Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that if you have personal priorities you want to fit into your life, don't wait until after work is done to do them. This is especially true if you work long hours. Doing these things early in the day is probably the way to go.
I know lots of people listening to a show called Before Breakfast likely have elaborate morning routines. Sometimes we have these routines because we love our mornings. But I was reminded lately how if you work long hours, the mornings become truly important for feeling like you have a life.
As part of my media interviews talking about the time tracking study I did for Big Time, someone asked me about the so-called 9-9-6 schedule that some tech and AI companies were using. The idea is that you work 9 to 9, six days a week, with all those hours being about pushing fast toward your universe-bending work or something like that. You know what? I think this is a terrible idea.
there are massively diminishing returns on extra hours over 50 or so. If people are at the office 72 hours a week, they are rarely doing 72 hours of quality work. So I made that point. However, it got me to thinking that if you are in a situation where you're needing to be at the office until 9 p.m., how you could still wrestle back some space for some things in your personal life.
The key is that you have to use your mornings. Now, if you worked from, let's say, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., you would probably use the hours from 6 to 9 p.m. each evening to do personal things. If you need to be at the office during those times because quitting time is more like 9 p.m., then you can flip this and do the personal things in the 6 to 9 a.m. window before work.
Now, this requires a little creative thinking, and obviously not everything can be done early. But perhaps one could exercise, have family breakfast, or meet a friend for breakfast, do a little reading or creative work, and then get to work around nine.
In particular, if you happen to have this schedule, you would not want to wait until after work to try to do exercise, socialization, or creative work. You would just be too tired. You wouldn't have the energy after a 12-hour workday.
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Chapter 2: Why should you prioritize personal time before work?
To make space for these things, they would need to happen first. Even without extreme hours, I think there's wisdom to the idea of not waiting until after work. I have had some success with exercising in the evenings these days, but even so, I have to talk myself into it. If you have a harder time talking yourself into it, then mornings are the way to go.
I can do relaxed leisure time activities like puzzles and reading in the evening, but I almost never write in the evening. My creative stuff generally has to happen earlier in the day. If I am getting together with friends during the week, I am generally doing this as a walk in the mornings. Because after work, it will run into all the family stuff that has to happen.
Wait until after work, and the odds that one person has to cancel because of something that came up go up a lot. Now, doing things in the morning requires some intention. It is easier just to think of the morning as time for getting ready for the day. But particularly if you do tend to start work more like at 9 a.m. versus earlier, there is a lot of space before that that can be used if you want.
By using this time, you might increase the chances that the good stuff happens. Waiting until after work means all of that is less likely. So if you want personal time in your life and you do wind up working late, using the time before breakfast can make you feel like however many hours you are working, you do still have a life. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeart Media. For more podcasts from iHeart Media, please visit the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
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