WEBVTT - 9 habits, 9 weeks

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is that you can make your life less

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<v Speaker 1>chaotic and more enjoyable by learning a few simple strategies.

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<v Speaker 1>Consciously choosing to build them into your life over the

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<v Speaker 1>next two months or so could make life feel very different.

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<v Speaker 1>I know several listeners of the Before Breakfast podcast join

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<v Speaker 1>me for my recent time tracking challenge. Thousands of folks

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<v Speaker 1>tracked their time to gather for a week, seeing where

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<v Speaker 1>the time really went so we could make better choices

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<v Speaker 1>if you participated in that wonderful I hope time tracking

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<v Speaker 1>was useful. I am now running another challenge starting later

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<v Speaker 1>this week, or people will learn my nine favorite time

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<v Speaker 1>management rules over nine weeks. These are the rules I

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<v Speaker 1>write about in Tranquility By Tuesday, my most recent book.

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<v Speaker 1>You can sign up on my website Laura vander Kam

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<v Speaker 1>dot com to get an email each Friday for nine

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<v Speaker 1>weeks explaining each new rule. I'll write about the rule

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<v Speaker 1>during the week on my blog, and then on each Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll send an email with some questions designed to help

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<v Speaker 1>you reflect on the rule and how it played out

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<v Speaker 1>in your life. These habits are pretty simple. It is

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<v Speaker 1>not a spoiler to share some of them, like give

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<v Speaker 1>yourself a bedtime, or plan on Fridays, or move by

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<v Speaker 1>three pm, or create backup slots, or plan in one

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<v Speaker 1>big adventure and one little adventure each week. However, these

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<v Speaker 1>habits can be life changing. That's what I found out

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<v Speaker 1>when in early I had hundred fifty people try out

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<v Speaker 1>these rules for nine weeks. One participant in my study

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<v Speaker 1>told me that these habits had encouraged me to be

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<v Speaker 1>intentional about building in time for joy and restoration. Another

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<v Speaker 1>told me that these rules helped in getting past the

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<v Speaker 1>sense that my life was an unending to do list.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrote another, I'm most proud of changing the story that

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<v Speaker 1>I tell myself. I do have time for the things

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<v Speaker 1>that are important to me and time for fun. Two.

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<v Speaker 1>If that sounds good to you, then please join me

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<v Speaker 1>in trying these habits out. I've been monitoring how I

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<v Speaker 1>do on my nine favorite time management rules over the

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<v Speaker 1>past few months, and I can tell you that when

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<v Speaker 1>I follow them, life really does feel better. Not perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, because life is never perfect, but it is

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<v Speaker 1>definitely better. On the nights I observed my bedtime. I

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<v Speaker 1>sleep better during the weeks. When I plan my week

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday, everything feels more under control. When I batched

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<v Speaker 1>the little things, the little things don't take over my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you will feel the same way as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's learn these nine rules over nine weeks together.

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<v Speaker 1>Visit Laura Vanderkam dot com to sign up. 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>them moose of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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