Would you like to go through my day with me one step at a time to see the things I do every day, because my routines are extremely helpful for me today to have a wonderful peaceful life?
When you see what I do, you might want to copy something. I've taken a lot of things from others who have the kind of lives I wanted to have, and that I have now, and I've adapted their routines and made them mine.
What I'll do today is show you from the beginning to the end of my day including where it actually happens.
What do I do every day?
This is my bed I sleep in with my wife. We go to bed at about 10:30 PM.
We've got our room blacked-out here for the studio, these are sound absorbing pads.
I've got some in my studio area and they're just set up in opposite order.
You can see my recording studio as well.
Last night I went to bed at about 11:00 PM, and got up today at about 8:00 AM, so I get 8 or 9 hours of sleep every day. When I wake up, I'm well-rested.
Then, from here, I usually will get down on my knees and pray before I even get out of bed.
I get down, I pray to stay sober and to take care of my health.
Sobriety is about not putting things in my body including medications that alter my state regardless of whether I could get a doctor to give them to me or not.
Sobriety is about not altering the state of my body, to take care of that state as it is, a wholly, natural and normal state, to just take care of that and lovingly maintain that each day.
I ask God to stay sober and I am willing to do whatever that takes.
That's my basic way of living, the seed in my mind that gets planted every day as to what's most important.
Once I do that, then I get out of bed and I usually then walk over and go to the bathroom.
"Oh, you could have left that out, Jerry."
Then what I generally do after that, I often let the dogs out, but I go in and spend some time in here with my daughter. This is my daughter's room, this is where she sleeps.
I tend to go hang out with her in here.
Some people have a morning meditation, and this is my morning meditation, I sit and play with my daughter.
I often sit in this chair and I read some books to her, she's really into this one right now: "Nana in the City."
She also is into this truck one: "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site."
That's her best thing over there, her pink blanky.
This is my morning meditation essentially.
Given my actual circumstances, it'd be pretty ridiculous for me to sit quietly when sitting with my daughter and playing with her is a perfect meditation because she is always in the state of Zen.
At two years old, she doesn't go off in the mind world all day and start thinking about all these things. She’s here, she's present, she's paying attention to what's going on. She’s playing, she's listening, she's learning, she's participating, she's a Zen master you could say. She's always in the state of Zen, she's almost always happy and if she has a brief moment of crying or a few minutes of upset, then she'll quickly go back to being happy right after that.
My morning meditation is I sit in here and play with my daughter while my wife then has time to get ready for the day, because my wife usually has activity she's doing with our daughter so that then I have some time to work.
Right now we are in that work time, so my wife and daughter are off, she went to hang out with her family this morning, and then I honestly forgot what she's doing after that.
After my wife and daughter leave, what I do is I get to work. I film videos in the house or mainly in the office.
What I do then, I grab something to eat. This is what I eat, I've got this smoothie.
This is the first thing I eat every single day.
I have this smoothie, it's made out of these fruits and vegetables, they're already pre-cut up, which is nice, that saves me a lot of time.
Then these pineapples are $5 each and I could grow them in the front yard instead of grass. They are already cut up too.
I use half of each of these tubs and one pineapple every day, so this is for four days.
Then I get down here into this drawer and this is also four days worth.
I put a quarter of these broccoli florets in the smoothie, I put a quarter of these Brussels sprouts in there, and I put a half bag of each of these carrots.
Then I've got ginger and turmeric in here. I cut up and put a little bit of that in my smoothie.
I make the smoothie in the afternoon, and then I'll throw in something like a banana and some oranges.
I've got this Ninja blender.
I actually make this later in the day, but this is one of the first things I actually eat in the morning.
I've already drank the entire smoothie and it's really nice because then my daughter drinks some of the smoothie as well, it helps her get her fruits and vegetables.
I lead by example, I don't have to sell her on having a smoothie or having her fruits and vegetables, she gets her fruits and vegetables with me first thing in the morning because I get them.
