WEBVTT - Take back your time 2020 - Think addition, not subtraction

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my 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 the second in a five part series

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<v Speaker 1>on how to take control of your time in the

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<v Speaker 1>new year. This week, I'll be talking about five strategies

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<v Speaker 1>that I know will help you feel less busy and

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<v Speaker 1>get more done because they've definitely helped me. The first

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<v Speaker 1>tip was to track your time. The second tip is

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<v Speaker 1>to add before you subtract. Here's what I mean when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to time. We spend a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>and effort thinking about what we'd like to spend less

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<v Speaker 1>time doing, and it makes sense on some level if

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<v Speaker 1>we can shave bits of time off things that don't matter,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems like we'll have all kinds of time for

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<v Speaker 1>the good stuff. And that's the theory behind the vast

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<v Speaker 1>major already of time hacks I read online. I keep

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<v Speaker 1>looking at these articles hoping I'm going to find some

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<v Speaker 1>life changing strategy that will help me find hours in

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<v Speaker 1>the day I didn't know existed. But then the tips

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<v Speaker 1>are always things like, if you need to microwave something

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<v Speaker 1>for about twenty seconds, you can save time by pressing

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<v Speaker 1>to two instead of to zero. I mean, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>do people think we're really going to build amazing lives

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<v Speaker 1>by saving a few seconds here and there? Is hitting

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<v Speaker 1>to zero on the microwave instead of T two keeping

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<v Speaker 1>you from greatness? I doubt it. I believe this advice

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<v Speaker 1>has it completely backward. We don't build the lives we

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<v Speaker 1>want by saving time. We build the lives we want

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<v Speaker 1>and then time saves itself. So instead I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to focus on addition rather than subtraction. Hopefully this week

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<v Speaker 1>you're tracking your time. But whether you are or you aren't,

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<v Speaker 1>ask yourself this question, what would you like to spend

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<v Speaker 1>more time doing? What isn't in your life that you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to see there? What are you doing once or

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<v Speaker 1>twice a week, or for a few minutes that you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to do a lot more of what makes you

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<v Speaker 1>happiest and most energized. Take a few minutes today to

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<v Speaker 1>think about this and make a list. Then choose one

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<v Speaker 1>item on the list that seems doable. Maybe you enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>reading crime novels. Maybe you like to take walks outside

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the day. Maybe you enjoy playing

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<v Speaker 1>with your dogs in the backyard. Whatever it is, figure

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<v Speaker 1>this out and challenge yourself to spend one more hour

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<v Speaker 1>in the next few days doing this. When could this happen?

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<v Speaker 1>What logistics do you need to take care of? If

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<v Speaker 1>a whole hour in one chunk isn't appropriate, maybe think

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<v Speaker 1>about smaller chunks. But I'm guessing you can find the

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<v Speaker 1>time somewhere. Maybe you make sure you have a really

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<v Speaker 1>good crime novel and you set non alarm for thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes before bed to read it. Do that for two

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<v Speaker 1>days and you've gotten your hour in. Or when you're

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<v Speaker 1>puttering around after work, go grab the dogs and go

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<v Speaker 1>outside with your frisbee. And then as you build in

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<v Speaker 1>this hour, something magical happens. The stuff you don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do, the stuff we look for life hacks to

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<v Speaker 1>trim just naturally takes less time. When I'm deeply absorbed

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<v Speaker 1>in a writing project, I've spend less time in my inbox.

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<v Speaker 1>I do this regardless of whether I am using some

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<v Speaker 1>email hack like typing k instead of okay in my emails.

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<v Speaker 1>Best to make time for the writing rather than ditch

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<v Speaker 1>the letter. Oh so, what will you add into your life?

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<v Speaker 1>You can let me know before Breakfast podcast at ihart

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<v Speaker 1>media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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

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