You Have More Free Time Than You Think - Laura Vanderkam - #73

Laura Vanderkam is an author, journalist, and speaker focused on time management and productivity.What's actually getting in the way of using our time well? Most people insist they have no free time, yet the same hours slip away to doom scrolling and busywork every single day. So is the problem really a lack of time, or the belief that we don't have any?Expect to learn why we don't build the lives we want by saving time, how tracking a single 168-hour week changes the way you see your schedule, why you should plan your week on Friday instead of Monday, what the "golden hours" are and how to stop wasting your weekday evenings, why one big adventure and one little adventure a week makes time feel bigger, how the List of 100 Dreams reveals what you actually want to do, why you have far more room for friends, fitness, and family than you think and much more…-Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (use code MERRILL)Save on an amazing cold plunge: HERE (use code MERRILL)-Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast-Get in touch in the comments below or head: HERE-Laura's Instagram: HERELaura's website: HERE-0:00 Does Parkinson's Law Actually Hold Up2:05 The List Of 100 Dreams5:59 Build The Life, Time Saves Itself8:19 One More Hour On Work You Love10:54 Finding Your Venn Diagram Overlap13:24 Big Time And The Abundance Mindset15:08 Track Your 168 Hours19:44 The Weekly Planning Session21:56 Why You Should Plan On Friday25:13 The Golden Hours After Work28:16 Beating Your Electronic Hobbies33:58 One Big Adventure, One Little Adventure38:42 The Four Burners Myth40:23 Do You Have To Specialize To Win46:16 Closing Questions And Book Recs