Mental Health During A Pandemic: Tips To Keep Your Sanity! (Part Two)

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solo. Anything goes. I'm kidding. I have some

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kind of an idea for this episode today. So let's

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dive into it, shall we? Okay, first thing. So

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for people who are following me on social media,

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you probably, at the beginning of this pandemic,

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I was reading a lot. I was sticking to my schedule,

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but Once it became summer, I kind of fell into

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a... I wouldn't say runt, but I was falling into...

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I wouldn't say runt. I would just say... I don't

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have a good word for it. But I kind of just fell

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off of... that all the reading and journaling

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writing I did. And to help my mental health,

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I was just kind of just winging it. It was just

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not a good scene. And I watched TV during the

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week. And I'm not saying TV is terrible. for

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watching but I realized when I limit my television

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until the weekend it's more enjoyable because

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it's like well like I have DVR on regular TV

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but also I was like but I could also wait for

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the shows to go on Netflix and so And it's not

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enjoyable watching it during the week because

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it's like, well, I can get TV time anytime. And

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so I find it more rewarding. Okay, I can watch

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Netflix on Saturdays and Sundays after I do all

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my work in the morning on Saturday and Sunday

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and get through a whole busy week of doctor's

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appointments. And whatever else I'm doing, just

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podcasting, blog posting, you name it, I do it.

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Maybe that didn't sound right. I'll take that

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back. But, yeah, I fell off the bandwagon. I

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fell off the I Am Mighty kind of Jimmy's schedule.

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It is so well organized that I just fell off

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it. So over two weekends ago or last weekend,

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this past weekend, I don't know. So I decided

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to take a reset instead of, try to take a reset

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of what I've been doing and go back to what I

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was doing at the beginning of the pandemic. So

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I'm going to make this episode part two of how

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I'm staying sane during the pandemic. And there's

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actually new stuff that I'm doing too. And I'll

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explain that to you in just a few minutes. Or

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hours. I'm kidding. I don't think I could listen.

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I don't think I could talk for hours. I can talk

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for an hour, maybe an hour and a half, but hours,

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ooh, daunting. Anyway, plus I don't think I could

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listen to myself talk on editing this podcast

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for hours. That's the funny part. Anyway, so

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own podcast. It's focusing on part two of how

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I'm staying sane during this pandemic. And so

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let's dive into it. Again, I'm just doing what

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I just want to. I just want to point out that

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there's no bullet points in front of me. It's

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unscripted, as promised, because that was one

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of the big things. If I was starting this podcast,

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it's going to be unscripted, and it's not going

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to be fully planned out, so bear with me. Okay,

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with that being said, here's what I'm doing.

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I'm going to go back to some of the things that

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I was doing at the beginning of this pandemic

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and I'm going to throw in the new stuff if that's

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okay with you. So that's step one. Oh, not step

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one. First thing I'm doing again, even though

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I have scheduled time for reading for two hours,

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as long as I'm getting at least maybe 20 to 30

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minutes in reading in between stuff or or just

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or whatever I'm doing during the day I feel better

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because I mean like I'm of course I'm reading

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everything else like like editing blog posts,

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homework assignments, and whatnot, but I like

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to actually read something enjoyable, an actual

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book that I picked out. Here's a depressing story

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from school that I want you to read for a homework

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assignment. No. So that's not what I'm doing.

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So I'm trying to be more careful with my time

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of putting my reading back into my schedule.

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I mean, it was in my schedule, but I was ignoring

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it. It's not that I didn't think, but who knows

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how long this pandemic was going on for. I had

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to get back on track with reading. And I'm punishing

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myself with reading, but I just don't want to

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basically kind of over -reading everything. And

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you probably saw some of those social media posts

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about how reading owes me everything. If you

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follow me on social media, I'm not covering that.

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That's a whole different topic and ballpark.

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That makes no sense for this podcast episode.

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So number two, I've been getting rid of stuff

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that has been breaking. Well, I wouldn't say

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breaking, either malfunctioning slash breaking.

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It's kind of the same thing. I'm just getting

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rid of stuff that does not work anymore. For

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instance, I might have, yeah, I might have put

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in this, in one of my blog posts, maybe two of

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my blog posts, I talked about a journal app that

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I use called PenZoo. Well, silly enough, it's...

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It stopped syncing the other day. And I was like,

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why did it stop syncing? And I was like, that's

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weird. And I was like, perhaps that's just a

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bug. Well, so I mean, I didn't see the last update.

