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The Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm211 | How I Color Code Day Stacks - My Easy Time Blocking MethodHave you been trying to organize your day in a paper planner by using a color coding system, but can’t figure out what would work best? You certainly don’t have to color code anything, but I find that it can be very helpful when looking at your week to see what might be missing or to see if your time is being distributed the way you intend it to be.Today I want to share my color coding categories so that if you are feeling stuck, you can simply copy mine and see how it goes...
2025-09-2216 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm99 | Creating and Maintaining an Easy Organization System for Digital FilesOne area that we often forget to create a system for is digital organization. Back in episode 44 I talked about how to set up a system to organize your email, but today I want to touch on digital files in a space like Google Drive or Dropbox. Take my simple framework to build a system for digital file organization that is easy to maintain.Grab a paper and pen for this one and let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > ...
2024-08-2226 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm98 | 4 Food Shortcuts for Quick Dinners | Meal Planning Routine TipsWe are continuing the topic from last week to help simplify our meal planning routines! In today’s episode, we are going over four shortcuts you can use to get dinner on the table quickly. We want this area of life to be something that never has to stress you out again when someone asks... “what’s for dinner?”! Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com > Send...
2024-08-1919 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm97 | Three Lists That are Key for a Simple Meal Planning RoutineIf you are trying to sort out your meal planning routine and keep getting stuck, here are three lists I think can be helpful to everyone and that we use in our house all the time.Let's talk about it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com > Send an AUDIO REVIEW or ASK A QUESTION: speakpipe.com/theroutineadvantagepodcast > A.U...
2024-08-1519 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm96 | 14+ Ideas to Build Your BEST Morning RoutineWhen we are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, there is a good chance it’s because we haven’t prioritized what our bodies need. I have learned from experience that one of the best ways to start feeling less overwhelmed is to dedicate my time first thing in the morning to a morning routine that works for my life.Today, we are going to run through some ideas to help you build YOUR best morning routine so you can start feeling more rested, productive, and better overall!Let's get to it!Renae
2024-08-1223 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm95 | What to Do When You Overspend the Amount You BudgetedWhen you get your budget routine set up, you might feel really great. There is a lot of motivation and excitement and then…you overspend.If you aren’t sure what to do, this episode will help you out! I’m sharing a few tips on what to do when it happens and also a few tips on how to avoid overspending in the first place.Let's get to it!RenaeHelpful episodes related to this topic:EP 07 | The First Step in Your BUDGET ROUTINE to Stop the Money Stress...
2024-08-0823 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm94 | Are You Feeling Stressed Too Often? An Easy Step-by-Step Process to Evaluate Any Area of Life and Learn Where to Make Small ShiftsWhen an area of life feels messy and stressful, it can be really difficult to know where to even begin trying to make changes and even the THOUGHT of making changes can feel stressful in itself.Today we are talking about some simple steps to evaluate these areas that feel overwhelming so you can see where your time is being spent, what might need to change, and how to make simple shifts that feel doable.Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS:
2024-08-0525 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm93 | Hacks for a Cleaner Home! EIGHT Habits to Plug into Your Current RoutinesI’ve got a fun episode for you today! At least it will be fun if you like getting ideas on simple habits you can start to implement that will make it even easier to keep a clean home! ;) Let's get right to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com > Send an AUDIO REVIEW or ASK A QUESTION: speakpipe.com/theroutineadvantagepodcast >...
2024-08-0126 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm92 | Need More Energy? 3 Simple Tips to Get More ExerciseIf you have been struggling with your energy levels and are finding it hard to muster up the motivation to stay consistent with a movement routine, it’s okay. We have all been there! Today we are going to talk about three simple tips to help you get more exercise so you can start boosting your energy and feeling better without feeling overwhelmed with it all. Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to wor...
2024-07-2914 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm91 | Letting Go of Perfectionism to Make ProgressDo you feel like you are falling behind on everything? Or do you find yourself creating routines and then not following through with them?Let’s have a little heart-to-heart on why perfectionism might be holding you back and how we can make some small shifts so that it’s easier to build consistency and make progress!Let’s do this!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com > Se...
2024-07-2522 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm90 | Simple Dinner Ideas for EASY Summer Meal PlanningIf you have been looking for some simple dinner ideas to make your summer meal plan a little easier, I’ve got you covered! Today I am sharing some of the things that we do to make meal time a breeze so it’s one less thing to worry about and you have more time to actually enjoy your summer!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com
2024-07-2226 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm89 | 15 Areas You Can Declutter in 15 Minutes or LESSIf your house is driving you a little batty because it’s so full of STUFF, let’s tackle it one baby step (or area) at a time!In today’s episode, we will cover fifteen areas of your home you can declutter in 15 minutes or less. Do one every weekday and you are done in just 3 short weeks!Let's get to it!RenaeP.S. If you need more help in how to actually go through the process, you might want to check out episode 43 for a simple 4-step method to declut...
2024-07-1815 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm88 | 4 Things You MUST Consider When Creating a Morning RoutineDo you LOVE how your day begins each morning? Are you finding yourself enjoying the start of your day or do you feel stressed and rushed from the moment you open your eyes?Creating a morning routine is something that can and SHOULD be totally customized to an individual’s life, and that is the beauty of creating your ideal morning routine. So if you are struggling with your current routine, or maybe you’ve never had a morning routine, this episode is going to help! Let’s go over four things to consider to build the mornin...
2024-07-1520 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm87 | Four Ways to Get Your Routines Back on Track When You Feel Like Everything is Falling ApartAre you struggling to stay motivated and consistent with your daily habits? Sometimes life gets in the way of our well thought out plans and if we focus on an “all-or-nothing” mindset, we can get distracted from our daily routines and ultimately feel like our world is crumbling around us.If you are finding yourself in this space of losing motivation or focus and feeling overwhelmed, let me share four simple ways to help you get back on track!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESO...
