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This was okay. Some good pointers for time management and accomplishing life goals.

I have mixed feelings about this. It felt like there was some really good stuff here but everything was very parent-centric so I often felt like I was grasping at straws for how I could apply some things back to my own life. Definitely a better read for someone who is juggling career, family, etc and is doesn‘t have enough time than for someone like me who is just trying to do more with the time I have.

I was not the target audience and did not enjoy it. It reeked of privilege, but perhaps those who enjoy similar privilege and admire Vanderkamp, might enjoy it.

This book is aimed at high-earning two-income families that can adjust work hours as they wish. Her advice is to track your hours to see how you spend time, determine whether it‘s in a fulfilling/career advancing way, if it‘s not change it. Also pay someone else to do stuff. This book could have been 10 bullet points instead of 9 hours. Assumes lots of tv watching that can be turned into free time. Not the book for me or my life. ⬇️

So far a lot of this book gets an 🙄 from me. None of it seems new and is very geared to people who can control own hours and outsource things with extra money. And for a time management book feels overly long. I‘m listening at 1.75 time to maybe glean the helpful parts. It does deal with the #mathematics of using the weekly hours you have to advance your career and still have a life. #redroseseptember

Much like budgeting, time management is about opportunity costs: if I do this, I can't do that. But we don't always think of it that way. As a result, the biggest takeaway from the book is simple: take back control. It's definitely set up for middle or upper class Americans, generally working with kids, so your takeaway may be more or less applicable. But I found it a useful read.

Inspired by my current read, I'm going to start keeping a time log next week and try to keep it up for a couple of weeks to get a handle on how I budget my time. I think I generally use it the way I want to, but we'll see if this gives me any further Insight. Wish me luck!

Finished this on my work break. I acknowledge that when you create a self-help book like this one on time management, it is hard to write to everyone's specific life. This book did ok, though I don't have kids & would have preferred a little more guidance on how to utilize my time better when I work a lot and have a house to care for. Outsourcing tasks seems like a good option for me but not necessarily for my budget. A lot of great info! 4/5

"You can choose how to spend your 168 hours, and you have more time than you think."

- Laura Vanderkam, 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think
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#wirn #audiobook #audible #lauravanderkam #168hours #productivity #entrepreneurship

#RiotGrams Day 2: I did not think I had that many yellow books. But I pulled all of these from just one of my bookshelves!

Must remember to take photos of books BEFORE I start reading them and they get dented and the cover won't lie flat 😅 I finished this last night and it's probably the best personal development book I've ever read. It's thoughtful and practical. Some of its suggestions do require 💰, though I was aware of this going in and was pleasantly surprised as I thought there would be more suggestions along these lines than there actually were. #nonfiction