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There are so many ads these days wherever you

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get back to the show. I don't think Penn Zoo

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is out of business, but I think they kind of

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just stopped updating their app. So I got rid

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of that one and I found a different journal app,

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which I find much better. And it's called, what's

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it called? is called Daybook. I'm not going to

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go over every single feature, but one of the

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features I like is that it can sync across devices.

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And it also allows me to, and I also like the

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other feature that I can just put in how I'm

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feeling that day. It has a mood tracker. So it

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gives you like pre -default. So like you can

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just say, oh, I'm feeling ticked off or happy.

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And then it might ask a follow -up question of

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like, why? Did you sleep well or did you sleep

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terrible or whatnot? So those are the only two

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features I'm going to go over. And so I got rid

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of, so I've been journaling again, but then I

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replaced safe journaling, hence the day book.

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So that's still the same, but so then I'm getting

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rid of, All of that. And so, yeah, I finally,

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so, yeah, I, yeah, so I'm using the journal now.

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So I'm journaling again to write down what I'm

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feeling. after a long day of homework and just

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everything that I do. And so I had to replace

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that because I need something that syncs, and

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if it doesn't sync, why use it? Because it doesn't

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work. It's like saying, hey, I'm going to use

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Google Docs, and it stops syncing and doesn't

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work anymore. Oh boy. So that's what I'm doing.

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So number three, I've been trying to take more

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breaks, which I, in between my assignments on

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schedules. So, like me, I'll take a 30 -minute

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break during lunch, 10 -minute breaks for snacks,

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just to get up, stretch my legs, keep my blood

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flowing so I don't get any blood clots and whatnot.

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Because, you know, they say sitting is the new

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cancer, but that's old news. And number four,

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I haven't gone back. Number four, I have been

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using block scheduling to schedule where my breaks

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fit in. how many minutes and hours I'm spending

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keeping track of each activity I do so I can

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get all my other stuff done. And I use this app

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called, it's called, it's called Timetune. It's

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on the Google Play Store. I'm not sure if they

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have an Apple app. I believe they do. I could

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be wrong. But I guess time -tune, you know, the

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things with my Google Calendar. And I keep my

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Google Calendar strictly to events only because

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what was causing me a lot of stress and anxiety

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was You know how in Google Calendar you can have

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so many color -coded options? Well, I had, basically

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I had, I was trying to block schedule with Google

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Calendar, and it looked like the whole rainbow.

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It was just all over the place. And sometimes

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Google Calendar likes to be, It likes to show

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the month by default. And so you see all those

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events and it's like, I know I have free time.

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And honestly, well, maybe click on certain days,

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I might only have three or four tasks. But looking

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at the month view, just seeing all the stuff

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at once, it's like, I am overwhelmed. And even

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though it's... even if you click on the day,

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it's not that bad. You know, on my calendars,

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it's not that bad. But I was just getting stressed.

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So once I found Timetune, I put all the detailed

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events in there. So like my blog scheduling,

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podcasting, hanging out with... I put in my breaks,

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my breakfast, my lunch, my dinner, and then what

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I like about it, and for my Google Calendar,

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I'm just keeping my major events like doctor's

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appointments, haircuts, hanging out with friends,

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vacation time, and because it syncs with time

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too. Except it doesn't sync. It's not a two -way

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sync, so it's only one way. So all my events

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from Google Calendar goes to Timetoon, shows

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up in Timetoon, but the stuff in Timetoon does

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not sync with, doesn't go the other way and show

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stuff on Google Calendar, which it doesn't bother

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me because I like that because I'm keeping...

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I'm keeping a detail list on one location and

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keeping just the major events and whatnot in

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my Google Calendar because I'm just keeping my

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brain on an even keel. So number five would be

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I've been keeping all my notes and ideas and

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one of mine is an app called Notion. It's an

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all -in -one productivity tool. So I don't keep

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my class notes in there, but I might keep some

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ideas on blog posts and podcasts. and ideas from

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my website in there and recipes from the web.

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So I've just been saving everything in that.

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And again, this is all helping me deal with a

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lot of just, I wouldn't say stress, but just

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anxiety from going to so many different apps.

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It's like, can I just have one thing, just be

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in one place? And it's helpful. As a content

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creator, you don't want to go through one app

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to another app to another app to another app.

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It's like, can I find an app that has multiple

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functions so then I can streamline it a little

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in one place has been helping me deal with this

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pandemic because it's keeping me organized. And

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from someone like me on the autism spectrum,

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I like organization because if an event just

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pops up out of the blue without me expecting

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when the event is, I'm like, uh. This doesn't

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work for me. Here's a fun fact. Back in middle

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school and high school, teachers always had to

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tell me when fire drills are going to happen

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because I did not like the whole loud noise.

