Stop Feeling Behind: Get Back on Top of Your Life in 1 Day

you are going to get on top of your life again. We all have stories about needing

again. We all have stories about needing to go to the DMV or calling your credit card company and being on hold for two hours or having an overdue appointment that never gets scheduled. These are

these tasks that are called life admin.

We are buried alive under our bills and battery boxes and receipts and phone calls we need to make. And today we're going to fix that. If you can just

commit one day of your life on purpose, plowing through all of these administrative tasks that drive you crazy, you are going to feel on top of the world. We've looked at research on

the world. We've looked at research on the best time of day to do things. And

what I'm about to walk you through is the structure of the perfect life admin day. It's the same five blocks done in

day. It's the same five blocks done in the same order every single time you do it. You will schedule between 6 and 12

it. You will schedule between 6 and 12 overdue appointment or tasks. You will

check off between 10 to 20 open items. And you're going to free up future weekends and evenings by simply taking this one intentional day. And following

the fivestep framework that I'm about to teach you, you're going to feel capable.

You're going to realize you're no longer behind. And more importantly, you're

behind. And more importantly, you're going to have proven to yourself that no matter how busy and overwhelming life can get, all it takes is one day and you

feel like yourself again.

Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. I have been dying to talk to you. I am so excited that you're here. It's always an honor to be able to spend this time and to be

together with you. And if you're a new listener or you're here because somebody shared this with you and I think this is going to be one of these episodes that a lot of people get texted to them, I just want to take a moment and personally

welcome you to the Mel Robbins podcast family. You have picked an incredible

family. You have picked an incredible podcast to listen to or watch because today you and I are going to do the perfect life admin day together. I have

thought about this. My team and I have unpacked this. We are going to help you

unpacked this. We are going to help you take all the invisible stuff that is quietly driving you crazy, that is making your life harder than it needs to be. I'm talking about the calls you

be. I'm talking about the calls you haven't made, the appointments you keep putting off, the errands that live in the back of your mind and steal your energy, even when you're trying to

relax. We all have the things that are

relax. We all have the things that are piling up and driving us crazy that we can't get to. And so, here at 143 Studios, we call those kinds of things

life admin. And so here's what we're

life admin. And so here's what we're going to do. I'm going to show you how to trade one weekday and you're going to finally deal with all this because you're going to have

this stuff handled. Just one focused day. I call it a life admin day. And if

day. I call it a life admin day. And if

you're sitting there going, "Okay, well, what exactly is a life admin day?" It's

exactly as it sounds. It's one day that you schedule that you take for yourself.

Not so you can go on vacation, not to just kind of relax on the couch, not to run errands for everybody else, not to clean the house, but one day that you

are going to dedicate on purpose to getting absolutely everything that is piling up in the corners or riding around in the back of your car waiting to be dropped off somewhere or sitting

on the countertops or nagging you in the back of your mind. One day to attack it all. I am so excited that you are

all. I am so excited that you are watching this episode about creating the perfect life admin day here on YouTube and I just want to address what is going

on. So, this represents parts of my life

on. So, this represents parts of my life admin. Okay, I got bills here that I

admin. Okay, I got bills here that I need to open and deal with. Junk mail

that I want to get off of. I've got a laptop from one of my kids that has been sitting dormant with dust on it because I mean, nobody's been in high school in our house now. Oh my gosh. Soy has been

out for like nine years, 10 years. I

mean, I I we've got I got a laptop. I

got to figure out what to do with this thing. I know I should donate it or

thing. I know I should donate it or recycle it or something. But this is here. Um calendars. Calendars are very

here. Um calendars. Calendars are very important because I prefer to schedule life admin with calendars. This is just oh my god crap that I need to go

through. Post-it notes uh that we're

through. Post-it notes uh that we're going to talk about. headphones that you might want to put on when you're making your uh calls during the call block that we're going to talk about. And I've got

some highlighters in the back of this jar because there's some Sharpies in here, too. We're going to cross things

here, too. We're going to cross things off with a Sharpie because that's like really strong and we'll highlight things that we want to pay attention to. And

so, when you do your life admin at home, you might be surrounded by stuff. That's

cool. You might have prescription bottles that you need to remember. I'm

the kind of person that if it's physical, I'm more likely to, oh yeah, I got to do the prescription. These are uh birthday cards that we need to send out, right? So, these are all things that

right? So, these are all things that haunt me that I can't seem to get to.

You're going to be surrounded by that stuff, too. And that's a win cuz we're

stuff, too. And that's a win cuz we're going to go from having it haunting you to actually taking care of it in one day. And here are some examples of what

day. And here are some examples of what I'm talking about. These are things that people on my team said, "Oh my gosh, this is what I would use a life admin day." That standing desk that's still in

day." That standing desk that's still in the box. I need to set it up. Broken

the box. I need to set it up. Broken

boots that you think about every morning, but you haven't gotten them to the cobbler. A Wi-Fi router. You got one

the cobbler. A Wi-Fi router. You got one of those that has moved apartments with you twice. Amazon returns or returns

you twice. Amazon returns or returns that you can no longer return because they've been sitting in the corner waiting to be returned that they're past the date to return. Picture frames that need pictures. Birthday cards that

need pictures. Birthday cards that haven't been sent. Uh, for those of us in the US, the real ID, that ID that none of us have, 90% of people don't even have this thing and you need it to get on a plane. That's what this day is

for. It's for appointments. It's for the

for. It's for appointments. It's for the phone calls you don't have time to make.

And I promise you, if you can just commit one day of your life on purpose this entire year to plowing through all of these administrative tasks that drive

you crazy and take up space in your mind and ruin your weekends because no one else is going to do it. Holy cow, you are going to feel on top of the world.

You're going to get your weekends back because you're not going to have to spend your weekends trying to fit all this stuff in. And in just a minute, I am going to teach you a very specific

five-part framework that you will follow on this one intentional day that you're about to schedule for yourself. Here are

some of the payoffs from just one day.

