Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to keep some airplane time for yourself. You
Speaker 1: don't have to use all your time and transit to
Speaker 1: get stuff done. You can reserve some of it for leisure.
Speaker 1: I know Before Breakfast listeners like to be productive, and
Speaker 1: one way to do that is by getting stuff done
Speaker 1: while you are on planes. Planes can be great for
Speaker 1: deep work like writing, editing, or developing ideas. You can
Speaker 1: get through an email backlog, or do a lot of
Speaker 1: little to dos when you are removed from everything else
Speaker 1: that comes up. But I'm here to encourage you not
Speaker 1: to use all your plane time for work. When you
Speaker 1: decide in advance to keep some plane time for yourself,
Speaker 1: you can still get plenty done, but then you also
Speaker 1: won't feel guilty about doing something restorative as well. Former
Speaker 1: Surgeon General Vvick Murthy recently wrote on Substack about the
Speaker 1: benefits of not working on planes. He pointed out that
Speaker 1: planes used to be removed from the demands of the ground,
Speaker 1: but with laptops and Wi Fi, they aren't anymore. Plane
Speaker 1: life used to be its own special thing, A distinct
Speaker 1: experience with its own rhythm and personality. He said, Now
Speaker 1: it's just ground life in a smaller seat. But it
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be that way. Vivick suggested ways you
Speaker 1: can make the sky feel like a sanctuary again. As
Speaker 1: he put it, he encouraged people to designate some plain
Speaker 1: time for doing nothing or doing whatever they wanted. He advised,
Speaker 1: decide before you board how much time you will give
Speaker 1: to the ground and how much you will keep for yourself.
Speaker 1: In the time when you are not working, he said,
Speaker 1: just see where your mind takes you. Who knows your
Speaker 1: mind may wander in ways that can spark new ideas
Speaker 1: and insights. I would add that if you plan to
Speaker 1: spend some time not working, you won't feel disappointed or
Speaker 1: guilty for not working the whole time, which often doesn't
Speaker 1: happen in any case. I think sometimes when people don't
Speaker 1: plan to use sometime for leisure, they feel bad about
Speaker 1: not having worked the whole time. But sometimes that is inevitable,
Speaker 1: like if the flight is bumpy or frequently delayed, or
Speaker 1: you're exhausted, or something doesn't go as planned. When that
Speaker 1: is the case, watching a movie is perfectly fine, and
Speaker 1: if you are going to watch a movie, well you
Speaker 1: may as well enjoy it. So the next time you're flying,
Speaker 1: decide purposely to do some work and reserve sometime for yourself.
Speaker 1: That way, you will land having gotten done whatever you
Speaker 1: needed to and feeling a bit restored. It's the best
Speaker 1: of both worlds. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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