Get the Right Stuff Done Every Day Using Hustle Sanely 5
Looking for a productivity tip that helps you get the RIGHT stuff done every day? Look no further - Hustle Sanely 5 is your new hero 🙌🏼
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⋒ How to use Hustle Sanely 5 in your daily life to get more done
If you've been part of the Hustle Sanely Squad for more than 3 days, you've probably heard me talk about Hustle Sanely 5 🤞🏼 Hustle Sanely 5 = our daily action steps to Hustle Sanely. It's made up of 5 tasks that we do every day to help us make real progress on our goals without sacrificing our mental health and relationships.
Today, I’m sharing exactly how I use Hustle Sanely 5 every day to help me get the right stuff done.
We’re gonna start by going over a quick summary of what it means to Hustle Sanely -- kinda gotta know that to really get HS5, ya know?
So to Hustle Sanely means that you are taking ownership of your time and energy so you can live a peacefully productive life, working toward your dreams without sacrificing your mental health and relationships. It’s choosing peace, presence, and purpose instead of overwhelm, striving, and burnout. Hustling Sanely is a lifestyle, not just a one-and-done productivity tip (sorry if I tricked you with the title of this post, lol)
So how do we live this peacefully productive life? By following The 5 Keys to Hustling Sanely:
01. Get your mindset right.
02. Get clear on your vision.
03. Define your priorities.
04. Create your routines + schedule.
05. Implement Hustle Sanely 5 every day --- whoop! This is where we’re going to hang out today.
So what is HS5 then?
Well as you know, it’s the 5th Key to Hustling Sanely! But going deeper, think about HS5 as your daily action steps for how to Hustle Sanely. HS5 is a list of 5 intentional things that the Hustle Sanely community does every day to help us ditch overwhelm, clear the clutter, and focus our best time + energy on things that actually align with our goals so we make consistent and sustainable progress without sacrificing our mental health + relationships. Of course, I won’t leave you hanging without naming the 5 tasks in case you are new around here:
01. Complete your Focus 3
02. Move your body for 30 minutes
03. Tidy for 15 minutes
04. Say or do one kind thing for yourself
05. Say or do one kind thing for someone else
Now the juicy stuff -- how do I actually use HS5 in my life to help me get the right stuff done?
I’m gonna walk you through exactly how HS5 plays out in my day-to-day life. And I’m gonna do my best to give you multiple lenses to view each HS5 item through because here’s the thing, we are dynamic beings. We aren’t robots and we don’t wake up feeling or needing the exact same things every day. I always tell y’all that our schedules and routines are tools, not chains because this routine of HS5 is not meant to bog you down but is meant to help you take care of yourself and your people as you purposefully pursue your goals.
01. Complete your Focus 3
Real quick -- your Focus 3 are the 3 tasks that you deem most important each day. The tasks that you want to give your best time and energy to. Now I did an entire podcast episode dedicated to tips for choosing your Focus 3 so if you need some guidance with figuring out what tasks to include, go listen in to that episode.
Here is how I use Focus 3:
I have a task list for each week -- it’s broken into my Top 3 (which are the 3 priority tasks of the entire week) and Other Tasks.
To determine my Focus 3 each day, I look at my weekly Top 3 and create smaller + specific action steps from those.
Sometimes I’ll pull from the “Other Tasks” list as well if something from there absolutely needs to be done on a certain day because of a deadline or whatever.
I personally plan my Focus 3 1-2 days in advance but not more than that because so much could happen day-to-day so I leave space for things to change. So at the end of my workday, I get out my daily planning notepad (you can see what it looks like at jessicamassey.com/daily) and I map out my Focus 3 for the following day.
I know some gals in the BFF membership community have mentioned that they like to have a Focus 3 for work and a Focus 3 for home - that is fine! I’m all about y’all taking the Hustle Sanely principles that I teach you and making them work for you! There aren’t many black and white rules when it comes to living a peacefully productive life.
Examples of some of my Focus 3 tasks as of late:
Complete and submit edits on planner draft
Submit files for journal sample
Prep for and complete coaching call (for the BFF membership)
Design mailer inserts for shipping
Map out a timeline for a new course (yes, the Peacefully Productive Schedule course that is coming this fall)
Write podcast script
Your Focus 3 will ebb and flow from day to day and week to week depending on your season and what your current goals and priorities are. Monday-Friday, I use Focus 3 for work tasks because most of my personal goals don’t require checkpoints and deadlines (they’re more habit-based), and then on the weekend, sometimes I’ll use Focus 3 to help hold me accountable to resting and taking care of my mental health + the important relationships in my life. So weekend Focus 3 examples could be:
Going out with a friend
Doing something with my husband
Cleaning out my closet
Reading outside
Visiting family
Remember, your Focus 3 tasks are what you choose to give your best time and energy to -- things that align with your goals and life vision.
02. Move your body for 30 minutes
Move your body for 30 minutes for my typically looks like going to the gym -- I am a retired personal trainer and so I love getting intense workouts in. Right now, I’m going to a gym that only offers group fitness classes, and I actually just changed my workout regime because my old one wasn’t supporting me.