You will schedule between six and 12 overdue appointment or tasks. And I'm

going to teach you a simple trick so that you don't have to think about them again for the rest of the year. I'm

talking about your hair appointments, your nails, your dentist, your doctor, the veterinarian, all those appointments for the next year. You will check off

between 10 to 20 open items. I'm talking returns, repairs, things that need to get mailed, stuff that needs to get

fixed. You will eliminate like bye-bye

fixed. You will eliminate like bye-bye between two and five things that just annoy you every day. You know, the missing light bulb, the batteries, the second set of keys that need to be made.

You know what I'm talking about. You

think about it once a day. You're going

to handle three to five things that you've avoided for months. Whether

that's a DMV appointment, it's paying for a bill. It's calling the doctor's office. It's talking to your health

office. It's talking to your health insurance. And you're going to free up

insurance. And you're going to free up future weekends and evenings. And most

importantly, by simply taking this one intentional day and following the fivestep framework that I'm about to teach you, you're going to feel capable. You're going to

feel back on top of your life again.

You're going to get so much brain space and peace back. So, let's get into the specifics. Okay. The first step of the

specifics. Okay. The first step of the life admin day process is just pick a day. And the day that I recommend that

day. And the day that I recommend that you dedicate to doing life admin if you can is Monday. So I do want you to open up the calendar. If you're driving, don't do that right now, but maybe think

ahead. You can come back and listen to

ahead. You can come back and listen to this when you have your calendar open.

Open up a calendar. Look at the next couple weeks. Pick a day. Pick a day on

couple weeks. Pick a day. Pick a day on purpose that you're going to designate as your life admin day. Valentine's has

a day. St. Patrick's has a day.

Groundhog has a day. You get to have a life admin day. And so I want you to pick it. I know you may be thinking,

pick it. I know you may be thinking, "Well, hold on, Mel. You're saying, "I got to take a day." Yes, you have to take a day. And you may be thinking to yourself, "Well, I don't have time to

take a day." And so, let me just address this notion that you don't have time to take a day to address things that are piling up and making you feel like

you're behind in life and stressed out.

I mean, you might be struggling financially right now and and you're working a bunch of different jobs and you say, "Well, I can't afford to take a day or you're constantly spending your

time caregiving or you're mourning or you're going through a setback or a diagnosis." And so, you already feel

diagnosis." And so, you already feel beaten down and life admin just feels like another mountain that you don't even have the energy to climb. And so,

let me speak directly to you if this is you.

Avoiding all of this because it feels hard and overwhelming just makes it worse.

It really does. You can handle this because simply saying, "I'm going to block off my calendar. I'm going to remove the distractions and I'm going to dig in. I'm going to open up these bills

dig in. I'm going to open up these bills even though I'm scared to. I'm going to make the phone calls even though I'm confronted by it. I'm gonna find the time to get to the DMV or to get my new

license or whatever it may be. Simply

doing that signals to you, to your brain, to your life, hey, there's a lot going on, but I'm still in charge.

Before I walk you through how you are going to move through your life admin day to get the most stuff done and to feel the best by the end of it, I got to cover some ground rules because the

ground rules also expose the mistakes that I've made in the past when I've tried to take a day to get on top of stuff. These are ground rules that are

stuff. These are ground rules that are mandatory. Okay, so ground rule number

mandatory. Okay, so ground rule number one, your designated life admin day is not a decluttering day. You are not

allowed to organize closets or sort through doors or do a spring cleaning.

Decluttering distracts you because decluttering is this thing that feels really productive as you're moving stuff around and you're making the drawer really pretty, but it's a trap because even if the drawer is pretty, you still

don't have any batteries. You still have bills to pay. You still don't have an appointment for your hair or your kids wellness appointment. You still have

wellness appointment. You still have cable boxes to return. You still have a bag of clothing that needs to be dropped off that's been in the back of your car for five months. And so it's stealing

your energy. And this is energy that you

your energy. And this is energy that you need in order to finish all the life admin stuff you've been putting off. So

rule number one, no decluttering. Don't

even think about it. Ground rule number two, try to get your house or apartment as quiet and as empty as you can. If

it's possible for you to be alone, I mean, what a luxury. I get it. But if

you can be alone, no people, no pets, no nobody that needs your time right now, the day works for life admin if you can stay focused and uninterrupted. I just

want you to make space to be able to do the five steps. Ground rule number three, this is your life admin day. And

so your life admin day is about you. And

the way that I'm going to walk you through these five steps, you need to think about yourself first. Then you're

going to think about other people. You

already try to handle everybody else's administrative stuff first. And that's

why you run out of energy before you can get to your own. The reason why the life admin day in these five steps that I'm going to walk you through is going to work because we're going to focus on you

and the final ground rule. There's

absolutely no shame, no moral judgment when it comes to when you take the life admin day, how you take the life admin day, what you're going to be digging

into during your life admin day, a life admin day is for you. And so by making the time, even though it may feel overwhelming, you are saying to

yourself, I feel capable. I am capable of handling this. And you will feel better simply by scheduling the day. All

right, are you ready? You ready to walk through how exactly we do the life admin day now that you got your day scheduled?

First of all, you're going to do a brain dump the day or the night before the perfect life admin day. It's as simple as it sounds. You're going to take

everything that is on your mind and you are going to dump it onto a piece of paper. everything that's unfinished,

paper. everything that's unfinished, everything that's bothering you, everything that is piled up somewhere in your house, every errand that you keep meaning to run, everything you keep

meaning to return. In fact, as we were preparing this episode, I was laughing with uh our senior producer Amy. And I'm

like, Amy, when you come over to tape this thing tomorrow, I want you to look to the right, when you walk in our front door and you are going to see a clear trash bag that is full of summer clothes

that have not fit me in a decade. They

are sitting there and by the way, they are on the floor under where the long coats are hung because I'm kind of hiding them. It's been there for 4

hiding them. It's been there for 4 months. And you know what I did

months. And you know what I did yesterday? Cuz I was embarrassed once I

yesterday? Cuz I was embarrassed once I told her. I actually moved it to the

told her. I actually moved it to the garage. Now, that's not life admin. That

garage. Now, that's not life admin. That

is moving my problems around and not actually fixing anything. Every time I walk past that clear bastic bag, you know what I say?

