The Midlife GlowGetter

Midlife Mindfulness: Daily Routines for Glow & Growth & My Life Binder

• Jax Stys • Season 1 • Episode 18

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Take charge of your midlife wellness journey with practical strategies for breaking through plateaus and bringing more intention to everyday moments. 

In this deeply personal episode, I'm sharing the small but powerful changes making a big difference in my wellness journey at 48. After hitting a frustrating weight loss plateau, I've completely restructured my approach to meals with the philosophy "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." This simple shift, combined with mindful eating practices like chewing each bite 30-40 times, is helping me reconnect with true hunger cues and improve digestion.

You'll discover my new morning wellness ritual adding colostrum to support gut health and immunity alongside my regular collagen supplement. I'll walk you through the differences between these supplements and how they complement each other for optimal health benefits as we age. Plus, I'm sharing my exciting new wellness tea recipe combining antioxidant-rich green tea with adaptogenic schisandra berries – a perfect replacement for afternoon coffee that supports metabolism, skin health, and stress resilience.

Beyond physical wellness, I've found beautiful ways to "romanticize" everyday life at midlife – writing affirmations on beautiful stationery, enjoying candlelit solo dinners, and finding moments of elegance in ordinary routines. I'm also tackling a deeply meaningful project creating a comprehensive "Life Binder" to organize all my important information, accounts, and wishes for my son – a practical act of love that provides peace of mind. Whether you're looking to break through your own plateaus or bring more intention to your daily life, these actionable strategies offer a roadmap for thriving in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.

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Well, hello everyone. Welcome to the Midlife Glow Report. I'm Jax, your host, so happy to speaking to you today. So on today's episode it's going to be a little free form. I'm going to be tackling and covering some life updates going on right now Some changes I'm implementing into my daily routine and some action I'm taking regarding some new weight loss practices I'm doing because I have been on a plateau for a while. Also, a new wellness tea I am trying, so I'll give you kind of the recipe and what I'm doing. And then, finally, a new project I am tackling called my Life Binder, and so I'll get into that and explain that. So, yeah, we'll get started. So a little bit of my gym update.

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I said the last podcast, I unfroze my membership a couple weeks ago from my gym. So I am back at the gym consistently going four days a week. I go Tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays and Sundays, and then the other days I definitely walk, and then I also try to squeeze in a walk at lunch on the days I go to the gym. So the only hiccup I have was this past Thursday I wasn't able to make it to the gym. I had to go to corporate, my bank or the bank I work for and I had to go to corporate office, which is a little bit more of a driving distance, so I had to leave earlier that morning and I was on a time crunch. And I had to go to corporate office, which is a little bit more of a driving distance, so I had to leave earlier that morning and I was on a time crunch. So I just went to gym the next day, which was Friday, even though that was supposed to be my off day. So it worked out. And that's what the off days are for for flexibility, also to recover and to relax, also to recover and to relax. But I didn't make it the next day, so the gym is going good consistently four days a week. I am on my way.

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The other thing is I am considering switching gyms. I did a one-year membership at my current gym and it expires in October. Even though I froze it, I only had a couple months left. So I am thinking about going back to my old gym, which is called LifeWorks. It's part of a hospital system and it is an amazing gym. The reason why I switched from that to my current gym was really distance. My current gym is literally three, four minute drive away really close, get up, do a couple things at the house and make it to the gym within a couple minutes. So that's why I switched.

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This gym, lifeworks that I want to go back to, is about a 20 minute drive each way. It is an amazing gym. I think it's probably the best in the area. It's a little more pricey, but that's okay. You get a lot more services. You get an indoor pool. You get private jacuzzi and sauna room for male and female. You get a Pilates reformer dedicated room with Pilates classes that are very reasonable. You get exercise classes Monday through Sunday, you know, all seven days a week in their two exercise rooms. You get plenty of equipment. You never really have to wait equipment. You never really have to wait. You get a basketball court. There's physical therapy there, there's water or massages, there's tanning. So it really has a whole bunch of amenities that I don't have currently, and the only reason I did switch was because of the distance. But I'm just going to suck it up if I switch and just leave a little early. You know, listen to an audio book or something on my car stereo on my phone, and you know, use the time productively, you know, for that 20 minute drive back and forth. But yeah, I'm thinking about switching gyms. So I do take collagen. So this is just an update. I do take collagen every day in my coffee.