2024-07-1123 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm86 | Why Cleaning Zones Don't Always Work and What I Suggest You Try InsteadHave you tried a house cleaning routine in the past that sounded great on paper, but you had a hard time keeping up with each cleaning zone? One area starts falling behind and it seems to snowball into a nightmare of dirty floors, mountains of laundry, and a constant flow of dirty dishes?Cleaning zones can be great for some people, but I am not one of those people. If you have tried cleaning zones and it hasn’t worked how you’d hoped, let me share with you an alternative. This is the ONLY way I have...
2024-07-0818 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm85 | “How Many Sinking Funds Should I Have?” 14 IDEAS for Your Budget RoutineWhen setting up your budget routine, you might wonder “how many sinking funds should I have?” Is there a specific number??Let’s talk about what sinking funds are and those you may want to consider. I hope this episode gets your creative juices flowing so you can set up a budget routine that works for you to reach your money goals!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae...
2024-07-0427 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm84 | 8 Practical Tips to Reduce Screen TIme When You Feel Addicted to Your PhoneA listener recently asked this question:"Okay! So I’ve organized my apps in a certain order so that I won’t get distracted and rack up my screen time. But it doesn’t seem to work because I’m still on my phone a lot. What do I do now?" - IzabellaThank you for this question, Isabella! This is a challenge, especially when we live in a world that is surrounded by so much technology. In today’s episode, I want to share a few things that I have found helpful for reducing my own scr...
2024-07-0132 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm83 | 3 Reasons to Consider Using a Grocery List Template and How to Create OneWhen was the last time you wrote out a grocery list? Have you ever noticed that there are certain things that are almost always on that list? One thing I implemented in our meal planning routine was a grocery list template. It’s not a copy/paste list from the internet that has a bunch of things on it that we don’t eat... It was created and customized just for us and I want to help you do the same so you can save time and make your meal planning routine even easier!Let's get t...
2024-06-2720 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm82 | Creating a Nighttime Routine for Better Rest Even If You're BusyDo you have a nighttime routine in place yet? When you are busy all day, rushing from one thing to another, trying to get all the things done, it can be really difficult to “wind down” at night because your brain keeps cruising along thinking about all the stuff you still have to do.That is why creating a SIMPLE nighttime routine (that is easy to stick to) can offer tremendous benefits for you!So let's talk about why you might want to create a nighttime routine and some ideas to get you started!...
2024-06-2429 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm81 | Finding Solutions for Drop Zone Areas That Collect ClutterIs there a spot in your home that seems to attract clutter like it has a magnetic pull? Sometimes you clean it and it feels like you look away for five seconds and it’s covered in junk again!Let’s talk about some ideas that you can use to get these trouble areas organized so you don’t have to keep dealing with the same mess over and over!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our websit...
2024-06-2027 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm80 | Not Ready for a Full Budget Routine? TRY THIS FIRST - Get Practice and Have Fun!Have you thought about starting a budget routine, but feel overwhelmed with the thought of overhauling your finances?Budgeting can sound super scary, but once you get the hang of it, it’s actually incredibly freeing! Yes, there is some sacrifice, but the worry and stress that it takes away is SO, SO worth it! However, if you aren’t totally convinced yet and want to have a little practice run, today’s episode will help you figure out how you can get a little practice and make it more like a game so you can get...
2024-06-1725 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm79 | 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Create Your Ideal LifeHave you ever thought about the kind of life you want to have? We are generally so focused on the immediate tasks at hand and the projects that are right in front of us, that it can be tough to zoom out and look at the bigger picture.Have you ever asked yourself…."Are the actions I am taking now creating the life I want to be living?”It’s an interesting question, right? In today’s episode, I want to share 3 simple questions you can ask yourself to help you figure this out! You...
2024-06-1313 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm78 | 6 Time-Saving Tips to Free Up 1 HOUR of Your Day (and probably more!)We are heading into the busy days of summer when there is so much fun to be had! Unfortunately, our responsibilities don’t go away just because the sun is out. Poo. No need to let that get you down though! Today I want to share six time saving tips that can help you free up at least an HOUR in your day and maybe even more! *happy dance*Let’s have some fun this summer! Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out o...
2024-06-1029 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm77 | Want to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone During Your Movement Routine? Try These 4 Tips!Have you ever wanted to add something to your exercise routine, but didn’t because you weren’t confident about it and didn’t want to look like an idiot? *raising my hand*I recently switched up my workout routine at the gym and it took every little bit of bravery I had, but…I finally did it! So let’s talk today about four things I learned in this situation so it can help you beat the fear when it comes to your movement routine and step out of your comfort zone, too!Let's get to it...
2024-06-0618 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm76 | The #1 Routine to Start First When Life Feels Too OverwhelmingOne of the struggles we hear often from women that find this podcast is that they don’t even know where to begin trying to get organized because everything feels overwhelming.Our goal here is to always help provide strategic options so that you don’t feel lost, but you can still make progress with your habits. We want you to feel supported with simple systems that you can utilize and begin to take small steps to organize the areas in your life that will help free up time and begin to reduce stress.I pull...
2024-06-0321 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm75 | Feeling Behind as a Busy, Work from Home Woman? How a TIME BUDGET Can HelpAre you tired of falling behind on your work, feeling like you just can’t find the time to get it all done? You might have a super organized workflow and know exactly which tasks need to be done, but for some reason, you just feel like you are ALWAYS working…or at least thinking about work and all the tasks that still need to get done.One of the great benefits of routines is that they can help us get off that train of never-ending tasks. Routines help us get organized and focused during blocks of our...
