1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Today's tip is too deepen time. No one gets more 4 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: than one hundred sixty eight hours in a week, but 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: by being mindful of where the time is going, it 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: is possible to make each hour count for more. When 7 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: this episode is first airing in January, I am leading 8 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: a time tracking challenge where hundreds of people are logging 9 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: their time for a week. We are all trying to 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: figure out where the time really goes so we can 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: make wise decisions. If that sounds good to you, then 12 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: feel free to join in. You just write down what 13 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: you're doing as often as you remember, and keep going 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: for a week. Then you can celebrate, reflect or change. 15 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: When people first track their time, they are often surprised 16 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: at just how vast a hundred sixty hours truly is. 17 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: Many of us are accustomed to thinking primarily of work hours, 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: or even just week day hours, and we fail to 19 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: see all the time that exists. Of course, time isn't 20 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: infinite either, and so on some level we are ultimately 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: limited in how much time we can devote to anything. 22 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: We also know that multitasking tends not to be terribly efficient. 23 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: You could try to save time by answering your emails 24 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: during that conference call, but one or the other is 25 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: getting the short end of the sick. But that doesn't 26 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: mean you can't do two things at once. Indeed, you 27 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: often can, and in many cases should. I realized this 28 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: at one point in college when I was trying to 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: land a campus job. I realized that some jobs would 30 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: allow me to study at the same time I was working. 31 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: Others didn't, So I wound up taking a job manning 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: the information and security desk at the student center during 33 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: off hours when a few information requests came up. If 34 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: I would be studying from eight pm to midnight anyways, 35 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: why not get paid for those hours too. No one 36 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: is paying me by the hour these days. But there 37 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: are lots of ways to do two things at once. 38 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: I mean, hey, you are getting productivity tips from me, well, 39 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: no doubt doing something else right. You can read while 40 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: driving or exercising or doing chores by listening to audiobooks. 41 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: You can deepen a relationship while doing errands by consciously 42 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: bringing one person along with you a child, a partner, 43 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: a friend. This turns something you need to do in 44 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: to one on one quality time. You can also incorporate 45 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: one other person into a leisure time activity, walking with 46 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: a friend, doing a puzzle with a spouse or child, 47 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: that sort of thing. You can walk while listening to 48 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: a conference call where you don't need to talk all 49 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: that much. You can walk while conducting a meeting with 50 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: one other person. This allows you to exercise and work simultaneously. 51 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: Or if you are walking from one place to another, 52 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: you can call a friend or family member. You can 53 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: practice a talk while driving your car. The advice to 54 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: never eat alone allows you to combine a necessary practice 55 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: eating with networking that deepens time. You can even squeeze 56 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: hobbies into little bits of time when you are theoretically 57 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: doing something else as the major category of time. If 58 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: you play an instrument, for instance, use the five minutes 59 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: between phone calls to watch a YouTube video of someone 60 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: else playing a piece. You are learning. Just like that, 61 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: you have turned downtime into practice time and made more 62 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: space in your busy life for your art. You are 63 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: working and boosting your creative skills at the same time. 64 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: How is that for making more of your hours? Now? 65 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: Of course, we can get carried away with this there 66 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: is no need to turn every single second into something 67 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: uber industrious. But on the other hand, we only get 68 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: so much time. If there is something you'd like to 69 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: spend more time doing and you are having trouble finding 70 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: space to do it, see if there is time to 71 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: do it while doing something else, it can make time 72 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: feel entirely different. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks 73 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 74 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 75 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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