1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 2: Good Morning. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: tip is that while it is easy to waste the 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: last minutes of anything, time is time. You might be 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: able to do more than you think you can when 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: you don't quit until it's quitting time. So once, when 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: I was helping out in a child's class, I enjoyed 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: witnessing the teacher pull a classroom time management master move. 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: We were in the last ten minutes of the day. 11 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Buses were about to be called. I can imagine that 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: a lot of people would have phoned it in at 13 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: that point, but the teacher had the kids doing an 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: act activity where they were still learning even as they 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: were gathering their bags and preparing to leave in their 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: small groups. Her perspective was that ten minutes a day 17 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: is still ten minutes. Over one hundred eighty school days, 18 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: that is eighteen hundred minutes, which is thirty hours. You 19 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: can learn a lot in thirty hours, so there was 20 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: no need to quit until quitting time. I think that 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: is a really good perspective. I know that as I 22 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: get toward the end of the workday, it is easy 23 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,639 Speaker 1: to discount that last bit of time. 24 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: Maybe I need to be in the car to go 25 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: get a kid at four fifteen pm, so come four 26 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: o'clock I am looking at the clock. But those fifteen 27 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 2: minutes are still usable. I might not be able to 28 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: do anything deep, but I can do something. One thing 29 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: I find. 30 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Really good to do in this almost quitting time window 31 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: is all the little things I have scheduled for the 32 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: next day. As I near the end of any given 33 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: work day. 34 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: I tend to make my to do list for the 35 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: next day. Some of these tasks will be big things, 36 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: or time specific things, or things requiring a lot of concentration, 37 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 2: but other stuff will be little tasks like sending a 38 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: quick email, filling out a form, or paying a bill. 39 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, I can create a 40 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: mini batching time and do those tasks. Suddenly the next 41 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: day looks a lot lighter and like I am way 42 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: ahead of the game. Now, sure, those things only would 43 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 2: have taken fifteen minutes the next day too, But now 44 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 2: that is fifteen minutes I don't have to think about. 45 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: Maybe you can try the same. If there is a 46 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 2: time you normally leave work, challenge yourself to fill the 47 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: time right up until that moment. Some days you won't 48 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 2: need any help with this because the day will be crazy. 49 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 2: But if not, try not to think, well, hey, this 50 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: can all just wait for tomorrow, when the stuff could 51 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: in fact be finished before then. This idea can go 52 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: for social gatherings too. I always like it when people 53 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: pay as much attention to endings as beginnings. It shows 54 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: a certain thoughtfulness instead of people just drifting out at 55 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: the end of an event. Maybe there is a final. 56 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: Activity or a treat that people could look for forward too. 57 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: You don't quit until quitting time, and thus you get 58 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: the full experience of your fun. 59 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: In the meantime. 60 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: This is Laura. 61 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 62 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 2: our time. 63 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you. 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