Dr. Laurie Santos

Or that's the time maybe where you set up some social connection with a friend or just take a moment to do a deep breath where you can be a little bit present.

Or that's the time maybe where you set up some social connection with a friend or just take a moment to do a deep breath where you can be a little bit present.

Making good use of these kind of stupid moments that nothing else was scheduled anyway.

Making good use of these kind of stupid moments that nothing else was scheduled anyway.

For me, that's been a big one for making sure I have some time to put these things into practice.

For me, that's been a big one for making sure I have some time to put these things into practice.

Or make sure you're using the time that you do have well.

Or make sure you're using the time that you do have well.

One of the things researcher Ashley Willans at Harvard Business School finds is that even though we think we're busier than ever, and this includes young people and millennials, we're less busy than people have been in previous generations.

One of the things researcher Ashley Willans at Harvard Business School finds is that even though we think we're busier than ever, and this includes young people and millennials, we're less busy than people have been in previous generations.

The difference is that our time blocks are broken up in really stupid ways.

The difference is that our time blocks are broken up in really stupid ways.

So 10, 20 years ago, you'd get long free chunks of time.

So 10, 20 years ago, you'd get long free chunks of time.

Now we have free chunks of time, but again, it's 10 minutes in between meetings, or the 20 minutes here and there, or the five minutes when your kid falls asleep early, or you use AI and you finish your task quickly, and you're like, oh my God, I just have this random 15 minutes.

Now we have free chunks of time, but again, it's 10 minutes in between meetings, or the 20 minutes here and there, or the five minutes when your kid falls asleep early, or you use AI and you finish your task quickly, and you're like, oh my God, I just have this random 15 minutes.

Those are the time blocks we have.

Those are the time blocks we have.

There are more of them, but they're in smaller chunks.

There are more of them, but they're in smaller chunks.