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I am going to be adding something to this colostrum. I don't know if you guys have seen that, heard that I did try it about a year ago and it made me actually constipated. But I'm trying a different brand and hopefully it'll work out. I don't have any dairy allergies or dairy resistance. You know I eat dairy freely. I always have my whole life. I grew up on milk. I eat a lot of cheese. You know cottage cheese. I grew up on milk. I eat a lot of cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, but I don't know why. I had that reaction about a year ago. But I'm going to try it again with a different brand.

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The difference is that colostrum is more immunity protection, gut lining repair and growth factors for tissue repair. Repair and growth factors for tissue repair. Collagen is really structurally protein for the skin, joints, bones and connective tissue. So those are the main differences, but it's really good for gut health in general. Colostrum helps to reduce inflammation as well, which is something I have dealt with for a while. Collagen provides amino acids to rebuild the gut lining itself. So that's good, and so I'm going to take the colostrum early in the morning in my coffee with some cinnamon. Cinnamon is an antioxidant. It's really good for your skin and whatnot. So I put a little organic cinnamon in my coffee every morning and I'm going to add the classroom to it. The collagen I'm going to take later on during the day. I'm going to either take a liquid collagen or somehow incorporate the powder collagen in like a tea or something, because I don't drink coffee during the day anymore. I've cut back, but yeah, so I'm going to add the colostrum to my daily wellness and every morning. It's really good on an empty stomach so you can have it like you know. You have your water and then you drink your coffee, if you have coffee before you eat breakfast, so you can have colostrum on an empty stomach. So that's something I will be adding into my wellness routine. So good news.

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I think I found a walking buddy. So we have a group here on Facebook locally that I'm a member of. It's women here in a certain area of outside of Cleveland, and I messaged the group last week asking if we have a walking group, like some women in this group on Facebook, if there's like a walking group, a mini walking group, or maybe we could start one. And I didn't get much feedback till a lady on there said I'd be interested and she lives in the same area as I do. I mean literally, you know, five to 10 minutes away, not even so. We were communicating through Facebook and she's on vacation right now, but when she gets back into town we're going to meet up in our local neighborhoods. Or we have a park system here throughout Northeast Ohio called the Metro Parks. It's award-winning, it's amazing. But I do not walk or exercise in the Metro Parks alone. There have been some hiccups, of attacks, especially on women. But maybe her and I could go to the metro parks or just walk in our neighborhoods and meet up literally a five-minute drive right down the street. I could even walk there and get some more extra steps. But maybe we'll walk on the weekends or the evenings. I think the mornings will be too much of a time crunch because she works full-time as well, but evenings or weekends we can meet up for a walk. So I'm really excited about a new walking buddy.

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And then I'm in the middle of that wellness coaching course for wellness coaching certification. It's going really well. I believe I am on now Chapter 9, and I started about 10 days ago maybe two weeks and it's going really well. I'm learning a whole bunch about just mindset coaching actions, interviewing questionnaires, actions interviewing questionnaires, what I should adhere to. You know what I should cover in wellness, what I shouldn't, what's outside of my scope. So it's really a good program. I'm really excited. Hopefully I'll be done. Let's see here. We're coming towards the end of September. Hopefully by November 1st I'll be done with the certification and I get test and then start the second part, which is the nutrition coaching certification, and then in January I'll start a personal training certification. But yeah, things are going really well and I'm really excited.

