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This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that time is what you make of it.

When you know how you are spending your time now, you can take steps to spend more time on what you want and less on what you don't.

Longtime listeners know that I host regular time tracking challenges.

If you follow my blog, laura vandercam.com, you can see how I am spending my time this week,

all 168 hours starting Monday morning to Sunday.

If you'd like, you can track along with me.

I know some people find it more motivating to do something when others are doing it too.

If you have never tracked your time before, I encourage you to try it.

And if you have tried before your time before, I encourage you to try it. And if you have tried

before, why not try again? Life isn't static. And September is always a time of change.

New schedules require new strategies, or at least recommitting, to the old ones.

All you have to do is check in three to four times per day and write down what you did since the last check-in.

You can use a spreadsheet like I do or a time-tracking app

or just write things down in a little notebook.

Just go with whatever is easiest for you,

and whatever you think you will stick with. As you are doing this, you can start reflecting on your time.

One of the things I see most clearly in every time log is how much control I have over my time. Now, granted, I work for myself,

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