Jay Schwedelson finally found someone who might just have the answer to his time struggles: Rebecca Shaddix. She’s not only a Forbes contributor and the force behind UCLA's Women in Tech research, but she’s also on a mission to rescue your day—90 seconds at a time. This episode isn’t about productivity hacks that require color-coded calendars or waking up at 4 a.m. It’s about the tiny gaps you already have and how to reclaim them with purpose.
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Listen to Rebecca’s podcast Time Billionaires for short, actionable ways to reclaim your day. Learn more at timebillionaires.org and follow her on LinkedIn.
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Best Moments:
(01:00) Why a car accident at 15 forced Rebecca to rethink how she used time
(02:45) The connection between micro moments and COVID-era burnout
(04:45) How filling short gaps with email and doomscrolling backfires
(06:02) The simplest shifts to stop draining your brain between meetings
(07:30) Rebecca’s favorite 2-minute actions that actually reset your energy
(09:35) Why we check email too often—and what to do instead
(12:04) Rebecca’s exact daily structure, from no-phone mornings to energy-aligned gaps
(14:00) The six categories she uses to decide how to fill her micro moments
(17:00) Why we spend time on things we’d never spend money on
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