I also have some tea along with my smoothie, so that gets me really fired up, and then I'm most talkative. I don't talk much the rest of the day. I have these ground-up Matcha teas.
I have this one I bought from my friend Sherry.
Then I've got this pure Matcha, "Teaki Hut," which is instant black tea powder.
I put that in there and that gets me going, that gives me full energy and real talkative.
Then I get to work filming videos in the studio, my wife usually plans out activities that last for a few hours.
I like to have at least 2 or 3 hours so I can get to work filming these videos. I've got my set up here, all the equipment is listed on my website.
I've got a Mac Pro, which can live stream on 6 or 7 websites at once. I've got a Windows computer, which is the main controller. I've got two different keyboards and mice. I've got four monitors in total and two lights over here.
I get to work on these computers and that is usually what I do until about noon or so.
When my wife and daughter get home, then I'll usually hang out with them a little bit. I'll go change a diaper or something, help out. Then, it's time for my daughter to go in and nap.
We have quiet time at that point where I then go back and do some work that usually is more involved, just essentially uploading or rendering these videos I've made, making posts on Steemit.
My daughter wakes up from her nap maybe at about two o'clock in the afternoon, then it's generally time for me to hang out with my daughter, and that's when my wife and I switch.
My daughter will wake up in here at about two or three in the afternoon, and then usually I'll come in and start hanging out with her.
My wife will either go into a room or a kitchen table, go across the street, or go to Starbucks. She will go do her freelancing work on our laptop, she writes some articles online for attorney marketing companies.
Meanwhile, my daughter and I usually come out of the room and go over into the kitchen.
We'll make the smoothie together. She helps out, she puts things in the smoothie and we also make the dog food together. I make vegan dog food now out of oats and the peanut butter.
Then I've got these beans in here which I blend up. I cook the oatmeal and put that together.
This is the dog food in the fridge, I just put it in empty packing, these are "Organic Girl" packages that I get.
My daughter and I often will hang out in the kitchen for an hour usually at the minimum, we'll make our smoothie right here. She gets in her Tower so she can stand up there and be right next to the counter and everything with me.
After that, sometimes we'll go to the store, like yesterday. We hung out for a couple hours.
Then I usually go to my Alcoholics Anonymous meeting after that, my wife wraps up her work, and she goes with our daughter hang out with her family.
Going to my Alcoholics Anonymous meeting takes about an hour and a half to two hours between leaving and going there, staying, hanging out with people in the meeting and coming back.
If you aren't an alcoholic or a drug addict, or you don't have one in the family, you don't go to Al-Anon, if you have no idea what I'm talking about or the 12-step program, the best thing I can equate it to is volunteer work.
I've been going over three years now and for me it's very much most days like volunteer work, and on other days when I'm having a hard time, it's like a group therapy session.
Lots of days it is like volunteer work, I'm having a great day, I go sit there and listen. I might share for a minute or a couple of minutes, it's mostly like volunteer work. According to the data, people who do volunteer work, charitable work, feel much happier in life.
I am very grateful for AA, because when I first came in, I was sick and needed a lot of help, and all those men and women who were volunteering, coming and sitting there for free, listened to me and helped me out, and talked with me, saved my life.
I try to go be a part of that every day. When I'm finished with my AA meeting, then I'll generally come back home and spend some time with my wife and daughter until about 8:00 PM. In which case we go in for a bath time. It's nice because that's usually the last time I get to see my daughter for the day.
We have a nice bath time in here, my wife just cleaned the bathtub and everything yesterday during her work time, so I figured this is probably the best time to show you everything in here.
She has all her bath time friends in here that we play with. She has a nice bath here in the bathroom, and then I usually say goodnight to her. Then that's the last time I get to see her. My wife takes her in, gets her all dressed, and then puts her to bed.
Then once my daughter is in bed, I go take these two out for their dog walk.
This is our time we get to spend together each day. I'll take them both out for their dog walk.
