The Easiest Way to Beat the Sunday Scaries + Feel Like You Have More Time featuring Laura Vanderkam

About this episode

Laura Vanderkam shares insights on finding more time and overcoming the Sunday scaries through effective planning.

Ever feel like there's just not enough hours in the day? Laura Vanderkam has spent her career proving that most of us have more time than we think — and in this conversation, she shares exactly how to find it. I talk with Laura about her three-bucket weekly planning approach, the surprising power of tracking your time, and why planning later in the week might be the cure for your Sunday scaries. Plus, Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance is out now, and the link to grab your copy is below. Order your copy of Big Time: annadkornick.com/bigtime Apply for a free time management coaching session: freetimecall.com. Full shownotes: abouttimepodcast.com/322

People in this episode

Host: Anna Dearmon Kornick

Guest: Laura Vanderkam

Topics covered

• time management
• productivity
• weekly planning
• Sunday scaries
• time tracking

Keywords

• time management
• productivity
• weekly planning
• Sunday scaries
• time tracking
• Laura Vanderkam
• Big Time

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: freetimecall.com, abouttimepodcast.com, annadkornick.com

Books & works: Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance

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