Mel Robbins describes a two-hour "Life Admin Day" block from 9 to 11 AM where you make only phone calls to schedule doctor appointments, refill prescriptions, and order household supplies for the year. Work from a distraction-free spot with a printed calendar, check off each call as a win, and move through your body top to bottom, then kids and parents.
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The first time block of your Life Admin Day is what we call the call block, and it goes from 9:00 in the morning till 11:00 in the morning. You're going to spend 2 hours making phone calls and scheduling appointments to set the future you up for success. For me, I cannot do this at my desk because I'm more productive at the kitchen table. I'm less distracted. My computer isn't there. And I, for whatever reason, just tend to move, move, move, move, move through things. And so wherever you're going to be the most productive to be able to just put your head down and move through the call block, that's where I want you to be. You can print out your calendar for the next couple of months. That way you don't have to open up your laptop and look, because if you open up your laptop, you're going to get a text. You're going to look at social media. You're going to start responding to emails. That is a death trap. And we're going to start with the appointments that are related to you personally. And by personally, I mean your physical, mental, emotional maintenance of you. And here's the pro tip. We're going to start at your head and then we're going to move down. So what's on top of your head? Well, if you have hair, haircuts, we're going to move to your eyes. I know it sounds so dumb, but we got to get everything for you, right? Do you need to get an eye exam? Do you need to get your glasses fixed? Your nose, your heart, your gut, your legs, your knees. Oh, I forgot your teeth, your dentist. I want you to really think about yourself top to bottom. And here's another incredible tip. You ready? When you call to make your hair appointment or you call to make your eye exam or you call the dentist, make the appointments for all year. Don't just make it for the next time you're going. Make sure you make the next one too. We're going to start with you physically, then we're going to move to your stuff. Do you need to call the pharmacy or your doctor's office to refill prescriptions? Can you order everyday essentials in bulk like toilet paper, detergent? Once you figure out the kind of maintenance and upkeep of you, now you're allowed to move on to other things. And other people. Appointments for your kids that are driving you crazy. Appointments for your mother. Then we're going to move on to any place that you've been avoiding calling. Any appointment you need to reschedule. Anything that you've been saying, I'll do it later. No, from 9 to 11, you're going to do it now. You're not running errands. You're only scheduling. You're only calling. You're only putting things in the calendar for the future, one task at a time. When it's done, big check mark. That's a great win, and you move on.
