New York Times: Gladwyne Time-Management Expert Recommends Tech for Work- and Leisure-Time Organization

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Gladwyne time-management expert advocates carving out time on a daily calendar for purposeful unwinding.

Work-hour/leisure-time distinctions were forever changed by the pandemic, as Americans adeptly juggled their professional and personal selves concurrently.

That intermingling, according to Madeleine Aggeler in The New York Times, is now leading experts to advocate for not less scheduling, but more.

The goal is to protect off-work hours that are necessary for personal rejuvenation. And Laura Vanderkam, a Gladwyne time-management expert, is a proponent of the approach.

She agrees that it may seem counterintuitive to make a calendar appointment to unwind. But without one, she infers, it’s all too easy to fritter away those away-from-the-desk opportunities and lose their restorative advantages.

“When people don’t treat their time with intention …  they feel like it didn’t happen,” she said. “In a very distracted world, you’re not going to automatically choose the most rejuvenating and relaxing activity. You’re going to do whatever is in front of you.”

She does, however, recognize that a middle-ground approach is best.

“There’s just such a huge space between planning nothing and planning every 10 minutes,” she observed.

The full, 1,400-word story on the need to protect both work and leisure time is at The New York Times. Its should take an average reader six minutes to finish.

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