Before, I was waking up at 5:30 and doing my morning routine then leaving for the gym at 7:30 to make my 8 AM class, getting home around 9, eating breakfast, showering/getting ready for the day, and not starting my workday until like 10:30 and then I’d clock out at 6:30.
I found that I was getting flustered because I didn’t like starting my workday so late since I know I do my best creative work earlier in the mornings. I’m working on a lot of creative projects in my business right now so I decided to flip-flop my schedule to account for that.
Now I wake up at 5:30 and do my morning routine until like 7. Then I get ready for the day and start work by 8. I finish up work by 4 and head to the gym around 4:45 for my 5:15 PM workout classes. I’m done with those by 6:05 so then the evening is dedicated to my relationships.
I use my morning routine to nurture my mental health and my evenings to pour into my people -- husband, family, and friends.
I would say I change up my workout routine every 3-4 months as needed to support my seasons changing. And I do take 1-2 rest days a week from the gym but I still like to move my body on those days for my health and some ways I move for 30 on gym rest days:
Playing pickleball
Going paddleboarding
Going rollerblading
Going biking
Following a yoga flow on YouTube
Waking the pups
03. Tidy for 15 minutes
I have a soft spot for this one because let me just tell you, I LOVE keeping our living space clean and tidy. I operate better as a human when my space is calm.
I usually do my tidy for 15 in between my morning routine and starting my workday. I don’t have a set schedule or list that I follow but instead, I set a timer for 15 minutes and I just do what needs to be done around the house. Adam and I are pretty good about cleaning up after ourselves as we do things so it’s usually possible for me to get a good bit done in that 15 minutes each day.
The morning I’m writing this script, my tidy for 15 was spent scrubbing both of our toilets and the glass shower in the master bathroom. Yesterday, I spent it folding and putting away a big load of laundry. Sometimes I’ll choose a room and just do what I can in that room for the 15 m minutes -- so like wipe the fridge and counters if it’s the kitchen or wipe the baseboards and lint roll the couch if it’s the living room.
And sometimes, I’ll spend the 15 minutes doing a digital clean-up -- decluttering my email inbox and/or laptop desktop.
Doing the tidy for 15 minutes every day has really helped me cut down how much time I spend cleaning on the weekends. I like to do one deep clean a week where I spend about an hour attending to the whole house to keep things in order. Before it would take me 2-3 hours and now I’m done in like 45-60 minutes. It’s so sick you guys. Plus our home is always “guest ready” for when unexpected guests pop in.
04. Say or do one kind thing for yourself
When I created HS5, I thought this one would be the easiest for people to do but this is the one that I get the most questions about! “Jess, what do you do EVERY SINGLE DAY that is kind for yourself?”
I’m here to tell you -- these things do not have to be monumental, they just have to be intentional! They can be big things some days -- like treating yourself to a pair of shoes you’ve been eyeing or whatever but the purpose of me having you say or do one kind thing for yourself every day is to hold you accountable to keeping your own cup full so you can serve others well. It’s to make sure that you are not neglecting your mental health. It’s to help you establish healthy self-talk habits in your mind.
Here are some of my favorite say/do one kind thing for myself moments:
Say an affirmation out loud while standing in front of the mirror (Y’all know I love a good affirmation because the words we speak about ourselves are a big freaking deal)
Go to my favorite coffee shop to work for the day
Treat myself to an extra-long lunch break so I can finish a good book
Pausing to do a few deep breaths and stretches before moving into a new task
Going to bed 30 minutes early without feeling guilty about missing time with my husband
Giving myself a fun new mani before starting my workday
When you’re planning your kind thing for yourself each day, it’s totally okay to wing it! You can just pause and ask yourself, “what would I really love right now?” and go from there!
05. Say or do one kind thing for someone else
Now as a very goal-oriented gal, I used to really struggle with truly recognizing others throughout my days. I’d have that tunnel vision syndrome where all I could think about was what I needed to do to achieve my goals.
Now I know that goals are PART of life not all of life. When I was an unhealthy hustler, I used to sacrifice the important relationships in my life in the name of checking things off of my never-ending to-do list. Making sure that you are saying or doing one kind thing for someone else every day, reminds you that the world is bigger than just you. It prompts you to look up and around every once in a while, you know?
The same thing applies here -- you don’t have to do these grand gestures. Just be intentional every day about showing love to others. Some of my favorite ways to do this are:
Leaving a thank you message for delivery people on a sticky note
Paying for the person behind me in line’s coffee
Complimenting someone
Calling my mom or grandma
Sending a friend a voice message to let her know I’m thinking of her and to ask her how I can be praying for her
Texting Adam to tell him I miss him during the workday so he knows I’m thinking about him
Remember, HS5 is not meant to be “just another thing to do” every day, but instead, it’s meant to help you show up for what matters instead of squandering your energy on tedious tasks that really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
If you enjoyed this post, tune into episode 084 of The Hustle Sanely Podcast to listen into this topic:
