WEBVTT - Second Cup: Don't waste your life on your phone

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to not waste your life on your phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Use your phone when you need to, of course, but

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<v Speaker 1>beyond the basics, I am guessing you have much more

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<v Speaker 1>meaningful ways to spend your time. So you may remember

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<v Speaker 1>that in January I led a group of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>people through a challenge where we all tracked our time

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<v Speaker 1>for a week. Some of these time trackers told me

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<v Speaker 1>about their experiences and let me know what they discovered.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, one person who felt she spent too much

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<v Speaker 1>time scrolling through headlines and social media told me that

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<v Speaker 1>I can do better. Time is so valuable and I

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<v Speaker 1>won't waste my life on my phone. I really appreciated

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<v Speaker 1>that statement. I mean, of course, time is a valuable

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<v Speaker 1>but you will note that she didn't say she didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to waste time on her phone. She said she

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't waste her life on her phone. Focusing on life

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<v Speaker 1>rather than time raises the stakes. What you do with

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes here and there just doesn't seem like a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. But your life, I mean, life is all

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<v Speaker 1>we have of course, our lives are made up of time,

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<v Speaker 1>and how we spend our time is how we spend

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<v Speaker 1>our lives. Wasting time is wasting life, but we don't

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<v Speaker 1>usually acknowledge that. Maybe we should. If you are trying

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<v Speaker 1>to reduce your phone use, you too might consider how

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<v Speaker 1>you want to spen your life instead of just how

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<v Speaker 1>you want to spend the next forty five minutes. You

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<v Speaker 1>might start with my time tracker's mantra, I won't waste

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<v Speaker 1>my life on my phone. Then you can add in

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<v Speaker 1>an intention about how you do want to spend your life,

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<v Speaker 1>like my life is about spending time with the people

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<v Speaker 1>I love, or my life is about bringing joy to others,

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<v Speaker 1>or my life is about making the world a more

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<v Speaker 1>just place. Then when you find yourself scrolling around on

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<v Speaker 1>social media or reading alarming headlines, cleaning out your podcast

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<v Speaker 1>queue playing snood, remind yourself what you want to do

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<v Speaker 1>with your life is what you are doing right now,

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<v Speaker 1>helping to make the world a more just place, or

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<v Speaker 1>bringing joy to others, or increasing the chances that you

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<v Speaker 1>spend time with the people you love. Maybe it is

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<v Speaker 1>always possible that it is, but maybe not. And if

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<v Speaker 1>that is the case, then maybe that reminder will help

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<v Speaker 1>you decide to spend the next few minutes on activities

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<v Speaker 1>beyond simply passing time until the next thing. You could

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<v Speaker 1>even change the wallpaper on your phone to remind yourself

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<v Speaker 1>of your intention for your life. That way, every time

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<v Speaker 1>you are about to check in on that argument on

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter and maybe even fan the flames a little, you

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<v Speaker 1>are reminded that you want to bring joy to others.

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<v Speaker 1>In any case, time is precious. Little bits of time

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<v Speaker 1>might not seem like much, but they do add up,

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<v Speaker 1>just like change in the couch cushions adds up. Each

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<v Speaker 1>bit isn't much, but in the end it doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>right just to burn it all. Best to harness that

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<v Speaker 1>time for something else rather than waste your life on

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<v Speaker 1>your phone. You live your life with the phone just

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<v Speaker 1>as a tool to help you along in the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our times. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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