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I am getting a new website and blog and then I will add to it in January my coaching part of it. So this is just a two-step process. My website and blog the revamp is starting today. I did send funds over to my designer and he's starting. We purchased the hosting and the new domain starting. We purchased the hosting and the new domain, so he's starting to roll it out. You know, get his team to start developing some test pages for me to look over, make corrections and approve what needs to be approved and make the corrections. So it's starting to rolling. It probably this first part of it will take about 30 to 40 days, and then the second half, which will be updated January or February. After I'm done with my certifications I could actually coach. Then that'll be a second part. So it's a two-step process and I've worked with this gentleman before and he's really reliable and trustworthy and great ideas, creative. So I'm really excited about starting that and that starts today.

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On Monday Also update I got approved for the Amazon Influencer Affiliation. I did have Amazon Affiliation, affiliate links and whatnot, but I don't really push it. But I did get approved for the influencer, where I get a dedicated Amazon page with all my shopping links and whatnot. So I am going to take advantage of that. I am not going to make it a habit to push out every hour on the hour. I'm not going to make it a habit to push out, you know, every hour on the hour. I'm not going to, you know, be that obsessive. But there are some things that I use in my daily life that I really would like to suggest to my followers on social media, my readers on my blog and even hear you on this podcast. So I will be, you know, sending out some products that I swear by, that I use, and I am a huge Amazon purchaser. I actually purchase things from Amazon instead of going to Target, now on or Walmart, and I will, you know, I get same day delivery or next day and it just seems like the prices are same or even better, and they have a wealth of different things to browse and to compare, and you can look at it all online and read about the reviews. So I really enjoy Amazon. I probably get some, you know, several packages a week, but yeah, so I got accepted the Amazon Influencer Program and I'm really excited and you will be hearing more from that, you know, coming up in the next couple weeks or whatnot, so look forward to that.

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So next, here's some weight loss tips and changes, some mindset practices, some actions I'm taking to help with my weight loss. I have been on such a plateau for about 30, 45 days. It's so frustrating and this has happened so many times before, but it just gets so old. I know I mean you're doing everything you should and you're not seeing the scale move. I know it's not all about the scale, but I do weigh myself every morning. I just like I hope oh, you know I'm, you know. I go to the bathroom, I get on that scale in the morning first thing, and I look at the number and it's up a pound or down a pound back and forth. Quite frustrating.

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And so I'm going to shake things up a little bit, including a quote that I read and I am going to apply it to my life. It is here's the quote eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. So yeah, so I'm going to switch things up. I'm going to be eating a pretty good breakfast in the morning protein and fiber. I'll have fruits and vegetables, maybe some eggs, maybe chicken sausage, maybe a yogurt bowl, so things like that. So I will be eating a hefty breakfast and then the same kind of lunch, which I have protein and fiber, medium size. But dinner is going to be much less. I am going to eat a smaller dinner. So I'm going to be eating a hefty breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner, and so I will be easier to digest the food, because I do go to bed early, and I think this will be a better way. I want to have food sitting on my stomach while I go to bed, so this will be a better practice to entail.

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Also, I'm going to start chewing my food longer 30, 40 times per bite. I mean it's really good for digestion anyways, but it's more mindful eating right. You're chewing that, you're relaxing, you're not on your phone, you're not listening to the TV, you're not standing and eating and doing things. I'm gonna be intentional with my eating. I have been more for the most part, but there are times when I'm in a rush and I'm eating at my kitchen counter, you know, stuffing my face while cleaning or doing the dishes or filling the dishwasher. So I'm going to be more mindful and sit while I eat for each meal and chew my food longer 30 to 40 times per bite, and so that will help with my digestion and the enzymes. But I'll also be more mindful and hopefully maybe I'll eat less, who knows, but that's something else I'm going to be doing.

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Finally, I did a list on my notes app on my phone yesterday to aid in my weight loss journey. It is called my distraction list. This is a non-food craving list several activities that I can do when I'm craving something to eat, when I'm not literally hungry, but I'm just having an urge, a really bad urge, to have some chips or some, you know, maybe some cheese or something or crackers. So that's what I usually crave for is something savory or salty. So you'll know when you're hungry and when you're not. I mean, if you're hungry and you would just even have a piece of chicken or an apple, then you know you're hungry. And when you're not, I mean if you're hungry and you would just even have a piece of chicken or an apple, then you know you're literally hungry. But when you're craving something and having an urge for like a specific thing, like chips or crackers or even a dessert, then you know you're not hungry, you're just having an urge. So it is a non-food craving list, distraction list, and I have a list of items that I added to this. So when I'm getting an urge or craving and I'm not literally hungry, I have a list and these are some of the things around the block.

