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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 schedule your TV time.
Screen time is more fun and memorable when it is chosen and fits into your evening like a puzzle piece rather than taking over the entire time.
So I have been trying to spend my evening hours better.
And over the past few months I've been sharing lots of suggestions with people about how to do that.
A key part is to set an evening intention, something that takes 30 to 60 minutes and that you know you would enjoy.
When people hear that suggestion, many assume that setting an evening intention is about spending less time on screens.
And it certainly can be.
But your intention can be screen time.
The key is that it is chosen and you have thought about how to fit it into your evening.
For instance, one item on my winter fun list this year is to watch some basketball games.
I get busy and sometimes forget it is basketball season until the season is almost over.
So as part of planning my weeks, I have looked up the Philadelphia 76ers schedule and seen when they have games.
On nights where I don't have something else to do, watching part of the game maybe from 730 to 830 or so, before I need to do the bedtime routine can be my evening intention.
As this episode is first airing, lots of people will be watching the Winter Olympics, which This is definitely something special that can be an evening intention.
In particular.
You could tape the coverage, then figure out which particular sports you most want to watch and watch those segments during whatever window you have.
I know that for a lot of people watching YouTube videos has replaced watching old-fashioned television.
With that, I still think we are best off choosing what we will watch with intention.
Maybe you see that one of your favorite creators has a new video posted.
You could save that for the evening and watch that as your evening intention.
Cue it up when you know you will have time.
Maybe while your kids are watching a different video or after they go to bed.
Pay full attention to it rather than multitasking.
And when it is done, get off the screens and go do your next thing.
By scheduling screen time, we take charge of this time.
We choose how it fits into our evenings, rather than having it fill the whole evening unintentionally.
We can even watch better things.
If you and your spouse want to watch a two-hour movie on a weekday, you could.
You just need to get the kids in bed on time and have it queued up and ready to go.
But that would make for a much more entertaining and memorable evening than watching random YouTube shorts because nobody put any thought into it.
There is a lot of great movie and television entertainment out there.
Best to actually enjoy what we want to enjoy rather than feeling like we've just wasted time.
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 lauravanderkam.com.
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