You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Many of us feel like there aren't enough hours in the day. We struggle to make time for all the competing demands at work and at home, and inevitably feel like we're letting someone down. But what if there were a way to reclaim our time and, as a result, get more joy out of our lives? In the second episode of this year's You 2.0 series, psychologist Cassie Mogilner Holmes explains how we've fallen victim to the illusion of time scarcity, and what we can do to spend our time more wisely.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedantam. The television series Never Have I Ever
0:06.0	is a coming-of-age story about the ups and downs of high school. There's popular
0:11.2	kids, unpopular kids, and drama.
0:15.0	There are lots and lots of crushes.
0:17.2	And of course, there's applying for college.
0:21.1	One of the show's main characters is an overachiever.
0:24.0	Ben is determined to get into his dream school, Columbia University.
0:28.0	His schedule is packed with studying, extracurriculars, and tests.
0:34.1	Ben has no time for friends, socializing, or even breakfast.
0:38.5	Time for breakfast, my little prince.
0:41.3	No time, Patty.
0:42.3	I'll just eat a jerky stick on the way.
0:44.0	At school, Ben's time starts schedule, elicits eye rolls from his classmates.
0:50.0	I have some free time between 115 and 2 a.m. tonight to work on this.
0:54.4	Are you out of your mind? We're not operating on your psycho schedule.
0:57.6	Both of you guys just come to my house after school.
0:59.6	I can't. That's when I zoom with my Mandarin teacher.
1:02.4	Even Ben's principal has become... I can't. That's when I assume with my Mandarin teacher.
1:03.0	Even Ben's principal has become concerned about his constant battle with time.
1:08.0	Your schedule is untenable. You don't even have a lunch period anymore.
1:11.0	I don't need a lunch period.
1:13.2	Mm-hmm, yes, I've seen you with your meat sticks.
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