Get Up & Get it Done: A Simple Way to Get Your Life Back on Track
episodePreviously titled “Stop Feeling Behind: Get Back on Top of Your Life in 1 Day” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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Why do we constantly feel behind in life?
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I have been dying to talk to you. I'm so excited that you're here today because I have a hilarious story to tell you about what happened at work the other day. This is going to explain why your life, why my life, why it just feels harder than it should, and more importantly, what we're going to do about it. So first, the story. So we're all having lunch and Cameron, one of our amazing producers here at 143 Studios, turns to us all and is like, so check this out, you guys. my TV remote stopped working. And she was kind of laughing as she was telling the story. And she said, so, you know, I opened up the back and the batteries, they're dead.
But she went to look for AA batteries and she couldn't find any. So what did she do? Well, she did what you and I do. Instead of buying new batteries, she took batteries out of her keyboard and put them into a remote control. Problem solved, right? Because now the remote works but her keyboard doesn't. So now Cameron's laughing at herself as she's explaining that she basically walks around home with the only two AA working batteries in her pocket. She moves them from the remote to her flameless candles, to her bathroom scale, back to the keyboard. She's just popping them in and popping them out. And we're all laughing because we've all done this. I bet you have a story like this. We all do. We all have stories about needing to go to the DMV or calling your credit card company and being on hold for two hours or having an overdue appointment that never gets scheduled.
Or you've got this pile of shame where you've got Amazon returns that have taken a permanent residence in a corner of your house. These are these tasks that are called life admin. This is what it feels like when the administrative aspects of your and my life gets out of control because we're not stopping to fix the problems. We're just moving them around like the batteries in Cameron's pocket. You're moving the stress from one room to another, from one day to another, from one year to another. This stuff just follows you everywhere. It's almost like you and I have an invisible backpack of stress because we never run the errand. We never make the call or worse, you try to make the call on your lunch break only to find that the doctor's office is closed during the lunch break.
You're spending more time and energy staying behind than doing the actual thing that gets you ahead. And then what happens? The weekend comes and it doesn't even feel fun because half of your brain is still tracking all the things that you didn't get to do during the week. So here's what we're going to do today. First of all, I'm going to tell you this is normal. We are all struggling with life admin. We are buried alive under our bills and battery boxes and receipts and phone calls we need to make. And today... We're going to fix that. Today, I'm going to show you how to take one weekday and finally deal with this. You are going to get on top of your life again, because today on the Mel Robbins podcast, you and I are doing the perfect life admin day.
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I have been dying to talk to you. I am so excited that you're here. It's always an honor to be able to spend this time and to be together with you. And if you're a new listener or you're here because somebody shared this with you, and I think this is going to be one of these episodes that a lot of people get texted to them, I just want to take a moment and personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. You have picked an incredible podcast. podcast to listen to or watch because today you and I are going to do the perfect life admin day together. I have thought about this. My team and I have unpacked this. We are going to help you take all the invisible stuff that is quietly driving you crazy, that is making your life harder than it needs to be.
I'm talking about the calls you haven't made, the appointments you keep putting off, the
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why do we constantly feel behind in life?
0:00–8:15
2
What is life admin and why does it drain our energy?
8:15–14:05
3
How can dedicating one day change your life?
14:05–28:14
4
What is the five-part framework for a successful Life Admin Day?
28:14–34:23
5
What tasks should you prioritize on your Life Admin Day?
34:23–1:04:23
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