And then I also see the purple. I've got

this like sundress in there that's like a light lavender with a dark purple stripe and it reminds me of the summer that I was really really thin 10 years

ago before menopause. And then I'm like, and then I think about how much money I spent on that stupid thing. And then I feel like I only wore it three times and then I feel conflicted and then I keep

walking and then donate summer clothes goes back up into my mind. But not when you do a brain dump because if it lives in the paper, it actually can die in

your head. And there's some really

your head. And there's some really interesting research that explains why this works. If you're watching on

this works. If you're watching on YouTube, I am holding up the research from Baylor University. This is such a fascinating study. Let me tell you about

fascinating study. Let me tell you about it because I love this study. We've

talked about it before. So, this is right here from the director of the study. He's talking about, this is

study. He's talking about, this is Michael K. Skull, who's got a PhD, is

Michael K. Skull, who's got a PhD, is the director of Baylor Sleep, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Laboratory.

And he says, "We live in a 247 culture in which our to-do lists seem to be constantly growing and causing us to worry about unfinished tasks at bedtime.

And most people just cycle through their to-do lists in their heads. So they

wanted to explore in this study whether the act of writing down all the unfinished things that were on your to-do list before you go to bed if it had any impact on your ability to go to

sleep. Now here's what they found. This

sleep. Now here's what they found. This

is super fascinating and it shows you the power of writing down everything in your mind that you're currently holding on to.

They found that writing a to-do list offloads all of those thoughts that are up in your mind and it reduces worry.

And they found in this study that when people would write down their to-do list, they would fall asleep faster. And

they tested this against a control group that was writing down all the things they did. So you write down all the

they did. So you write down all the things you did do right, blah blah blah, all the things that you got done. And

then the other group wrote down they did a brain dump. What are all the things that I'm still worried about? What are

all the things that I have left to do?

It was the group that wrote down their to-do list that wasn't finished that fell asleep faster. Why? Because putting

it on paper allows it to live on the paper and it erases the worry in your mind because you have it on the paper.

And so that's what we're going to do in phase one. You're just going to write

phase one. You're just going to write down all of the things that are bothering you. And feel free to walk

bothering you. And feel free to walk around your house. Walk around your house. Look in the garage if you have

house. Look in the garage if you have one. Look in your car. What are all the

one. Look in your car. What are all the things that you need to do that are bothering you? The bills that are

bothering you? The bills that are stacked up, the returns that you don't have time for. Just keep writing them down. You can do this throughout the day

down. You can do this throughout the day before because things are going to keep coming up. Let me give you some examples

coming up. Let me give you some examples of things that our team currently have on their brain dump to attack on their life admin day. You ready for these?

Okay. Uh Ben has an air fryer that he's ordered, but he's too tired to put it together. So, for a couple months, he

together. So, for a couple months, he just keeps looking at it and ordering takeout. Uh Jesse has a car registration

takeout. Uh Jesse has a car registration that's two years late. I guess this is her version of gambling every time she

drives because you could Jesse, you could get a ticket, an expensive one for crying out loud. Here's another one. Uh

Tracy has a lab core bill from two years ago that she needs to do something with, but she can't figure out the lab core login. Like when you really stop and

login. Like when you really stop and think about what what is this going to take? 10 minutes and we've been carrying

take? 10 minutes and we've been carrying this stuff around for months and years.

A doctor who needs a copy of a scan that you got and you've been putting it off for a year. There's a picture that you need to hang in your bathroom that's framed. Good job. You got it framed, but

framed. Good job. You got it framed, but it's still sitting. Actually, I just thought of another thing. I bought the cutest little hook thing for keys. It's

brass. It goes with everything. It's in

the entry. Do you know where it is? It

has been sitting on top of my grandmother's cabinet 3 in from where it needs to go with the screws with my ski my my keys on top of

it for probably what 3 months you guys.

You've seen it laying there as if some magical fair is going to come and put it up for me. Oh my god. a walking pad.

Another person on our team ordered a walking pad four months ago. Guess where

it is? In the box in the closet. Uh oh,

another person uh is takes holiday cards and then puts a three-hole punch in them and then puts I guess a ring on them and then stores them. That That's a cute idea, but now it's haunting her because that was three months ago. For me, the

dogs, our dog, Homie, has gotten quite large and I realize I'm probably overfeeding him and I'm the one that's making him quite tubby and I need to do

a little bit of research, probably take him to the vet, find out what he weighs and what I should actually be feeding him. I I mean, I've been thinking about

him. I I mean, I've been thinking about this for 6 months.

Again, what was one of the ground rules, everybody? Life admin, no judgment. And

everybody? Life admin, no judgment. And

now, here's what I want you to do. Now,

you're going to choose your top five to 10 priorities. Okay? And I want you to

10 priorities. Okay? And I want you to take a highlighter. These are the priorities that are going to be top of the list for life admin when you wake up tomorrow morning. Now, how do you choose

tomorrow morning. Now, how do you choose these? You're going to highlight the

these? You're going to highlight the things that bother you the most. They're

the things that you've avoided for months. They're things that cost you

months. They're things that cost you money or time by not doing it. They're

things that create daily friction.

For example, TSA precheck or getting that real ID. There's something called a Real ID that's been here in the United States for I guess for like 10 years.