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Stretch and use the Bend app it's a new app I downloaded on my phone within the last month and do some stretching techniques call or text family or friends, read a book, journal, listen to a podcast, listen to an audio book, maybe paint my nails, do some skincare, maybe a skin mask, try a new hairstyle, do some cleaning, even scroll social media. I know people say that's a negative thing, but I mean I'm always on social media for this blog and podcast and just getting the word out, so that's something I could do. Mix up comments, likes the people that I follow, maybe gain some knowledge. Everything I have on social media I curate to gain knowledge and to be a good environment, and you should do the same. But back to the list. So scroll social media, read a blog, write a blog post or even create a social media post. So those are some things I have on my distraction list. When I have an urge or a craving, I go to that list. Oh, I'll do that today, I'll do that right now, and so it will distract me. I go to that list oh, I'll do that today, I'll do that right now, and so it will distract me. Take my mind off that and it'll give me something to do and maybe even get a nice little dopamine hit with one of those things on the distraction list. So, yeah, that's something else I created yesterday.

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So something I'm not very proud of is that I have not been going to church in a while. Maybe it's the wrong church for me. I am Catholic and maybe I have to find something. You know, I go to this church that my parents go to that I grew up with, and maybe I just have to find my own path. It's kind of late, you know, being 48. But I guess it's not late it's never late.

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But I have to start getting back to God and connecting with myself and connecting spiritually, and so I am going to start listening to devotionals daily. There's so many out there that are podcasts. I'm going to find something that appeals to me, maybe for women, or something a daily devotional that I can listen to, and I'm going to listen to it while I'm at the gym doing a HIIT or lifting weights or even in the sauna. So I'm going to listen to a daily devotional for 10, 15 minutes every day and then, when I'm not at the gym, I'll listen to it while I'm walking or even driving in the car on the way to work or somewhere, just to squeeze it in, hopefully in the morning. I would prefer listening it to the morning, so it kind of sets the tone for the rest of the day. I don't really have the time to sit and read a devotional. With my packed schedule with work and whatnot and taking care of my parents and all the gym and walking and wellness and skincare and everything that I do, I don't really have the time. So I'm going to add it into my morning routine somehow, squeeze 10, 15 minutes. So, yeah, I'm just going to go over really what my morning and evening routines are and what I'm tweaking. So I am going.

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I usually wake up at 4 am every morning. I'll have, I'll do my tongue scraping and then I'll have water with lemon and espresso with colostrum and cinnamon, and then I'll hurry up and check my emails, my bank accounts, make sure there's no fraud. I'm really adamant about that. I check every day, I'm pretty adamant and then I may do a quick social check to see if there's an outstanding follows or likes or messages and really quickly respond, and then I'll hurry up. If it's a gym day, I'll get dressed and go to the gym at 4.45 am. I'll do some lifting, some HIIT, some SANA at the gym, be back by 6.15. And while I'm at the gym, again, I will listen to a devotional somehow, and then I do my skincare, brush my teeth, do my oil pulling and then get dressed.

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You know this is like a typical work day rest. You know this is like a typical work day. I'll maybe put some makeup or SPF on and then I'll have a breakfast. I'll eat breakfast and then I'll pack my lunch, grab my water and my tea and then leave by 7.50 am for work. So that's a typical work day morning for work. So that's a typical workday morning. I probably will also empty the dishwasher and fill it that morning and if I have time to squeeze it in, if I get up a little earlier sometimes I do I'll fold a basket of laundry.

