Laura Vanderkam: How To Create More Time In Your Day
Laura Vanderkam: How To Create More Time In Your Day
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 7 million times. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.
Laura sent me a copy of Off The Clock and I could not put it down. The stories were so compelling and her tactics around time management made me straight up PUMPED UP about being a better time manager in order to create more time in my life and more space in my head.
Take notes on this episode. There are so many fantastic pointers!
Listen in to hear Laura share:
- The secrets of people who have all the time in the world
- How a mom or 18-month-old triplets created 3 hours of personal time for herself #everydamnday
- What she learned from time tracking her habits for 8,784 hours
- How to change your perspective on time and immediately have more time in your day
- How to better prioritize time for things you actually enjoy
- Why checking our phones makes us feel like we have less time
- How to use memories to expand the time
- Why you should plan your upcoming weeks on Friday and not Sunday (or Monday!)
Links Mentioned:
- Connect with Laura: Laura Vanderkam
- Tune into Laura’s podcast: Best of Both World
- Laura on Facebook
- Laura on Twitter
- Laura on Instagram
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