They've been warning us it's coming. 90%

of us in my company either don't know what it is or we don't have it which means we don't have it because we don't know what it is. We are still traveling with our passports. I have no idea if I have that thing or not. Doctor's

appointments, car service, the broken door knob, underwear. I'm going to say it. How long have you pulled on

it. How long have you pulled on underwear that is stretched out, stained, disgusting, and you're like, I need to buy underwear. And you're like, oh god. Okay. Well, I'll get to I'll get

oh god. Okay. Well, I'll get to I'll get to the underwear instead. I got to I got to read this headline. Okay, that's the kind of thing that can be on your brain dump. Sky's the limit. You're going to

dump. Sky's the limit. You're going to find that there's lots of things that make the list. You can keep adding to it. I want you to highlight the top five

it. I want you to highlight the top five to 10 things that you're going to commit to tomorrow. And here's the thing. Just

to tomorrow. And here's the thing. Just

making the brain dump is going to shift something inside of you because you're shifting the mental load from managing it upstairs to putting it on a piece of

paper. And so don't be surprised if

paper. And so don't be surprised if after doing the brain dump and highlighting what you're going to do, you feel a little excited, you feel a little motivated. And if you feel that

little motivated. And if you feel that way, you can grab a few wins tonight.

There's no problem doing some laundry or starting to kind of get yourself organized. Like if you start to feel

organized. Like if you start to feel like, "Wow, feels really good to get this down on paper. Wow, I'm really proud of myself that I'm taking tomorrow to just plow through all of these things

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you have set yourself up to hit the ground running to have the perfect life admin day. I'm so excited to explain

admin day. I'm so excited to explain this to you. So, you've got your calendar printed out so you're not going to look at your laptop. You've done your brain dump. You've highlighted the

brain dump. You've highlighted the things that are really bothering you that you kind of want to prioritize.

Now, you are ready to jump into your perfect life admin day. Now we have thought and researched extensively about how to structure this. We've looked at

research related to productivity to what's called cognitive load which is the kind of mental heaviness that you get. We've looked at decisionmaking

get. We've looked at decisionmaking fatigue. We've looked at research on the

fatigue. We've looked at research on the best time of day to do things. And what

I'm about to walk you through is the structure of the perfect life admin day.

And we are going to do our life admin day in five specific time blocks. And

the first time block of your life admin day is what we call the call block. And

it goes from 9:00 in the morning till 11:00 in the morning. You're going to spend 2 hours making phone calls and scheduling appointments to set the future you up for success. I want you to

sit yourself where you're going to be the most productive. For me, for me, I cannot do this at my desk. The reason

why I can't do this at my desk is because I'm more productive at the kitchen table. I'm less distracted. My

kitchen table. I'm less distracted. My

computer isn't there. And I, for whatever reason, just tend to move, move, move, move through things. And so

wherever you're going to be the most productive to be able to just put your head down and move through the call block, that's where I want you to be.

We're going to give you two hours to make phone calls. And here's how I want you to think about this. Now, for me personally, I don't like working with a computer calendar. And the reason why I

computer calendar. And the reason why I don't like working with a computer calendar when I'm going through a life admin day is it's way too easy for me.

I'm highly distractable to jump into Slack, to jump into texts, to all of a sudden be looking at emails. That's not

what you're doing. The way that you're going to be the most effective is if you've got everything that you need when 9:00 strikes in the morning. You can

print out your calendar for the next couple months. That way, you don't have

couple months. That way, you don't have to open up your laptop and look. Because

if you open up your laptop, you're going to get a text. You're going to look at social media. You're going to start

social media. You're going to start responding to emails. That is a death trap. So, print out your calendar. So

trap. So, print out your calendar. So

you kind of have a sense of what days you can book appointments for. Have your

brain dump next to you and then start making your calls. And we're going to start with the appointments that are related to you personally. And by

personally, I mean your physical, mental, emotional maintenance of you.

And here's the pro tip. We're going to start at your head and then we're going to move down. So what's on top of your head? Well, if you have hair, haircuts.

head? Well, if you have hair, haircuts.

We're going to move to your eyes. I know

it sounds so dumb, but we got to get everything for you, right? Do you need to get an eye exam? Do you need to get your glasses fixed? Your nose, your heart, your gut, your legs, your knees.

Oh, I forgot your teeth, your dentist. I

want you to really think about yourself top to bottom. And here's another incredible tip. You ready? When you call

incredible tip. You ready? When you call to make your hair appointment or you call to make your eye exam or you call the dentist, you call for your manicure, nails at the

end of your hands, make the appointments for all year. Don't just make it for the next time you're going. Make sure you make the next one, too. Put it on

repeat. If it's a monthly maintenance,

repeat. If it's a monthly maintenance, go ahead and schedule it all year. If

it's an annual appointment, do this year and next year. This is why I'm always frustrated because if I haven't done a life admin day and I'm calling at the last minute, all the freaking appointments are taken by people like

you who are organized. And so I want you to use that tip. You're not just making one appointment. Hey, well, I got you on

one appointment. Hey, well, I got you on the phone. Let's just schedule it out

the phone. Let's just schedule it out for the rest of the year. So, I get my haircut every six weeks. Let's go out six weeks. What week is that? Okay, let

six weeks. What week is that? Okay, let

me flip to my calendar. We're going to start with you physically. Then we're

going to move to your stuff. We're going

to talk about insurance. Do you need to book your car to be serviced? Do you

need to call the pharmacy or your doctor's office to refill prescriptions?

Uh, can you order everyday essentials in bulk like toilet paper, detergent? Can

you set up a subscription that you actually use? Once you figure out the

actually use? Once you figure out the kind of maintenance and upkeep of you, now you're allowed to move on to other

things and other people like the vet, like appointments for your kids that are driving you crazy, appointments for your mother. Then we're going to move on to

mother. Then we're going to move on to any place that you've been avoiding calling, any appointment you need to reschedu,

anything that you've been saying, I'll do it later. No. from 9 to 11, you're going to do it now. And if you're

somebody who has trouble sitting and just focusing, here's what I want you to do. This is going to sound ridiculous,

do. This is going to sound ridiculous, but I saw it on Instagram, which means it works. You ready? You're going to get

it works. You ready? You're going to get a leash or a rope or a belt, and you are going to tie yourself to your chair. I

know it sounds ridiculous, but if you leash yourself to the chair, you will catch yourself every time you go to get up because you're going to want to get up because this is very boring. But the

payoff is so incredible to know that this is done, that you have bulked these bookings, so you've taken care of it for a year. You got your dog grooming for a

a year. You got your dog grooming for a year. You got your dentist appointment

year. You got your dentist appointment this year and next year. You got your well visits for your kids way before sports season. So, you get your

sports season. So, you get your physicals. You are on top of this. You

physicals. You are on top of this. You

know how fantastic you're going to feel by 11:00.

