How I Accidentally Discovered Stacy’s Methods
Last Thursday, I spilled coffee all over my planner while rushing to meet a deadline. Total chaos, right? My whole schedule was ruined, and I felt like giving up. Then I remembered that talk where Stacy mentioned her “5-minute reset trick” during interviews. Figured I’d try it since nothing else was working.
The Messy Experiment Begins
I grabbed this sticky note from my desk drawer – the pink one my kid decorated with dinosaur stickers. Wrote down exactly what Stacy does according to her podcast:
- Breathe like a goldfish (sounds weird but she swears by it)
- Ask “what’s salvageable?” before freaking out
- Do one tiny visible fix immediately
My spilled coffee situation? I wiped just the keyboard first instead of mopping the whole desk. Suddenly the disaster felt smaller.
Testing in Real Life
Tried it again when my Zoom crashed during a client call. Instead of restarting the whole computer like usual, I just closed other tabs – bam, connection came back. Saved me from looking like an amateur. Here’s the pattern I noticed:
Stacy’s magic isn’t in big solutions. It’s in breaking stuff into baby steps. Like when my garden flooded last month – she’d probably save one plant first instead of renting a pump immediately. That’s exactly what I did, and half the tomatoes survived.
Why This Actually Works
After using her methods for two weeks, here’s what clicked for me:
- Small actions create momentum – like pushing a stuck car
- Visible progress kills panic mode
- You start seeing what CAN be saved instead of what’s lost
Yesterday my oven died right before dinner guests arrived. Old me would’ve ordered pizza crying. Stacy-mode me? Threw the chicken in the air fryer and chopped extra salad. Nobody even noticed the crisis.
What’s Changed for Me
I’m not winning awards like Stacy yet, but man does this shift matter. My kid spilled juice today and I caught myself thinking “which part can I save first?” before reacting. Grabbed the library books instead of yelling. Tiny win, but huge difference in daily stress levels.
Still mess up constantly though. Just this morning I burnt toast using her method. Got so focused on saving the edible crust I forgot the smoke alarm. We’re all works in progress, right?