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In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.

Second Cup: How to split the holidays

6 mins; November 23, 2024

It's always morning somewhere

3 mins; November 22, 2024

Host a friend-of-a-friend gathering

4 mins; November 21, 2024

Think big about your future career, with Maya Gudka

25 mins; November 20, 2024

You don't always have to go digital

4 mins; November 19, 2024

Planning is like GPS

4 mins; November 18, 2024

Second Cup: Plan your lunches

5 mins; November 17, 2024

Second Cup: See the light

6 mins; November 16, 2024

What's on your holiday fun list?

5 mins; November 15, 2024

Reflect on the highlight of the week

4 mins; November 14, 2024

Become a supercommunicator, with Charles Duhigg

27 mins; November 13, 2024

Find a place to belong

4 mins; November 12, 2024

Don't consent and resent

4 mins; November 11, 2024

Second Cup: Look out the window first

5 mins; November 10, 2024

Second Cup: Take a 36-hour vacation

6 mins; November 09, 2024

Find new ways to do nothing

4 mins; November 08, 2024

Curate your Netflix queue

4 mins; November 07, 2024

Make space for friendship, with Anna Goldfarb

25 mins; November 06, 2024

Stick to the agenda

6 mins; November 05, 2024

Eliminate a round trip

4 mins; November 04, 2024

Second Cup: Just get to three

6 mins; November 03, 2024

Second Cup: How not to crash on weekends

6 mins; November 02, 2024

How to be optimistic about the new year

4 mins; November 01, 2024

Adults can enjoy parallel play too

4 mins; October 31, 2024

Make the minutes count, with Tracy Davidson

23 mins; October 30, 2024

Map out your time line

6 mins; October 29, 2024

Try a limited engagement

6 mins; October 28, 2024

Second Cup: You chose this

6 mins; October 27, 2024

Second Cup: Keep your Legos

5 mins; October 26, 2024

If you want to run more, sign up for a race

5 mins; October 25, 2024

Make hay while the sun shines

4 mins; October 24, 2024

How to calm the chaos, with Lisa Woodruff

26 mins; October 23, 2024

The work brings inspiration

5 mins; October 22, 2024

Something might be more relaxing than nothing

5 mins; October 21, 2024

Second Cup: Prepare for a grief anniversary

5 mins; October 20, 2024

Second Cup: Feed your mind

5 mins; October 19, 2024

Start the wait

5 mins; October 18, 2024

The known is less scary than the unknown

5 mins; October 17, 2024

Build the deep work habit, with Cal Newport

28 mins; October 16, 2024

Don't buy time to do low paid work

5 mins; October 15, 2024

Make it worth the commute

5 mins; October 14, 2024

Second Cup: Have a no re-heat morning

6 mins; October 12, 2024

Second Cup: This is when you get stronger

5 mins; October 11, 2024

Know when you won't get much done

5 mins; October 10, 2024

You can't edit a blank page

4 mins; October 09, 2024

Try random acts of kindness with Kathleen Paley

26 mins; October 08, 2024

You can win the year in October

5 mins; October 07, 2024

Don't let uncertainty hold up your life

4 mins; October 06, 2024

Second Cup: Eat BBQ in Memphis

6 mins; October 05, 2024

Second Cup: Control what comes in

6 mins; October 04, 2024

Browse for a project

4 mins; October 03, 2024

Don't sweat the seconds

4 mins; October 02, 2024

Make time for creative work with Camille Pagan

23 mins; October 01, 2024

You need more sky

4 mins; September 30, 2024

You're there to make money, not to spend it

5 mins; September 29, 2024

Second Cup: Time is what you make of it

5 mins; September 28, 2024

Second Cup: Play Tetris with your schedule

5 mins; September 27, 2024

Start anywhere

4 mins; September 26, 2024

Do a meaning challenge

4 mins; September 25, 2024

Discover the Rule of 3 with Chris Bailey

27 mins; September 25, 2024

Life is a portfolio of choices

5 mins; September 24, 2024

Make bite-sized bucket lists

4 mins; September 23, 2024

Second Cup: You may as well look

6 mins; September 21, 2024

Second Cup: Run to something, not from something

6 mins; September 20, 2024

Dogs need 'sniffaris' and you do too

4 mins; September 19, 2024

Start a goal club

5 mins; September 18, 2024

Making the most of your mornings with Sarah Hart-Unger

25 mins; September 17, 2024

Make your fingerprints visible

4 mins; September 16, 2024

Check if you'll need to reschedule

4 mins; September 15, 2024

Second Cup: Avoid pendulum swings

5 mins; September 14, 2024

Second Cup: Don't play ping pong with plans

10 mins; September 13, 2024

Press the easy button when you can

5 mins; September 12, 2024

Plan each weekend twice

5 mins; September 11, 2024

Get it done by Thursday

4 mins; September 10, 2024

Solve one nagging problem today

4 mins; September 09, 2024

Build up the excitement

5 mins; September 08, 2024

Second Cup: Don't be minute wise and hour foolish

6 mins; September 07, 2024

Second Cup: Put a toe in the water

6 mins; September 06, 2024

Subscribe and save with time

4 mins; September 05, 2024

It's not as disposable as you think

4 mins; September 04, 2024

Make it about them, not you

5 mins; September 03, 2024

Don't decorate with cereal boxes

5 mins; September 02, 2024

Keep your summer spirit

3 mins; September 01, 2024

Second Cup: Look at the whole iceberg

5 mins; August 31, 2024

Second Cup: Just go to bed

5 mins; August 30, 2024

Buy yourself some school supplies

4 mins; August 29, 2024

Bring the outdoors in

4 mins; August 28, 2024

Remind yourself to relax

5 mins; August 27, 2024

Watch your vacation balance

4 mins; August 26, 2024

Try a family breakfast

3 mins; August 25, 2024

Second Cup: Checklists save time

6 mins; August 24, 2024

Second Cup: Your friends are my friends

4 mins; August 23, 2024

Make muffins on Sunday night

3 mins; August 22, 2024

Read the free sample

4 mins; August 21, 2024

An outfit includes your shoes

4 mins; August 20, 2024

If you like it, buy another

4 mins; August 19, 2024

Many hands do make light work

3 mins; August 18, 2024

Second Cup: If you buy it, will you use it

6 mins; August 17, 2024

Second Cup: Capture your shower ideas

5 mins; August 16, 2024

Take a pocket pause

4 mins; August 15, 2024

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