We'll go out and walk for about an hour, and that's my designated talking on the phone time. If I'm going to talk to you on the phone, it's generally going to be during my dog walk. I call up my mom, my brother, my aunt, my friends and family members. I talk on the phone during my dog walk.
If they're not available, I'll listen to an audio book or sometimes I'll just walk around the neighborhood and be present, listen, enter Zen.
Then I would come back home where it's quiet time in the house. I'll say hi to my wife, she's usually working on the couch there. I then will come in and take a shower.
Sometimes I've been pushing the limit, lately I've been coming in and fooling around, working a bit more at night. I generally have a harder time falling asleep and get more aggravated doing that.
After I shower, especially if I sit down on the couch here where I read on my iPad or something like that, then I often get all stirred up before bed. But sometimes that can happen reading a book too or watching something on Netflix.
I don't usually watch things on Netflix, but I just started watching "Cowspiracy," and it's really good, and that's my day then.
I get up off the couch and go to the bathroom, go back in the bedroom, lights off and bedtime about anywhere from 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM if my wife wants to stay up and work some more.
This is what I do almost every single day, seven days a week. Now, AA meetings are at different times on different days of the week, and some days if we go do something, the schedule will be slightly different.
This is what my life is most every day, and you might think, "Oh God, Jerry, that's boring."
You could look at it that way, there's not a lot of excitement or drama, my life is very regimented routine, it goes very smooth. Even if I get a little upset or frustrated during the day, I just talk with people about it. My routines essentially carry me through the day and drop me in bed at night.
I will keep my mouth shut when I'm trying to make things worse, talk to people and ask for help, then I usually feel better pretty quick too. This is what I do every day and this is the happiest my life’s been before.
These are the current things that I have in my life. As my daughter gets older, and when she was younger, I had different routines, but a lot of the things just move around at what time I do them.
In the past, my wife used to go out of town with our daughter when we lived in a different city to visit her family, I'd often play video games with my friends then when she was gone. Right now, with the life I have, it doesn't make sense to play any video games.
I try to respect my limitations because all the things I have in my life are also a blessing and a limitation. Each thing I have in my life both gives me a blessing and limits me from doing other things.
This is my life today, this is what I do every day and it's wonderful. I love it, I'm very grateful for it and that's why I share it here with you today.
This is what an ordinary, peaceful, happy life looks like, relatively free from drama and disturbance.
I'd say about 98% of the time my life is smooth and peaceful. The disturbances are minor and stand out a lot, therefore it motivates me to handle them and move on to ask for help, see why this is happening or what I can do to learn from them and move on.
I appreciate you going through this journey with me. If you've enjoyed this would you please upvote it if you're on Steemit, or leave a like if you're on YouTube or Facebook because that's how I know that talking about things like this is worth doing compared to filming cryptocurrency videos or other tutorials.
If you would rather have me do something else, would you please leave a dislike or if you're on Steemit, just have a comment and give me suggestions?
Thank you very much for reading this.
I love you, you're awesome.
I hope you have a wonderful day today and hope to see you again soon.
Final words
Thank you very much for experiencing this episode of Happier People Podcast with me, which was originally filmed as the video below!
If you found this post helpful on Steemit, would you please upvote it and follow me because you will then be able to see more posts like this in your home feed?
Love,
Jerry Banfield with edits by @gmichelbkk on the transcript by GoTranscript
Shared on:
- Facebook page with 2,252,594 likes.
- YouTube channel with 203,327 subscribers.
- Twitter to 105,304 followers.
PS: Witness votes are the most important votes we make on Steem because one vote for a witness lasts indefinitely! Would you please make a vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at https://steemit.com/~witnesses because when we make our votes, we feel in control of our future together? Thank you to the 516 accounts voting for me as a witness, the 190.6M VESTS assigned from users trusting me to make all witness votes by setting me as proxy, and @followbtcnews for making these .gif images!
Or
"You can see my recording studio as well."
I'm not sure I like what I'm seeing of Eeyore in this picture!
lol
Great examples, routines are important for development and growth
I've been following for a long time. It always amazes me how detailed your posts are, thanks for your dedication Jerry.
