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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to choose and track your media.
As with so many aspects of life, mindfulness can make our leisure time feel much better.
So with a lot of media consumption, we wind up being fairly passive.
We see what headlines catch our eyes or what comes up on a social media feed.
Even with old-fashioned television, people often scroll around to see what's there.
And that is fine.
Except there are so many options out there in the world.
And while I believe we have a fair amount of leisure time in our lives, we don't have infinite amounts.
If leisure time is supposed to be fun, then in general we are better off making sure that whatever media we consume during this time is in fact going to be fun.
So be a thoughtful consumer.
Curate your podcast library so that it only contains episodes you are really interested in listening to.
Keep your bedside table stocked with books you really want to read.
Create a queue of shows and movies you want to watch.
Go through your newsletters and social media feeds and make sure you're prioritizing accounts with interesting content you want to consume.
Being intentional about the content you take in is important for everyone.
But it may be especially important if you are in a chapter of your life when you may not have much time to travel for pleasure, attend live performances or see friends.
What you read and watch is going to be a big chunk of the way you learn about the world.
However, even if you have limited time, you probably have some time, and that's why I think it's especially important to track your media.
Maintain records of what you have read, heard and watched, what you thought about it and the insights you took away.
The goal is to remember what you have consumed.
There are lots of ways to do this.
I know of one avid reader who writes the title and author of each book she reads on an index card, plus a sentence or two about her thoughts.
Then she punches a hole in the card and puts it on a loose leaf ring that she keeps by her reading chair.
It is a fun way for her to be able to remind herself of what she has read.
You might prefer logging and sharing what you read on Goodreads or Bookstagram.
For movies, podcasts, or any sort of media.
You could keep a list of what you have consumed in a print or digital journal or on a spreadsheet.
Yes, you can record newsletters and social media on there too.
I know it might not be quite so granular, but you could indeed write 20 minutes of Instagram after work on Thursday, mostly looking at interior design pictures.
From time to time, you can review this list and see what it is that you always love, or if there's anything that is no longer worth your time.
When you know you are going to log the media you consume, you may feel a nudge to choose something worth your time.
You may not want to write down that you spent three hours watching YouTube shorts, and so you choose to do something else.
But even more important, when you start to see your list of books movies, podcasts and so forth grow, you may start to realize that you do have more leisure time than you thought.
And you may start telling yourself a happier story about how you spend your time.
So, as we look ahead to summer and perhaps a little more leisure time than during other parts of the year, it's a great time to get intentional about what you consume and to consider tracking the content you took in.
You will get more out of your media and maybe feel better about your time overall.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
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Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed.
And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is getting a new one put up in its place.
I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit season two is about both of those things.
As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority Black city in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.
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