101: Your Relationship With Time

If you constantly feel like you don't have enough time to do life admin and housework, do you actually need more time — or a different relationship with it? In this refreshed return of the podcast, a new co-host, time management coach Christie Flora, joins Mia Northrop to unpack why "busy" language creates a sense of scarcity, how time, energy, and attention together form the real foundation of sustainable planning, and how to find your natural rhythms across days, weeks, and seasons. We dig into practical tools like time audits, calendar math, and realistic household standards, explore the psychology of why time feels fast or expansive, and close with concrete nudges: notice your language, track your time, and plan with more self-compassion. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:13 A refreshed podcast returns with a new co-host and a new question about time 02:14 Why 'busy' language creates time scarcity and reduces our sense of agency 05:57 Time, energy, and attention: the real foundations of sustainable planning 12:55 Finding your natural rhythms across days, weeks, and seasons 17:41 Zooming out to the week: time audits, and seeing where time really goes 25:38 The psychology of time: why it feels fast, scarce, or expansive 29:41 Turning insight into action with calendars, priorities, and realistic household standards 38:41 Practical closing nudges: notice your language, track your time, and plan with more self-compassion Episode Resources: Time Tracking Timesheet - https://www.lifeadminlifehacks.com/timetracking HOLA Holistic Life Audit - https://florandorder.com/resources/hola/ Ep 88: Finding more time in your day - https://www.lifeadminlifehacks.com/podcasts/life-admin-life-hacks-podcast/episodes/2148412411 Essentialism - Greg McKeown - https://link.amazon/B0dANdiYt Tranquility by Tuesday - Laura Vanderkam - https://link.amazon/B03wp2d4D Life Admin Life Hacks: Subscribe to Mia’s Momentum newsletter - https://www.lifeadminlifehacks.com/maintain-your-monthly-momentum Subscribe to Christie’s The Weekly Unrush newsletter - https://florandorder.com/ Buy the Life Admin Hacks book - https://link.amazon/B0ibkkHdo Preorder the Everyday Ease book - https://link.amazon/B0ftEDE3E