Comments on: Time management, habits, and repeated chunks of time https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 21 May 2019 15:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Saturday Seven Inspiration for Quilters 67 - A Quilting Life https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-62932 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:30:24 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-62932 […] Yesterday I wrote in my Sew Your Stash series about the “Just 3 Things” method. This article shares another way to make good use of our time. Read “Time Management, Habits, and Repeated Chunks of Time” here. […]

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-62248 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:57:40 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-62248 In reply to Carrie Willard.

@Carrie – kid books are great ways to use bits of time. And squats!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-62247 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:57:19 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-62247 In reply to Jessie R.

@Jessie R – thank you so much! I appreciate your recommending the books and podcast. That means a lot to me.

]]> By: Jessie R https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-62241 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:27:13 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-62241 Yes to small chunks of time! I use small bits of time in the evenings to practice Spanish on DuoLingo and do my household chores. I listen to audiobooks or a podcast while driving to make use of that time, and try to sneak in quick walks when I have a minute at work. Your podcast and books have given me so many great ideas and I’ve really been able to improve my time usage :). I recommend your books to everyone who asks me for advice.

]]> By: Carrie Willard https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61964 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 20:37:49 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61964 Love this concept! My favorite small pocket of time activities are: read a kid a book (I always call all three littles each time), a quick DuoLingo French lesson (je parle un peu!), unload/load dishwasher or restart laundry. These only take 5 minutes but either prevent chaos or chip away at long term goals. Last week I added one legged squats. I’m working on the booty. LOL.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61513 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:25:11 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61513 In reply to Emily.

@Emily- great idea! And I’m glad you’ve got the goal of walking outside in February. I’ve been trying to make sure I get outside every day and it’s definitely improved my winter mood.

]]> By: Emily https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61317 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:48:46 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61317 I work from home most days and if a 20-minute block of time or so opens up I grab my dog and go for a quick walk around my neighborhood (this also dovetails nicely with my goal to walk outside every day in February). I don’t really have a regular small chunk of time each day, but I can usually find that 20 minutes somewhere in the day prettt easily. I’ll also sometimes grab the opportunity for a quick walk if I have to do a conference call or something where a little background noise isn’t a problem.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61314 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:38:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61314 In reply to Laura.

@Laura – yep, looking for a chunk of wasted time is the key to this. I’m sure I could do strength training at other points of the day, but the idea of using time I’m not using for anything else makes it more appealing.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61313 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:37:11 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61313 In reply to Ellie.

@Ellie – online reading with a purpose definitely beats random scrolling. Saving articles to read is a great idea.

]]> By: Ellie https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/02/time-management-habits-and-repeated-chunks-of-time/#comment-61265 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:29:16 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17145#comment-61265 My only moments of this kind that I can probably think of are the 10-15 minutes I spend on the platform twice a day waiting for the train. I first ended up in the obvious social media scrolling but then I wanted to become more intentional about it. So I still read online stuff but they are specific articles I am interested in and did not have time to read immediately when I came across them (I use the app Pocket to save those links, so I open the app straight and read from there). I also use that time to listen to my favourite music or simply doing nothing and just let my thoughts wander! Daydreaming is probably the last thing I use my time for and it is apparently quite good to do so!

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