2024-05-3031 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm74 | Creating a Declutter Plan to Get Rid of the MessWhether we are aware of it happening or not, as life goes on, we collect STUFF. Before we know it, our homes are brimming with miscellaneous things. Yes, some of those things are useful and important, but so much of it is just “stuff” and even causes frustration because it always feels messy. When we have too much stuff, there isn’t enough space for everything to have a home, drawers and cupboards become too full to close, and we begin to believe that we just don’t have the skills to keep a tidy home.If your hou...
2024-05-2722 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm73 | 4 Phone Apps I Use to Help Me Maintain Consistent Habits and Routines and Make Life EasierI don’t know about you, but I personally love when I can figure out a way to help my brain stay focused and use little hacks that help me accomplish the goals I set out to achieve. And that is exactly what this episode is going to focus on!I want to share four apps I have on my phone that help me maintain consistent habits and routines to help me actually DO the things I want to do. It’s always nice when we find those little things that make life easier. I hope...
2024-05-2324 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm72 | Stop Procrastinating - 5 Steps to Get Out of a Funk and Get Things DoneDo you find yourself procrastinating? Pushing tasks off until they start piling up and causing more stress and overwhelm later? Maybe you keep pushing it off or making excuses because you are “too busy” or “don’t have time” or maybe you feel like you just need to work on it some more because it’s not how you’d like it. There are times for refinement, of course, but if you are anything like me, perfectionism is also just another form of procrastination. There is hope though! :) Today we are going to run through five steps I use to help m...
2024-05-2018 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm71 | 4 Home Cleaning Tips When You Struggle with ConsistencyDo you ever go in spurts of cleaning like a mad woman? Deep cleaning every room of your home and then finding yourself burned out and exhausted? Then you feel like you’ve done enough and you stop cleaning for awhile because there isn’t time to keep up with it all. So you let things go, but then everything seems to start falling apart around you…the messes pile up, the counters get cluttered again, the dog starts tracking dirt in so the floor gets gross, and the laundry heaps are falling out of the baskets.
2024-05-1618 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm70 | Make Dinnertime Easy! 5 Tips to Create a Meal Planning Routine You Can Actually Stick ToWhen we have busy days, one of the things you might find yourself grumbling about most is dinner. The constant barrage of questions like “What are we having?”If you are tired by the end of the day or tend to get a little cranky because you don’t want to deal with deciding what you are having for dinner and then also having to cook it, this episode is for you!Let’s go through five tips to create a meal planning routine you can stick to and also makes dinnertime a LOT easier. It’s tim...
2024-05-1323 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm69 | 5 Habits to Help Keep Up with DishesThe daunting task of doing dishes was never a chore I liked growing up, but over the years, I have actually found a process that not only helps me keep up with dishes - I actually kind of enjoy doing dishes now (shocking, right?)! Today’s episode is all about five habits I use to help me keep up with dishes and now you can use them, too!Here’s to easy dishes and a cleaner kitchen!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check...
2024-05-0917 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm68 | 8 Simple Steps for Your Budget Routine EVERY PaydayMoney stress is a real thing and I am very familiar with how it feels! Before my husband and I created our first budget and started working towards getting out of debt, we were living paycheck to paycheck, up to our eyeballs in debt, and never seemed to have enough money for even simple things - like a few groceries. We were constantly watching our finances, praying we wouldn’t overdraft, but also not knowing how to do it any differently.One day we decided we needed to make some BIG changes and get ourselves into a be...
2024-05-0629 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm67 | Organize Your Time by Planning a Day Stack (my version of time blocking)You have likely heard of “time blocking”. Some people love it, some people hate it and it seems like the steps of HOW to time block depends on who you are talking to.I have tried several different formats of time blocking and the version I use now is BY FAR my favorite way! So today, I’ll walk you through a simple way to organize your day by using a method that I call my “day stack”. :) I use my paper planner and a pile of erasable highlighters and erasable pens, but you can just grab a...
2024-05-0227 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm66 | 3 Journal Prompts When You Feel Rundown and OverwhelmedIf you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and rundown, it’s time to grab yourself a hot cup of coffee, a paper and pen, and tell your family you need some quiet time. Shut yourself in your room or lock yourself in a closet if you need to. Get cozy and give yourself a little space to go through these three go-to journal prompts. We are going to go deep so you can get clarity to get out of that funk. xo,Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: >...
2024-04-2909 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm65 | Struggling with Multitasking and Half-Completed Tasks? Try This!How do you feel about mult-tasking? Are you trying to do ALL the things only to end up feeling fatigued with half-finished tasks at the end of the day?I want to share one way I have made shifts in my own life, so that you too can have more focus, be more productive and not feel as drained at the end of the day.Let's talk about it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources...
2024-04-2516 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm64 | 4 Tips for Raising Kids from a Mother of 11 Children | GUEST: Kathy Wagner (my mom)Today is a special episode! I asked my mom (a mother of eleven children) to come on the podcast and share some insight on raising kids. We talked about routines she created when my siblings and I were growing up, things she wished she could go back and change, and even some encouragement for all mothers out there.If you are in the thick of motherhood, I hope you find our conversation helpful!- Renae.. ...
2024-04-2230 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm63 | Feeling Too Busy to Exercise? 5 Steps to Make Time for a Movement Routine You EnjoyWhen schedules are full, it’s easy to push ‘exercise’ off the long list of to-dos when it doesn’t feel like there is enough time in the day.The problem with this is that when we leave it out, we don’t get the amazing health benefits to help fuel our day with the energy we need. And when we don’t get that energy, we get more tired, sluggish, and more stressed and we aren’t able to keep up with our responsibilities as well as we could if we had more energy. That’s a cycle...
2024-04-1817 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm62 | Behind the Scenes - A Look at My Morning Routine (In This Season of Life)Are you struggling getting started each day? If you find yourself feeling tired and overwhelmed from the moment you wake up, we need to talk. A morning routine might be exactly what is missing to help you make shifts in the flow of your day.I want to share something with you. Today we are taking a little peek inside what my personal morning routine looks like - at least in this season of life. We are also going to cover some of the reasons why morning routines are so incredibly important and a few questions to...