Holy cow. Now, why does this work? And

why are we doing calls first thing in the morning? Because decision fatigue,

the morning? Because decision fatigue, which is you're just exhausted by the decisions that you need to make, it's the lowest in the morning. And these

calls create the biggest mental relief per minute, right? because you can bang them out. And if we push them later to

them out. And if we push them later to the day, a lot of these places are closed during lunch. A lot of people start having hold times later in the day. And so you doing it first thing in

day. And so you doing it first thing in the morning creates momentum. You are

leveraging your brain's like firepower first thing in the morning. And avoiding

this. A lot of these calls you've probably been avoiding or forgetting to do for 6 months. And that's created weight. The second you just pick up the

weight. The second you just pick up the phone and dial and you schedule it, it's like boom, that's done. Cross it off the list. Boom. Something that you've been

list. Boom. Something that you've been avoiding for six months, takes under six minutes. You're not going to fix

minutes. You're not going to fix anything. You're not running errands.

anything. You're not running errands.

You're only scheduling. You're only

calling. You're only putting things in the calendar for the future. One task at a time. When it's done, big check mark.

a time. When it's done, big check mark.

That's a great win. And you move on. If

it requires tools, a car, any emotion, it does not belong in the 9 to11 block.

And now I I know you're probably thinking, "Okay, Mel, if I'm doing calls, often times you end up on hold."

Like if you have to call your cell phone carrier, you know, like, "Oh my god, you're on hold for so long or you're on hold with the health insurance company while they forward you or cancel or you're on hold to change tickets for the

airline and you're on hold. What are you going to do?" you can have some things that are here with you that you can be doing while you're still in the chair.

Because I don't want you to leave the chair because if I tell you to go do laundry, you're now going to get distracted. If I tell you to unload the

distracted. If I tell you to unload the dishwasher while you're on hold, you're now going to be unloading the dishwasher and then you're going to be making lunch and then you're going to be doing something else. I need you in the chair

something else. I need you in the chair to get these calls done. But here are some suggestions for what you can do while you're sitting on hold. Number

one, you can keep putting other things on the brain dump. Number two, you can continue to look forward through your calendar and highlight days that are open for appointments.

The other thing that you can do, you can take your kids school calendar and make sure that it is laid out into your calendar while you're on hold. So, you

have key dates for what your kids have coming up in the next year in the calendar so that as you're making appointments, you have the key dates there. If you have a purse or a backpack

there. If you have a purse or a backpack from work, have it right next to you. If

you've got a 30 minute hold, pull that sucker out because you've been trying, you've been dying to like clean it out and get it organized and throw things out. Another pro tip, you can have your

out. Another pro tip, you can have your laundry basket next to you. You can be folding laundry while you're doing it.

Matching socks, anything that you can do in the chair while you're waiting on hold. Awesome. You know how incredible

hold. Awesome. You know how incredible it's going to feel to look up and it's 11 a.m. and you've made 20 phone calls

11 a.m. and you've made 20 phone calls and you've booked all these appointments and you've taken care of yourself and you're on top of it. I mean, that alone

would be worth the day. Now, once you've done all that, once you've got it in the calendar, once you've got the year mapped out, oh my god, give yourself a

round of applause. Doesn't it feel good?

Of course it feels good. Of course, now you can get up out of your chair cuz we're going to move on to time block number two, which is all about errands.

And I love this block, but I want to talk about what type of errands I want you to be running on life admin day

because errand block is not doing the errands that you do every week. If you

can get to the grocery store every week, we're not going to grocery shop from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today. Today, I

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today. Today, I

want you to take the two hours and I want you to do all those things that you can't seem to get off your list. And I'm

going to give you a bunch of examples of this. Okay? We're going to be doing

this. Okay? We're going to be doing things like dropping off the clothes that have been in the back of your car for the last 5 months. This is showing up and getting that interview done for

the TSA pre-check here in the United States. In fact, Charlotte on her team

States. In fact, Charlotte on her team was telling us a story that she rescheduled this exact appointment eight times because she kept telling herself

she did not have time to do it. And then

finally she just made the 5minute appointment work. That's all it took.

appointment work. That's all it took.

When she was done she was euphoric.

She's like why did I reschedu this eight times? Do you know how much time it took

times? Do you know how much time it took to think about it to reschedu? No. This

is the kind of errand we're running today. You're going to get the oil

today. You're going to get the oil change because it's been overdue for 6 months. You're going to go to the DMV

months. You're going to go to the DMV and you're going to get your driver's license renewed or your car registration done. You're going to show up at the

done. You're going to show up at the bank and close that account that you've been meaning to close because it only has $13 in it. And it's just time to do it. You're going to get your voter

it. You're going to get your voter registration done, your flu shot. You're

going to stop by the hardware store and pick up that part that you need or that battery that fits in your dog fence collar and you can't seem to find the right one online. You're going to find

that one screw size that you need in order to fix something and you can't get it online because you're not quite sure what it is. So, you need to bring the screw. It's been in your car for 4

screw. It's been in your car for 4 months in the cup holder. You remember

it every time you put your thermos down and it wobbles. There's that thing I need to do. We're doing that today.

