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a lower energy time of the day

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or of the week and plow through

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as many of them as we can during

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that time. So I tend to wind

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up with what I call a Friday punch list. And

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so during the week, I'm keeping a running list of

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all these things that are not urgent

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but need to happen at some point and aren't

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my top priority and I'll make that list. And

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then on Friday, I'll try to get through all

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of them. And it's amazing what you can get

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through of like, an hour or

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90 minutes of filling out

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forms and paying those bills and calling those people you have

30:32

to call and setting up those appointments. And you get to

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the end of the list, you're like, wow, I am on

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fire, I did all those things. But

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it didn't keep you from doing your

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bigger, more important projects

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the rest of the week. You had time for those

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things and the little things. So I'm

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not sitting there on Monday morning being like, well,

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I should be working on this next book, but gotta

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fill out those permission forms, so yeah. Well,

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do you also block time

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for the bigger think things on your

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calendar? I generally do

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try to think about mornings and

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earlier in the week for doing those sorts

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of things. And if I

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see a day that is open,

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I do my best to keep it

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open. I've definitely tried to batch calls

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and meetings on certain days of the

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week so that I can have that

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off the clock experience of sitting down in

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the morning and be like, I'm just gonna

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do the things I wanna do and throw

31:29

myself into these deeper projects and keep going

31:31

and not have to look up and prepare

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for a call at a certain time. That

31:38

was author and time expert, Laura

31:40

VanderKam. Laura has

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so many tips and we really barely

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skimmed the surface today. So go check

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out her work at lauravanderkam.com. A

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few things that I will remember from this

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conversation. I'll probably even try

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in my everyday life. Okay,

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first, I am not one to love. my

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time every day like Laura, that's too much,

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but I do think there's value in logging

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one's time for a week. It's a great

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exercise and it'll reveal things that you aren't

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paying attention to. Just natural

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places for you to create more time.

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Next, get a hobby. Especially

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if you're like me, a busy person drowning

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in the demands of childcare and parent care

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in a big job. A hobby

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is protected time for yourself. It's

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like appointment self-care. Last,

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time batching. Time

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batching is a great way to tick through the administrative

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aspects of a life without eating

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up that time for big thought. Now

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let's keep this conversation going this week

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during office hours. I'm sure you have

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lots of ways that you have found

32:47

to create more time in your day-to-day.

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