Hello, and thank you for joining us. This is Finding our Freedom, a show dedicated to empowering yourself, finding your freedom, and achieving the life you deserve. This is episode 26 of Season 2, and today is Tuesday, April 1st, 2021. That's right; it's April 1st, April fools day. If that's something you do, it also means that the first quarter of the year is over. Have you used this first quarter to improve your finances, your home, your life? If not, why not? What are you going to do to better your life in the second quarter? It also means that it's time to get those plants in the ground to help reduce that produce bill while increasing the quality of nutrition available to you, continuously improving your health. One way to improve your life is by reducing the time we waste doing things by building systems into our lives. If you look around you, everything that works well does so because of the system that it is part of or that comprises it. These systems in our lives create a recurring task or process. Classes, routines, and protocols are all life structures that help us get things done. Systems and routines should be placed into every aspect of your life. From the moment your wake up to the moment you go to sleep. When you wake up, you get up, take a shower, eat breakfast, check the news or your email, and have a cup of coffee. By adding some simple things to your nightly routine, you can make this much simpler. Set up your coffee pot, so it starts brewing while you're in the shower, set your clothes out, and place those things that you look for every day, wallet, keys, sunglasses in your go-bag, and your all set. This may allow you to get a little more sleep or, even better, add an exercise routine to your morning. When you get home, set up your bag for the next day, clip your keys to it, place your wallet in it and anything else you may need, and start unwinding. I also have a horrible memory, so I sit down each night and write down all the things I need to do the next day and cross them off as I go through my list. I find that writing things down is better for me than doing them electronically. I still have my calendar on my phone, but I look at that phone each night and place the list on paper. Life systems can help you maintain a balanced life because, once you've put the work into creating a system around an activity, it becomes much easier to support this activity in the future. This balanced life is also one of less stress.