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Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

The Magical 10-Minute Time Delay

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Life Coach, Motivational, Personal Development, Mental Health, Life Coaching, Self-help, Education

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ever notice how reaching for your phone first thing in the morning sets your entire day on autopilot? Or how one mindless scroll leads to an hour lost online? The key to breaking these cycles might be simpler than you think. The 10-minute time gap is a remarkably powerful technique that can transform your relationship with habits you'd prefer to minimize. It's not about elimination or restriction—just awareness. By creating a brief pause between impulse and action, you shift from unconscious...

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0:00.0

Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

0:09.7

I have a quick tip for you today that can just give you your life back.

0:15.0

You can implement this anytime, any place.

0:18.7

It is the 10 minute time gap. 10 minutes. That's it. Delaying your vices.

0:27.4

So often when we take an action that might have a side effect that we don't love, maybe it's

0:32.6

overspending, overeating, over drinking, whatever it is, right? We're all a little different.

0:39.3

Over scrolling is a big one.

0:45.3

Whenever we do it, there is a side effect, meaning we're depleted, we spend money, we don't want to spend, our health suffers as a result. And these behaviors are largely unconscious, right? We're just

0:52.1

going through the motion. So maybe we step through the door

0:55.3

after a day at work and go straight to the bar and pour ourselves a drink. Or we're bored for a

1:00.8

moment and instead of, you know, thinking, oh, what can I complete now? Or how can I, you know,

1:04.7

maybe I'll take a couple of deep breaths and send to myself, I'll just reach for the scroll where

1:08.5

I'll go straight into it. I'll go into the doom scrolling

1:11.0

immediately. Whatever it is in your life that you might like to do less of, even it could even be

1:18.1

gossiping. I mean really this can take any form. Implementing a 10 minute time gap can change

1:25.9

everything because this is how we go from unconsciousness,

1:29.5

just chiming in with the gossip, you know, saying yes to that thing in the email. Oh yeah,

1:34.5

I'll buy that because it's on sale or yell have a drink or yell have a vape or whatever it is

1:39.3

that you think I would like less of this in my life. This isn't changing any of those things

1:43.4

as your life is your call. But if you institute this 10 minute delay, so just say you get home at 6pm,

1:50.5

the first thing you do is go to the bar, what if there was just a 10 minute break, took off your

1:55.4

shoes, had a little stretch, pet your dog, pet your cat, put your hair up, put your comfy clothes on. That 10-minute gap,

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