2024-04-1525 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm61 | 4 Budget Tips to Help You Stay On Track with Your Money GoalsA budget routine is something that scares a lot of people, but if you are feeling any sort of money stress, a budget is the exact thing you need!When we can create a budget routine that works well for us, we can create a plan that relieves the pressure, helps keep us more organized with our money and actually creates more freedom when it comes to personal finances.Today we are going to cover four things that help my husband and me stay on track with our money goals and I want to share...
2024-04-1123 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm60 | 3 Reasons Why You Might Be Falling Behind on HouseworkWhen life gets busy, one of the common things that we start falling behind on is our housework. I know for myself, I used to swing from a cleaning frenzy where everything needed to be spic and span to wanting to forget it all and collapse on the couch while everything fell apart around me. But thanks to simple routines, I no longer have to let that pendulum swing. There are easier ways to keep a tidy home without feeling overwhelmed or having to spend half the weekend trying to catch up on the housework.I...
2024-04-0823 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm59 | Building Habits - 4 Tasks to Complete EVERY Night to Feel More OrganizedHave you thought about the things you do each night and whether or not they are helpful to your future self? Today, I want to share with you four simple tasks to complete each night that will help you feel more organized. Each one only takes a couple of minutes, but it will make you feel so much more at ease to rest well and be ready for the day ahead!I hope you enjoy!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out o...
2024-04-0415 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm58 | 6 Ways to Organize Your Kitchen and Create a Better Meal Planning SpaceA few episodes back (episode 53), we talked about five tools to make meal planning and kitchen organization easier. I touched on a few things in that episode, but today I’d like to expand on the kitchen organization with a few more tips so you can get even MORE organized in the kitchen.When our kitchen feels organized, it feels better. And when it feels better, the task of cooking is not only less daunting, it can actually be enjoyable. :) I hope you enjoy!Renae.. R...
2024-04-0117 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm57 | Always Feeling Tired or Overwhelmed? Make This ONE CHANGE and See What HappensThis episode has been a long time coming and I really want to tackle it today because I think it can be incredibly helpful to you if you are feeling tired and overwhelmed and aren’t sure where to start.You might not even realize how much of your time and energy is being sucked away because of ONE stinkin’ thing, but once we are aware of it - THAT is when we can begin to make changes for the better.So let’s talk about it and find out if this is something YOU want t...
2024-03-2820 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm56 | Creating a Morning Routine that is Flexible in Different Seasons of LifeOne of my most treasured routines is my morning routine. For me, I love the quiet early mornings to focus on the things I have chosen to start my day. And if I skip it, I feel it! But that doesn’t mean every morning is exactly alike either.I’ve been having conversations recently with other women about their morning routines, and one of the common things I’ve heard is that they feel like they aren’t keeping up with this routine because life gets too busy, but they still have a strong desire to have a m...
2024-03-2519 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm55 | 6 Laundry Tips to Actually Start Enjoying Your Laundry RoutineWe spend a LOT of time doing laundry in our lifetime. Since it’s inevitable, I made a decision to actually enjoy doing laundry so it wasn’t so daunting or annoying. If we have to do it anyway, we might as well be happy about it, right?! Today I want to share six ways you can start enjoying your laundry routine, too!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to wo...
2024-03-2119 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm54 | Five Time Management Tips When You Are Always Running Late or Feeling ScatteredDo you want to stop feeling like you are just trying to keep up with life? If you always feel a little (or a lot) scattered and can’t seem to be on time for anything, then this episode was made for you!I will be the first one to tell you that I am not naturally gifted with time management skills. I love task management and I feel like that comes very naturally, but TIME is a whole nother ball game. Haha! However…over the years, I have had to hone these skills and have tested a LO...
2024-03-1820 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm53 | 5 Tools to Make Meal Planning Routines and Kitchen Organization EasierIf you are anything like me, you enjoy hearing tips from people you follow on what is working well for them and even things they recommend. After all, learning from each other is one of the greatest benefits of having a community of other women doing this right alongside us!So today I wanted to share a few things that I have found to be super helpful in our life! This episode focuses on five tools we use in our house that have made our meal planning routine and kitchen organization easier! Even if you don’t us...
2024-03-1420 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm52 | Are Your Routines Rigid or Flexible? Which is Better? 6 STEPS to Create Productive Routines that Free Up Your TimeHow do you feel when you hear the word “routine”? Does it give you a sense of excitement to find some structure in your days or does it make you want to turn and run the other way?Whether you feel like a free spirit or a very organized person, you can still benefit from routines and use them to create more space and time in your day so you can stop feeling like you are being pulled in all directions! The question is - should your routines be rigid or flexible? Let's talk about it!R...
2024-03-1121 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm51 | Simple 10-Minute Routine That Can Help You Declutter and Get Rid of the JunkAre you feeling like your clutter is taking over your home? Do you have stuff pouring out of closets, bookshelves lined with random items and knick-knacks, papers piled up, clothes heaps toppling over, or even drawers stuffed so full that it’s difficult to close them?When there is so much STUFF to deal with, it can be hard to know where to start! Today we are going to use a fun little hack on how you can start clearing out that clutter and getting your house to a point where you feel like you can...
2024-03-0714 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm50 | What You Need to Be Tracking in Your Paper Planner to Build Consistency and Reach Your GoalsAre you struggling with having big dreams but you aren’t sure how to achieve them? Do you also love the idea of a paper planner, but you don’t know if you can actually commit to using it and are also wondering what the heck to track in there anyway?This episode is just for you because we are mashing those two things together! Let’s talk about what you should be tracking in your paper planner to help keep you on track, stay consistent and reach your goals!Grab...
