January 19, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 105 / Guest: Laura Vanderkam
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Show Summary:
Laura Vanderkam is a time-tracking genius. Over the last seven years, she has tracked her own time and taught people all over the world to do the same. More importantly, she helps people learn why and how time tracking can change your life. It’s not just about keeping a spreadsheet of every little thing you do. It’s about taming the chaos and making meaningful choices.
Topics From This Episode:
- Sign Up for Laura’s Tranquility by Tuesday Challenge!
- Time Tracking
- Time Management
- Parenting
- Stay-at-Home Parenting (is there really such a thing anymore?)
- Scheduling “me” time
- Creating a workable schedule (think: a real bedtime… for YOU)
- Union Breaks, coined by @busytoddler
- Good planners, like these from Whitney English
- Using your good planner
- Identifying priorities
Look, Listen, Learn
Susanne:
- The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBOMax
- Learning to listen to our bodies and rest when needed. You don’t need a positive Covid test to prove you are really sick!
- Scary ChatGPT AI
Laura
- Puzzles! Shakespearean Insults puzzle
- Taylor Swift Midnights
- Learning about other people’s tracking experiences after the recent 168 Hours challenge
Missy
- Slow Horses on AppleTV
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Learning not to take overly long exercise breaks. It’s hard to bounce back!
More About Laura Vanderkam:
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday, along with I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours. She is the host of the Before Breakfast podcast, and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the Best of Both Worlds podcast. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.
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Musical Notes
Our delightfully happy intro and outro theme music, “We Will Get Through This” is performed by Young Presidents, and used under license from Shutterstock.
Transcript is auto-generated by a robot. Apologies in advance for misspellings or errors.
