Dr. Laurie Santos

For me, those are little great moments of what the journalist Bridget Schulte calls time confetti, these little pieces of time that you could just blow away.

For me, those are little great moments of what the journalist Bridget Schulte calls time confetti, these little pieces of time that you could just blow away.

But those are really great moments to use for the practices we've just been talking about.

But those are really great moments to use for the practices we've just been talking about.

That's maybe a moment where you just think of how grateful you are for your spouse and just text them something of like, hey, I just had this five minutes.

That's maybe a moment where you just think of how grateful you are for your spouse and just text them something of like, hey, I just had this five minutes.

I was just thinking, I'm so glad you picked up the kids yesterday.

I was just thinking, I'm so glad you picked up the kids yesterday.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

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.