You're going to drop off the two laptops that have been collecting dust since your kids were in middle school at that local nonprofit. You're going to stop at

local nonprofit. You're going to stop at the hospice regional center and you're going to sign up for the training and get more information. You're going to drop off all the books that you checked

out from the local library. You're going

to sign up and take a tour at the gym that you've been meaning to join for 6 months. And while you're there, you're

months. And while you're there, you're going to set up a free training with someone who works there so you can get a tour and be walked through and understand all the equipment this

weekend. You're going to actually mail

weekend. You're going to actually mail the Wi-Fi router from your move 2 months ago. And here's a pro tip for your

ago. And here's a pro tip for your errand block. I highly recommend that

errand block. I highly recommend that whatever errands you are choosing to run today in this 2-hour block, you write it

on a post-it note. Why? Cuz I know you.

And the second you get in your car, you're not going to feel like getting your oil changed. You're going to feel like going to your favorite store that's on the same road and wandering the

aisles. I want you to keep yourself

aisles. I want you to keep yourself honest. And if you put a post-it note on

honest. And if you put a post-it note on your dashboard in your car or you keep it on your phone as you're, you know, riding the subway or walking around the

city, you now have your marching orders.

And you are not allowed to take a detour while I'm in the neighborhood. And this

will keep you focused because you only got two hours and you got a lot of stuff to get done. As soon as this block is done, the errand block, it's going to be 1:00. It's time for lunch. And you are

1:00. It's time for lunch. And you are going to feel so amazing. Oh my god.

Because at least three to five things that have been haunting you are now done. And if you stopped right here at

done. And if you stopped right here at block number two, this day would have already been worth it. Holy cow. Because

block one was calls. Boom. We got that done. We got your life scheduled out.

done. We got your life scheduled out.

Now block two, boom, we got all those errands done that you don't normally fit into your week. Now we are cooking. And

that brings me to the time block number three. And we call this the money block.

three. And we call this the money block.

Now, don't get all freaked out because I know facing money can be a little confronting. I remember when my husband

confronting. I remember when my husband and I were struggling, the last thing I wanted to do was do a money block. But

here's what you're going to love about the money block. Because remember our ground rules. There's no judgment.

ground rules. There's no judgment.

There's no moral implications. We are

just going to use this time block in a way that reduces stress for you and that helps you get on top of something that's probably really bothering you

subconsciously. Okay? And all we're

subconsciously. Okay? And all we're going to do, I love this because the money block isn't about anything other than creating boundaries and power

around money in just two hours. And

here's what we're going to do. We're

going to follow the advice of the worldrenowned financial experts that have been on the Mel Robbins podcast.

We're going to link to all of their incredible episodes so that you can watch them if you want to and really focus in on the specific tactics and and

advice. I'm talking about worldrenowned

advice. I'm talking about worldrenowned experts like David Bach, Morgan Hel, and Tiffany Aliche. And Tiffany Aliche in

Tiffany Aliche. And Tiffany Aliche in particular is very specific about what she wants you to do. But all of them say the same thing. Are you ready? And this

is what the money block is for. You

can't get control of your money unless you first know where it's going. And

that's all we're doing with the money block. That's it. From 1 to three, we're

block. That's it. From 1 to three, we're going to figure out where's your money going. And then you know what and I are

going. And then you know what and I are going to do? We are going to block access that people have to your money that they shouldn't have access to.

Because you don't realize how many people are sucking money from you. So,

how about we use the money block to just put up some boundaries to just see where our money is going so you can be like, I don't think so. I think I can do better

than this. And so, here's the first

than this. And so, here's the first thing you're going to do in the money block from 1 to three. You're going to print out your monthly bank statement.

You get bonus points if you print out two monthly bank statements. And you are also going to print out all of your credit card statements. I'm talking the

charge cards. I'm talking store charge

charge cards. I'm talking store charge cards. Whatever they are, I want you to

cards. Whatever they are, I want you to print all that out and take a deep breath. Nobody's going to make you

breath. Nobody's going to make you wrong. I'm telling you to do this

wrong. I'm telling you to do this because this is what every single financial expert recommends that you and

I do. If you do nothing else but print

I do. If you do nothing else but print out your monthly bank statement and your credit card statements. And by the way, it might take you two hours because you

may not know all your loginins. You may

not know which credit cards you have.

Just taking two hours to get on top of that, you win. You're amazing. And the

reason why this is so important and why I want you to print it out, okay? Is

because then you're going to take a look at what is going in my bank account and what is coming out. What are the charges on my credit card? And here's what I want you to do. We're going to take that

highlighter, right? and we're going to

highlighter, right? and we're going to highlight where your money's coming out because I think you're going to be really surprised by how many little amounts of

money and big amounts of money are seeping out of your bank account every single month. Charges and fees you

single month. Charges and fees you didn't realize somebody's sucking from you. If you see charges but you don't

you. If you see charges but you don't want to pay anymore, or you're like, "What the hell is this?" or "Why am I paying for that?" or "What is this for?"

highlight that sucker, okay? Because if

you have leftover time at the end of this money block, which is from 1 to three, you get extra points for cancelling those things that are coming out on a reoccurring basis. I guarantee

you, there are things coming out of your bank account and being charged to your credit card that you don't even realize you're paying for. You may even have a credit card that you have not used in two years. In fact, I overheard my

two years. In fact, I overheard my father on the phone when I was visiting him last weekend and he was on the phone with a credit card company, a really big one. He was like, "Hi there. I'm calling

one. He was like, "Hi there. I'm calling

because I received two new credit cards in the mail with different account numbers, both of which charged me a credit card

fee for opening up the credit card." And

I believe that that happened because I spoke to two different uh representatives who I would imagine each opened up a different account so they

got credit for it. And I want to cancel the one with the higher interest rate.

And I want to make sure the records show that it was cancelled at the card holder request so this doesn't ding my credit.

And I was standing in the hallway like damn, go dad. And then I thought to myself, do I how many do I have credit cards that I don't know of? Like is this

like I once had a credit card that I didn't realize had renewed.

I had cancelled it and somehow in the cancellation of the credit card, the renewal came like within 48 hours.

