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#10-Living Several Lifetimes in One: My Time Management Philosophy

#10-Living Several Lifetimes in One: My Time Management Philosophy

Update: 2025-08-13
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"What if your calendar could tell the story of your life?

I once flipped through a year’s worth of my planner—365 days of scribbles, meetings, and little notes to myself—and it hit me: how I spend my time is exactly how I’m living my life.

Your relationship with time is really your relationship with yourself. The way you see your current life shapes how you use each day—and how much control you feel you have over it.

So today, I’m sharing my natural-flow approach to time management. No over-engineered systems, no color-coded chaos—just practical ways to reclaim your time and make each moment feel richer."

What you’ll hear:

01:52 — How your relationship with time mirrors how you see your life

02:52 — Self-love in action: where your time goes, your life follows

04:19 — A fresh way to measure “wealth” — not in money, but in time

05:24 — Time’s double edge: healer and trap

05:57 — Seeing the present through a “countdown” lens

07:33 — Simple tools to keep your time from slipping away

08:22 — Locking in key milestones to anchor your year

09:24 — Why time, like any rare resource, needs its own hierarchy

13:00 — Planning around geography to save hours

14:27 — My 3-part formula for annual planning

15:59 — The “time-folding” trick for single moments

18:39 — Turning life’s “in-between” moments into gold — even mid-workout

20:26 — Knowing when to use someone else’s time vs. when they need yours

22:13 — Applying time management to your relationships

25:29 — Why we stay up late just to enjoy the quiet

32:00 — Using scent to ground yourself in the present

35:00 — Staying authentic without getting swept into group emotions

36:01 — The art of feeling “complete” in the moment

41:08 — Budgeting your year for learning, work, and play

42:27 — My “do-nothing” days — and why they matter

44:21 — Should you batch time or break it up?

46:23 — Looking beyond the 1-year frame to find deeper meaning

49:48 — Aligning your actions with your goals

54:07 — One year of podcasting: the feedback that keeps me going

BGM: If I Could Turn Back Time

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#10-Living Several Lifetimes in One: My Time Management Philosophy

#10-Living Several Lifetimes in One: My Time Management Philosophy

Tianzhen Yang