Because time keeps passing, it’s hard to know where it really goes. People tell themselves various stories about time that are based on moment-by-moment impressions — not data. Since stressful or negative moments stand out in the mind more than positive ones, these stories are often stressful or negative too.
But when you track your time, you see that these stories are often incomplete. In today’s episode of Best of Both Worlds, Sarah and I talk about time stories, and how changing the story can be empowering (yes, there’s a Big Time mention — it’s out two weeks from today!).
In the Q&A we talk about doing a nanny PLUS daycare option. A listener loves daycare for the social aspect but can’t deal with the missed days for illness and needs extra care outside the usual hours. We note that this doesn’t always have to be either/or. If we are talking a two professional income family, you can treat your daycare as preschool and send the kid for fewer hours, and have the nanny both for back up and for time outside of daycare.
Please give the episode a listen! We had a great discussion on Zoom yesterday with our Patreon community. We talked all things summer planning. Community members get access to our past videos. Membership is $9/month.