Because this is the other thing you're going to find when you print all this stuff out, especially credit cards, you're going to be like, "Oh, wait a minute. This is about to renew, which

minute. This is about to renew, which means they're about to hit me with the annual fee. I don't even use this thing.

annual fee. I don't even use this thing.

I need to cancel it at my request now or I need to just like do I need to figure out what to do instead of just letting this stuff run me over. Every single

person on our team at 143 Studios, every single one of them said there is a streaming service on my bank account or my credit card that I meant to cancel. I

bet you have that, too. You know, you sign up for something to watch the Olympics or to stream that big event or to watch that movie that just came out and you're like, "Okay, well, I'm just going to sign up for this streaming service once and I'm going to do the trial offer and then I'm going to

cancel." And then you forget to cancel

cancel." And then you forget to cancel and then next thing you know, you're getting build $49 a month every month.

This is how you're going to use this time block because this issue is going to come up over and over and over again.

that free trial you signed up for, that thing that you returned that you didn't get credit for, the stuff that's coming out. And here's the thing. If 3:00 rolls

out. And here's the thing. If 3:00 rolls around and this third block, the money block, is now over, just get a folder and put these highlighted things. Make sure you

highlighted things. Make sure you sharpie out any account numbers. You

don't want that rolling around on a printout. But put all these in a folder.

printout. But put all these in a folder.

And now you can stick that in your purse or your backpack. And when you have a lunch break, when you're sitting in traffic, now these are the calls you can make. Do you see how this one life admin

make. Do you see how this one life admin day now sets you up to use pockets of time effectively to set yourself up for

success in the long term? And that is our third block. Don't you love that? I

didn't make you do any budgeting. I

didn't make you do anything complicated.

All I asked you to do in your life admin day is print out your bank statements for a month or two. Print out every credit card statement that you can find so you can see the interest that you're paying. You can see when this thing

paying. You can see when this thing renews. You can compare it all. And then

renews. You can compare it all. And then

I just want you to look and ask yourself, where's my money going? And

where are the holes and the leaks? I'm

going to plug right now. And simply

highlighting it now empowers you to be able to do that at any moment. You got 5 to 10 minutes to make the call and cancel whatever it is that you're paying for that you don't want. And there's

also so many services that it can help you do this that are free so you don't have to do this alone. I just love this block. And now that we're on a roll

block. And now that we're on a roll because you're like, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, get out of my bank account. I'm taking

my money back, man. I know where my money is going." Now we're going to move on to block number four. Block number

four is just like the money block, only we're going to do it with email. I love

this. We are going to unsubscribe from all the emails and all the apps you don't use. I mean, just just think about

don't use. I mean, just just think about that for a minute. You're going to take an hour from 3 to 4 p.m. the email

block. We are going to get out of here.

Get out of here. Delete. Delete. Delete.

Delete. I want you to unsubscribe from emails and apps that you don't use. I

want you to unsubscribe and I want you to cancel apps that you don't want to pay for. And I want you to clear out the

pay for. And I want you to clear out the clutter, the junk, the reoccurring garbage that's in your inbox. Because

every time something hits your inbox that is meaningless, it takes your attention away from something important.

And there's even if you're the kind of person that can just I can just ignore it, you know, whatever.

It still drains you. And there's

something crazy just empowering when you're like, "Unsubscribe. You don't get access to

"Unsubscribe. You don't get access to me. Unsubscribe. You don't get access to

me. Unsubscribe. You don't get access to me. I'm tired of receiving this email."

me. I'm tired of receiving this email."

And I felt bad about unsubscribing because it was the, you know, the mom of my daughter's middle school friend that has started a Substack and

somehow I've ended up on this email list that I don't want to be on and I don't want her to see that I've unsubscribed cuz I'm the kind unsubscribe.

Let her let her be disappointed. You do

not want to read her thesis on sourdough that she's sending you every week. Let

her be disappointed. You are taking your life, your inbox, and your power back.

And as we were talking about this as a team, uh our our executive producer Tracy, who is like the poster child, it's turning out for needing a life admin day. Sorry to throw you under the

admin day. Sorry to throw you under the bus, Tracy, but all the stuff that you're not taking care of is making me feel like I'm a little bit more on top of my life. Not a competition. Wait, I

just broke a ground rule. I said there was no shame and no moral judgment. And

I and I know you can take it, uh, Trace, and you've been laughing along, but I just want to share something because it's been so awesome to talk about and

to create this this episode with our team because everybody has so many stories about the clutter that is blocking your life and your brain. And

as we were talking about the email block, as we were just talking about it, Tracy started unsubscribing, check out the list of things. A floorish

shop in New Orleans that she ordered flowers for a friend from 5 years ago, she was on their newsletter list. The

gym that she belonged to in high school, that was like 13 years ago, still on the newsletter list. Uh, don't even get me

newsletter list. Uh, don't even get me started. When you do a really good thing

started. When you do a really good thing and you donate to a nonprofit or a political cause and then you somehow have your email distributed to some

super PAC or the national version of the nonprofit, I realize you're doing good in the world, but dear God, do not give my name to everybody because now you're

going to have 500 emails from a cause that you were once excited about. Now

you're like, I want to die if you send me another email. What was the other one that you had, Trace? That was crazy.

>> I'm looking through right now. Like a

restaurant that I >> Oh. Oh.

>> Oh. Oh.

>> Order one time from a restaurant. I

don't even live there and I can't even get It's like daily I'm finding out about the new specials at Colony Grill, you know.

>> Yes, I hear you. Do you hear that? Like

if you didn't hear that, she's basically like here's another one from a restaurant I ate at once two years ago.

I don't even live in that town or that state and I'm getting daily updates about the specials that they're offering tonight at this local grill.

