Dr. Laurie Santos

That seven minutes that you putter away, that could be like the seven-minute New York Times workout.

That seven minutes that you putter away, that could be like the seven-minute New York Times workout.

That could be a seven-minute meditation period, which is huge if you've never meditated before.

That could be a seven-minute meditation period, which is huge if you've never meditated before.

And so I think what we often do is we don't want to really admit that it's free time, or we just think it's not that much, so we blow it off.

And so I think what we often do is we don't want to really admit that it's free time, or we just think it's not that much, so we blow it off.

But it can be really useful if you can find and harness those moments of free time.

But it can be really useful if you can find and harness those moments of free time.

One of the hacks that I do, because I'm very prone to like, if this conversation ends a little bit early, I'm totally going to feel the need to like, oh, I'm going to check my email now or something.

One of the hacks that I do, because I'm very prone to like, if this conversation ends a little bit early, I'm totally going to feel the need to like, oh, I'm going to check my email now or something.

But it's like, I just checked my email an hour ago.

But it's like, I just checked my email an hour ago.

Like I'm probably not going to learn anything new, but it's helpful to use that five minutes for something really restful.

Like I'm probably not going to learn anything new, but it's helpful to use that five minutes for something really restful.

And I queued up, you can do this on YouTube or there's like little apps of these little five minute chair yoga sessions.

And I queued up, you can do this on YouTube or there's like little apps of these little five minute chair yoga sessions.

And so if I get five minutes, even if I'm on calls all day and sitting at my desk at work, it's like, oh, I'm going to do this five minutes to like,

And so if I get five minutes, even if I'm on calls all day and sitting at my desk at work, it's like, oh, I'm going to do this five minutes to like,

Just breathe and stretch and take a breath.

Just breathe and stretch and take a breath.