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This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to notice your free time.

It is easy to tell ourselves a story of having no time for ourselves.

But not as much as I want is a different story from none.

Best to notice the free time that does exist and make the most of it. The other night, I spent a delightful 45 minutes reading on my

hammock. My four-year-old was playing a video game with my husband and the older kids were all occupied.

I had done my work for the day, and there were no pressing chores. So I grabbed a book and went out

and enjoyed the early summer air. Because I tracked my time, I put that lovely 45 minutes on my time log.

Doing so meant that no matter what else happened that week,

I knew I was still the kind of person who had time to read on the hammock.

I could try to tell myself that I'm harried and frenzied, starved for time.

But, Laura, did you see that hammock entry?

The reason this matters is that I have seen a lot of people decide that they truly have no free time whatsoever.

And I get it.

We are all working hard. We are all working long. We all have other

responsibilities too. I am not saying anyone is living at the spa. But the problem is that when

the story is none, we discount the leisure time that does exist.

I once had someone show me a time log with a complaint about her lack of free time.

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