How to get through quarantine 3: Organize yourself

Manuel Antonio National Park  • 

In this episode I talk about the importance of routines, how and when to get organized, how your intention will change your motivation, the 4 steps to change habits and my recipe for a morning and night routine! Episode 2 (Slow Down): https://youtu.be/vjgzsVPVpN4 Versión española de este vídeo: https://youtu.be/sNBI1okZp2I Link to my playlist that helps me sleep: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkvx3ssyZIcznlFxIp8GfVW6gbIfQcRJp My Top 10 organization apps, highly recommended: https://youtu.be/wr8cidGDgAY 2:1 breathing technique: https://youtu.be/CQjGqtH-2YI Alternate breathing: https://youtu.be/8VwufJrUhic (with my fav Adriene! She is awesome! Check out the entire Yoga With Adriene!) About why having gratitude is so important and how to practise it: https://youtu.be/s0rPcpvTygw (Lavendaire has a lovely and informative channel, by the way!) - Routines give us structure, a natural rhythm and thus tranquility and balance. Try to roughly organise your week, and organise your day. Work with daily habits on the one hand, and 1 or 2 tasks to do in a day, no more. And remember: one thing at a time. Multitasking is not good for your brain: mono tasking - one thing at a time - is! I use Flowtimer (Android: Engross) to divide my time into unities of 25 minutes of total concentration and then 5 minutes of break, in which you can do move, make calls, look at the internet etc. - Intention changes everything for the better. Be clear to yourself what you want to do today. Instead of saying "I have to do it," say "I choose to do it." - Do you want a change in your habits? Focus on the process, rather than on the goal. Look at the identity you see in it (I’m a person who works out every day) rather than the outcome (I will be muscular). This idea comes from James Clear, author of "Atomic Habits". He says that a true habit change is an identity change. According to him it’s about four steps: 1. Is it obvious, clearly seeable, at hand? If it’s about breaking a habit, take it out of your sight. 2. Is it attractive? Change your prediction of satisfaction. So you establish a future healthy craving. A commitment device could be doing it with someone, or you can link it with something you like (for example, playing your favorite songs). 3. Is it easy? You can start with doable little chunks. Just 2 minutes, for example. Just SHOW UP consistently. And then STICK WITH IT. 4. Is it satisfying? There is immediate and longterm satisfaction. By saying “I am a healthy person” and doing whatever healthy habit you want to create, you satisfy immediately being true to the kind of person you want to be, your identity. Apart from all this, I recommend a morning routine (get up immediately, drink a glass of water or two, do stretches, do a brief yoga routine, put on real clothes, go to the window so that the sunlight enters the rooms. eyes, meditate, practice gratitude, or write a diary, for example) and a night routine (remove all sources of blue light 1 hour before bedtime or use blue light blocking glasses, prepare things for the next day, do your journalling if this is your time of day, listen to beautiful and relaxing music, turn down the lights, turn down the heat a little, listen to an audiobook, take a bath... Let go of the day, giving the mind a rest and not feeding any new information to that restless head of yours. Some breathing exercises are good too. I recommend you design these routines in the way they work best for you.