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:08.660
And I didn't like how it stalls me out of my

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:11.519
seat. I get it. That's why it's called a fire

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.299
drill. But people had to warn me ahead of time.

00:23:17.390 --> 00:23:20.849
I don't like surprises like that. I like good

00:23:20.849 --> 00:23:24.789
surprises like a birthday present or a Christmas

00:23:24.789 --> 00:23:33.109
present or a visit from my grandma or cousins

00:23:33.109 --> 00:23:37.150
and whatnot. Those are good surprises. A fire

00:23:37.150 --> 00:23:51.049
drill? Nope. So that's... That's number five.

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Number six, I've been doing a little bit of exercise

00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:07.049
in the morning, seven days a week. Not like 30

00:24:07.049 --> 00:24:09.230
minutes, not 20 minutes, not 10 minutes, not

00:24:09.230 --> 00:24:11.910
five minutes, but just holding a plank maybe

00:24:11.910 --> 00:24:18.220
for a minute, side planks. sometimes or just

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:22.440
a regular plank just because I want to keep my

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:28.140
core strong because the core helps you as you

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:34.880
get older so that's I'm just been doing that

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.279
just to wake up my body because you know how

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:40.279
you you're sleeping and your body is in a neutral

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.099
position but then when you get out of bed it's

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:45.720
like oh, I don't feel like getting out of bed.

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:47.900
But now I'm like, when I'm pulling up my body

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:50.539
weight and everything, it's like, oh, my body's

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:54.059
awake. Okay, I'm ready for stuff today. So I

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:56.680
do that right when I get out of bed. That's something

00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:01.119
new that I've been doing. And I'm not saying

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:03.099
I'm doing, I would count that as a double workout

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:10.660
because it's literally just a minute. And sometimes,

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:14.839
eventually I might go up to 10 minutes, but it's

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:19.500
not going to be like a 20 -minute workout or

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:22.799
whatever. It will not be considered as a double

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:29.319
workout. Your body needs a break, so no more

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:37.839
double workouts for me. So that's the number.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:43.819
Six or seven. I forget. Number seven. So number

00:25:43.819 --> 00:26:01.180
eight would be... This is... There are so many

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:04.079
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00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:54.180
thing really has nothing to really do with the

00:26:54.180 --> 00:27:02.940
pandemic. But what it deals with is still stress.

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:08.319
And so I've been trying to block those annoying

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:13.119
spam text messages that always remind you to

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:16.680
vote for this person, vote for this person, whatnot.

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:21.819
And it gets so annoying. And I'm on my political

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:26.200
soapbox, so don't get me wrong. But since it's

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:28.910
around... getting around closer around the time

00:27:28.910 --> 00:27:34.569
of the election. And no, this has nothing to,

00:27:34.809 --> 00:27:40.269
I'm not going to tell you who to vote for. I'm

00:27:40.269 --> 00:27:43.730
not going to tell you who I vote for. I mean,

00:27:43.769 --> 00:27:45.650
I didn't vote yet, but I mean, I'm not going

00:27:45.650 --> 00:27:51.490
to tell you. My favorite person is because that's

00:27:51.490 --> 00:28:06.779
not, that's not who I am. But what was getting

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:11.279
stressful for me is there's all these spam text

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:14.240
messages kept coming through. I found a way to

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:18.900
block all the apps, all the calls and everything.

00:28:25.909 --> 00:28:30.390
And so I dealt with that. But all the spam text

00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:32.829
messages and everything, I was like, this has

00:28:32.829 --> 00:28:35.490
got to stop. And it's like, I can't deal with

00:28:35.490 --> 00:28:38.910
it anymore. I was like, because some of them

00:28:38.910 --> 00:28:41.109
are just scams. And it's like, oh, you won a

00:28:41.109 --> 00:28:44.269
thousand bucks. And it's like, yeah, right. And

00:28:44.269 --> 00:28:46.529
I was like, if I ran a thousand bucks, what did

00:28:46.529 --> 00:28:50.049
I do? I was like, I don't remember entering a

00:28:50.049 --> 00:28:54.410
contest for a thousand bucks. Oh, great. I won.