Unsubscribe. Unsubscribe. You don't get access to me anymore. And taking this hour, I kid you not, you feel like you're taking a part of yourself back

because you are. Not everyone and everything and every business and every cause deserves your attention. And we've

gotten to a point in life where people can slide right into the DMs and the texts and the inbox. And this email block is where you say enough. My inbox

is already overwhelming based on work and my family and the things I'm actually interested in. I'm going to take the hour and I'm going to unsubscribe. And in doing so, I'm

unsubscribe. And in doing so, I'm doubling down on the importance of my focus. I get to say in a world that's

focus. I get to say in a world that's trying to steal my attention what is allowed in my inbox and what's not.

Because you've heard me say before, if everything's important, nothing is. And

if you have to scroll through 35 emails that you don't even remember signing up for, you can't find the unsubscribe because it's buried somewhere in the fine print. If you have to scroll

fine print. If you have to scroll through those things, they're still draining your focus. So, let's just take an hour. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete.

an hour. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete.

Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete.

Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete.

Don't you feel better already? Of course

you do. And one of the reasons why we left the email block to be from 3 to 4 is because first of all, you're probably going to be tired cuz you've made two

hours of calls with the call block.

You've done two hours of errands that you never do in the errand block. You've

also taken control of your money and seen where your money is going and you've started to put up very important boundaries and set yourself up to be empowered there in the money block.

The email block is the fourth block because you know we can kind of do this without any emotion and energy. You're

going to start to feel oh my god so empowered. you're going to freaking love

empowered. you're going to freaking love this that it's going to start to become a habit. And I also didn't want you to

a habit. And I also didn't want you to do this earlier because once you're on your phone or your laptop, it is so easy to get distracted. But I don't want you to get distracted. Don't be responding

to texts. Don't be responding to emails.

to texts. Don't be responding to emails.

This is just about cleaning up your email inbox. those thousands of unread

email inbox. those thousands of unread emails that you probably have, the lists that you got onto the things that you bought years ago or that your kids you

bought for somebody for a present and now you're getting all kinds of updates about snowboarding gear and you don't even snowboard.

Just go through, hit unsubscribe, and you'll never be emailed again from that address.

And now your inbox will be clean for the near future.

Isn't that awesome? Oh my god. You've

done so much.

You've done so. It's 4:00. You have done so much. Holy cow. Are you ready for the

so much. Holy cow. Are you ready for the final block? The final block of the

final block? The final block of the perfect life admin day.

Schedule your next one. That's it.

That's it. It takes five minutes.

schedule your next one. And here's from one friend to another. Now that you've done life admin in the way that I've

recommended it and you've gone in the order of the blocks from calls to errands to money to email to now scheduling the next one, you see the

power of it. You know the pitfalls. You

know how much you can get done. You can

schedule it for any day you want. I

don't really care because you now know how to do one. You can schedule it on a Wednesday. You could schedule it on a

Wednesday. You could schedule it on a Friday. You could schedule it on a

Friday. You could schedule it on a Saturday if you want. If you have a half day where you're not going into your hourly job or your shift work until the afternoon, you could take a morning and

do a call and an errand block. Boom.

That's the power of the perfect life admin day. Now that you understand the

admin day. Now that you understand the framework and the five time blocks, it never changes. And you can insert one of

never changes. And you can insert one of these whenever you want. And the more often you do these, the faster you can move through them because every life

admin day is helping you stay on top of the things that are important to you.

And it's helping you clear out the clutter and the distraction and the moneywasting things that start to get attached to you. It's the same five

blocks done in the same order every single time you do it. So, end the life admin by scheduling your next one. And

boom, you did it. What can you expect to change after you've done the perfect life admin day? You've done all five time blocks. Well, I'll tell you what.

time blocks. Well, I'll tell you what.

You're going to have a great night cuz you don't have to do anything. You're

going to wake up tomorrow and feel lighter. Your weekends for the next

lighter. Your weekends for the next couple months are going to feel free because you don't have weird errands that you need to run that are haunting you. The small tasks that feel

you. The small tasks that feel impossible stop feeling so scary. You're

going to feel capable again. You're

going to realize you're no longer behind.

And more importantly, you're going to have proven to yourself that no matter how busy and overwhelming life can get,

all it takes is one day and you feel like yourself again. I am so excited to see and to hear what happens when you

take this episode and you follow these five time blocks. Here's what I would love to hear from you. What's the thing that's haunting you? What is in the corner of your room? What's What are you

hauling around in the back of your car?

What is that thing that you cannot seem to get to and you know intellectually it would take you 10 minutes to get it done, but for whatever reason you just keep putting it off and putting it off and putting it off because I want to

normalize all of these things that drive us crazy. And drop in the comments, drop

us crazy. And drop in the comments, drop in the reviews, let us know what is the thing you're most excited to tackle or the dumbest thing you've been putting off that is causing you stress. I know

if you share what you're going to tackle in your life admin day, you're going to make somebody else feel a little less alone and empowered to do the same thing. I also want to thank you for

thing. I also want to thank you for sharing this episode in your family group chat. If you're tired of yelling

group chat. If you're tired of yelling at your uh adult kids about doing this stuff, let your friend Mel Robbins uh yell at them and explain to them how to do the perfect life admin day. And then

that way you can focus on your stuff for your life admin and they as young adults will know how to do their own life admin. And one more thing in case nobody

admin. And one more thing in case nobody else tells you, I wanted to be sure to tell you that as your friend, I love you and I believe in you and I believe in

your ability to create a better life and taking one day and following this five-part framework to give yourself the

perfect life admin day. Holy cow. That

is going to lead to you feeling so much better. You're going to have a better

better. You're going to have a better week. You're going to have a better

week. You're going to have a better weekend. You're going to have a better

weekend. You're going to have a better quarter. And by God, just that one

quarter. And by God, just that one change does create a better life. All

righty. I'll see you in the very next episode. I will be there to welcome you

episode. I will be there to welcome you in the moment you hit play. All righty.

Thank you for watching all the way to the end here on YouTube. Thank you for sharing this with everybody in your life whose admin you're doing. send them this episode so that they no longer lean on

you. They have the framework for doing

you. They have the framework for doing life admin all on their own. I can't

wait to hear what changes in your life when you follow these five time blocks.

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