Time Change, Fresh Start

Tired of the "time change" slump? In this episode of the Living Lucky® Podcast, Jason and Jana Banana turn a chaotic morning—complete with a surprise news crew and a lost hour of sleep—into a masterclass on mindset and the art of the reset.

Stop mourning the "lost" hour and start leveraging the shift. We show you how to pivot from a "doom loop" of fatigue into an upward success cycle. If you're struggling with limiting beliefs about your energy or feeling the fog of a changing schedule, this episode provides the personal development tools you need to reclaim your momentum.

In this episode, you will learn to:

• Master the Time-Shift Mindset: Why your "story" about the hour is more draining than the change itself.
• Optimize Your Energy: How to use seasonal shifts as natural boosters for your internal rhythm.
• Simplify Global Scheduling: Practical systems for managing international time zones without the headache.
• The Power of Strategic Idling: Why "nothing walks" and creative play are essential for clearing brain fog.

Mindset Nuggets for Your Weekly Reset:

• Pattern Interrupts: Use forced changes to audit your life. If your momentum has stalled, use the calendar shift as your jump-start. (Believe in your circumstances)
• Centralize Your Systems: Protect your peace by using one source of truth for your time and alarms. (Believe in yourself)
• Mental Filter Changes: Treat the time change like home maintenance; clear out stale thoughts just as you would change your air filters. (Believe in a higher power)
• Roll With It: Resilience isn't avoiding the scramble—it's adapting to the "news crew at the gate" with grace and a laugh. (Believe in the people around you)

Stop blaming the clock and start claiming your day. Hit play to turn your time change into a fresh start and start Living Lucky® today!

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Transcript

Sunrise TV Chaos At Home

Jana Shelfer 0:00

Are you ready to create a life you crave? Let's spin that doom loop of negativity into an upward success cycle and start Living Lucky®. Good morning.

Speaker 0:15

I'm Jana.

Jana Shelfer 0:16

I'm Jason. And we are Living Lucky®.

Jason Shelfer 0:19

You are too.

Jana Shelfer 0:20

We had a news crew at our house at 6 a.m. this morning.

Jason Shelfer 0:24

Waiting on the sunset.

Jana Shelfer 0:28

Spectrum News. Sunrise. Spectrum News wanted to do a story about Jason and I and having ski camp here at the house, and they wanted us to ski as the sun was rising. They brought their drones. So they get here. I mean, it was dark out. Now, mind you, the time changed last night.

Jason Shelfer 0:50

Yes. And that threw me for a little loop.

Jana Shelfer 0:54

So we actually lost an hour. So we're actually getting up at they're arriving at 5 a.m. if we can put that in perspective.

Jason Shelfer 1:01

Yes.

Jana Shelfer 1:02

And believe it or not, we were not, I mean, I was scrambling.

Jason Shelfer 1:07

I forgot to set the clock by the bed. I also forgot to set my cell phone or I set my cell phone alarm incorrectly, which just but I also and I stayed up all night long.

Jana Shelfer 1:17

And I know because we have guests, right?

Jason Shelfer 1:20

Yes.

Jana Shelfer 1:20

And here's the thing is the night, so as we went to bed the night before, I told Jason I said, we have to get up a little early because we have to clean the house a little bit. When you invite news crews into your house, you have to pick up the the odds and ends, right?

Jason Shelfer 1:36

You want it to look better than just your everyday.

Jana Shelfer 1:40

And here's the thing is our house is is very, I think it's immaculate, but I'm a little biased.

Jason Shelfer 1:46

Well we keep it well, but also we have guests.

Jana Shelfer 1:48

But we have guests here. And so and it's not the guest fault, don't get me wrong. But when when we have groups of people here, you know, cups, well, there's high traffic. People have drinks.

Jason Shelfer 2:00

High traffic areas create um high traffic look.

Jana Shelfer 2:04

Yeah, and they may leave their hoodie on the table or the or you know, their socks on the floor. Yeah, or socks on the floor. That's Jason. Jason loves to leave his socks on the floor.

Jason Shelfer 2:15

I love to leave my socks on the floor.

The One-Hour Time Shift

Jana Shelfer 2:17

So here it is, 6 a.m. in the morning. It is pitch black because we lost an hour, and the news crew is texting me saying, We're at the gate. And I I hop into the butler called motion.

