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🗓️ 13 March 2019
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Do life’s mundane tasks like paying bills, answering emails or booking appointments feel like a whole other job? The stuff of life never ends. It piles up in junk drawers, steals our time, weighs on our minds and, if avoided for too long, can have painful consequences. We are all drowning in things to do and it is a major stressor on our bodies – impacting our health, wellbeing and the quality of our relationships. A big part of the problem is that this “life admin” is invisible: we forget it exists, and the people around us don’t value the labour involved. Not only that, but the constant bombardment of unwanted work gets in the way of our big life goals and our self-care. This week, I talk to professor of law and author of ‘The Art of Life Admin’, Elizabeth Emens, about how we can make this work visible, better manageable and fairer. She gives some brilliant tips on how we can all steal back some time to do the things we want to and bring more calm into our lives. I hope you enjoy the conversation!
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0:00.0 | That's why also in the interviews I did, this is such can be such a point of tension for couples. |
0:05.3 | Because if you don't do the dishes, they pile up in the sink unless someone does them, |
0:10.2 | and you can see someone doing the dishes. |
0:12.1 | People often don't appreciate it enough, but it's visible in a different sense. |
0:17.7 | This work literally is often invisible because it's so often is happening in our minds or in our devices. |
0:23.4 | And so one of the things I hope we can all do is do more with gratitude around life admin. |
0:30.8 | Hi, my name is Dr. Rungan Chatterjee, Medical Doctor, author of the Four Pillar Plan and Television Presensor. |
0:38.8 | I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, |
0:43.3 | but getting healthy has become far too complicated, with this podcast by aim to simplify it. |
0:50.4 | I'm Goats We Have in Conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting people |
0:54.1 | both within, as well as outside the health space, to hopefully inspire you, |
0:59.0 | as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately |
1:03.6 | to transform the way that you feel. |
1:06.0 | I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, we live more. |
1:13.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 53 of my Feel Better Live More Podcast. |
1:19.6 | My name is Rungan Chatterjee and I am your host. |
1:23.2 | Today's guest on the show is Elizabeth Emmons, Professor of Law and Author of the Art of Life Admin. |
1:30.5 | Delives mundane tasks like paying bills, answering emails or booking appointments feel like a whole other job in themselves. |
1:39.4 | For many of us, all to-do lists are never done. |
1:42.6 | This is actually one of the reasons why I wrote my book The Stress Solution |
1:46.2 | because this constant bombardment of things to do can really have a negative impact on the way that we feel. |
1:52.3 | We're all drowning in things to do and it's a major stressor on our bodies, |
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