Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that life is lived in Tuesdays. As
Speaker 1: you think about changes you can make to your life,
Speaker 1: anything that can make life better on an average Tuesday
Speaker 1: will matter more than changes that don't affect the experience
Speaker 1: of an average normal day. Today's tip, like some others
Speaker 1: this week, comes from my new book, Tranquility by Tuesday,
Speaker 1: which is out this Tuesday. In this book, I show
Speaker 1: what happened when a hundred fifty busy people learned nine
Speaker 1: of my favorite time management strategies. Those nine rules helped
Speaker 1: people calm the chaos and make time for what matter.
Speaker 1: Eurs life, it turns out, has lived in hours. This
Speaker 1: is an important realization because when we think about joy
Speaker 1: and happiness, we often think about whether the big pieces
Speaker 1: of a good life or in place. Maybe the prestigious job,
Speaker 1: the loving family, the beautiful home. These things do matter,
Speaker 1: but these things do not automatically translate to your hours
Speaker 1: being spent in joyful ways. If every day looks the same,
Speaker 1: if you feel lethargic from sitting too long, or exhausted
Speaker 1: from sleep, deprivation. If you rarely have time for the
Speaker 1: absorbing work you find meaningful, and if you rarely have
Speaker 1: time for hobbies or to connect with the friends who
Speaker 1: make you laugh, that prestigious job and loving family can
Speaker 1: start to feel like a grind. We can chastise ourselves
Speaker 1: for feeling this way and try to vince ourselves otherwise
Speaker 1: by using the hashtag blessed but resentment Confessed R. I
Speaker 1: want to help people with this predicament. I know that
Speaker 1: most of us just want to enjoy whatever time we
Speaker 1: have on this planet. We want to stop feeling like
Speaker 1: we are either racing against the clock or wishing time away.
Speaker 1: Maybe we need our minutes to give all that we
Speaker 1: ask of them. But because the plates are not going
Speaker 1: to magically stop spinning, and because we don't truly wish
Speaker 1: for fewer plates, we need to learn to calm the
Speaker 1: chaos and find joy in busy days. There is no
Speaker 1: sense in waiting for vacations, which are hardly relaxing. If
Speaker 1: you've still got your toddler only now he's off his
Speaker 1: usual schedule or some elusive future. Life is not going
Speaker 1: to be less hectic next week. It won't be less
Speaker 1: hectic next year. This is where we need to live life,
Speaker 1: right here now, on a normal Tuesday. So let's figure
Speaker 1: out how to make our Tuesdays as good as possible. Fortunately,
Speaker 1: there are lots of ways to do this even as
Speaker 1: you're getting the kids on the bus and logging into
Speaker 1: zoom calls. We can establish foundational habits that allow us
Speaker 1: to get enough sleep and regular physical activity. We can
Speaker 1: establish regular planning practices that keep us focused on long
Speaker 1: term goals. We can build open space into our lives
Speaker 1: to account for emergencies and opportunities. We can plan in
Speaker 1: little adventures that make sure we always have something to
Speaker 1: look forward to. We can tweak the old habits of
Speaker 1: leisure time to make more meaningful, rejuvenating leisure time possible.
Speaker 1: For most people listening to this podcast, and for most
Speaker 1: of the people who participated in my Tranquility by Tuesday study,
Speaker 1: the big pieces of life are no doubt already in place.
Speaker 1: It's just about small tweaks that can take a day
Speaker 1: from great too awesome. That is the point of this
Speaker 1: podcast and the point of Tranquility by Tuesday as well.
Speaker 1: It is all about mindset hours in the middle of
Speaker 1: a busy life should still be enjoyed. Life does not
Speaker 1: need to be a never ending to do list. So
Speaker 1: this Tuesday, I am making time to read. When I've
Speaker 1: got a moment, I will play the piano for ten
Speaker 1: minutes rather than doing one more pointless email check. I'm
Speaker 1: going for a walk mid day. I'm planning in a
Speaker 1: little adventure, likely treating myself to lunch in a new place.
Speaker 1: Why not. The goal is to make a Tuesday more
Speaker 1: fun and more memorable. Even as we do all the
Speaker 1: things we have to do, life happens on normal Tuesdays.
Speaker 1: So figure out how to make Tuesdays better and life
Speaker 1: as a whole will follow. It really is as simple
Speaker 1: as that. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with
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