Jason Shelfer 2:31

The news crew is at the gate.

Jana Shelfer 2:35

I was putting on makeup, which I don't normally wear makeup when I ski, but I wanted to at least look a little presentable, but I couldn't find my- I always wear makeup when I ski. I couldn't find my waterproof mascara, which we know that ends up in a right.

Jason Shelfer 2:49

Miss raccoon stream.

Jana Shelfer 2:51

Raccoon eyes. It was so chaotic. It was it was very fun. And we are so grateful to Spectrum News, and that story comes out in the next few days, so we'll let you know. However, what was so I just what I want to really talk about today is the time change. Yeah, and how that really threw us for a loop.

Jason Shelfer 3:13

Yeah, I I still struggle with is it good or is it bad? Like it's one of those things for me. Because as a as a mindset coach, it's one of those things where change is good. Yeah, it kind of forces change for a majority of the public that habituates towards the norm or sameness.

Jana Shelfer 3:35

And it also here in Florida, it's kind of a change of seasons. Like getting up at 6 a.m. now is dark outside.

Jason Shelfer 3:42

Well, the other the other part of that is is the environment. So the sun is constantly changing its its uh the when the sun sets and when the sun rises, and it's gradual. So we don't our bodies don't recognize that that's changing because it's so gradual, you know? And so we need that reset for ourselves.

Jana Shelfer 4:06

Yes.

Jason Shelfer 4:06

But when we have that hour shift, we get we go into this little tizzy and this panic. Oh, it's surprised. I've lost an hour. And then when we gain an hour, we're like, yay!

Is It Mindset Or Lost Time?

Jana Shelfer 4:16

It's just an hour, right? It's just an hour. It would be like for us here in Florida, flying to Kansas. That is just an hour change.

Jason Shelfer 4:26

However, when we fly to Australia, it's just 16 or no, uh, 16 hours.

Jana Shelfer 4:31

However, sometimes that hour does it, it is surprising how it can affect us mentally, physically. I feel I feel lethargic physically. And I think mentally, I feel foggy. We went to you know, Toastmasters, and of course, you know, everyone was late for the meeting, and I'm thinking, what is happening? I look up at the clock, the clock still hasn't been reset.

Jason Shelfer 4:56

Sometimes I wonder, is it the story that we tell ourselves about that hour?

Jana Shelfer 5:00

Yes.

Jason Shelfer 5:01

Right?

Jana Shelfer 5:01

How are you spending that hour?

Jason Shelfer 5:03

Yeah.

Jana Shelfer 5:03

Which I always well, actually, though, it's we lost an hour.

Jason Shelfer 5:08

Yeah.

Jana Shelfer 5:09

Yeah.

Jason Shelfer 5:09

So I'm like, tell ourselves we're losing an hour, and and also if we if we are convinced that it's bad, if we're convinced that it's gonna, it's devastating and all that, uh, is that the effect it's gonna have?

Jana Shelfer 5:24

Or if we convince ourselves that, oh, this is gonna be good because it's gonna be later, it's gonna be lighter later.

Jason Shelfer 5:38

All this goodness, does that energize you and and and provide this new energy to life? So I mean it's for far really. It was, I think, for farmers. I haven't studied this whole daylight.

Jana Shelfer 5:52

We don't know what we're talking about. We just know how it has affected us. Right.

Routines, Seasons, And Circadian Cues

Jason Shelfer 5:56

Well, I mean, the whole the whole world's talking about it. I mean, they're talking about taking it away. You know, they're talking about passing a bill to to change it all.

Jana Shelfer 6:03

I will say sometimes we have we have Jason has clients all over the world. I have friends all over the world, and sometimes you go to send a text and you think, oh wait, they're in Oregon.

Speaker 3 6:18

Right. They're in Australia.

Jana Shelfer 6:20

Right now, it's early in the morning for me, it's in the middle of the night for them. It is kind of confusing to always look at time zones, look at who's who's yes, yeah, and especially when we start having these international Zooms, you know, like I have a coach in South Africa, right? And it is so confusing to me. I'm like, okay, wait, so are you holding it? Your timeline and sometimes on Zoom, they'll automatically change it for you. And so I'm like, has it already been changed for me, or do I need to be responsible of this change? Anyway, so it is confusing, right? However, if we didn't have it, I feel like our circadian rhythms might get a little wonky. Because already with just a one-hour change, mine feels a little off.

