WEBVTT - What would you do with an extra hour?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to think about what you do with

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<v Speaker 1>an extra hour in the week, but then also be

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<v Speaker 1>realistic about the nature of time and our choices. In

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<v Speaker 1>much of the United States, we set our clocks back

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<v Speaker 1>an hour over the weekend. This means that Sunday actually

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<v Speaker 1>contained twenty five hours, and any week containing Sunday was

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<v Speaker 1>a one hundred sixty nine hour week instead of a

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<v Speaker 1>one sixty eight hour week. I find this concept fascinating,

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<v Speaker 1>not the whole daylight savings idea, which just tends to

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<v Speaker 1>mess up my kids sleep schedules. I am more fascinated

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<v Speaker 1>by the idea of actually making a week longer. Many

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<v Speaker 1>times people tell me, oh, if I only had an

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<v Speaker 1>extra hour in the day, I do X, Y or Z,

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<v Speaker 1>and then magically, one day a year we get just that.

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<v Speaker 1>On some level, this could lead to thought provoking questions

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<v Speaker 1>what would we do with an extra hour in the week.

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<v Speaker 1>As we discussed in an episode last week, some people

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<v Speaker 1>use the time change to rethink their habits. In the

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<v Speaker 1>group discussion questions section at the end of My Time

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<v Speaker 1>management fable Juliette School of Possibilities. I ask people to

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<v Speaker 1>think about the idea of adding an extra hour into

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<v Speaker 1>a schedule. If you are going to devote one extra

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<v Speaker 1>hour a week to a top professional priority, what would

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<v Speaker 1>that be. If you are going to devote one extra

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<v Speaker 1>hour a week to a top personal priority, what would

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<v Speaker 1>that be? This question tends to get quickly at those

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<v Speaker 1>handful of things that we know we should be doing

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<v Speaker 1>but aren't. Maybe it's reaching out to a mentor or

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about long term career development. Maybe it's exercising or

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<v Speaker 1>working on our novels. Maybe it's really connecting with our spouses.

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<v Speaker 1>In this extra hour, we know we'd finally put time

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<v Speaker 1>towards those things that are important but not urgent. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>put time towards those things we're not doing now, but

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<v Speaker 1>we truly believe our priorities. Except when people get a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five hour day, do they do these things? In

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<v Speaker 1>a word, no, The vast majority of people who live

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<v Speaker 1>in places where the time falls back do not spend

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<v Speaker 1>the extra hour exercising or connecting with their spouses or

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<v Speaker 1>writing that novel. Many people don't rethink their habits or

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<v Speaker 1>anything else. Instead, the hour is just absorbed into the day.

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<v Speaker 1>We do the same things we always do, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>because time itself is not the issue. If we're not

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<v Speaker 1>making space for something in a twenty four hour day,

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<v Speaker 1>we aren't going to make space for it in a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five hour day either. If we're not making something

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<v Speaker 1>a priority in a one hour week, it's unlikely that

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<v Speaker 1>a six nine hour week will do the trick. Time

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<v Speaker 1>will always be a matter of choices. Expectations are infinite,

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<v Speaker 1>and time is finite. Since we are always choosing, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not measurably easier to choose just because a little more

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<v Speaker 1>space opens up. So, by all means, ask yourself what

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<v Speaker 1>you would do with an extra hour in the day.

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<v Speaker 1>But then, and this is key, challenge yourself to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out a way to do this in your normal life.

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<v Speaker 1>People who exercise or read or write operas while reporting

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<v Speaker 1>today jobs don't have any more time than anyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>They've figured out ways to allocate time to what matters

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<v Speaker 1>to them. They make the logistics work, they ask for help,

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<v Speaker 1>they push back on things, They do meaningful things even

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<v Speaker 1>when they don't always feel like it. And that is

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<v Speaker 1>how stuff truly gets done. Whether that's in twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>hours or occasionally in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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