00:28:55.740 --> 00:29:00.720
Too bad I don't remember what it was for. Anyway,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:03.579
I never got a text message that said that. Actually,

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:07.559
maybe I got one that did say that. But it's too

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:15.099
much spam text. And so I found this app. And

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:17.460
no, this is not a sponsor of the show, but it's

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:25.109
called Pulse SMS. I set out to block all the

00:29:25.109 --> 00:29:31.890
numbers that are not in my contact list. So you

00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:36.170
probably can block all the numbers and short

00:29:36.170 --> 00:29:40.630
numbers that are not on my contact list. No one

00:29:40.630 --> 00:29:44.130
can contact me again. I mean, only my friends

00:29:44.130 --> 00:29:48.609
and family members, but now I can see why they

00:29:48.609 --> 00:29:57.480
call the song Silent Night. But yeah, I've, yeah,

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.279
so that's been kind of just been annoying me

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:06.940
a while. So that's something new that I did during

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:10.759
the pandemic. And it's not helping me during

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:15.599
the pandemic, but I mean, it kind of is, if you

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:19.220
kind of, if you're like me, who doesn't believe,

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:25.349
who believes. that only the people that you allow

00:30:25.349 --> 00:30:27.589
to have your number should have your number.

00:30:27.970 --> 00:30:30.930
The government shouldn't have your number. No

00:30:30.930 --> 00:30:35.009
one should have your number. Okay, that was a

00:30:35.009 --> 00:30:37.849
little bit of my political soapbox. But I mean,

00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:40.009
that's for both parties. No one should have your

00:30:40.009 --> 00:30:43.490
personal number. And if they do, well, they probably

00:30:43.490 --> 00:30:51.210
have some kind of database. That's all I'm going

00:30:51.210 --> 00:30:55.230
to say on that. Again, not political rant, just

00:30:55.230 --> 00:31:05.289
kind of stating that. So the next thing, that's

00:31:05.289 --> 00:31:15.069
number nine or eight. Number nine, I've been

00:31:15.069 --> 00:31:21.839
limiting myself on social media usage. So I just

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:25.039
go through, scroll through newsfeed after newsfeed

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:30.480
after newsfeed because all I keep on seeing is

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.000
coronavirus this, coronavirus that, coronavirus

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:36.700
that. Yeah, and I've been doing that since the

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:41.460
day one of the pandemic. But then one of my tools,

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:46.380
I wouldn't say it never malfunctioned, but the

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:51.170
timer. the scheduled block that was locked for

00:31:51.170 --> 00:31:54.430
four months unlocked. And so then I started to

00:31:54.430 --> 00:31:57.789
stay on social media a little bit longer and

00:31:57.789 --> 00:32:03.029
let's just say it was just not a good sign. And

00:32:03.029 --> 00:32:10.029
so I learned my lesson on that. I have to be

00:32:10.029 --> 00:32:20.930
more due diligence. and keep to my blocking tools,

00:32:21.349 --> 00:32:29.890
scheduling, so I don't just look at all the coronavirus

00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:33.769
news. And of course now with the election coming

00:32:33.769 --> 00:32:37.109
up, all the election news, I don't care. It's

00:32:37.109 --> 00:32:41.289
the most annoying thing ever in the world. And

00:32:41.289 --> 00:32:45.440
your brain needs a break from all that. especially

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:51.119
it's all depressing and the news feed is never

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:59.759
ending. So that's number nine. Number 10, I've

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:14.730
been scheduling times with my friends, family

00:33:14.730 --> 00:33:21.529
members. Well, just recently I've been trying

00:33:21.529 --> 00:33:25.450
to come up with a scheduling system to block

00:33:25.450 --> 00:33:28.690
out certain times. Well, not block out, but I

00:33:28.690 --> 00:33:34.890
mean to schedule certain times that people can

00:33:34.890 --> 00:33:42.670
chat with me and hang out. in person if they

00:33:42.670 --> 00:33:53.049
don't have the coronavirus or virtually. If they

00:33:53.049 --> 00:33:58.990
want to chat I give my family members or friends

00:33:58.990 --> 00:34:04.130
the days a week I'm available and so they can

00:34:04.130 --> 00:34:06.750
kind of see what my schedule looks like for the

00:34:06.750 --> 00:34:17.000
week and I could also change it for and I could

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:27.599
also change it for during yeah I can change it

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:36.599
basically yeah I can basically change it for

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:43.900
basically so I can so people can see my schedule

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:49.559
and I'm tired of all the back and forth back

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:54.480
and forth emails and text messages it's like

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:57.159
are you free at this time no but I'm free at

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:59.900
this time but then they tell me I'm not free

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:04.000
at this time and it's like so yeah I'm tired

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:08.710
of all the back and forth and so I created I'm

00:35:08.710 --> 00:35:11.409
using free scheduling tools that can sync with

00:35:11.409 --> 00:35:16.409
my calendars on Google Calendar. And so it's

00:35:16.409 --> 00:35:23.190
like, here's my schedule. Here's what's worked

00:35:23.190 --> 00:35:28.650
for me. You work around it. And I'm done. Not

00:35:28.650 --> 00:35:35.460
to be rude, but so now I've been. I'm tired of

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:38.360
scheduling everything myself and working around

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:41.119
so many people's schedules. Here's my schedule.

