1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: tip is to try slowing down sometimes, particularly if your 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: default mode is fast. Going deliberately slow can make time 5 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: feel more abundant. So as you might imagine, I generally 6 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: like to do things pretty quickly. I try to minimize 7 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: transition times so I can spend more time on the 8 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: things I care about. But occasionally, when I've got a 9 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: lighter day, I like to slow things down a little. 10 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: While emptying the dishwasher the other morning, I decided to 11 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: carry just two mugs at a time over to the 12 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: mug cupboard, because well, I didn't have anything I needed 13 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: to do urgently afterwards. I didn't need to try to 14 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: hoist four mugs over there and each load. Now, perhaps 15 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: this might have felt inefficient, and on some level it was, 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: But on another level, this slowness changed my perception of time. 17 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: It felt a little more open and expansive. Look at 18 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: me emptying the dishwasher inefficiently, I must have all the 19 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: time in the world. None of us has all the 20 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: time in the world, of course, but it can be 21 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: fun to feel that way. For the price of a 22 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: few extra seconds. So think if there is a situation 23 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: where you normally move fast where it might be possible 24 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: to move slow. Maybe it's staying an extra minute in 25 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: the shower. Maybe it's sitting for five extra minutes at lunch. 26 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: Maybe it's not trying to get through the grocery store 27 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: as quickly as possible if you don't have anything you 28 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: immediately need to do. It' be fun to take things 29 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: a little slower, thinking about meal possibilities and seeing what 30 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: the grocery store has new this week. It might seem 31 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: obvious that it's fun to slow pleasant things down. I 32 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: read about a study once where people were told to 33 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: max out their enjoyment of a cookie. Almost universally, they 34 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: slowed down from a normal eating pace. That's straightforward. Making 35 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: the cookie last longer means more time is spent in 36 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: the enjoyment of that cookie. But I would argue that 37 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: sometimes even vaguely tedious things can benefit from a slow down. 38 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: That's because much of time is mental. It is not 39 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: that I want to spend more time in life emptying 40 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: the dishwasher. It's just that by demonstrating to myself that 41 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: I can slow down, if I want to I change 42 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: my perception of time. I am in control of it 43 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: and I have a lot of it so much I 44 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: can just throw it around. Those are generally good ways 45 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: to feel now. There is no need to go overboard 46 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: with this. Making quick transitions and doing things efficiently is 47 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: partly what makes my life with five kids and two 48 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: working parents possible. So that's why this episode is called 49 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: sometimes slow down, not all the time, but sometimes because 50 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: a little bit can go a long way in the meantime. 51 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 52 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 53 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 54 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: or anything else. 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