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So in the evening I get home at 5.30 from work this is a typical workday and then I'll have dinner and then I'll go for a walk around 6.30. And then I'll do my skincare when I get back and brush my teeth and put my PJs on, and then I will do some journaling and life coaching for about 30 to 45 minutes just to wind down, and then I'll get and I'll fall asleep by 9 pm. I do take magnesium glycinate before I go to bed about a half hour. So right before I start my journaling and life coaching, and then I will take the magnesium glycinate, and then I also listen to the Calm app at bed when I'm laying in bed, or sometimes I even listen to a really good audio book. So that's what I'll do and I'll be sleeping by 9 pm. So it's my typical morning and evening routine on a workday. So I do go to bed around 9 pm and I do wake at 4 am. So that's about seven hours sleep and there really is plenty for me. I do really well with that kind of sleep. I could even get six hours of sleep, but I know that's not as healthy. So seven hours is probably the sweet spot for me for sleep hours. So that's my basic routine.

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So I don't know if you recall, but last week in the podcast I talk about romanticizing your life and your glow up, even if we're in our 40s and 50s and beyond. This is a big thing with young girlies, you know, in their 20s or even teens. So I did some romanticizing my life this past Saturday. So I do have some pretty stationery and I grabbed a piece of stationery. It has like a floral motif and a pink pen and I sat at my desk and I wrote some affirmations on that stationery and I repeated them and it really put me in a certain mindset. You know it was more of an act of elegance and self-expression. It helped me romanticize the ordinary. You know, it's like a small luxury and it brings out the beauty and the intention of daily life. So writing down those affirmations on beautiful paper with a beautiful pen, and I had music going on in the background and just it set the mood. You know, it really is a mindset. It's more of self-care and artistry and the affirmations and it fuels confidence and reinvention. So yeah, grab some stationery and write down some pretty stationery and write down some affirmations and really set the tone for the day. So that's something I did on Saturday.

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And then Saturday evening I had dinner alone. My son didn't eat with me, he was doing his schooling, he's in a master's program but I sat and had dinner around candlelight. I had a candle going. I did not have the TV on. I mentioned this before. I have a TV in my kitchen. It was turned off. I had dim lighting. It was turned off. I had dim lighting, I had a candle and I ate a bowl of soup with a candle burning, you know, around candlelight. And it really was an amazing ritual of presence and grace. It created an ambiance of beauty and intention, with me eating with every moment there. You don't have to reserve candlelit dinner for a special occasion or a romantic dinner. I mean, it's a small act, it sounds really simple, but it was just like the nourishment of the food and it was spiritual and it was a spiritual experience and it reinforced my worthiness and it brought joy and elegance. So, yeah, you don't have to reserve candlelight for certain circumstances. Do it for an everyday action or practice. So yeah, that's something else I did on Saturday for romanticizing my life, even at 48.

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Okay, so I am cutting back on my espresso and coffee. I usually will have a cup of espresso in the morning and take a cup of double espresso to work in a thermo cup with my water, but I am not going to take that to work anymore. I bought a beautiful glass reusable cup for loose leaf tea and I'm really excited about this. I have come up with a recipe for tea that I'm going to try, and so what I'm going to do is add in the recipe loose leaf green tea, which is an antioxidant powerhouse. It also increases metabolism and weight loss and encourages that. It's great for your heart and brain. It's anti-inflammatory, it's immune boosting and it's a blood sugar balance. That's what green tea is.

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So I'm going to add green tea to that loose leaf and then also schisandra berries that's S-C-H-I-S-A-N-D-R-A schisandra berries they're oriental, so what they I was doing some research and what they entail literally is it's an adaptogenic. It helps with body resistresist stress and it's balancing cortisol and hormones. It's a liver protectant, it provides energy and stamina. It's a cognitive support, hormonal balance and immune balance and it boosts white blood cells and it's a strengthening defense. Also, both of these have skin benefits. They promote anti-aging and radiance and glow, hydration, even complexion, stress-proof skin, even tone, clearer complexion, and it's also green tea, is a UV protectant. So, yeah, that's what I'm doing the Shisandra Berries with Green Tea, loose Leaf, and I am not putting I may put a little honey, I don't know but I'm putting that in this glass cup that has a loose leaf container with the hot water and then I am going to take it to work with me every day and drink it in the am while I'm getting my emails done and getting set for the day and getting my leads done and getting ready for the day.

