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 that you can make your life less chaotic
Speaker 1: and more enjoyable by learning a few simple strategies. Consciously
Speaker 1: choosing to build them into your life over the next
Speaker 1: two months or so could make life feel very different.
Speaker 1: I know several listeners of the Before Breakfast podcast join
Speaker 1: me for my recent time tracking challenge. Thousands of folks
Speaker 1: tracked their time together for a week, seeing where the
Speaker 1: time really went so we could make better choices if
Speaker 1: you participated in that wonderful I hope time tracking was useful.
Speaker 1: I am now running another challenge starting later this week,
Speaker 1: or people will learn my nine favorite time management rules
Speaker 1: over nine weeks. These are the rules I write about
Speaker 1: in Tranquility By Tuesday, my most recent book. You can
Speaker 1: sign up on my website Laura vandercam dot com to
Speaker 1: get an email each Friday for nine weeks explaining each
Speaker 1: new rule. I'll write about the rule during the week
Speaker 1: on my blog, and then on each Thursday, I'll send
Speaker 1: an email with some questions designed to help you reflect
Speaker 1: on the rule and how it played out. In your life.
Speaker 1: These habits are pretty simple. It is not a spoiler
Speaker 1: to share some of them, like give yourself a bedtime,
Speaker 1: or plan on Fridays, or move by three pm, or
Speaker 1: create backup slots, or plan in one big adventure in
Speaker 1: one little adventure each week. However, these habits can be
Speaker 1: life changing. That's what I found out when in early
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one I had one one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: people try out these rules for nine weeks. One participant
Speaker 1: in my study told me that these habits had encouraged
Speaker 1: me to be intentional about building in time for joy
Speaker 1: and restoration. Another told me that these rules helped in
Speaker 1: getting past the sense that my life was an unending
Speaker 1: to do list. Wrote another, I'm most proud of changing
Speaker 1: the story that I tell myself. I do have time
Speaker 1: for the things that are important to me, and time
Speaker 1: for fun too. If that sounds good to you, then
Speaker 1: please join me in trying these habits out. I've been
Speaker 1: monitoring how I do on my nine favorite time management
Speaker 1: rules over the past few months, and I can tell
Speaker 1: you that when I follow them, life really does feel better.
Speaker 1: Not perfect, of course, because life is never perfect, but
Speaker 1: it is definitely better. On the nights, I observe my bedtime.
Speaker 1: I sleep better during the weeks. When I plan my
Speaker 1: week on Friday, everything feels more under control. When I
Speaker 1: batch the little things, the little things don't take over
Speaker 1: my life. I hope you will feel the same way
Speaker 1: as well. So let's learn these nine rules over nine
Speaker 1: weeks together. Visit Laura vandercam dot com to sign up.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: 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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