TED Radio Hour New year, new habits: Fixing time management mistakes in 2025
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Dec 18, 2024 Laura Vanderkam, a time management expert and author, shares her insights on making more intentional decisions in the new year. She critiques popular time-saving hacks that often miss the mark and encourages prioritizing activities that bring joy. Vanderkam highlights the importance of tracking time to uncover true patterns and celebrate small victories. She discusses how different personality types handle time management amid life changes and teases new habits for 2025, hinting at exciting upcoming content.
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Prioritize Your Wants
- Identify what you want to spend more time doing.
- You'll naturally reduce time spent on less important things, like email.
Rescheduling vs. Removing Work
- Many time-saving hacks merely reschedule, not remove, work.
- Think about creating space for meaningful activities instead of just moving tasks.
Track Your Time
- Track your time for a week to understand where it goes.
- This reveals time usage patterns you might not be aware of.