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Good morning. This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that plane time and travel time in general can be hard to use well.
Some people manage to to get a lot done.
But if you are one of those people who has a harder time with this, you might be better off just accepting that and figuring out what you can still do.
I have been on a lot of long plane flights over the last few months.
It has been a necessary part of getting to see some amazing places like France and Portugal and Hawaii.
I bring my laptop and a list of things to to do, and often I do make it through some of these things, but sometimes it is just hard. Sometimes flights are bumpy, and it is impossible to do anything except think about the turbulence.
Sometimes the person next to me is doing distracting things.
Sometimes I am tired, especially on long flights.
I believe in doing the best job we can today.
Conditions may not be perfect, but we can always do something.
I've written a lot of before -breakfast episodes on planes.
But we can also decide that when something is not happening, it is just not happening.
Eventually, you will be on the ground and will be at your workspace where you can't help but be productive.
If it's incredibly painful to work now, well, how about watching something really good.
I'll admit I've watched the BBC Asia documentary offerings on American Airlines twice.
They are fascinating.
And some people are much smarter about this.
They go ahead and download whatever series or movies they want to watch beforehand, so they are not reliant on the airline's offerings.
Or you can plan out your reading.
I've enjoyed saving some books I know will be zippy for long plane flights.
For instance, I read Dave Barry's memoir, Class Clown, on the flight to Portugal, and it really made the time go faster.
I read a lot of Mel Robbins' book about her Let Them theory on a flight to France and got into that too.
If you have magazines you particularly like reading, you might save them up.
When they come and you know you've got a long flight coming up, hide them away.
And then make sure to put them in your backpack or purse for the flight.
Or if you don't subscribe to one, let it be your airport treat.
Go pick up a copy in a bookstore before your flight and reward yourself for being on a thin tube hurling through the clouds by lingering over the pages.
In the recent Before Breakfast interview episode with travel entrepreneur Henley Vazquez, she mentioned being honest about what sort of work she could get done on planes.
Big picture strategic thinking is not happening when you are bouncing around as if someone suspended your plane in a bowl of jello.
But she could get caught up on email and instant messages from her team.
That sort of work doesn't take as much concentration.
and it does need to get done at some point.
Doing it in the clouds buys you time on the ground for the good stuff.
I keep hoping someone will come up with a way to make air travel either faster or much more pleasant.
Maybe in the future, some virtual reality version of travel will make me feel like I'm just sitting at my desk, even as I am hurtling towards, say, Barcelona.
But But until that happens, it might be worth being realistic about how you will feel in the sky.
Or for that matter, on long bus trips.
Or if you're the passenger in a car.
Maybe you can do some low focus work and sometimes you might just need to settle for enjoying some really good entertainment.
I am a fan of anything that makes it feel a little less like you are counting the seconds or wishing them away.
way. 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. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam .com.
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