Jason Shelfer 7:13

Well, it's I think it's just getting into your routine, right?

Jana Shelfer 7:18

How well when I say a little off, the past month, month and a half, I have really noticed myself just getting into this. It's done, like really kind of slow. I've just kind of been, I needed a little, it's almost like I needed a B12 shot, booster shot. A time zone change.

Jason Shelfer 7:41

Well, and uh, so that's where I think that's where I'm like, this is a good thing. Because we went through the holidays, yes, we reset, and that our personal reset was slow.

Jana Shelfer 7:56

Yes.

Global Time Zones And Confusion

Jason Shelfer 7:57

And but and I think one of the reasons it was slow was because we knew we had a lot of plans coming up. Yes, we had two ski camps coming up, we've got some speeches, we've got all these other other things coming, and so we're like, let's wait to start that that momentum. Let's let's wait to get the car rolling on that first week when we knew we like our souls were saying, Hey, let's just get this car rolling now because we're go-getters.

Jana Shelfer 8:28

We're showing our messy side, is what we're doing right now.

Jason Shelfer 8:31

I think we I think and I think people relate to this because it's like a lot of times we start thinking about who do I want to be in June, you know? Yeah. And we're like, okay, next year I'm going to, or it's hard to next quarter I'm going to.

Jana Shelfer 8:47

It's hard to have gas on the pedal all year round. And that's every now and then we just need to coast. Yeah, well, or schedule a break. And even just zone out a little bit, like just letting our brains get spacey.

Jason Shelfer 9:03

Yeah, I think it's it's like rest, recharge, plan. There's a like allow yourself a planning space or a nothingness space. Like I've got a blog series that right now about just give yourself nothing to do. Go for a nothing walk. Like, don't listen to a podcast, don't do anything.

Jana Shelfer 9:23

Just give yours because in that's how I feel when I color. Yeah, and when I color, or even do something art puzzling for the most important thing.

Jason Shelfer 9:32

Puzzling is a major nothingness space for you. Because it'll like I see you come up with some of your best ideas when you do your um puzzles. What jigsaw puzzles.

Jana Shelfer 9:42

Yeah.

Jason Shelfer 9:42

Like, and I'm like, I get fascinated like watching you do that.

Jana Shelfer 9:46

I do. I really do.

Jason Shelfer 9:47

The for me, it's like going for a long walk. Like when I did the Camino de Santiago, I was like, I cried a lot. I like I could I allow it.

Jana Shelfer 9:55

That was a very emotional, cathartic time for you.

Jason Shelfer 9:58

Because I got all these downloads, all these a lot of clarity in that. And it's a your brain needs space for nothing.

Jana Shelfer 10:07

Yeah. So then I think to tie that into what we're talking about today, when when the time leaps forward, and all of a sudden we have one less hour in the day. For one day. For just one day. But it still feels almost like we've been stripped of something. I don't know why. But I guess what you're saying is it's all in our perspective and the way we look at it. And just talking this out has helped me realize I do need this. I do need this.

Embracing Slowness And Resets

Jason Shelfer 10:38

And it's just a little, it's just a small amount of change. And what it does is it says it gives us an opportunity to just recognize that there's a pattern interrupt.

Jana Shelfer 10:45

It also reminds us to change the filters.

Jason Shelfer 10:48

Right. Change and change the batteries and the fire alarms. Change the smoke alarms.

Jana Shelfer 10:52

The light bulbs, the batteries, and the filters. That's what you do when the time changes. So smart.

Jason Shelfer 10:58

That way you don't have to wake up in the middle of the night for beep, beep.

Jana Shelfer 11:01

Recap for us.

Jason Shelfer 11:05

Recognize when you need a change. Give yourself some space to just recharge and plan and rest. Do nothing. And stop taking everything so serious.

Jana Shelfer 11:17

When there is a forced change, like the time zone, roll with it. Learn to adapt. Roll with it.

Jason Shelfer 11:24

Roll with it.

Jana Shelfer 11:25

That needs to be our new saying. Just roll it. Roll with it. Thanks for joining us.

Jason Shelfer 11:30

Keep Living Lucky®.

Speaker 11:31

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