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:43.900
You let me know what works for you. Schedule

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:49.199
it in my calendar from your end. And then it

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:58.039
will work for me. And great. So that's number

00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:19.119
10. 11. I don't think I have a number 11. Nope,

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:26.260
I don't think I have a number 11. So yeah, I've

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:31.000
done all these 10 tips. Some of them are new.

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:37.460
Some of them are just kind of recaps of the first

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:41.519
episode of How I'm Staying Sane During the Pandemic.

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:45.400
So this is the second one in the series. If you

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:48.440
need a refresher to go back to the first one

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:52.480
to check what I'm doing, what I was doing back

00:36:52.480 --> 00:37:01.699
then. Oh, I do know how to love. After I finished

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:06.480
all my bigger projects over the summer, having

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:10.860
a consistent look on my blog post, having consistent

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:15.559
tools that just keep working, consistent brand

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:20.280
look, and finishing up all that stuff, I started

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:23.840
listening to podcasts again. I still listen to

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:32.510
music. So just to help make it. pumped up to

00:37:32.510 --> 00:37:41.650
learn more and whatnot. So that's something I've

00:37:41.650 --> 00:37:56.610
been doing again. So basically all the things

00:37:56.610 --> 00:38:03.420
I've been doing has been keeping me has been

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:09.380
helping me stay sane during this pandemic. And

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:14.840
here's a 12th one just for an extra bonus. I've

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:17.360
been streamlining a lot of my social media marketing.

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:23.980
And if you're not an entrepreneur like I am,

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:28.639
that part doesn't apply to you. I've just been

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:31.960
streamlining things where I can post from multiple

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:38.980
accounts in one app. So it's just been helping

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:44.800
me keep an even keel and even, it's been just

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:47.679
helping me keep an even track and everything.

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:55.820
And yeah, I just, I basically did a whole reset.

00:39:00.080 --> 00:39:03.079
there are so many ads these days wherever you

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:07.059
go there are ads in movie theaters on tv on radio

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:10.139
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notes. Now let's get back to the show. I was

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:58.579
going down the wrong path. So I took a step back,

00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:01.719
thought about what's working, what's not working.

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:09.460
And so I made changes and it turns out it feels

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:14.300
like it's working again. So that's good news.

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:22.579
So all in all, I feel like I'm back on my even

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:32.239
track. of getting back in, of keeping my head

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:40.039
light of during this annoying pandemic. So that's

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:45.619
all for what I have today. And if you enjoyed

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00:41:03.130 --> 00:41:07.789
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00:41:07.789 --> 00:41:16.809
up, I have to say my next podcast episode I'm

00:41:16.809 --> 00:41:19.590
recording is going to be, I'm going to give you

00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:28.170
a sneak peek. He is This person is the next guest

00:41:28.170 --> 00:41:35.510
who's going to be on the podcast. He's autistic.

00:41:39.010 --> 00:41:43.829
He's also a motivational speaker like myself.

00:41:44.889 --> 00:41:49.670
And he has written a few books, which I haven't.

00:41:49.670 --> 00:41:54.489
Boo. I mean, not boo to him, but boo for me.

00:41:56.230 --> 00:42:08.250
I wish. And so there's that. And he has over

00:42:08.250 --> 00:42:12.530
a million followers and likes on Facebook. I

00:42:12.530 --> 00:42:16.889
don't know where else he's available on, but

00:42:16.889 --> 00:42:22.269
don't interview, we will find out. And he also

00:42:22.269 --> 00:42:27.829
has spoken at 900 plus events around the world.

00:42:28.329 --> 00:42:36.590
So he is a big step up. It's going to be a different

00:42:36.590 --> 00:42:45.510
kind of interview just coming up. I think it's

00:42:45.510 --> 00:42:48.349
going to be a really good one. It should be really

00:42:48.349 --> 00:42:52.780
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