How Do I Reclaim My Schedule? (w/ Laura Vanderkam) | Monday Advice

0:00If you ask most people how they feel about their schedule, they'll say their biggest problem is that they don't have enough time.

0:08Busyness is often cast as the scourge of our current moment, the villain that is keeping us from cultivating deep lives.

0:18But is this time scarcity narrative correct?

0:22Well, today is Monday, which means it's time for an advice episode of this show, which is the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at this question.

0:30Now, to help me in this exploration, I'll be joined by my friend Laura Vanderkam, who has a new book out titled Big Time, A Simple Path to Time Abundance.

0:41Now, Laura has been making waves recently by arguing that the story we tell ourselves about not having enough free time is more about mindset than reality, that we actually have more time to work with than we realize if we can adjust how we approach our schedules and our expectation for our schedules.