1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to try telling yourself that you have 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: all the time in the world. It might not be 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: literally true, but believing it can help us savor good 6 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: moments and be more patient with things that move at 7 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: a leisurely pace. When the pandemic began, many families lives 8 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: went from hyper scheduled to nothing basically overnight. Suddenly there 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: were no other options, and so people began to do 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: all sorts of time filling things like complicated lego projects, 11 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: thousand piece puzzles, baking extravaganzas, or reading long chapter books 12 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: with their kids. Now to me, the interesting thing about 13 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: all this is that these activities were probably possible before 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: the pandemic too. Even the most complicated lego projects max 15 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: out at twenty hours or so, same with puzzles. Reading 16 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: twenty minutes a night of short books versus thirty minutes 17 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: of parts of longer ones really isn't that big a difference. 18 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: But because people had more options, they felt like they 19 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: were too busy to do these things. And when we 20 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: feel like we are too busy, we don't think about 21 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: what we'd like to do with our time, so we 22 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: choose the things that are most effortless, like scrolling through 23 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: social media. So rather than devote twenty hours to a 24 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: lego project, we devote twenty hours to social media. Over 25 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: the course of two weeks. The time is the same, 26 00:01:53,800 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: but the feeling of scarcity changes choices. Things are definitely 27 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: starting back up now, Thank goodness. I don't have any 28 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: illusion that people will learn big lessons from lockdowns in life. 29 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: People often claim that everything has changed, but generally everything 30 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: doesn't change. But if people would like to make better 31 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: choices with leisure time in general, it helps to ask 32 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: this question, what would I do if I had all 33 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: the time in the world. When we feel busy, we 34 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: limit our choices. When we view time as abundant, we 35 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: stop setting those arbitrary limits. It might take forty hours 36 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: to read War and Peace, but we will spend forty 37 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: hours on something one way or another. It takes a 38 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: while to read through the Chronicles of Narnia, but that 39 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: time will pass anyway. It will be spent on something. 40 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: The question is just what. So you might try looking 41 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: at your time through this lens. If I didn't feel 42 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: like I had a million other things to do. What 43 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: would I do? And when you think about this, maybe 44 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: you'll see that you can make time even for things 45 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: that don't seem like they would fit any busy person's life. 46 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 47 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 48 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 49 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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