Episode 070- Three Necessary Actions to Rest at Home to Prepare You for the Road

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow grounded road warrior at this time, husband of one, father of five, and trying to figure out how to do this rest thing when I feel like I’m working more now being home than when I was on the road!

In this episode we’re focusing on energy habit 3: REST.

Action One - SLEEP
Key Phrase - Improve Then Increase
We NEVER make the bedroom a place of punishment or send the kids to be early as a form of punishment. Why? We want them to understand SLEEP is a good thing!

Our kids favorite bedtime book is Snoozby and the Great Big Bedtime Battle because it teaches kids the importance of sleep. It’s written by Terry Cralle, energy habit three subject matter expert. There’s a link in the show notes for the book: https://www.amazon.com/Snoozby-Great-Big-Bedtime-Battle-ebook/dp/B01M1OTPYS/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=terry+cralle&qid=1589025784&sr=8-3

Set a Consistent Bed Time and Stick to It!

Create a Bed Time Routine

In the Buck Fam house, it looks like this:

• Turn the house lights down
• Turn the temperature lower
• Put on comfy clothes
• Watch a show for a set period of time
• I read then do a sleep meditation to help shut my brain down and my wife gets whatever she needs to ready for tomorrow
• Lights out and my wife and I pray for a moment before we sleep

Create an Ideal Sleep Environment

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Action Two - BREAKS
Key Phrase - Move the Body Rest the Mind

Action Three - DOWNTIME

Key Phrase - Time to Be NOT to Be On

(As a result) Here are four simple but needed steps to make downtime happen:

• Find 2 or 3 downtime activities that will allow you to have “time to be not to be on” - you may have to think outside of the box on this one
• Get buy-in with your spouse or anyone else that will help you guard that time
• Maximize every moment of your own downtime - be prepared when you take that time
• Respect and guard the other person’s downtime like it was your own - If “I’m on” with the kids, then I use this time to play with them and make the most of the time.

Here’s a review of the Three Necessary Actions to Rest at Home to Prepare You for the Road leveraging the Strategic Resting Formula:

1. Sleep - Think Improve The Increase
2. Breaks - Think Move the Body Rest the Mind
3. Downtime - Think Time to Be NOT to Be On

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