2024-03-0427 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm49 | 4 Things to Consider When Trying to Break a Habit and Be More Mindful About Focus Routines When Working From HomeWe had a question come up in our Facebook Community and I want to help answer it today on the show! Stephanie was looking for help to build habits or routines to help prevent impulse snacking when she is working from home, even though she isn’t hungry. Can you relate? I know I can!Today we are tackling four things to consider when trying to break a habit and be more mindful about focus routines when working from home!Let's get to it!
2024-02-2920 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm48 | How to Create an Annual Task List to Get Stuff Done Without Feeling OverwhelmedIf you are juggling work, home, laundry, cleaning, yard work, and more…it’s time to pause. There is a LOT on your plate and when we don’t have a clear plan on when to tackle certain things, we constantly have it in the back of our mind, feeling like we are falling behind and that in itself is exhausting! Not to mention the additional energy we will need to actually accomplish the task.Today we are talking about how to create an annual task list. This is a simple list that may seem u...
2024-02-2620 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm47 | Use My Step-By-Step Meal Planning Routine and Make It Your Own!If you feel like you are trying to do 100 things at once, figuring out what’s for dinner might be one of those tasks that are frustrating and exhausting after a busy day. So let’s make it easier!Today we are talking about meal planning and I am laying out my personal routine so you can make it your own! Follow along, step-by-step, while you are actually creating your meal plan, or simply listen and take notes so you can go back and follow at your own pace. No ma...
2024-02-2233 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm45 | Setting Marriage Goals & Creating a Roadmap and Routine to Help You Reach ThemWe talk with our spouses about dreams and things we want to do, but have you ever sat down to actually set a plan and create the roadmap of how to reach them?This was something Tony and I recently did for our marriage, and I can tell you right now that it has been an incredible experience already! We are still in the “testing” phase of this routine, but I knew I had to share it in case you want to try it right alongside us.Grab a pen...
2024-02-1526 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm44 | How to Set Up a Functioning System to Organize Your Email & Keep It That WayWhen you think of “digital clutter”, is your email inbox one of the first things that come to mind? If your inbox is a bit of a nightmare and you are looking to get it organized in a way that is easy to maintain, then you are going to love this episode!You are most definitely going to want a paper and pen for this one, and maybe even your computer so you can walk through the steps with me. It’s a bit of work on the front end, but once you have this f...
2024-02-1238 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm43 | Use This Simple 4-Step Method to Declutter and Organize Any SpaceAre you feeling a little overwhelmed by all the stuff in your home? Getting spaces decluttered and organized doesn’t have to feel like a big chore or a ton of work!I want to share with you this 4-step method I use to declutter and organize my home! This task will no longer feel daunting, but can actually be exciting! Especially when you begin to see spaces in your home getting organized! You’re going to love it!Let's get to it!Renae
2024-02-0815 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm42 | 5 Cleaning Tips to to Make Housework Easier, More Efficient, or Simply More FunWhen you think of cleaning, do you feel stressed, overwhelmed or even a little annoyed? Well, today we are going to put a little twist on that! I want to share five tips that might help make chores around the house a little easier, a little more efficient, and dare I say…even a little more fun! Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: ren...
2024-02-0522 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm41 | Creating a Nighttime Routine that Sets You Up for Success Every DayHow do you feel when you wake up each morning? Are you feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day or are you getting up to dirty dishes in the sink, thinking about your to-do list, and like you need the biggest cup of coffee that is humanly possible to drink?Did you realize that how you end your night can affect how you wake up? It’s true! So let’s talk today about 7 things you can start doing every night to make sure you are waking up feeling as bright and peppy as t...
2024-02-0124 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm40 | Four Budget Tips to Help Stay On Track With Your Money GoalsWe are completing the first month of 2024, which means it’s time to check in on our monthly budget! How did it go?!Today I have four tips for you that will help you stay on track with your money! Follow these tips and you will finish each month feeling really great about your process AND your progress!Let's get to it!RenaeNeed help getting started with your budget? Listen to these!EPISODE 07 | The First Step in Your BUDGET ROUTINE to Stop the Money Stress! Bu...
2024-01-2927 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm39 | The #1 One Thing You Can Do Right Now to "Balance" Your Work and Home LifeWhen you are feeling stressed and are struggling to find “balance” between all your responsibilities at work and also managing your home, it can feel like there is no hope and no end in sight.We can go, go, go until we completely burn ourselves out trying to get it all done until we finally collapse in exhaustion and shut down for a few days. Then we snap out of it because we are tired of being overwhelmed and we motivate ourselves to do a flurry of tasks and hammer things out, feeling good and...
2024-01-2536 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm38 | Beat Procrastination with a Simple Trigger Task Built into Every RoutineWhen life feels out of control and it feels like we are being pulled in so many directions, our thoughts get flooded with all the things TO DO and it can stop us in our tracks. Instead of letting that overwhelming feeling take over and causing us to procrastinate, let’s talk about a few things that can help us get OUT of the chaos and feeling like we have a little more control over what is happening in our lives. The key thing we’ll talk about today is how a simple...
2024-01-2228 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm37 | A Little Secret You Need to Know to Keep a Consistent Morning RoutineHave you been trying to implement a morning routine, but feel like you are failing because you don’t have the time to get it all done before life starts happening around you?I have something important you need to hear. It’s one little secret that can make or break your consistency with morning routines!Let's chat!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: r...
2024-01-1808 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm36 | Meal Planning Method to Build Quick and Healthy Weekly Menus for Your FamilyI want to share with you a little trick I use when selecting the meals we are going to have each week. Sometimes I will use a favorite recipe or something new we want to try, but if we want to keep it simple and easy - this is my favorite method for building a meal plan quickly while keeping it healthy and accommodating different types of eaters! Grab a pen and paper and let’s go!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for...
