How to lead
A More Balanced Life
7 Ways To Live a More Balanced Life
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I still haven't met someone that's told
me that they're bored and they don't
have a million things going on anyone I
know and I'm sure most people if not
everyone you know says that they're
overwhelmed and busy and you know what
that means it means we need more balance
and this realization could not be more
true for Chad and I we work together we
run different businesses together we
have a baby on the way and with that
comes its own amount of stress and while
we try honestly there's a lot of
improvement that we could bring in so in
this video I'm going to share with you
some of the things that Chad and I have
been doing to regain balance and reduce
stress in our lives and hopefully it
will inspire you to do the same and just
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thumbs up if you could use some stress
reduction in your life you might have
heard this saying dreams don't work
unless you do and that really resonates
with Chad and I we put a goal list
together at the beginning of each year
it's something we've been doing pretty
much since we started dating about 11
years ago we put a list of goals
together for the upcoming year things
that we want to accomplish things all
the way from vacations to business goals
to personal goals like getting a new
house having a baby doing the renovation
all that kind of stuff all of that goes
on our to-do list for the year if we
write it down and we talk about it it's
more likely to happen and then at the
end of the year we review the list and
we see what we didn't get to what we did
and what of course we exceeded which is
always the most exciting now the thing
is you don't have to wait until January
1st to do this if you haven't done it
already you can just do it now it
doesn't matter but the point is if you
have things on your mind they're gonna
keep perpetually getting pushed out
unless you actually write them down and
get them done so if you haven't done so
already make that list and start taking
things off some of those things on your
must do list they're gonna require some
of this that means you need a budget and
budgets can sort of be considered a
four-letter word people don't want to
talk about them they're bad what
but everybody knows when you have a
budget it actually makes sense when you
sit down you look at your finances you
know where everything's going you and
anyone you live with your partner your
family you're all on the same page
financially and you can work toward
financial goals that's how things get
accomplished
that's how businesses can run
efficiently and that's how families and
people can run efficiently so if you
don't know where your money is going
every month or if you have a goal even
if you want to start planning for
retirement there are simple ways that
you can put a budget together anything
from an app Chad and I actually decided
to work with a financial advisor that
has been so helpful for us especially
because when people come into
relationships they have different
attitudes and opinions about money and
an objective person like a financial
adviser can really help hone that and
give the couple or the family what it
really needs for us having a budget has
really helped us hone our ideas about
what we want and manage our money
accordingly you got to give yourself
space each day and that means telling
everyone else to busy themselves and
give yourself 30 minutes or 60 minutes
of your own time just to reconnect with
you and disconnect from everything else
the way I do it currently I'm going
through a hypnosis program to help with
the birthing process I listen to a
30-minute hypnosis CD every day it has
been amazing I just relax a zone out it
is so good for me mentally who knows if
it's actually gonna work but it just
feels good up here and for Chad about a
year ago he started to face some
difficulties in his life and he needed
an outlet and what he decided to do was
go on these walks we have a beautiful
ravine by our house and throughout the
year I mean we have four seasons here in
Ontario he takes his camera with him he
takes beautiful photos you can see them
on Instagram every single day the
concept is called forest bathing and it
basically means you go out into nature
you reconnect and you feel so much
better those walks have been incredible
for his headspace now you knew this one
was coming but it's so true if your
space is cluttered or messy and
those two are different things it really
can impact the way that you feel about
your space it's so hard to come home
after a crazy busy day and walk into a
messy or disorganized home it just
doesn't feel good you can't relax and
you might be thinking yeah but I don't
have time to do a whole cleaning all the
time and make my place look perfect
listen you don't need to make it look
perfect you just have to start with
minor improvements and build from there
even small changes 5-10 minutes worth of
cleaning you can use our Express cleans
for that we have tons of videos there in
my book you can use that to help your
space look better in a short period of
time and it does change your
relationship with the space the more
time you invest in making it look and
feel beautiful the better you'll feel
about it and the less you'll want to
mess it up kind of weird how it works
but it does and when you're walking
through your home you can always prune
and edit as you go so if you see garbage
lying around if you see a pile of
laundry that needs to be washed you can
