I’ll be at my college reunion tomorrow, so I’m posting this week’s content a bit early.
Last night was an example for me about how, even on a full night, there can still be some space. We had the middle school band concert — which meant a 6:30 concert for the 5th grader and a 7:30 concert for the 8th grader. I took the 5th grader for his 6 p.m. call, leaving the house at 5:45. I was there through to the end of the second concert (around 8:45 p.m.) at which point I took 5 kids to Wawa and to their homes (only a few stops; we had siblings). I was home around 9:30 p.m.
However, I still got to read from 9:45-10, at which point I went and chatted with the older kids to get them to bed. Then I read from 10:15-10:45 (at which point I got ready for bed). I had taken a magazine with me to occupy some of the time I was waiting at the band concert. So that’s about an hour total of reading. More would have been nice but an hour wasn’t bad as these things go.
I’m enjoying the Big Time publicity that’s still coming. I was a guest on Nona Bayat’s Her Health podcast. She is a fascinating and creative fitness influencer and lifestyle content creator – I enjoy seeing what she posts.
If you haven’t checked out the Vox newsletter about Big Time, please do!
Fast Company picked up my Next Big Idea posts on the messages in Big Time.
Chris Bailey featured me in his newsletter last week and said “Laura is one of my favorite productivity authors—I read every single thing she writes. And Big Time is incredible. If you like tactical, inspiring productivity books, this one will be right up your alley.”
More to come next week!
In my own content, over at Before Breakfast I interviewed Helen Tupper, the co-author of Learn Like a Lobster. She had all sorts of suggestions of ways to build learning into a career, even if your employer doesn’t particularly focus on this sort of thing. In the short episodes, I talked about why we should “Zoom out” and view time from a broader perspective. I also suggested that we “Consider all the meeting dimensions” — length, cadence, attendees, etc. A good meeting is thoughtful on all these matters.
At Vanderhacks, my Substack newsletter, I talked about why you should “Picture yourself a year from now.” By thinking about what you want life to look like 8,760 hours from now, you can start taking steps to make those things happen. Behind the paywall I wrote about “What we buy at Costco” and my approach to doing a Sunday reset. Please consider a free or paid subscription. I appreciate the support!
