WEBVTT - You can track some of your time

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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 that time tracking doesn't have to be all

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<v Speaker 1>or nothing. If you are not up for tracking all

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and sixty eight hours in the week, you

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<v Speaker 1>can track just some of your time. This partial tracking

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<v Speaker 1>can still provide insights about the parts of the week

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<v Speaker 1>that you are most curious about or most want to improve.

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<v Speaker 1>I know some people are somewhat interested in time tracking,

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<v Speaker 1>but are also not that enthusiastic about tracking their time

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<v Speaker 1>for an entire week. Perhaps they think it will be tedious.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps they think they know how certain things look, which

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<v Speaker 1>may be true. For instance, for work, if you do

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<v Speaker 1>set shifts, set a job, or punch in and out

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<v Speaker 1>at set times. Perhaps people are busy and feel it

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<v Speaker 1>is just one more thing to do. But that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that time tracking absolutely can't happen. You can track

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<v Speaker 1>just a part of your day, or any part of

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<v Speaker 1>the week that you would like to improve. For instance,

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<v Speaker 1>if your mornings tend to feel rushed and inefficient, you

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<v Speaker 1>could track from the time you wake up until the

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<v Speaker 1>time you get to work. If you want to learn

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<v Speaker 1>more about where your work time goes, or why you

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<v Speaker 1>feel you are never making progress on your professional priorities.

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<v Speaker 1>You could track just your work time, or maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like your evenings have the potential to be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better than they are. You could track from the

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<v Speaker 1>time you stop work or the time your kids get

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<v Speaker 1>home from school until the time you go to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people feel disappointed by their weekends. Maybe you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like your weekends are consumed by chores and driving, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you feel like you never get time for life

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<v Speaker 1>maintenance tasks on the weekend and so they just stack up.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps your weekends are full of adventures for your kids,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're wondering if you could fit in something memorable

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself. Tracking your weekend time could provide insight and

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<v Speaker 1>to where your time is currently going. Practically speaking, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do decide to track just some of your time,

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<v Speaker 1>you can still use a weekly spreadsheet. You simply leave

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<v Speaker 1>the blocks blank for the periods you are not tracking.

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<v Speaker 1>After you track part of your time, you can analyze

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<v Speaker 1>and reflect on it just as you would if you

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<v Speaker 1>had tracked the whole week. You can look for patterns

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<v Speaker 1>time that could be repurposed for something else. Activities you

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<v Speaker 1>could do more efficiently and so forth. Now, to be sure,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a lot of value in tracking your whole

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<v Speaker 1>week and seeing how your whole week fits together. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>spending time better is about shifting time from one activity

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<v Speaker 1>to another, so seeing the whole week laid out can

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<v Speaker 1>be valuable. Sometimes good time management really is about looking

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<v Speaker 1>at all the puzzle pieces. Your mornings are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be rough. If you are not going to bed on

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<v Speaker 1>time the night before, maybe you're not going to bet

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<v Speaker 1>on time because you're trying to score some leasure time.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's because evenings feel unfocused until late at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's because you don't know exactly when work will

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<v Speaker 1>be done. So we're looking back at the variable of

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<v Speaker 1>quitting time to find out why you can't seem to

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<v Speaker 1>run at six am. But that said, if you know

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<v Speaker 1>you are not going to track all your time, tracking

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<v Speaker 1>some of your time could still offer some insights, and

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<v Speaker 1>who knows, maybe in tracking some of your time, you

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<v Speaker 1>may realize that time tracking isn't so hard after all.

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<v Speaker 1>You might just decide to track a whole week in

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<v Speaker 1>the future. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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