New Philosopher

The art of time management

Time-management expert Laura Vanderkam has heard too many people say they have too little time. She argues that the problem isn’t our lack of time, but our routine failure to count the minutes and hours we squander. Video streaming and social media are easy targets, and those of us who use them already know we could be using our time better. But it’s also true of the 20 minutes it takes to drive a kid to sports practice or to wait for the bus. These bits look nothing like quality time, but if we treat them as such, they become so. For the most part, Vanderkam believes that we can have it all: career, family, a social life,

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