It can be very hard, at least for me, to stick to a strict routine everyday like that so it's great that you found something that works for you and your family!
When do you spend time with your wife? I mean, if she is out while you're working and you sleep while she's working, when do you have time to talk with her, to tell her about you goals and dreams, to hug her and to laugh. To show her your love. I think this is a very important aspect you have to keep in mind. I always make time for my wife and my son, even if it's just for a half an hour.
Emanuel thank you for reading carefully enough to notice this! I usually spend time with my wife @laurabanfield and daughter at the same time throughout each day. We go to bed at the same time every night and usually talk about our day together every night for 10 minutes to an hour before bed. We give our daughter a bath together every night, spend about an hour together from 7 to 8 for family time and try to get a date once a week!
What I see @jerrybanfield that you live a pretty simply life, which i really touching to me, money doesn't matter, the only thing which matters is your inner satisfaction.
Whenever you feel disappointed just share with others, share with us on Steemit.
Thanks for sharing your life with us :)
i thought you had a luxury hme, but you have not.. where do you put all your money jerry ? :P
@jerrybanfield I just read the entire posting and I really appreciate how you keep me Sober for another Day. I want to Thank you also for allowing me to have you be my PROXY for Steemit Witnesses. I selected you to do that task to the BEST of your Ability and I am Grateful. I did UP Vote you 100% this morning because you are helping me more than you know. Love You Man, Thank You for being my Friend.......
Thank you @stokjockey I appreciate you giving me the courage to share more about my recovery here on Steemit!
@jerrybanfield - thanks for the post - actually one of your videos opened my eyes to steemit - hadn't heard of it before. Since then, have started an account and have an interest in cryptos. Not sure how cool it is to share my posts in your comments, but have done a post there about investing in ICO's in a small way with my page on facebook (cryptohackers) - you can see it here. Not exactly the full day routine like you but we share 1 key bit of information every week. We have a simple idea: invest a small amount in one ICO every Friday and hold it, and hope for the best. Either way, here's my article - I can take it down if you think it's self-promotion or something but am just trying to join in the conversation ( in more detail than simply "thanks for the post"): https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@steveoconnor/do-you-not-want-a-346155-return-on-investment
You're welcome Steve and thank you for sharing what you are doing with us!
Great stuff Jerry thanks
Hi @jerrybanfield indeed i have really enjoyed this post on your daily routine perhaps i have really learnt something that can change and transform my life as well from your daily activities since in africa we don't follow any routine we just live life just the way it comes but how you white people do plan and schedule your time is awsome how i wish my dear fellow Africans on Steemit can pick something from your post perhaps our continent would change,lastly i will definitely imply some of your daily routine in my life since you also got some of the routines from other people,lastly thank you at @jerrybanfield for your post and keep up the good work you are doing on steemit.
You're welcome David thank you for helping show us what life is like where you are!
Great routine, keep up the good work. I do need more exercise instead of being on the pc so I might wanna copy that routine :)))
Lovely Routine of an honourable Steemian @jerrybanfield
Learn, Write, Earn, Eat and Sleep, simple.
Not as simple as looks
Regards,
@oodeyaa
Hi @jerrybanfield, I really enjoyed reading about your day to day routine. I found that you have a lot of courage posting your life like that and I wish more people will be that courageous. I just wanted to give you a vote of encouragement. Good luck with everything
Nice routine! Something I need to work on at the moment
Lovely Dogs, Best wishes for your wife and daughter.
Hey @jerrybanfield how can i use @tipu is it will boost my earning and how can i advertise my post can i get some steem from @minnowbooster to boost my earning, please suggest me dear friend.
Love the dogs, can't wait to move from apartament to house so I can have one too.
I'm not sure it's very healthy to post your privacy this way. Maybe I'm the only one to think like this, but I would prefer quality content rather than vlog or blog showing basic thinkgs like "at what time I eat", "What brand of corn I buy", or "How I take my shower..."... as you can already see on all the social networks... I don't think it's the goal of steemit... But it's only my opinion...
