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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is to think about your next eight thousand, seven
hundred eighty four hours. There are normally eight thousand, seven

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hundred and sixty hours in a year, but this episode
is airing at the start of a leap year, so
we get an extra twenty four hours to play with.
Eight seven hundred eighty four hours is a lot of time,
if not an infinite amount of time, so it is

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worth thinking about the best ways to experience it. So
I know that at the start of each new stretch
of time, I picture it is somewhat like a blank page. Eventually,
this page, and really my entire book of hours, will
be filled. We will be on the other side of

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this time and it will have been filled with something.
But what it is filled with is at least partially
up to us. I think that's kind of exciting. With
eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four as the denominator, we
can start thinking about the various numerators that tend to

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go into life. I know I tend to work about
thirty five hours a week on average. If I do
that fifty weeks this year. That is one thousand, seven
hundred fifty hours. One thousand, seven hundred fifty is approximately
twenty percent of eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four hours.

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What can I do in those one thousand, seven hundred
fifty hours. That is more than enough time to write
a book, though it is probably not enough time to
write ten books. I can attempt big things, but also
be choosy. I sleep about seven and a half hours
a day over three hundred sixty six days. That amounts

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to two thousand, seven hundred forty five hours spent a sleep.
That will be about thirty one percent of my eight thousand,
seven hundred eighty four hours. I should probably make sure
I have some comfortable pajamas. Subtracting one thousand, seven hundred
fifty and two thousand, seven hundred forty five from eight thousand,

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seven hundred eighty four we get four thousand, two hundred
eighty nine hours for other things. If you do the math,
that is forty nine percent of my time, which will
not be spent working or sleeping. That is enough time
for a lot, So it is worth thinking about what
I would like to two point into those hours What

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activities would I like to do with my family? What
books would I like to read? What trips would I
like to take? Though of course I'll be sleeping for
some of those travel hours too. Are their concerts or
shows that might be worth two to four hours of
those four thousand, two hundred eighty nine hours. How about

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runs somewhere beautiful? Maybe I can spend a few of
those four thousand, two hundred eighty nine hours running along
the beach. As you ponder the upcoming year, it might
be fun to think about how you'd like to allocate
your eight thousand, seven hundred eighty four hours. My guess

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is that you do have enough time for the things
you need to do, so you can start pondering how
you would like to spend the other hours, doling them
out on whatever you deem worthy. The good news is
that even very serious hobbies and past times don't take
a ton of time. I have got four thousand, two

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hundred eighty nine waking, non working hours. If I played
the piano for twenty minutes three times a week, that
is just fifty two of those hours. Singing in my
choir feels like a fairly large commitment, but it is
four hours a week for approximately thirty six weeks a year.

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That is one hundred forty four out of those four thousand,
two hundred eighty nine waking non working hours. A lot
can fit if you want it to. So what do
you want to see fit in your upcoming eight thousand,
seven hundred eighty four hours. I am picturing all of

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us at the end of the year reflecting on how
those hours have been spent. They will will be spent
on something. Eventually, the book will be written, but what
is written on the pages is at least partly up
to us. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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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 Laura
vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia.

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