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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 identify the points in your days when time is leaking out.
When you go in search of lost time, you might be able to figure out ways to reclaim that time for something that is important to you.
I hear from a lot of people that they just don't know where all their time goes.
They are incredibly busy from morning to night, but they are not quite sure what it is they are doing all day.
Even people who have a good idea of how they spend, let's say their work hours, may lose track of shorter stretches here and there.
In my recent evening hours challenge, I had people set intentions for the space of time between the end of the workday and bedtime.
For many people, actually using this time for something fun was revelatory.
As one person wrote, she realized that evening time didn't have to be lost hours.
It was time that was there for her to use and enjoy.
Her phrase, lost hours, has stuck with me because I think it is such a common experience.
Minutes and hours pass with no memories or accomplishments to show for them.
So how do we find that lost time and get it back for something important?
Whether that's high quality time with family or friends, professional work, hobbies, or simply rest?
Long time listeners won't be surprised to hear that I think one of the best ways to find lost time is to actually keep track of your time.
I think everyone should try keeping a time log for a week, recording activities in half hour increments.
The time log will let you see where your time is going.
Then you can identify any blocks of time going to nebulous activities like tidying or email, or you might be able to reclaim the lost time.
You can also recalibrate if you realize that how you spend your time isn't aligned with your priorities.
If you'd like to get a time log, you can go to my website, lauravandercam .com, and on the menu bar click Start Here.
You'll find a time log template and other resources.
I will also be running a time tracking challenge in January.
So stay tuned and sign up if you would like to track your time alongside other people.
If you are not quite sure about tracking, another option is to simply train yourself to be more aware.
For instance, you can set a gentle chime to go off on your phone every hour.
Then you can reflect on how you've spent the past hour.
If you are not sure, that suggests that maybe there is some lost time to be found.
You can also learn more about how you spend your time by keeping a journal.
At the end of each day, reflect on what you did and what mattered during the day.
If you find times of day or circumstances when you are consistently losing time, it might help to start setting more intentions.
For instance, if you realize that you don't accomplish much meaningful during the first few hours of your workday because you keep getting sucked into email exchanges, maybe you designate the first 30 minutes for processing email.
And then you take the next 90 minutes to work on a specific project that you have identified in advance.
Or maybe you realize that the time between getting your kids out the door for school and leaving for work yourself is spent frantically wandering around the house tidying.
Who needs that? Why not leave right after your kids do and devote the extra time to hanging out by the coffee maker in the break room and building relationships with your colleagues.
Or you could go straight to your desk and get an extra 20 minutes every day for a speculative project.
Or maybe you spend all the time you care to at work already.
In that case, skip the puttering around at home and instead sit down with your coffee and spend 20 minutes reading a novel.
When you find lost time, you can redeploy it however you want.
If you go in search of lost time, I would love to hear how it goes.
You can reach me at laura .lauravandercam .com.
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 .lauravandercam .com.
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