S9E12: 4 D's of time management explained for SS.

Hello beautiful survivors, this is Karina, the host and creator of this top 2 podcast. The show is all about moving forward past the events of the stroke me showing you all my tricks, hacks and how to how I got to survive this world as a stroke survivor myself. Yes, 27 years ago I had a brain stem this section that led me to coma in the locked and syndrome.

It was an uphill battle, but if I can do it, so can you guys. Grab yourself a drink, pen and paper because the faintness of ink is better than the best memory. Come and join me here as we are recording today's episode because information leads to transformation. Before I commenced this episode, I would like to do a little bit of a clean house, meaning I would like to remind you to like, follow and subscribe on all and any platforms that you're currently listening to your podcast.

You can go also on my YouTube in the description. I will be leaving you all the links where you can get in touch with me, follow my work, join my groups, make sure that you share with Sugar Bear, you share the podcast because we want the algorithm to know that the stroke survivor movement, all of us, we are here to stay and we are here to support each other.

So like I said in the intro, grab a pen and paper because the painters of ink is better than the best memory. If you sit back relax today and you want to download the episode in order to take your notes afterwards, be my guest. Today has to be a day where I'm going to be talking about the 4D's of time management. Yeah, it sounds very generic because you can go on Google and find out what the 4D's are, but I'm going to put it in the context of a stroke survivor.

Give me, give me a chance here. Don't, don't, don't be too quick to judge. Give me a chance. You know, there's something I'm always saying about stroke survivors and it's that we don't have energy to spare. We have the right amount just for us. So anything that we can save as in time and in energy, in stress, frustration, I'm going to talk about it.

You know, the more years go on, the more years went on, the better I got at managing my time and figuring out what worked for me. Don't think it's all about me, me, me, me, me, me, me. It's about me sharing my story, yes. But what I want is for you to turn it over to you, to your reality, and see how you can change and shift things around to accommodate you right now.

Sounds like a plan. I think it's pretty fair. After having had a stroke, you know that we easily get overwhelmed. Anything and everything overwhelms us, and we can easily get distracted by sounds, by things around us. It's as if our brain can't manage too much at the same time. That's why it's important to declutter that brain and give priorities where priorities are due.

And that's what we're doing today. So not only am I going to talk about the four DS of time management, but I wanted to be really proactive for you guys. So I filled today's episode with ways that you can waste less time by managing that time better and putting that energy where it should go. Does that make sense to you?

You know, guys, I have a lot to do right now. I am now working from home, coaching full time. I'm trying, I'm doing the best that I can. I'm getting out there, I'm doing everything. I have my podcast that I, I thank you guys listeners and I, I mean, I thank my lucky stars because I really do have the best followers and the best community, if you will.

I have been so stretched out and, and, and I love it. I've been stretched out and my life has taken new turns, but at the same time, I too get overwhelmed. I too need to take that time and and and remove myself from the picture and analyze what works for me and what can I do and what can I not do. And I am those of you who know me know that I have this need, this constant need.

And tell me if this happens to you that I need to be efficient. I need to example, when I go in one room, I carry something. When I come back, I carry something, whether it be a cup, a pillow, a garbage. I constantly have to have something in my hand. Almost like I always have to have something in my head. I never thought about it like that. You see guys, you see what you're doing to me by having this podcast, by having this voice with you guys, I'm actually reflecting on my own things, on my own life, on my own BS.

So thank you for that. Thank you for allowing me and giving me the space to have clarity myself. That was the whole purpose of me starting the show. I was tired of seeing therapists after therapists. And I said, you know what, I've been doing this for 20 some odd years. I'm going to use the knowledge that I have gained over these years and I'm going to share it with the community. Share with the people that cannot necessarily have access to medical care, that don't necessarily have PT and OT in their insurances, that don't have a private, let's say organizer or a coach.

You know what? This podcast is free. I do have a membership for those of you who are very independent and who want to do everything by yourselves and you don't want to be here during the episodes and spending this time. You want to do it at your own time, but this show is free. This show was exactly embodying what I freaking wanted in 2021.

This show is transforming the lives of one person around the world at a time. Yes, only one at a time. That's all I want. And you know what? That's what's happening right now. That's how the show rose to top two on one category, top five in another category. So by using everything that I learnt, I put it here for these people, for you people that don't have access to insurance and this and that and these parts of the world where you don't have doctors or it's frowned upon to talk about mental health issues.

That's why if you notice in my show, we talk a lot about mental health or how work effects how our daily life, how not managing our time properly effects our emotional state or mental state. You see where I'm coming from with this. Let's get back on track. OK, so you guys often heard me talk about time blocking. I'm gonna make a full episode in full videos on time blocking. But it was the very first thing that I had been taught to notice that I am doing.

