What's the tax on your time?
Limit projects in progress to make life feel less crunched See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episodes
Before Breakfast
In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.
Episodes
Second Cup: How not to forget your habits
Make sure your daily intentions happen daily See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Spring blooms are worth the bother
Make time for beauty and memories See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What do I need to know?
People love to give advice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tell me something good
Make casual conversations more positive See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Check in on the easy ones
Just because everything is good doesn't mean it couldn't be better See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leave room for opportunity
Be prepared for something wonderful See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Don't turn a 30-minute task into an hour-long one
Fully focus on one thing at a time See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: The paradox of the junk drawer
How an 'other' category makes organization possible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Let go of meeting FOMO
You can contribute without being present See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Better tools make tasks more fun
Go for quality when you use something repeatedly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Take the stress out of dinner
Repeat your crowd-pleasing favorites See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talk side by side
Sometimes conversations are easier without the eye contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Know what you're paying for
It might be worth a little extra to have a good experience See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Memorize something
When you know something by heart, you know it for good See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Make time for friends
Time spent with friends feels magical. Here’s how to build more of it into your life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Plan something fun for Sunday night
End the Sunday night blues for good with Laura’s favorite weekend planning tip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Try a one-off book club
Books are better when shared with friends See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What did I move forward today?
How to celebrate and encourage more progress See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Honor the person introducing you
Acknowledge the connection to build goodwill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mind your manners online
Saying please and thank you go a long way everywhere See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make a someday/maybe list
Capture tasks you don't need to do now See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: How to Spend Less Time on Email
Email can expand to fill all available space. One Before Breakfast listener writes in with an inbox strategy that has helped her do better work for her clients without getting burned out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Be kind to your future self
Learn how to free up time in the future so you can focus on your biggest goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Schedule some low-key days
Build in open space during busy times See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to yourself
Experience yourself as others do See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Loop for understanding
How to turn down the temperature on challenging conversations See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make shallow questions deeper
Invite connection by tweaking the usual small talk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Scroll better
Make this mindless time more satisfying See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Give yourself a bedtime
More sleep is life-changing. If you can’t sleep in, here’s your next best option. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.