168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

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		168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
		168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

There are 168 hours in a week. This book is about where the time really goes, and how we can all use it better.

It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. With the rise of two-income families, extreme jobs, and 24/7 connectivity, life is so frenzied we can barely find time to breathe. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals. But then we give up because there just aren't enough hours to do it all. Or else, if we don't make excuses, we make sacrifices. To get ahead at work we spend less time with our spouses. To carve out more family time, we put off getting in shape. To train for a marathon, we cut back on sleep. There has to be a better way-and Laura Vanderkam has found one.

After interviewing dozens of successful, happy people, she realized that they allocate their time differently than most of us. Instead of letting the daily grind crowd out the important stuff, they start by making sure there's time for the important stuff. They focus on what they do best and what only they can do. When plans go wrong and they run out of time, only their lesser priorities suffer.

It's not always easy, but the payoff is enormous. Vanderkam shows that it really is possible to sleep eight hours a night, exercise five days a week, take piano lessons, and write a novel without giving up quality time for work, family, and other things that really matter. The key is to start with a blank slate and to fill up your 168 hours only with things that deserve your time.

Of course, you probably won't read to your children at 2:00 am, or skip a Wednesday morning meeting to go hiking, but you can cut back on how much you watch TV, do laundry, or spend time on other less fulfilling activities. Vanderkam shares creative ways to rearrange your schedule to make room for the things that matter most.

168 Hours is a fun, inspiring, practical guide that will help men and women of any age, lifestyle, or career get the most out of their time and their lives.

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The author is a little out of touch with the normal working person as she is self-employed stay at home type with a spouse generating above average income. Most the examples are of people of affluence with time to waste and I found it almost as bragging vs helpful. Giving 5-15minutes of quality time to a child is not really giving quality time to a child. Was not for me.

This book gets off to a very good start and the first two chapters were very engaging. Unfortunately the author quickly loses focus and starts exploring grand ideas (do what you love bla bla bla) and at some point you feel that you are just reading another bland "follow your dreams" self help book. She does makes an effort to blend these themes with the subject of the book (which is 168 hours) but the delivery is rather poor.
There are also some random sections of the book where she present statistics like what housewives did in the 60's compared to housewives today. I really didn't understand what the purpose of that section was, apart from filling up a few more pages to justify the full length of a book. Overall, the book had some interesting stories but I feel it was written hastily with the purpose of getting to print quickly. It's a shame because we really need good books on time management.

The book is a discussion about time management. The topic material felt particularly slanted to women though as a man I found the material interesting as well. The author greatly leverages data on the breakdown of normal daily activities and how the time spent does not advance our goals. There are a number of case studies of people who "have it all" and how they have structured their lives to do it. I found some of the material on outsourcing routine house hold tasks such as cooking, cleaning and laundry intriguing. To be clear she argues that you are outsourcing these activities to spend more time on value added activities that will increase your income, offsetting the costs.

While I do not feel the work was as insightful as David Allen's "Getting Things Done ", it was a worthwhile and interesting read.

I really love this book. Laura has great advice and shows great examples of people using their time to the fullest. I know I often discredit the after work hours and weekend hours and think I don't have enough time to do all the things I want to but Laura disproves that and shows you how much time you really have and what you can do with it.

This book wasn't full of practical time-saving suggestions unless you're willing to have a messy house, make extremely simple meals and/or eat a lot of takeout, and/or spend a ton of money on cleaning and cooking services.

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