A Day In Her Life Episode 141: A Day In Her Life with Ellie Rineck
Welcome to my first solo episode of 2025! After 140 episodes of talking with incredible women about their days, I'm turning the mic on myself to share what my life looks like right now as a working mom of two in the Boston area.
In this quick check-in episode, I'm opening up about how my days have shifted over the past year, what's working, and what I'm still figuring out. From waking up at 6:45 (or 6:00 on workout days) to bedtime snuggles at 7:30, I'm walking you through the honest reality of balancing full-time work in healthcare project management, hosting this podcast, traveling 1-2 times a month, and trying to find humor in the heavy moments.
What I Cover:
- Why I describe my days as full, organized, and funny
- My Tuesday/Thursday workout routine (and why I have to do it first thing or it won't happen)
- The morning struggle with two non-morning-person kids
- How my husband has stepped up with breakfast and mornings (a big change from past episodes!)
- My workday: 9am-5:15pm with too many meetings and not enough lunch breaks
- High-low-buffalo at dinner (something I learned from podcast guests!)
- The Nintendo Switch debate and how we're handling it as a family toy
- Traveling 1-2 times a month for work (and the surprising truth about not hating it)
- Our laundry outsourcing situation and the transition with our home assistant
- Why I'm not a date night person but love in-home date nights
- Screen time boundaries, kids' chores, and teaching my 4-year-old to load the dishwasher
- Using The Bright Method to completely transform my calendar
- How I'm using AI for the podcast and work (Superhuman, Descript, Notion, Claude)
- The bedtime routine that fills my cup: charging up my kids and hearing "love you mommy night night"
- Dropping the ball on work travel but trying not to miss anything for my kids
Three Words to Describe My Days: Full, organized, funny
00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:57 How To Support
01:48 Solo Episode Setup
02:17 Meet Ellie
02:41 Why This Podcast
03:47 Solo Episodes Plan
04:41 Three Words Today
05:15 Morning Routine
07:15 Kid Wake Up
09:18 Workday Flow
11:52 Food And Lunch
12:39 Dinner And Family Time
15:18 Bedtime Routine
16:39 Evening Hobbies
19:23 Work Travel Shift
20:47 Outsourcing And Systems
21:23 Screen Time And Switch
22:20 Kids Chores
23:53 Friends And Marriage Time
26:17 Groceries And AI Tools
27:54 Dropped Balls
28:21 Current Obsession
28:55 Favorite Daily Moment
29:27 Wrap Up And Recap
29:48 Final Call To Action
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