2024-01-1515 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm35 | Going to Bed Without Washing Your Face? 3 TIPS to Begin a Personal Care Routine That SticksToday we are talking about a routine with a little different focus! I was asked about a personal care routine so in this episode, we are going to dive into 3 tips to help you find a personal care routine that actually sticks so you can feel great every day and a brief overview of some of the things I do each night to make sure my face is squeaky clean as I climb into bed! Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > C...
2024-01-1116 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm34 | How to Use a Paper Planner and a Google Calendar Effectively to Get Organized and Get Things Done!Are you a paper planner or digital calendar person? What if I told you that you didn’t have to pick a side and you can actually use BOTH! I love the creativity and the sense of calming that comes with writing in a paper planner, but I also love the convenience and accessibility of my Google calendar! Over time I have figured out a way that works for me to be able to utilize both in a way that works really well to help me get organized and accomplish my goals, WITHOUT having to...
2024-01-0843 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm33 | Use My Time Blocking Method to Organize Your Day Without Feeling RestrictedIf you feel like you are running ragged every day just trying to keep up with all of your responsibilities and obligations, I can relate! When I first started timeblocking, I realized my days were starting at 5:30am and ending around 10pm (without breaks) and I would be ending the day completely exhausted and feeling like I still didn’t accomplish everything I needed to do. This was also during a time that I didn’t have a morning routine yet so everything was taking my energy and I wasn’t prioritizing the time to get reenergized either. It was a...
2024-01-0420 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm32 | Getting Your Annual Base Budget Ready and How SINKING FUNDS Can Help You Stick to Your Monthly BudgetGetting your base budget prepped for the new year is one thing that should be at the top of your list right now! Together, we can make this the year that you stop feeling overwhelmed with money stress. In order to do that, you need to start with your base budget and then learn from there. You have permission to tweak it as you go, but the first thing to do is to refresh (or build) your base budget so you are prepped and ready for the year ahead!In today’s episode, I’m sharing a brea...
2024-01-0125 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm31 | The #1 Thing to Do NOW to Guarantee a Financially Stress-Free Christmas Next YearI hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Unfortunately, one sad thing about this season is that a lot of people tend to get very stressed this time of year because of the extra expenses. My husband and I used to feel the same way! But over the years, we have found our perfect after-Christmas tradition that has served us well! I want to share it with you so you can always enjoy the holiday and have fun celebrating the birth of our Lord, rather than being stressed about how you are going to pay for it all.
2023-12-2819 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm30 | Time To DREAM: Five Steps to Prepare Yourself For The New YearBefore you start this episode, you are going to want to grab a nice hot cup of coffee (or hot cocoa!), grab a pen and paper, and get cozy by a warm fireplace or in your favorite chair. It’s time to prepare ourselves for what is to come and be ready to dream while we welcome in a brand new year!Merry Christmas, friend!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.co...
2023-12-2520 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm29 | How to Create a Holiday Dinner Timeline to Get Rid of the Stress and Enjoy Time with Your FamilyI want to help you create a more enjoyable Christmas this year where you don’t have to stress about what dish needs to be made next, you don’t have to worry about something burning in the oven because you forgot about it, and you can even spend LESS time in the kitchen and more time visiting with your family by the Christmas tree!The secret? Planning ahead and sketching out your holiday dinner timeline! Grab a notebook and pen and let’s walk through it!Renae.
2023-12-2108 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm28 | Getting Started With A Daily Journaling Practice with Jenna HerrigToday is an exciting day! You get to hear from our guest, Jenna Herrig. Jenna is sharing how journaling can benefit you - no matter what life is throwing at you in this season of life. Whether you have been feeling overwhelmed, you are going through hardships in life, you have amazing things happening in your life, or even if you’re feeling stuck…this episode is for you!Jenna shares her journaling journey and her best tips on how you can get started, even if you have just 2-5 minutes a day. She helps keep it simp...
2023-12-1826 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm27 | Organizing Your Phone for More Focus & Less DistractionsIf you find yourself spending valuable time searching for an app on your phone, or even opening social media without thinking about it, it’s time to change something!Today we are talking about how I organize my phone and maybe you can take some of these tips too so you can reduce distractions every time you need to use it. :)Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae:...
2023-12-1418 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm26 | 14 Ways to Make Cleaning Easier So You Can Be Consistent With Your Home Chores & Still Have Time To Enjoy Your LifeAre you losing motivation throughout the day and finding it hard to be consistent with the chores to keep your home clean? I want to share with you 14 ways to make cleaning easier so that you can stick to your plan and still have time to spare!Let's get to it!RenaeP.S. I mentioned joining us in the Facebook community, but I missed telling you where to find it. Oops. Haha! You can join us here >> facebook.com/groups/theroutineadvantagecommunity .. RESOURCE LINKS:
2023-12-1133 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm25 | How to A.U.D.I.T. Your Current Habits To See What’s Working & What’s NotHey friend!When life becomes a rolling list of to-dos, tasks, meetings, appointments, errands, work, and so much more….it’s tough to see what needs to change to make it better.Today we are going to get OFF the rollercoaster for a bit so we can sit down to look at what is ACTUALLY working and what’s not. This is how we can see the bigger picture and start making changes to help improve our lives!If you want to grab the free A.U.D.I.T. Your Habits guide I put...