I felt like I was never doing enough. I felt like I could always be doing more, that I could be doing better, that I could be doing differently without noticing that I am doing a lot at one time. So the time blocking allows you to really, really notice visually. Shit, I am doing things and with today's show, it's going to be all about efficiency.

So this is going to be the time where I'm going to suggest that you grab your pen and paper because this is where you're going to want to take notes. Time management comes to productivity that there's a few things you need to consider in order to be productive. And when you're productive, you're not productive only at work.

No, no, no, no. You can be productive as a stroke survivor at home. And when you're not productive and you're not doing things efficiently, not only does it frustrate you, but it also frustrates your caregiver. So this episode today is for the both of you. OK, the first D, the first D I'm going to talk about is differ.

Now, what does differ mean? Different means that things don't need to be done right away. It could be done later on. Example, right now I have some dishes in the kitchen. And do I do the dishes or do I come here and record the podcast? I came here and recorded the show. The dishes can wait. It's still gonna be there when I come back, when this afternoon after lunch is still gonna be there. I don't like to have dishes in my sink, but this was more important.

How can you put that into play in your life? If someone asks you to do something, it's your right to say can I finish what I'm doing and I'll do it after. Whether it be your spouse that is asking for you to do something. Men and some women tend to be impatient and they want it now, but it is your right to say I will do it, but let me finish this first.

If you're someone that is working at the office and your coworkers or your boss constantly come in your office to ask you can you do this and that and this and that, absolutely write it down on the list. That way you don't forget anything, but you finish what you started first. Sounds good. Another brief example, you got a winning invitation and you need to send back the response card. Well, is it something that you have to go mail by yourself at the mailbox or can someone else go? If someone else can do it, that is differing. The second DI think you all know it, it is delegate. Ask someone else to do it for you. I gave the example of the letter being mailed. You can ask your spouse or

someone else that should not have been in deferred that should have been in delegate. I'm sorry about that. OK delegate, do I need to go do the dishes? No, I can ask my boyfriend to go do the dishes. I could ask my kids to go do the dishes or load the dishwasher, you know what I mean? You can also delegate if your car needs to be washed. You can delegate and go to a hand car wash. Spend 10 bucks, 15 bucks, get someone else to clean the car for you that time.

You could be on your phone calling a business partner or making a grocery list or anything for that matter. Get someone else to do it. That is delegating. You know that I'm very action prone, so the next one is one of my favorites. It is to do the third D is do example. You have your PT and OT.

You have to do it. No one else can do it but you, right? You have the stroke. You have to take these things. You have to go to therapy, you have to go to physiotherapy, you have to do fill in a doctor's, make your own appointment or call the government. You have to do it. No one else can do it but you.

And by the way, I'm going to say that nobody else is going to do it better than you. People don't like it when I say that. But yeah, you're best served by yourself, baby. That was a joke by the way. Even though it was true, it was a joke. And my all time favorite because you guys know how much I love to declutter and throw things away. The 4th D is delete.

Yes, delete means you are done with it. Think of it as garbage. If you pile up your garbage in your house, not only are you, the house is not going to be nice and the house is going to stink and you're probably going to be a little bit of hoarder. But if you pick up that garbage and you delete it from the whole picture, the living room is going to look much better, right?

Say your friend calls, your friend calls. What are you going to do? Well, you have to call. You will have to call back that friend. Do you need to do it right this minute, right now, or can you do it later? That means you're deferring. You're doing it later. Say that you're cooking and your child is asking for homework. What are you going to do?

Hmm. Well, I have to help my child because I'm the only one in the house with the child. I have to do this right? I have to do it myself. You don't differ, mind you, if your husband or a friend or sister, a bigger sister is in the house, you can defer and ask. Can you help your brother with his homework? You see where I'm going with this? You had you had plans to color coordinate your closet. OK, first of all, it's your closet. You want to color coordinate.

It's something that you like to do that relaxes you to go in your closet. You don't want someone else to do it. What are you going to do? You're going to do it yourself, but you are going to do it in time. You can defer it and do it later, but you have to do it. It's your closet. So when it comes time to to figuring out what works for you and what doesn't, or when should you be doing something, it's not always obvious. That's why I'm here.

You're more you can definitely reach out to me or reach out to the Internet or reach out to anybody for that matter, but figure out which D it is guys. This is what I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed. I hope you got some information and it's going to lead to transformation. Make sure you like follow and subscribe and I love you immensely.

I gotta go bye.

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