I prefer when you write quality content, full of knowledge.
ya :)
You have a good routine going and a very positive outlook on life. Too much free time or misuse of time could cause a person to do things that are not in their best interest. A lot of people find that they do not have enough time in a day to spend with their significant other or kids. It is a burden to them that this is a priority in their life and that they have no control over it. They wish they could have a simple life like you surrounding the people they love. You are a lucky person. @cleverbot isn't he a lucky man?
“Women don't realize how much store men set on the regularity of their habits. We absorb their comings and goings into our bodies, their rhythms into our bones.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Round House
I been following you on youtube before steam when you still had the dash node i I just see a well rounded guy that seems so together didnt realize you had overcome addiction problems earlier so even better your fine example for us all of turning it around NICE to see you got it going better than most of us Im sure its taken hard work and conviction I admire your courage both in life and in your crypto investments Jerry goes BIG ! lol
Great post Jerry. Thanks for sharing. Your routine shows why you are successful!
Cool and simple lifestyle, buddy. :-)
What is that 2% stress that occours in your life?
You sure are well-balanced, healthy and sober. Congrats to that! I have just joined steemit a few days ago, but you seem to be like a Steemian Jesus here :D Looking forward to see your future content and learn.
All the best wishes to your wife and daughter.
Amazing Blog, Jerry you are amazing person, Go Ahead I follow you...
I like best frends
The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
What's your MBTI @jerrybanfield? There are few things that I think we've in common.
The post is interesting as it was nice to see a day from your life through your post.
Keep writing, posting and supporting.
Steem on!
This post Made me smile😁
Glad to see your talking one day at s time to stay sober! Eating clean is a good way to keep your body pure. Daily routine's can free up your mind for other creative activities.
You seem to live a very happy life doing the things you want to do. This should be the goal for everyone.
I love this dude he keeps on surprising me, anyway thanks for sharing your everyday life with us, i guess we can learn one or two from it.
This practice of putting some good seeds inside to grow as a real human being is very good. I am using something similar in my daily yoga practice during meditations and can say it really works and it is very powerful. It can grow in any inner and outer prosperities. Glad you are using it too!
Jerty sir nice post I know your a brand of steemit I flower you.
Thank you.❤
I hope I don't end up visiting AA meetings due to my activity around here 😀 good luck Jerry! Cute family.
Wow...you have to much time in your hands
An upvote for you for leaving out the bathroom part
I used to have my studio in my bedroom, but I could never sleep. I could never sleep 8 hours for sure. lol
Nicely described your daily routine ...you are a caring father as well...we are so busy with our daily work that we get very less time to spend with family ..you are lucky here...
Spending time with your daughter is certainly like meditation. I try to do my mediation in the early morning and again later in the afternoon to keep myself centered. Routines are important to help us live less stressful lives. My routines often get knocked askew and then the day goes haywire I have learned to build in a little wiggle room in case things do go wrong. I am usually up between 3 and 4 every morning which means for me it's lights out early too. I have grown sons whoalso follow an early day schedule. It seems to work for us...
Hmm, dog walk... I think I like the sound of that. Cute time out.
The way you design your life is great..
What an interesting journey into Jerry Banfield's day. Some key things that came out of your day's work are: God, enough sleep, healthy eating, family and rest. I think I'll start my day tomorrow with those in mind.
Thank you for your post. You inspire me. I think we can all relate and say that we strive to achieve that kind of lifestyle. We all want to be able to do the things we love without being bogged down by distractions and things that eat away at our valuable time. We could always replace material things, but time is one thing that we simply can never get back.
Nice set-up man!!
I have a one year old, and we are contemplating switching from the little plastic tub to the adult tub. Does your 2 year old really still fit in there? We love the little tub because we can bath her on the kitchen counter lol. Easier on the old back. That is an impressive studio. Take care Jerry!
Very humble and human
Inspired
Leaders should be like this.