just scoop whatever it is up take it
with you on your way my hands full
theory do what you have to do and then
move on to your next task there are
always things you can do to help make
your space feel better and help you feel
calmer when you're at home I want to
make a distinction here between friends
that you have on social media and
friends or relationships that you have
in real life the ones that you have in
real life are the ones that are going to
support you through those really really
tough times the ones that you have on
social media then will be there for you
to an extent but it's completely
different so well you can focus on you
know having friends and posting things
online that's great and liking other
people's stuff that's one form of
friendship but to me the most valuable
form of friendship or the most valuable
relationships are the close ones that
I've created over the years with people
who helped bring me up when I'm down
people who can make me laugh at any time
and who I can do the same for those
relationships are the ones that are so
valuable and so meaningful in my life
those are the ones I love focusing on I
mean I love social media don't get me
wrong
but those friendships are the ones you
know when I see a friend and I'm down
and she or he can help lift me up and
make me feel better
that's what warm
my heart and I love doing the same thing
for those people in my life so over the
years have been very mindful to pick the
people I keep company with if there's
too much drama or those people are
negative and bring me down I'm not
friends with them anymore I mean I might
be friends with them on social media but
I won't choose to spend my quality time
with them the people I want to spend
time with again are those people who
lift me up and make me feel good and who
I could do the exact same for eating
mindfully is something that takes effort
but boy does it pay off it's so easy to
just say it's lunch and lazy I'm gonna
go buy something and just eat whatever
looks exciting or is convenient for you
but remember food is fuel it gives your
body the energy that it means it helps
you function if you're not eating the
right stuff you cannot function you'll
be tired you'll be stressed you'll be
Moody you'll gain weight all of that
kind of stuff and especially me right
now I have to be so mindful about the
way I'm eating because everything I put
in despite cravings and all the other
stuff is going to the baby and also I
want to be mindful about maintaining a
healthy pregnancy so I am eating
mindfully and with intention so what
that means is I'm looking at what I'm
eating and even if I'm eating in a
restaurant I try to make the best
possible decisions Chad does too at home
I try to cook healthy full meals with
protein and vegetables and starches so
that I'm getting what I need I'm fueling
myself I'm making sure Chad's getting
the same thing and we're eating well
when we eat well we feel well and when
we don't that's when you feel stressed
exhausted overweight and unhappy finding
a sleep routine that works for you is a
big deal there's this new thing called
sleep hygiene which to me so strange but
it's actually a really important thing
to do so for me I find that if I do
things before I go to bed that throw off
my sleep not only do I have a horrible
night's sleep but it also screws up my
whole next day because if I don't get
enough sleep the night before I'm
miserable I'm tired I can't function I
can't think straight
not a good scene so for me I need to
have good quality sleep and I have to
take a few steps back before I can get
there so what does that mean having a
comfortable bed having a great pillow
chad recently woke up with it what do
you call it crick in your neck or
something his neck was all messed up
because his pillow was bad
so that flagged us okay we gotta get him
a new pillow if I look at my phone I
find too much before bed the blue light
just completely messes with my ability
to fall asleep and frankly even TV I
find if I fall asleep in front of the TV
and then I wake up and I try to go back
to bed that's really hard for me too
so winding down finding a way to
disconnect finding a way to do things
that make you comfortable get you a
little bit tired whether it's taking a
bath spraying some lavender essential
oils around the room having something
hot to drink before you go to bed
whatever it is that makes sense for you
find a sleep routine that gets you in
bed and gets you a good quality six to
eight hours before you have to wake up
the next morning your body in your mind
will feel so much better
because you gave yourself a good night's
sleep that last point is something that
I have been thinking about a lot lately
and it's something that we're really
interested in here at clean my space and
we're thinking about putting a video
together about bedtime routines and that
kind of stuff and how it can affect your
well-being so I'd love to know in the
comments down below a few things first
of all how many hours of sleep do you
get a night or do you need to actually
function properly for me I find if it's
any less than six hours I am garbage
there's the next day and I definitely
need a nap and I'm miserable and you
don't want to go near me I'd also love
to know what is your before bedtime
routine so anything that you do to wind
yourself down and get yourself ready for
bed and finally do you have a TV in your
room or do you think that that is
totally sacrilegious let me know all of
your answers in the comments down below
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