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Organize 365 Podcast

Pursuing a PhD 3: I Do Not Have 186 Hours - Week 3

Organize 365 Podcast

Lisa Woodruff

Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Starting the PhD, I was as planned as you could possibly be. I even took care of all the possible health visits I could have before starting school just so I didn't have to take away any time to do that once I started; now that is planning!

This journey is not easy, but I prefer to be positive and upbeat, not sharing everything that's not working. I don't pay attention to the things that I don't have control over, but I am going to tell you the things that have gone wrong in the first 3 weeks just so I can point back to this episode and be like, "remember week 3", not everything is perfect.

In preparing, I began by pretending, since I'm a pretty productive person, I could add in this extra 30 hours of work and nothing else would really be sacrificed. That's not a thing because there aren't 186 hours in a week, there are only 168 hours in a week. I'm hoping that the learnings that I take from this can be beneficial to you and whatever it is that you are adding to your plate and whatever you are striving to be as well.

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0:00.0

school is in session. Well, it is for me anyway. I know you may not be on a higher education

0:12.4

journey, but you are planning for or are in the midst of a shift in how you plan and spend

0:20.0

your time. I know this because you are an organized 365 podcast listener. Collectively,

0:28.0

we are all lifelong learners, pursuing the best version of ourselves and putting into action

0:34.6

the complete organization cycle. Over the next four years, I will share week by week

0:41.4

what I am continually decluttering to free up my time and space. How I am organizing my

0:47.6

days, my responsibilities, and my work both seen and unseen as I take captive every minute

0:55.1

at my discretion to increase my capacity and productivity and pursuit of a PhD in psychology,

1:02.2

so that I can have a seat at the academic table in the discussion of how we use our homes

1:08.6

and complete our housework and home organization tasks. Oh, there's the school bell. Let's

1:17.8

see what I learned this week. Okay, so I'm going to title this episode. You don't have

1:28.2

186 hours in a week, so I'm often telling you about Laura Vandercam studies and she has

1:35.6

a book called 168 hours, you have more time than you think. And I have probably spent the

1:40.6

last decade trying to figure out how to maximize all of those 168 hours. And most recently

1:47.7

in getting enough sleep, like even maximizing my sleep hours, like I have biohacked my

1:53.2

body today. So in starting the PhD, I was as planned as you could possibly be. I know. Let

2:01.4

you put your surprise face on as my sister would say. I mean, I proactively got my colonoscopy

2:08.2

done so I wouldn't have to have that downtime while I was getting a PhD. I mean, that's

2:13.6

planning. So somebody emailed me and they're like, look, you're doing great. Here's some

2:19.5

extra things that you can do to help you along your PhD journey. And also, please don't

2:23.8

make it look too easy. And I was like, yeah, well, it's not easy, but I am not the kind

2:29.6

of person that shares the behind the scenes of like, oh, well, it's me, all this stuff

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