WEBVTT - What do you want to see on your time log?

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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 consider what you would like to see

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<v Speaker 1>in a time log for the coming week. When you

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<v Speaker 1>know how you hope to have spent your time, you

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<v Speaker 1>are more likely to actually do the things you want

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<v Speaker 1>to have done. Longtime listeners know that I often host

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<v Speaker 1>a time tracking challenge in January. This year is no exception.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousands of us will track our time together for a

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<v Speaker 1>week from January twelfth to January nineteenth. If you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to sign up, just go to Laura vandercam dot

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<v Speaker 1>com and enter your email address to get a time

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<v Speaker 1>log and daily motivational emails from me. Knowing where the

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<v Speaker 1>time goes can help us spend time better. Now, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do the time tracking challenge, I imagine you would

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<v Speaker 1>want to figure out how to make the most of

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity. One of the biggest benefits is accountability. When

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<v Speaker 1>you know you're going to write down how you spend

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<v Speaker 1>your time, you may be more likely to make choices

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<v Speaker 1>with your time that you are proud of. But this

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't even have to be an in the moment, good

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<v Speaker 1>versus bad angel or devil kind of thing? Do I

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<v Speaker 1>want to read? Or do I want a doom scroll

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<v Speaker 1>for the next hour? What do I want to write

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<v Speaker 1>on my log? I think that, But before you even

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<v Speaker 1>start tracking, you can ask what you would like to

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<v Speaker 1>see on your time log at the end of the week.

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<v Speaker 1>By asking what you would like to see, you can

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<v Speaker 1>make plans and choices that increase the amount of time

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<v Speaker 1>spent on those things. So, for instance, if you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to know that you spent some time connecting with

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<v Speaker 1>your partner, you might propose that the two of you

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<v Speaker 1>bundle up and go for an evening walk on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>when you are both home, instead of just collapsing in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the TV. If you want to spend more

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<v Speaker 1>of your work hours investing in your relationships with colleagues,

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<v Speaker 1>you might reach out to a few about grabbing lunch

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<v Speaker 1>or coffee over the next week. Of course, these intentions

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<v Speaker 1>might also then inform your choices during the week. If

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<v Speaker 1>you know you want to see connection with your colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>and somebody suggests happy hour, you know that you would

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<v Speaker 1>be well served by arranging your life to make it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You reach out to your spouse to see if they

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<v Speaker 1>can cover daycare pickup and you offered to do it

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<v Speaker 1>on another night to make up for it. Perhaps knowing

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<v Speaker 1>what you'd like to see on your time log will

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<v Speaker 1>even help you get creative. If a friend wants to

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<v Speaker 1>get together on Saturday morning and you are planning to

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<v Speaker 1>get groceries, then maybe you will try grocery delivery for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time, or you'll suggest your friend go grocery

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<v Speaker 1>shopping with you, call it a shop and schmooze. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what you wanted to have in your log can

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<v Speaker 1>help ensure you get it there. I know lots of

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<v Speaker 1>people want to spend less time on things they don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to do, and I get that keeping track of

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<v Speaker 1>your time next week or any week might help you

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<v Speaker 1>see some possibilities for being more efficient. But just as important,

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<v Speaker 1>we should ask what we want to spend more time doing.

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<v Speaker 1>We should ask what we want to see reflected in

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<v Speaker 1>our time, because that empowers us to plan these things

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<v Speaker 1>in or to make choices that increase these activities in

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<v Speaker 1>the moment. In fact, even if you don't track your time,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be helpful to ask yourself a version of

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<v Speaker 1>this question, what do I want to have done this

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<v Speaker 1>week or what experiences would I be happy to look

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<v Speaker 1>back on today. When you involve your remembering self in

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<v Speaker 1>making decisions about how to spend your time, you are

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<v Speaker 1>more likely to spend your time in ways your remembering

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<v Speaker 1>self will be happy with. I would love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>how you would like to say you have spent your time.

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<v Speaker 1>You can email me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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