143. Getting Out of the House in the AM
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The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms
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Why does getting out of the house in the morning always feel so slow?
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I'm Kelly Nolan, a former patent litigator who now works with women to set up the Bright Method in their lives. The Bright Method is a realistic time management system that helps you manage it all personally and professionally. Let's get you falling asleep proud of what you got done today and calm about what's on tap tomorrow. All right, let's dig in. Hey, hey, and welcome back. All right, today I'm doing one a little bit on the fly. I just got off the phone with a friend who was like, hey, I need your advice. It takes me so long to get out of the house. And like, what do I do about that? And it's such a great question because I think we all go through periods of time where you're like, why does it take me so long to get out of the house?
What do I do about it? It throws me behind. I leave scrambled. I'm driving in a way that I don't want to be all that kind of stuff.
How can I realistically estimate the time it takes to leave the house?
And I'll do another episode about what to do if you are running late. But for now, I just want to talk about how long it takes to get out of the house. And this can apply whether you are, you know, without kids, with kids. Obviously, kids can make it take a lot longer. But even just alone, like even when I'm alone and I don't have kids, sometimes I'm like, man, it's taking me a long time to get out of here. So I want to talk about that. I want to talk about three things that I think about when I hear people talk about, particularly in the morning, trying to get out of the house and why does it take so long. The first is really just embracing the fact that it does take you that long. Instead of trying to think, how do I do this faster?
How do I get out of the house faster? Really just kind of embrace. It just takes me a while to get out of the house. How long does it tend to take me to get out of the house? My guess is it takes about 15 minutes from the moment that you're like, I got to start moving to I'm in the car backing out or however you leave the house. It takes about 15 minutes or longer. You know, if you have kids, definitely longer. I'm just talking as like a single person with even without the kids trying to get out of the house, it can take 15 minutes. If you have kids, it's probably a solid 20 minutes, 20, 25 minutes. Because as we all know, you have kids and it's like, who needs to go to the potty? Let's get shoes on. Let's get shoes on 15 more times.
All that kind of stuff. It just takes a long time. And instead of rushing it and living in denial that it takes so long and just wishing that it took less time, what would change if your approach was, I'm just going to embrace that it takes me this long? And while that might not be the answer you want, because I mean, I think that we all are like, I wish it took us less time.
What does it mean to “embrace” the actual time needed for my morning routine?
It is the reality. And when you embrace the reality of how much time things take, then you can realize actually plan and account for that in your plans in that day and that has a domino effect on you know how rushed you feel when you leave the house how rushed you feel when you're doing the driving how you show up at your next thing it's a much more calm place to be to just be like it takes me you know 15 20 minutes to get out of the house plan for that accordingly start moving towards the door you know 15 or 20 minutes before you actually have to leave the whole experience is more calming
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does getting out of the house in the morning always feel so slow?
0:00–1:31
2
How can I realistically estimate the time it takes to leave the house?
1:31–3:10
3
What does it mean to “embrace” the actual time needed for my morning routine?
3:10–6:09
4
How do I calendar my current reality instead of my ideal schedule?
6:09–7:54
5
What strategies can I use to free up or shift morning minutes?
7:54–10:38
6
How can I break down the 20‑minute “out‑the‑door” block into actionable steps?
10:38–12:43
7
What is the firm “no‑squeeze‑in” rule and why is it helpful?
12:43–14:50
8
How should I capture spontaneous ideas without derailing my morning?
14:50–16:31
Speakers
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