.
Speaker 1:A thousand percent. I'm like that with the meditation app that I use. Right now. I'm on an 89 day streak and I'm like I can't break the streak, right. I mean, I don't always have to meditate using this app, but I kind of do because I got to keep the streak going. Like, at this point, I'm invested in my streak and I don't know what I'll do when it, because I've been trying to get to 100 days straight and I'm like, what do I do when I achieve that goal? Do I keep going? I probably will, you know, because why stop then? Right, but it is.
Speaker 1:There is something super motivating about, like being on a streak or like something you know seeing. Like for me, it's that little green light that lights up when I sign on. So I totally understand that. I've also kind of started like habit stacking in the evenings Because, once again, like we're busy you got kids, like trying to get everything done, get your face washed, do your whole like a skincare routine, all the things in the evening, shut it down to like prepare your body for rest.
Speaker 1:Um, I've been working harder. I won't say that it's perfect, um, but working harder on habit stacking in the evenings too. Um, just to, like you know, quit looking at a screen and like talking to my husband instead of looking at my phone, or you know, I've always been pretty good about reading to the kids. We kind of tag in and out for that, but they always want me to lay with them and so, like, I make sure that I have like the rest of my stuff done my skincare is done, teeth, all the things you know that we do before we go to bed, um, before I go in there, cause I'm always going to fall asleep with them. So it's, it's helpful.
Speaker 1:I think having like that bookend, like how you start your day and how you finish your day, that makes me feel more productive. Everybody might not need you know habits or or things that you know, those things that you do every day, those daily there's got to be another word that I can't think of but, but for me it's kind of like how I measure my progress right or my productivity is like, did I get all my things done today? Um, where in there I gotta work and, like you know, cook meals that I hate to do things like that too, and you know, be a good friend and call my mom and like, but I find, if I can get that other stuff done first, then I am better at all of those other things that come at us.
Speaker 2:That's you know yeah, yeah, and I mean that does come down to like what you're even talking about, like even just like basic chores with stuff. Like part of my habits and routines is, you know, every night the dishwasher gets loaded and ran. In the morning is whenever it gets unloaded, whenever I'm sitting there making everybody's coffee or drinks or anything you know, whatever you can kind of, and I don't think that it's multitasking. So let's differentiate between the two because we're actually getting something done. Differentiate between the two because we're actually getting something done. A lot of times when we multitask we're half getting, we're not really fully doing or being intentional about making sure we're getting it kind of like off the list.
Speaker 2:But when we're habit stacking, it's like these things all go together in a collective, like chain or dance, so it gets done more effectively. And that's whenever I'll. I'll start laundry first thing in the morning from everything else and then just kind of get that whole process going and so that way things don't stack up. So habit stacking is a good way to keep things from stacking up on your plate too, and and it comes to with, you know, having buy-in from other people, I would say so just like what you're talking about in the mornings with your all's routine, how you guys kind of tag team it, like I'm not the only one putting dishes in the dishwasher.
Speaker 2:Everyone in my house has hands and independent control over them. So guess what? You know, this is what we're all doing kind of together. You know this is where everything goes together, is that everybody then also plays into getting things done, whatever the chore kind of basis or whatever the activity is. And for us we were really big on like schedules and routines for like bedtime, shower times, like you know. That way we know where there are gaps where things can kind of get done, and so it just it's finding those gaps and those opportunities to just help with that entire process. And you're right that night just is important. Having some type of like nighttime balance is what kind of keeps the whole day from going.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:And I really appreciated it. When I had COVID a couple of weeks ago and couldn't necessarily get all the things done that I wanted to, it was like damn, I really missed that like start to my day. And you're a hundred percent right, you've got to have that supportive partner or person, somebody that's kind of willing to, to let you have that flexibility right. It's not like a conversation we ever had, but it just kind of works. He comes back from the gym, my husband comes home from the gym. I go out for my run.
Speaker 1:like while I'm out he's getting the kids up and or get it you know they're getting themselves up, but like he's making their breakfast and that kind of stuff and then he usually takes them to school, we never like said like, hey, this is your job, this is my job, sort of like became a habit and that's just sort of like what we do, like it's not a question. The kids aren't ever asking me for breakfast. They know daddy's going to make it. Right, he gets home. But what I have noticed and I had not thought about this till listening to you talk- what.
Speaker 1:I've noticed is my son is starting to start like his daily habits. And I don't think any of us were conscious of it, but when school started this year, he was like mom, I want to do showers in the morning. Helps me wake up. I'm like cool, you do you.
Speaker 1:So, he's alarm. He wakes himself up at usually around 645. He takes a shower. He dresses himself 6 45. He takes a shower, he dresses himself, he puts it, you know, does fish care. So he takes care of his fish tank. He goes and gets the bikes out of the shed and lines them all up for everybody. He comes inside and does his hair, brushes his teeth, like does all that kind of stuff, and then they get ipad time until it's time to go to school, like that. That's just that's what works for us. Judge me all you want, but like it's what works for us. And I mean but look, my kid is like doing.
Speaker 1:You know he's basically doing his daily, his daily right, and it works for him and he is much happier and you can tell he he's very proud of himself, right?
Speaker 1:Cause he's like don't worry, you know and I do I love coming home from my runs and seeing like their bikes all out and ready to roll Like. And nobody asked him to. We never asked him to do that, by the way, that was he started doing and so it just goes to show, whether we're conscious of it or not, like whether you have conversations about it. If you just start doing things habitually, good or bad, people will, will notice and you never know the impact it's going to have.