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I'm going to drink that tea for about an hour and enjoy that loose leaf tea and not espresso anymore. So I'm really excited about that and I'll try to link in the show notes the Chisandra Berries I bought and the loose leaf tea and the cup. The cup is beautiful, you got to see this cup, so I'll link all three of those. If you want to try some loose leaf tea and the cup the cup is beautiful, you got to see this cup, so I'll link all three of those. If you want to try some loose leaf tea in the morning instead of coffee or espresso, you know, give it a try. So, finally, I mentioned when we opened up this podcast that I'm starting a new project.

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I mean it's not gonna take forever, it'll probably take me two, three weeks, and what it's called is my Life Binder. You know I'm 48. I mean you could pass away at any time, but I am getting older and I have a son who's 26 and he will have a lot of affairs to handle once I pass away. You know, and you don't really. I mean it's normal to plan for your cemetery plots and or, you know, your cremation, however you're going to be laid to rest, maybe a headstone, you know, maybe pay for all that ahead of time and plan it out, which is normal, which is something I haven't done and I will do, you know, within the next five, 10 years. But this life binder is all your affairs to wrap up once you pass away in document form.

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You know, when you lose someone especially when my son loses me I'm his mother and we do have a close relationship it's overwhelming. You know you're trying to deal with grief and you're just going through the emotions and you have all these affairs to take care of financial, legal, financial, you know, emotional, family, friends, planning. There's so much to tackle and I am creating a roadmap for him to make it easier for him. It is a binder of all my digital documents, all my passwords, my accounts, everything wrapped up into one that he could use as a resource when wrapping up my affairs. I'm doing this to protect him and to help him. I am doing it as a form of love for him, because it's going to be difficult and I know this really isn't a glow-up practice or a part of your glow-up journey, mm-hmm, but most of us here are midlife 40 plus and we may have children or adult children, or even and we may have children or adult children or even spouses, who will have to handle everything, and you want to make it easy for them.

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So it is my life binder and I bought some products from Amazon a binder, a three-hole puncher, some protected sheets, some separators, some pretty stickers that are motivational and spiritual to put on there. So I'm almost making the binder like a scrapbook. So I'm going to and I'm writing a note to my son, a letter of love to my son saying my goodbyes, a letter of love to my son saying my goodbyes. It's going to be in that binder. And what this binder has, I'm going to create a post on social media and a guide that you could request to have all the items that could be included in the binder if you want to create one.

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But really it's going to have my core personal information full legal name, nicknames, maiden names, if applicable, date of birth, place of birth, social security number, driver's license number, passport number, expiration dates If you're married, marriage certificate, divorce papers, if relevant, military service records, if relevant, dd-214 discharge papers. So that's the core personal information. And then it has key contacts immediate family members with phone, email and addresses, close friends to notify. Professional contacts lawyer, financial advisor, accountant, insurance agents, medical contacts primary care, doctor, specialist pharmacy. My HR contact. He doesn't know that. He's going to have to know that if I pass away while I'm working. So my HR information and contact, maybe clergy or spiritual advisor, pastor, priest, church, community contacts so that's something else you can include.

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And then legal and estate documents your will and trust documents, advanced healthcare directives, living will, power of attorney, medical and financial guardianship wishes, if relevant for dependents or pets, location of original documents, lawyer's office, safe deposit box, etc. Any letters of instruction, personal notes and ethical wills. So yeah, there's a wealth of information that has to be included. There's more Financial accounts and assets banking accounts, checking, savings, cds, credit unions, retirement accounts, 401ks, iras, pensions, investment accounts, brokerages, stocks, crypto wallets, crypto wallets, right Keywords and passwords, keys and passwords, insurance policies, life, health, auto home, long-term care, real estate deeds, mortgage information, rental properties, if applicable, vehicle titles, loan details, business ownership documents, llcs, ein information, credit card accounts, lines of credit, store accounts, passwords, debts owed and payment instructions. That is overwhelming for someone to tackle if they don't have a roadmap.

