Why Habits Fall Apart When Life Gets Hard (& What to Do Instead) | With Reagan Rose | Ep. 16

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What does it actually look like to steward your time well — without burning out, without hustle culture creeping in, and without losing sight of what actually matters? In this episode, Jeremy and Lauren sit down with Reagan Rose, founder of Redeeming Productivity, for a rich conversation about biblical productivity, building good habits, and what it means to be fruitful — not just busy.

Reagan has been teaching personal productivity through a biblical worldview for over ten years, and the parallels between his work and Lauren's approach to homemaking make for a conversation you'll want to listen to more than once.

CONNECT WITH REAGAN ROSE
Reagan runs the ministry Redeeming Productivity, where he teaches personal productivity through a biblical lens. He is the author of Redeeming Productivity and hosts a podcast and membership community by the same name. He lives in southeast Michigan with his wife Kim and their three children.

Find Reagan at: http://redeemingproductivity.com

Read Redeeming Productivity by Reagan Rose: https://amzn.to/3QAlxCD

Become a Member of the Redeeming Productivity Academy: https://redeemingproductivity.com/academy/

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TIMESTAMPS:

02:12 - How Reagan went from struggling student to biblical productivity ministry
03:05 - What stewardship actually has to do with your time
05:00 - Why there is so little Christian content on productivity
08:13 - The catch-22 of being too busy to fix being too busy
10:47 - Stop adding habits — start making what you do more routine
13:27 - Why the home to-do list will never be done (and that's okay)
15:11 - What happens when your schedule has no cushion
17:46 - The quarterly check-in that keeps priorities from drifting
21:17 - What faithful stewardship looks like when you are exhausted
25:30 - Reagan's POWER morning routine
27:55 - You are not just building a habit — you are building character
36:01 - Habits in the hard seasons: postpartum, depleted, running on empty
42:12 - Holding your plans loosely when God redirects them
43:25 - What it looks like when rest counts as productivity
45:33 - Rolling with the curveballs without everything falling apart
51:26 - How to know if you are being flexible or just avoiding the work
57:45 - The habits your kids are watching you build right now
58:44 - Painting the picture of an orderly home before you hand out chore charts
66:30 - Discipline is not a burden — it is what sets you free