Speaker 2:No, no, but that that also, you know, it's teaching him good self-care, it's teaching him discipline, it's teaching him to like, almost like, self-monitor himself in order to make the best decisions for him. I feel better whenever I do this. That is a really observant skill, you know, for a child at any age to kind of like have and then to follow through effectively with that plan. I mean that's amazing. But that's also because there's those behaviors kind of get modeled and so he knows what kind of is the expectation or the routine or you know what seems to be the most effective for everyone. And so, yeah, and you never know what they kind of pick up on with stuff.
Speaker 1:No, I usually have already meditated by the time they wake up. But if, for some reason, I haven't, or they get up early and they come upstairs and they find me in the middle of a meditation, I don't even open my eyes. But sometimes at the end I'll open my eyes and you know, jolie will be sitting there beside me pretending that she's meditating too, but I'm like it's. They're seeing us do these things to to start our day, and I just think that we can't forget how important that is to not just like tell them the things they should do, but show them like model for them what healthy lifestyle choices are, because that's truly, I think, how you build that in your kids. I can tell them all day long to be healthy and to eat healthy and to exercise, but, like if we're not doing it we're.
Speaker 1:why should they, quite honestly, Exactly?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's your. As we talk about this, it kind of just continues to bring things up. We don't, we're not pajamas all day, people, you know, and that's a bad. That's, in my opinion, an ineffective and unhealthy habit to kind of get in because you're not getting up and getting ready for anything and so no matter if it's summer vacation, it doesn't matter what it is, you're getting up and you're getting day clothes on. You know, play clothes, day clothes, whatever it happens to be, school clothes, whatever, but we're getting up and we're getting clothes on and then at nighttime it's comfy time. So we all, we even say the words we're going to get comfy and cozy tonight, like it's comfy, cozy time. So everybody get your showers, get your comfy clothes on you know.
Speaker 2:so that way again we're setting a tone for you know ourselves, our activity level, productivity in that sense, and then also calmness, relaxation, you know, self-care coming down from all of the things, through whatever practices we kind of put in place with that.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. I think it's just. It is. You know, I often say meditation has changed my life, and it has. I don't want to discount that. But really starting these habits and I've only been doing it for two years now, but starting these daily habits for me has been a total game changer in every aspect of my life.
Speaker 1:And I think the most exciting part is you get to choose what your daily habits look like. You get to decide what makes you feel good, like the things I have chosen are what make me feel good about myself. And and that's where, like the, the excitement cause, you're like oh, I can't add one more thing to my plate. I can imagine somebody listening to this and being like I can't add one more thing. But these are all things that, like you, actually enjoy doing. I don't always enjoy working out, I'm going to be honest, but I always enjoy the way I feel after a workout, right, and that's what gets me started Right. And the time crunch quite honestly gets me started. I only have 45 minutes to work out, like I have got to start by 645 or it ain't happening that day.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know, I, just I it gets away from you before you know it it's time to cook dinner and you're in deep in workout today, and so you know that excitement of like oh well, I really enjoy like journaling and reading and you know, and meditate, like all of these things I actually really like to do. I love coffee, I love sitting there and enjoying my coffee, but that's where, for me, you're choosing those things. It's not like you have to do these things, those things that I just mentioned. You got to do these things. I don't want any of those things that I just mentioned. You got to do what makes you feel good to set yourself up for success.
Speaker 2:That's, yeah, Funny story. I could text you this sometimes. If he listens, he'll hear this. But my husband has this really fun habit that he does, and I don't even know if he recognizes it as a daily habit, but I think he does Every morning. Whenever he's in the shower he puts on music and usually it's a I'll text Jenny, I'll be like it's a Miley morning Because he'll be listening to Miley, or it's a Donna Summer morning. But he's really good at habit stacking. He'll brush his teeth while he's in the shower, He'll listen to music getting himself ready for the day and you know, hype and pumping, doing whatever you're doing for yourself up while you're listening to music while taking a shower. I mean, there's, that's a habit stack. That's a dopamine menu kind of item, for sure. That then helps you just kind of again get going with things. Yeah, and so even if it's just something as simple as incorporating some tunes while you're in the tub, go for it.
Speaker 1:I haven't. You know, I've sort of fallen off on my. I was doing the oil pooling that we started, Um, and I still do it, but I would say it's sporadic. I do it like once or twice a week where I was doing it like while I was in the shower. That's a great time to do oil pooling, by the way, but yeah, so I mean like trying and thinking about some of like the wash off for your body, you know, like lymphatic drainage or dry brushing, like I do those things kind of sporadically, but always in like the same context. Like I always do it before a shower, or if I do oil pooling it's while I'm in the shower, you know, and so it's. I haven't quite made it like I do this every day, but I do it like to. You know, there's some flexibility with that too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean there's so many ways to just like infuse things that make you feel your best. Yeah, singing in the shower, I do parties a lot like mid run. I'll hit pause on my watch and just dance for like two minutes. If I was jamming to a song, I was coming back Like if people were watching me in the hotel I was staying in last week. I mean I literally danced all the way back from the gym Just rocking it out. Man, I was, you know, I was like in that kind of zone of just happiness no, oh my god, I love it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'll throw down a dance party like any opportunity any never dance floor I didn't like never met a day where I didn't like. Ain't that the truth? So good at it too, like me, but but the rhythm is in you.
Speaker 2:You just got to go. It's awesome.
Speaker 1:It's true. Well, hopefully this has given our listeners some ideas of ways that you can start habit stacking. I would love to hear if someone is, you know, does like a daily habits or anything like that. I want to hear other people's habits and, um, your, your good, your healthy habits, and be like, well, I have cocktail every day at five o'clock, that's great, but, like, let's talk about like some healthy habits. So, um, yeah, if you've got some, I'm always open to try and do things too. I'll try anything and I like, I like, um, just to hear what other people do. So send us a text. You can text the show.
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Speaker 2:Lila's out, thank you.
