1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: tip is to not waste your life on your phone. 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: Use your phone when you need to, of course, but 5 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: beyond the basics, I am guessing you have much more 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: meaningful ways to spend your time. So you may remember 7 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: that in January I led a group of thousands of 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: people through a challenge where we all tracked our time 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: for a week. Some of these time trackers told me 10 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: about their experiences and let me know what they discovered. 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: For instance, one person who felt she spent too much 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: time scrolling through headlines and social media told me that 13 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: I can do better. Time is so valuable and I 14 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: won't waste my life on my phone. I really appreciated 15 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: that statement. I mean, of course, time is a valuable 16 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: but you will note that she didn't say she didn't 17 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: want to waste time on her phone. She said she 18 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't waste her life on her phone. Focusing on life 19 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: rather than time raises the stakes. What you do with 20 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: five minutes here and there just doesn't seem like a 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: big deal. But your life, I mean, life is all 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: we have of course, our lives are made up of time, 23 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: and how we spend our time is how we spend 24 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: our lives. Wasting time is wasting life, but we don't 25 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: usually acknowledge that. Maybe we should. If you are trying 26 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: to reduce your phone use, you too might consider how 27 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: you want to spen your life instead of just how 28 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: you want to spend the next forty five minutes. You 29 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: might start with my time tracker's mantra, I won't waste 30 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: my life on my phone. Then you can add in 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: an intention about how you do want to spend your life, 32 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: like my life is about spending time with the people 33 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: I love, or my life is about bringing joy to others, 34 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: or my life is about making the world a more 35 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: just place. Then when you find yourself scrolling around on 36 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: social media or reading alarming headlines, cleaning out your podcast 37 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: queue playing snood, remind yourself what you want to do 38 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: with your life is what you are doing right now, 39 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: helping to make the world a more just place, or 40 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: bringing joy to others, or increasing the chances that you 41 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: spend time with the people you love. Maybe it is 42 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: always possible that it is, but maybe not. And if 43 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: that is the case, then maybe that reminder will help 44 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: you decide to spend the next few minutes on activities 45 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: beyond simply passing time until the next thing. You could 46 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: even change the wallpaper on your phone to remind yourself 47 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: of your intention for your life. That way, every time 48 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: you are about to check in on that argument on 49 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: Twitter and maybe even fan the flames a little, you 50 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: are reminded that you want to bring joy to others. 51 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: In any case, time is precious. Little bits of time 52 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: might not seem like much, but they do add up, 53 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: just like change in the couch cushions adds up. Each 54 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: bit isn't much, but in the end it doesn't feel 55 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: right just to burn it all. Best to harness that 56 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: time for something else rather than waste your life on 57 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: your phone. You live your life with the phone just 58 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: as a tool to help you along in the meantime. 59 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 60 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: the most of our times. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 61 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: hear from you. 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