1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to make time centric decisions. It's easy 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: to undervalue time in our choices, but since time is 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: the ultimate limited resource, we want to honor its value 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: as much as possible. Today's tip, like another this week, 7 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: comes from Ashley Willen's new book Time Smart. Willains argues 8 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: that we need to do a better job building time 9 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: into our mental accounting. Plenty of us focus more on 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: another metric, money when choosing jobs. Most of us focus 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: too much on salary and prestige, easy to measure metrics, 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: and not enough on the value of the time will 13 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: spend in the job, or the ways a job will 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: allow us to shape our time outside work. She writes, 15 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: it's not that a time focused person isn't willing to 16 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: work long hours. It's just that this time focused person 17 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: wants to enjoy those hours, and if she somehow winds 18 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: up in work that she doesn't like so much, she's 19 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: careful to limit the time cost so she can enjoy 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: her time outside of work. Willand's notes that people also 21 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: make lousy time decisions about where they live. People often 22 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: want big houses and lots of space, but at least 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: in the pre COVID world where people went into the 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: office every day. In order to have those things and 25 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: high paying jobs, people often have to live on the 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: very outskirts of major metropolitan areas, and that can mean 27 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: a long commute. Commutes are the most miserable part of 28 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: the average person's day. Really, there is time use research 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: supporting that is, getting an extra bedroom in a bigger 30 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: garage with losing an extra twenty minutes every morning and 31 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: evening for years. Maybe sometimes we have to take factors 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: like school districts and our spouses jobs into consideration, and 33 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: who knows, maybe we'll get the opportunity to work from 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: home long term, but on the margin we might get 35 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: used to a smaller house, but a commute will be 36 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,839 Speaker 1: misery over and over again. I think there's something to this, 37 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: and I also know that it's easy to undervalue time. 38 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: I write about time, and even so I sometimes find 39 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: it hard to make time centric decisions. I've taken on 40 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: projects I wasn't so excited about because the pay seemed decent. 41 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: I have flown at inconvenient times because the tickets cost less. 42 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: I have stayed inside on nice days out of a 43 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: vague sense that I was behind on email. Sometimes it 44 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: makes sense, but we can make more money, we can 45 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: never make more time. Once a second is gone, all 46 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: the money in the world can't buy it back. And 47 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: while money can do wonderful things, making money centric decisions 48 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: tends to make people less happy. As Willen's rights. In 49 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: her research, students who prioritized time were more likely to 50 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: report that they were working at something they wanted to 51 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: do as opposed to something they had to do. So, 52 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: as you're making your decisions today and going forward, ask 53 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: if you are properly valuing your time. Maybe you are, 54 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: but many people aren't. And that's why we let push 55 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: notifications interrupt our free time for no reason whatsoever. Don't 56 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: just give away something that's valuable. Make time centric decisions 57 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: and you won't. In the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks 58 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. 59 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: Ye Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you. You 60 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: can send me your tips, your questions, or anything else. 61 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at 62 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast Pod. That's b E the number four. Then 63 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: Breakfast p o D. 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