Dr. Laurie Santos

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.

And those are the ones we tend to blow off.

And those are the ones we tend to blow off.

So if you talk to a lot of people who say, oh, I don't have time, it's like, well, let's add up all the time you spent screwing around on Instagram in between tasks or refreshing the email four extra times when you already kind of know what's in there, right?

So if you talk to a lot of people who say, oh, I don't have time, it's like, well, let's add up all the time you spent screwing around on Instagram in between tasks or refreshing the email four extra times when you already kind of know what's in there, right?

Those are the little time confetti moments that you could use for something else.

Those are the little time confetti moments that you could use for something else.

I think scheduling, get it in your calendar for sure.

I think scheduling, get it in your calendar for sure.

For type A individuals like the folks that are listening, that's what's going to get it on your calendar, right?

For type A individuals like the folks that are listening, that's what's going to get it on your calendar, right?