WEBVTT - Welcome to your 8784 hours

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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 think about your next eight thousand, seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred eighty four hours. There are normally eight thousand, seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty hours in a year, but this episode

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<v Speaker 1>is airing at the start of a leap year, so

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<v Speaker 1>we get an extra twenty four hours to play with.

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<v Speaker 1>Eight seven hundred eighty four hours is a lot of time,

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<v Speaker 1>if not an infinite amount of time, so it is

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<v Speaker 1>worth thinking about the best ways to experience it. So

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<v Speaker 1>I know that at the start of each new stretch

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<v Speaker 1>of time, I picture it is somewhat like a blank page. Eventually,

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<v Speaker 1>this page, and really my entire book of hours, will

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<v Speaker 1>be filled. We will be on the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>this time and it will have been filled with something.

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<v Speaker 1>But what it is filled with is at least partially

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<v Speaker 1>up to us. I think that's kind of exciting. With

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<v Speaker 1>eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four as the denominator, we

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<v Speaker 1>can start thinking about the various numerators that tend to

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<v Speaker 1>go into life. I know I tend to work about

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five hours a week on average. If I do

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<v Speaker 1>that fifty weeks this year. That is one thousand, seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred fifty hours. One thousand, seven hundred fifty is approximately

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<v Speaker 1>twenty percent of eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four hours.

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<v Speaker 1>What can I do in those one thousand, seven hundred

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<v Speaker 1>fifty hours. That is more than enough time to write

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<v Speaker 1>a book, though it is probably not enough time to

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<v Speaker 1>write ten books. I can attempt big things, but also

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<v Speaker 1>be choosy. I sleep about seven and a half hours

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<v Speaker 1>a day over three hundred sixty six days. That amounts

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<v Speaker 1>to two thousand, seven hundred forty five hours spent a sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>That will be about thirty one percent of my eight thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred eighty four hours. I should probably make sure

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<v Speaker 1>I have some comfortable pajamas. Subtracting one thousand, seven hundred

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<v Speaker 1>fifty and two thousand, seven hundred forty five from eight thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred eighty four we get four thousand, two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>eighty nine hours for other things. If you do the math,

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<v Speaker 1>that is forty nine percent of my time, which will

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<v Speaker 1>not be spent working or sleeping. That is enough time

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<v Speaker 1>for a lot, So it is worth thinking about what

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to two point into those hours What

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<v Speaker 1>activities would I like to do with my family? What

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<v Speaker 1>books would I like to read? What trips would I

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<v Speaker 1>like to take? Though of course I'll be sleeping for

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<v Speaker 1>some of those travel hours too. Are their concerts or

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<v Speaker 1>shows that might be worth two to four hours of

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<v Speaker 1>those four thousand, two hundred eighty nine hours. How about

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<v Speaker 1>runs somewhere beautiful? Maybe I can spend a few of

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<v Speaker 1>those four thousand, two hundred eighty nine hours running along

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<v Speaker 1>the beach. As you ponder the upcoming year, it might

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<v Speaker 1>be fun to think about how you'd like to allocate

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<v Speaker 1>your eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four hours. My guess

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<v Speaker 1>is that you do have enough time for the things

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<v Speaker 1>you need to do, so you can start pondering how

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to spend the other hours, doling them

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<v Speaker 1>out on whatever you deem worthy. The good news is

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<v Speaker 1>that even very serious hobbies and past times don't take

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of time. I have got four thousand, two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred eighty nine waking, non working hours. If I played

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<v Speaker 1>the piano for twenty minutes three times a week, that

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<v Speaker 1>is just fifty two of those hours. Singing in my

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<v Speaker 1>choir feels like a fairly large commitment, but it is

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<v Speaker 1>four hours a week for approximately thirty six weeks a year.

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<v Speaker 1>That is one hundred forty four out of those four thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred eighty nine waking non working hours. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>can fit if you want it to. So what do

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<v Speaker 1>you want to see fit in your upcoming eight thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred eighty four hours. I am picturing all of

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<v Speaker 1>us at the end of the year reflecting on how

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<v Speaker 1>those hours have been spent. They will will be spent

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<v Speaker 1>on something. Eventually, the book will be written, but what

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<v Speaker 1>is written on the pages is at least partly up

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

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

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