1
00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720
Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio.

2
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,920
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

3
00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,439
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to think about what you do with

4
00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,880
Speaker 1: an extra hour in the week, but then also be

5
00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,479
Speaker 1: realistic about the nature of time and our choices. In

6
00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,560
Speaker 1: much of the United States, we set our clocks back

7
00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,440
Speaker 1: an hour over the weekend. This means that Sunday actually

8
00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:37,040
Speaker 1: contained twenty five hours, and any week containing Sunday was

9
00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,000
Speaker 1: a one hundred sixty nine hour week instead of a

10
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,760
Speaker 1: one sixty eight hour week. I find this concept fascinating,

11
00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,360
Speaker 1: not the whole daylight savings idea, which just tends to

12
00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,560
Speaker 1: mess up my kids sleep schedules. I am more fascinated

13
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,960
Speaker 1: by the idea of actually making a week longer. Many

14
00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,720
Speaker 1: times people tell me, oh, if I only had an

15
00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,240
Speaker 1: extra hour in the day, I do X, Y or Z,

16
00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,280
Speaker 1: and then magically, one day a year we get just that.

17
00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,399
Speaker 1: On some level, this could lead to thought provoking questions

18
00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,160
Speaker 1: what would we do with an extra hour in the week.

19
00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,720
Speaker 1: As we discussed in an episode last week, some people

20
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,840
Speaker 1: use the time change to rethink their habits. In the

21
00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,479
Speaker 1: group discussion questions section at the end of My Time

22
00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,480
Speaker 1: management fable Juliette School of Possibilities. I ask people to

23
00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,720
Speaker 1: think about the idea of adding an extra hour into

24
00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,680
Speaker 1: a schedule. If you are going to devote one extra

25
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,679
Speaker 1: hour a week to a top professional priority, what would

26
00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,000
Speaker 1: that be. If you are going to devote one extra

27
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,480
Speaker 1: hour a week to a top personal priority, what would

28
00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,800
Speaker 1: that be? This question tends to get quickly at those

29
00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,680
Speaker 1: handful of things that we know we should be doing

30
00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,760
Speaker 1: but aren't. Maybe it's reaching out to a mentor or

31
00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,280
Speaker 1: thinking about long term career development. Maybe it's exercising or

32
00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,000
Speaker 1: working on our novels. Maybe it's really connecting with our spouses.

33
00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,000
Speaker 1: In this extra hour, we know we'd finally put time

34
00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,880
Speaker 1: towards those things that are important but not urgent. We'd

35
00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,840
Speaker 1: put time towards those things we're not doing now, but

36
00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:20,240
Speaker 1: we truly believe our priorities. Except when people get a

37
00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,960
Speaker 1: twenty five hour day, do they do these things? In

38
00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000
Speaker 1: a word, no, The vast majority of people who live

39
00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,320
Speaker 1: in places where the time falls back do not spend

40
00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,200
Speaker 1: the extra hour exercising or connecting with their spouses or

41
00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,680
Speaker 1: writing that novel. Many people don't rethink their habits or

42
00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,720
Speaker 1: anything else. Instead, the hour is just absorbed into the day.

43
00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,280
Speaker 1: We do the same things we always do, and that's

44
00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,920
Speaker 1: because time itself is not the issue. If we're not

45
00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,799
Speaker 1: making space for something in a twenty four hour day,

46
00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,000
Speaker 1: we aren't going to make space for it in a

47
00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,360
Speaker 1: twenty five hour day either. If we're not making something

48
00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,200
Speaker 1: a priority in a one hour week, it's unlikely that

49
00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,320
Speaker 1: a six nine hour week will do the trick. Time

50
00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,079
Speaker 1: will always be a matter of choices. Expectations are infinite,

51
00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,360
Speaker 1: and time is finite. Since we are always choosing, it's

52
00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,959
Speaker 1: not measurably easier to choose just because a little more

53
00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,760
Speaker 1: space opens up. So, by all means, ask yourself what

54
00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,160
Speaker 1: you would do with an extra hour in the day.

55
00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,000
Speaker 1: But then, and this is key, challenge yourself to figure

56
00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,600
Speaker 1: out a way to do this in your normal life.

57
00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,320
Speaker 1: People who exercise or read or write operas while reporting

58
00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,200
Speaker 1: today jobs don't have any more time than anyone else.

59
00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,200
Speaker 1: They've figured out ways to allocate time to what matters

60
00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,560
Speaker 1: to them. They make the logistics work, they ask for help,

61
00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,480
Speaker 1: they push back on things, They do meaningful things even

62
00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,880
Speaker 1: when they don't always feel like it. And that is

63
00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,920
Speaker 1: how stuff truly gets done. Whether that's in twenty four

64
00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:08,400
Speaker 1: hours or occasionally in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

65
00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:18,919
Speaker 1: for listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

66
00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,279
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

67
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,960
Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

68
00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,360
Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod

69
00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,400
Speaker 1: that's b E the number four, then breakfast p o D.

70
00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,120
Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast

71
00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,560
Speaker 1: podcast at i heeart media dot com that Before Breakfast

72
00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,280
Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much,

73
00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:52,599
Speaker 1: I look forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is

74
00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,840
Speaker 1: a production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from

75
00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,840
Speaker 1: my heart Radio, visit the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

76
00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:10,680
Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. H m

77
00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:11,080
Speaker 1: hm