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you're trying to do. It's just more pure. The failure is more pure and the success is more pure.

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that your calendar and your lived life can look very different.

By paying attention to the differences, you can become more effective with your time.

When this episode is first airing in January of 2022, I am leading a time tracking challenge

where hundreds of people are logging their time for a week. We are all trying to figure out

where the time really goes, so we can make wise decisions. If that sounds good to you,

then feel free to join in. You just write down what you are doing as often as you remember

and keep going for a week. Then you can celebrate, reflect, or change.

When I suggest people try tracking their time for a week, I've had a few folks

simply send me their calendars. On some level, it makes sense and, hey, it sounds far more

efficient to email an existing file than to actually write down your activities for a week.

But there are a few problems with this approach. First, many people's calendars don't cover

the hours outside, say, 7am to 9pm. I mean, the hours might exist on the calendar,

but people tend not to actually put things in those slots. And yet, life continues to be lived

in those slots. Something happened, but what? If people primarily use their calendars for work,

then their weekends might also not contain much information as to what's going on.

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