Get Up & Get it Done: A Simple Way to Get Your Life Back on Track

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Relationships

4.7 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

If you constantly feel behind, overwhelmed, or like your to-do list is running your life, you’re not alone. Here’s the good news: today, you’re going to get your life back on track – and it’s easier than you think. You’re missing a simple system to handle the endless “life admin” that piles up every week. Things like: -scheduling appointments -answering emails -organizing paperwork -managing finances -planning your week -and dealing with all the little tasks (aka “life admin) that quietly drain your time and energy. In this solo episode, Mel will show you how dedicating one single day to handle your life admin can completely change how your life feels. Instead of spending your weekends catching up, stressing about what you forgot, or constantly feeling behind, you’ll have a clear system that puts you back in control so you can move through your week with more clarity and momentum. Mel calls it Life Admin Day, and once you try it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. In this episode, you’ll learn: -Why you constantly feel behind, even when you’re working hard -The hidden reason small tasks pile up and drain your energy -How one simple framework can help you get your time back -Why handling life admin during the week gives you your weekends back -How to organize your tasks so you stop feeling scattered and actually get things done -The exact way to structure your Life Admin Day so it actually works (this 5-part framework is based in cognitive research) -Why this one change can help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control After listening to this episode, you’ll have a practical plan you can try immediately. Stop playing catch-up and start feeling on top of your life again. For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked the episode, check out this one next: The 7-Day Reset for More Time, Energy & Happiness (Backed by Science) Connect with Mel: Order Mel’s new product, Pure Genius Protein Get Mel’s newsletter, packed with tools, coaching, and inspiration. Get Mel’s #1 bestselling book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.8	I have been dying to talk to you. I'm so excited that you're here today because I have a
0:12.5	hilarious story to tell you about what happened at work the other day. This is going to explain
0:16.2	why your life, why my life, why it just feels harder than it should, and more importantly, what we're going to do about it. So first the story. So we're all having lunch, and Cameron, one of our amazing producers here at 1443 studios, turns to us all and is like, so check this out, you guys. My TV remote stopped working, and she was kind of laughing as she was telling the story. And she said, so, you know, I open up the back and the batteries, they're dead.
0:39.7	But she went to look for double A batteries and she couldn't find any.
0:44.1	So what did she do?
0:45.0	Well, she did what you and I do.
0:46.5	Instead of buying new batteries, she took batteries out of her keyboard and put them into a remote control.
0:53.9	Problem solved, right? Because now the remote works, but her keyboard and put them into a remote control. Problem solved, right?
0:54.8	Because now the remote works, but her keyboard doesn't.
0:58.9	So now Cameron's laughing at herself as she's explaining that she basically walks around home
1:04.7	with the only two double A working batteries in her pocket.
1:08.9	She moves them from the remote to her flameless candles,
1:12.3	to her bathroom scale, back to the keyboard. She's just popping them in and popping them out,
1:17.4	and we're all laughing, because we've all done this. I bet you have a story like this. We all do.
1:24.3	We all have stories about needing to go to the DMV or calling your credit card company and being on hold for two hours or having an overdue appointment that never gets scheduled.
1:33.2	Or you've got this pile of shame where you've got Amazon returns that have taken a permanent residence in a corner of your house.
1:41.2	These are these tasks that are called life admin. This is what it feels like
1:47.3	when the administrative aspects of your and my life gets out of control. Because we're not
1:51.9	stopping to fix the problems. We're just moving them around. Like the batteries in Cameron's
1:57.9	pocket. You're moving the stress from one room to another, from one day
2:02.6	to another, from one year to another. This stuff just follows you everywhere. It's almost like
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