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My friends, make it easy for your loved ones to take care of your affairs once you pass away. Also, all your digital accounts, your email accounts and logins your cell phone account and logins social media accounts this podcast login, cloud storage and photos all the photos I have stored on my laptop. Instruction where those are media accounts, streamlines, netflix, spotify, kindle, amazon how to cancel those accounts, those logins. You don't want to keep getting charged Online shopping accounts Amazon, ebay, etsy, financial apps, venmo, paypal Cash App, zelle, master password manager, if applicable. Instructions on digital legacy settings.

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You know, do I want him to put a memorial on my Facebook page if I were to pass, when I pass away that sort of thing? Okay, friends, there's more. There's household and practical information, including home deed and mortgage and rental agreements, utilities information, safety deposit box, vehicle maintenance records, home safe combination warranties, manuals for major appliances, pet information, vet contact, medications, feeding schedule, my final wishes and burial instructions. Personal legacy section a letter to my son. Family traditions and recipes to preserve stories and lessons if you want to be remembered, how you want to be remembered. Copies of meaningful photos, journals and family history, my favorite books and quotes and spiritual writings. Also, if you have jewelry and things like that, who do you want to leave it to? Things you want to leave to your family and friends. Instruction on that.

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But that'll be in your will, and so in this binder, organization and storage, you, you know, there should be a table of contents, dividers by category, copies of essential documents not just digital and where these originals are located, a password list, that sort of. And you should have a cover sheet for this binder of quick information, like an emergency one page including your lawyer's contact will, location, insurance policy numbers, safe code and funeral home contact like a really quick cover sheet. Like a really quick cover sheet. So I know that's a ton of information and this is not the best subject, but I really wanna make it easy for my son. I really do, and this is something that I will go back to once a year and update this binder and I'm gonna let him know where it is. It's gonna be in our safe at home and he does have the code to that, and I will make a cheat sheet for the code and let him know where it's, where it's hidden in the house, but cause you don't want to leave this binder laying around with all that information.

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But yeah, so that is my life binder project that I am tackling. It's probably going to take longer than three weeks. It's probably going to take about a month or so, but that is something you could consider for your loved ones. It is a gift of love for them and protection and almost like a goodbye. So well, not goodbye, see you later, see you later. So yeah, that is my LifeBinder project. You were probably wondering in the beginning what I was regarding and what I commented about that, but that's what it is and that's something I bought all the supplies from Amazon and I am starting to tackle this week. So, yeah, I would suggest you try it, especially if you have a lot of this information all scattered around. Make it easy for your loved ones. So, yeah, that wraps up today's episode.

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I know it was more free form lots of information, lots of tips, lots of things to do and to think about and to reflect about. I'm trying to make these podcasts a little more free form. I was so structured reading a script that I would pre-write that I felt like a robot and my personality did not come through and so, yeah, I hope you enjoy these and I hope you enjoy the information. You know, if this is something you enjoyed and you got some enlightenment, some information that you can apply to your life, please leave a review. It helps my podcast be found for, you know, by other women like yourself.

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You can message me on socials at Jack Styes, g-a-x-j-a-x-s-t-y-s. I'm on Instagram, tiktok. I just started YouTube, but that's not active yet. Facebook page, um threads, pinterest. Reach out to me, ask me questions, give me comments. What are you doing? What do you want me to share on this podcast? What information are you looking for? What could help you? Um, that's why I do this is to help others. You know I don't make any money off it. Maybe someday I will, but this is just an outlet of mine and to help other women over 40, you know, trying to glow up their lives and better themselves. But yeah, you guys just have a great day. Thanks for following along, thanks for listening. I will check in next week with my next podcast episode and give you an update and share some tools and some information. I thank you for listening, I thank you for following along and I appreciate you. Till next time, till next week. I'll talk to you then. Love Jax.

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