2023-12-0716 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm24 | 5 Tips to Break Through Debilitating Overwhelm That Hits RandomlyOne of our Facebook community members recently asked for suggestions on breaking through debilitating overwhelm that hits randomly. This type of overwhelm can catch us off guard in a flash and really throw us into a spiral. So in today’s episode, we are going to cover five tips to help prevent these overwhelming moments.I hope you find this episode valuable! ♡ Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com
2023-12-0418 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm23 | Copy My Home Cleaning Routine to Keep a Tidy Home and Stop Spending Your Weekends Catching UpThe purpose of a routine isn’t to create MORE work for you. It’s to help you simplify a process so that you can actually SAVE time and stop worrying about when everything is going to get done.That is why I created my daily 7 home routine almost TWO years ago! It has changed the way we clean the house and we no longer have to spend our weekends catching up on all the cleaning and laundry. Instead, we have a solid routine to keep the house tidy in under 30 minutes a day!Today I’m...
2023-11-3025 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm22 | Creating Time for a Movement Routine & Tweaking Her Meal Planning Routine - LIVE COACHING with Tricia MattHappy Monday! In this week’s episode, you get to hear my sister and me review some of the F.I.R.S.T. Routines she has put into place and then we tweak from there! Her goal for this session was to create a movement routine and hammer out some details to refine her meal planning routine in a way that works for her and her husband. We go through and edit her daily schedule template so she has a starting point that she can use as she plans each week moving forward and then she ca...
2023-11-271h 01The Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm21 | 4 Tips to Reduce Chaos & Overwhelm During the HolidaysDo holidays excite you and at the same time stress you out because you start thinking of ALL the things that need to be done? Dishes piling up.Kids fighting in the background.Food half cooked and burning at the same time.I’m going to share with you 4 tips to help you tackle Thanksgiving and STILL have a smile on your face when it’s time to eat!Happy Thanksgiving, friend!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out o...
2023-11-2212 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm20 | Get Rid of the Overwhelming To-Do List! TRY THIS INSTEAD!How often do you create a to-do list that has 30 things written down the page? And how often are you able to FULLY accomplish all your "to-do" tasks before more get added? Most of us create a to-do list that lists a bazillion things and we don’t have enough time to complete them all. So we end up with partly finished lists, then we continue to add more tasks, and it’s a never-ending cycle of a never-ending to-do list that leaves us feeling overwhelmed and always feeling behind. What would you say if I told...
2023-11-2021 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm19 | Let's Create a Weekly Meal Plan Together!Are you spending your time worrying about all the things demanding your attention only to end up at the end of your day feeling grumpy or stressed because now you ALSO have to decide what to do for dinner?Let’s take away that stress and walk through my process for creating a weekly meal plan! I hope this helps you have a more relaxing week!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resources and how to work wit...
2023-11-1616 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm18 | 5 Easy Cleaning Hacks I Love to Help Keep Up on HouseworkDo you struggle to keep up on housework? I want to help make things a little easier for you! In today's episode, I’m sharing 5 EASY CLEANING HACKS I personally use that help me a ton to keep up on cleaning, laundry AND clutter! Hopefully they will help you, too! You can use them all (it works really well to use them with the Daily 7 Home Routine) or just pick one to start with! :)Let's get started!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS...
2023-11-1314 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm17 | Stop Running Out of Toilet Paper! How to Create an Essentials List to Save You Time, Frustration, AND MoneyHey friend!Can we agree that it is SUPER annoying when you don’t realize you are out of shampoo until you are sopping wet in the shower? Or when you are trying to wash dishes, but realize you have no dish soap left so you start filling the bottle with water to try to get the last remaining suds out, hoping they are going to be clean enough to eat off.Many years ago I got so tired of randomly running out of things and making multiple stops at Walmart throughout the month ...
2023-11-1017 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm16 | You Created Your Base Budget...Now Let's Talk About What To DO With It!Hey friend!Are you ready to stop feeling the stress of always feeling “broke”? I remember the stress of using our debit card and wondering if there was going to be enough money in the account to cover that purchase.I also remember when we would check the bank account and see funds in there so we would proceed to spend it, only to realize that certain purchases hadn’t hit the account yet so then we’d overdraft.It was an awful feeling and it took a mental toll!I want to...
2023-11-0630 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm15 | Putting ACTION Behind Your "RPMs" to Improve ConsistencyHey friend!In episode 14, we talked about the four things to remember when building consistency (your “RPMs”). Now it’s time to break it down into ACTION STEPS so you can actually start making the changes you need for those RPMs to work for you! When you go through the action steps in this episode, you can start that movement, gain traction, and increase your consistency power! ;)Let's go!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check out our website for resource...
2023-11-0215 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm14 | Four Things to Remember When Struggling With CONSISTENCY: Your "RPMs"Hey friend!There is a word that keeps coming up in recent conversations. I’m also seeing it listed as one of the number one struggles of the women that are joining our new Facebook community. The word?Consistency.So…I sat down to think about what I could share and came up with 4 things you need to remember when it comes to building consistency! These are your RPMs!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Chec...
2023-10-3020 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm13 | Struggling to Find Time for a Morning Routine Because Your Days Are Filled Meeting The Needs of Your Family? 3 IDEAS TO TRY!Hey friend!Are you wishing you had a morning routine, but just can’t seem to make it work? Do you wake up and immediately start jumping in to take care of the kids, let the dog out, or pack lunches? Are you struggling just to be able to go to the bathroom by yourself, let alone getting an hour to yourself in the mornings?Some seasons of life are a little more hectic than others, but that doesn't mean you need to skip out on the time for yourself. Today we are tal...
2023-10-2610 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm12 | LIVE COACHING Strategy Session with Tracy McGeeHey friend!This week you get to listen in on a coaching call with Tracy McGee! Tracy is a wife, herbalist, soapmaker, and homesteader who is building a business, has 2 VA (virtual assistant) clients, and is raising two teenagers. She has a lot happening in her life, so we sat down to strategize ways she could make changes to help her days flow a little better so she could feel more organized. Let's get to it!RenaeP.S. There were a lot of technical issues on my end, so I tried c...
