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Today's tip is to consider what you would like to see in a time log for the coming week.

When you know how you hope to have spent your time, you are more likely to actually do the things you want to have done.

Longtime listeners know that I often host a time tracking challenge in January.

This year is no exception.

Thousands of us will track our time together for a week from January 12th to January 19th.

If you would like to sign up, just go to laura vandercam.com and enter your email address

to get a time log and daily motivational emails from me.

Knowing where the time goes can help us spend time better.

If you do the time tracking challenge, I imagine you would want to

figure out how to make the most of the opportunity. One of the biggest benefits is accountability.

When you know you're going to write down how you spend your time, you may be more likely to make

choices with your time that you are proud of.

But this doesn't even have to be an in-the-moment, good versus bad, angel or devil kind of thing.

Do I want to read, or do I want to doomscroll for the next hour? What do I want to write on my log?

I think that before you even start tracking,

you can ask what you would like to see on your time log at the end of the week.

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