I'm Kristin Cavallari. I work from my kitchen counter, love leftover lunches, and hate the carpool line — here's my typical day.

Aug 24, 2026 04:05 PM - 1 hour ago 1

Kristin Cavallari successful beforehand of an Uncommon James motion and branded bags

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This as-told-to effort is based connected a speech pinch 39-year-old Kristin Cavallari, a reality TV prima and entrepreneur based successful Franklin, Tennessee. It has been edited for magnitude and clarity.

I unrecorded and dice by my schedule.

My 3 kids, who are 10, 12, and 14, are my first priority. Next comes Uncommon James, the jewelry, skincare, and homeware institution marque I launched successful 2017. I tin already show you what the adjacent twelvemonth looks like.

Then I furniture successful Fizzen, my sparkling macromolecule drink, on pinch my podcast, "Let's Be Honest pinch Kristin Cavallari," and everything other I do successful the intermezo world.

Here's what a emblematic time successful my hectic life looks like.

I aftermath up astatine 6.15 a.m. to make meal and luncheon for my kids

I'm usually up by 6:15 a.m. When I became a mom astatine 25, I had to study really to beryllium an early bird, but now I really emotion waking up and going to slumber early.

Most mornings, I don't person clip to cheque my phone. It's consecutive to packing lunches and making meal for my kids. We each eat the aforesaid thing: scrambled eggs, bacon, and cheese, wrapped successful a tortilla. It's delicious.

I return a batch of supplements. Every six months, I get my vitamin levels, hormones, and nutrient sensitivities checked, truthful I'm usually pursuing immoderate benignant of protocol my expert has created for me. It ranges from probiotics and prebiotics to DHEA for hormones.

After breakfast, I make myself a cup of coffee. I'm a one-coffee-a-day benignant of girl. I usually sip it while I'm taking my kids to school.

We're usually retired the doorway astir 7:30 a.m., and it's a 15-minute thrust to my kids' school.

I cheque emails earlier moving retired astatine my location gym astatine 9 a.m.

Once I'm backmost home, I walk 30 minutes to an hr moving done emails. About 70% are related to Uncommon James. The remainder is related to my podcast and everything other I person going connected nether the intermezo umbrella. Earlier this year, I was engaged promoting the "Laguna Beach" reunion.

Around 9 a.m., I activity retired for an hour. I consciousness very fortunate to person a gym astatine my house.

I usually activity retired alone, isolated from connected Thursdays erstwhile I train pinch someone. I emotion moving retired to location music, Dua Lipa, aliases Post Malone.

I walk 20 minutes meditating successful my infrared sauna whenever I can

If my schedule isn't excessively crazy, I'll walk 20 minutes successful my infrared sauna aft my workout.

I'm really into wellness and wellness, and I usage an infrared sauna for detoxing and longevity. I effort to walk astir 10 minutes meditating successful the sauna. My life is truthful hectic that I request those moments to enactment sane.

If I don't person clip for the sauna, I'll conscionable ablution and get fresh for the day.

Most of my workday happens from my room counter

I'm a skincare junkie, but I effort to support my regular efficient. I usage products from my skincare line, Uncommon Beauty, including Koji pads, Pineapple Peptide Nectar, and our Daily Water and Glutathione Serum.

On a normal day, I'll only deterioration immoderate mascara and put my hairsbreadth successful a ponytail. If I'm filming a podcast, which I do connected Mondays, I'll spell each out.

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Kristin Cavallari runs her business from Tennessee.  Courtesy of Kristin Cavallari

I person a podcast workplace astatine home, truthful I'm usually fresh to grounds by astir 11:30 a.m. I'll besides grounds podcast advertisements that day.

Every Tuesday, I spell into the Uncommon James office, which is astir a 40-minute thrust from my location successful Franklin. I've been living successful Tennessee full-time since 2017. In the office, I'm successful back-to-back meetings until 3:30 p.m.

For the remainder of the week, I'm usually moving connected my laptop astatine my room counter. It's a operation of editing podcasts, prepping for impermanent interviews, and pitching projects complete Zoom. I don't usage AI each day, but periodically I usage it to look complete smaller contracts to prevention connected ineligible fees.

I ever extremity for leftovers astatine astir noon

I eat luncheon astir noon. I'm not personification who tin support moving without stopping to eat something. I can't usability if I'm hungry.

I'm a leftovers girl. I'll ever make much for dinner, truthful I person thing to eat the adjacent day.

After lunch, I'm moving connected my laptop again. I for illustration to beryllium a 'big picture' founder. I get really excited astir trading and big, marque moments passim the year. Still, I find myself getting progressive successful the smaller details, for illustration overseeing outgoing matter messages and interviewing for a shop head successful Austin.

I wrap up activity earlier my kids get location astatine 3:20 p.m.

I really effort to wrap up activity earlier my kids get location astir 3:20 p.m. I want to beryllium wholly coming erstwhile they're home. Occasionally, I'll reply an email aliases jump connected a telephone call, but I really effort not to.

The babysitter picks them up from school, which saves maine an hr each day. As galore parents will know, waiting successful a carpool statement is specified a time-suck.

My babysitter is simply a lifesaver, who besides runs the occasional errand for me. Otherwise, I don't person overmuch thief astir the house. Once the kids are home, I'm putting laundry away, stepping the dogs, aliases moving to the market shop if needed. There are decidedly times erstwhile it each feels overwhelming.

I make meal each nighttime truthful we tin eat together astatine 5 p.m.

I usually commencement preparing meal erstwhile the kids get location because we eat astir 5 p.m. earlier everyone heads disconnected to sports practice. I make a play paper and effort to spell to the market shop only erstwhile a week because it's 25 minutes away.

I navigator almost each night: burrito bowls, salmon bowls, Greek salads, bang bang chicken, and my BLT pasta salad. My daughter, who is 10, loves cooking pinch me.

After practices and everything else, I emotion winding down astir 8 p.m. Before bed, I do my skincare routine and usage a gua sha aliases microcurrent device. To relax, I'm overmuch much apt to publication aliases do a puzzle than watch TV. I emotion Colleen Hoover and trashy formation reads, but I for illustration nonfiction, too.

It's usually lights retired betwixt 9:15 and 10 p.m. I find it beautiful easy to move off.

Kristin Cavallari

Kristin Cavallari first recovered fame connected MTV's "Laguna Beach."  Courtesy of Kristin Cavallari

Success for maine looks for illustration slow mornings and a serene mind

When I was connected "Laguna Beach," I didn't person business aspirations. To beryllium honest, I don't deliberation I had immoderate aspirations astatine 17. Once I was connected TV, however, doors opened, and I ran pinch the opportunities.

I wanted to beryllium to everyone, and to myself, that I could make it successful the branding world. That's why I launched Uncommon James.

At this constituent successful my career, occurrence looks a small different. I've done the hustle, and though I'm still grinding, occurrence for maine would look for illustration slower mornings, a serene mind, and having clip successful my time to do what I want.

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