2023-10-2348 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm11 | How to Prioritize Your Tasks & Create a FLEXIBLE Daily Schedule Template with Time BlockingHey friend!You might think you can’t create routines for your life because every day isn’t the same. I’m here to tell you that that’s okay!Life is LIFE and I don’t expect every day to look the same. What’s important is getting your ideal day created as a DAILY SCHEDULE TEMPLATE. This is simply a starting point for planning your priorities and your tasks so that you can be productive, get things done, and STILL have time for you and your family. You don’t have to worry about...
2023-10-1612 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm10 | 3 HACKS To Staying Focused and Getting Rid of DistractionsHey friend!One of the recurring themes that is coming up in recent conversations is FOCUS and more specifically….struggling with focus and getting distracted.I will be the first to admit that I struggle with distractions as well, but I have learned a few things over the years that work super well for me. I’m going to share a few of them with you today in case you need some help in this area, too!Let’s talk about 3 hacks I use to stay focused and get rid of distractions!Renae
2023-10-0911 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm09 | WIN FREE COACHING?! Celebrating 1K Podcast Downloads!We just hit our first 1K downloads this week! This was an exciting milestone for me and I want to celebrate with you! I added a quick bonus episode to tell you how you can WIN FREE COACHING!I’m looking forward to the next 1K downloads with you!xo, RenaeP.S. We also have a NEW Facebook community! It’s free to join and is a place where we can hang out together! I hope to see you there! Join here: https://www.facebook.com/gr...
2023-10-0610 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm08 | Feeling Overwhelmed? The 5 Foundational F.I.R.S.T. Routines You Need to Get OrganizedHey friend!Are you feeling overwhelmed and burned out? Do you lack free time to have fun because your schedule is crammed with too much to do and you are left feeling exhausted at the end of the day? Do you feel like you are living your life checking off a to-do list that never seems to end?Let’s put a stop to this so you can actually have time to LIVE your life!It’s not about creating MORE time because we all only have 24 hours in a day. It’s about...
2023-10-0217 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm07 | The First Step in Your BUDGET ROUTINE to Stop the Money Stress! Building Your Base BudgetWe are talking MONEY today! How to build a base budget, make a plan to get out of debt, and STOP stressing about money! The topic of money and budgets can be a little touchy for some people and if me mentioning a budget starts to make you sweat - just take a deep breath and PLEASE don’t skip this episode. You need to hear this, my friend.I'm not a person that cries often and I had to pause mid-recording of this episode because it stirred so many emotions for me. I remember ho...
2023-09-2523 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm06 | Making Time For Exercise with a MOVEMENT ROUTINE When You Feel Too BusyHey friend!The desire is usually in us to WANT to be healthy, but when our lives are busy, it can be really tough to make time to exercise. This week we are going to walk through why you want to make time for a movement routine, what that routine might look like and ways to build your own, as well as tips to maintain consistency so you can keep your health a priority!Let's get to it!Renae..
2023-09-1818 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm05 | Daily 7 HOME ROUTINE | Creating Habits to Keep a Tidy Home & Take Back Your TimeHey friend!I don’t think I have ever heard someone say they don’t want a clean home, have you? The goal is always to have a sparkling clean kitchen, a perfectly styled livingroom, a pristine bathroom with fresh towels, bedrooms are clean with beds made, floors are clothing-free, and laundry is done and put away.A dream, right?Now I cannot promise you a perfectly clean, dust-free home (we all know I hate dusting), but I AM going to share with you some of the...
2023-09-1122 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm04 | 12 Steps For An Easy MEAL PLANNING Routine To Save Time & MoneyHey friend!One of biggest reasons for overwhelm during a busy day can probably be summed up in one question - what are we having for dinner??Today I’m sharing 12 steps for easy meal planning that will help you save time and money!You will be able to easily create a weekly meal plan so you bo longer have to stress about what to make when you are tired after a long day. You will no longer go to make dinner and realize the chicken is still in the freezer.
2023-09-0426 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm03 | Why a MORNING ROUTINE is Necessary, How It Can Help You, & How To Create OneHey friend!Today is a BONUS episode so we can chat about morning routines. Today did not start well for me and it just reaffirms my belief that a morning routine is necessary to get ORGANIZED with your time and REDUCE stress. If you haven’t created a morning routine yet, I’m going to help you decide to create one today! :) You can stop feeling like you are just trying to keep up all day and never have time for yourself!Let's get to it!Renae
2023-08-3115 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm02 | The #1 MUST-HAVE Routine To Break Free From The OverwhelmHey friend!Today we are talking about this KEY practice to start reducing stress, getting organized, and making time for what matters most. This one routine can be completely customized to what your life needs so you can have mental clarity, prioritize your time, and stop drowning in errands. Sounds too good to be true, but it really CAN make that much of a difference!Can you guess what it is? ;)Let's go!Renae
2023-08-2819 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce Overwhelm01 | HABITS vs ROUTINES vs SYSTEMS & The Role They Play In Taking Back Your TimeHey friend!As we get started on this journey of organizing your life, it will be important to understand what the difference is between habits, routines, and systems. They each play a role in your daily routines and when you start recognizing the differences, it will help give us a starting point in getting your home organized so you can stop drowning in errands and you can get your time back!Let's get to it!Renae.. RESOURCE LINKS: > Check...
2023-08-2111 minThe Routine Advantage | Simple Habits, Routines and Systems to Get Your Life Organized, Build Consistency and Reduce OverwhelmTRAILER | What Is The Routine Advantage Podcast About? Let Me Tell You!Are you waking up exhausted making a beeline for the coffee just so you can keep your eyes open?Are you making multiple trips to the store because you didn’t take the time to properly meal plan and then you forgot the toilet paper?Our lives are busy, but they don't have to be overwhelming. I’m Renae Matt and I’ve been where you are! I work full-time, I’m growing my own business, I want to spend quality time with my husband and family, and I also want headspace to think. Is...
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