Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time
लाउरा भ्यानडेरकम: फुर्सदको समयलाई कसरी सदुपयोग गर्ने
Laura Vanderkam shatters the myth that there just isn’t enough time in the week for working professionals to live happy, balanced and productive lives. Full bio
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लेख्छु भन्ने थाहा पाएपछि
I write about time management,
for my occasional tardiness,
उनीहरु माथि थुपार्छु ,
on time management.
आफ्नै प्रवचन दिन ढिला पुगें
together and savor that irony.
सामना गरेका थियौं
is that I have lots of tips and tricks
यता र उता गरेर
that are doing a story along these lines,
उनीहरु आफ्नो पाठकहरुलाइ
find an extra hour in the day.
मद्धत गर्ने भनेर अध्ययन गर्दछन्
bits of time off everyday activities,
समय निकाल्न सक्छौं
of this piece, but I'm always interested
म संग कुरा गर्नु अगाडिको
up with before they call me.
have to make right-hand turns --
in microwave usage:
minutes on the package,
the bottom side of that.
which makes sense on some level,
यसले कुनै अर्थ पनि राख्छ
fast-forward through the commercials.
बिज्ञापन स्किप गर्दै हेर्ने
eight minutes every half hour,
of watching TV,
32 minutes to exercise?
तरिका तपाईंलाइ थाहा छ ?
कि कसो ?
of time here and there, add it up,
तान तुन थप थाप पारेर
to everything we want to do.
people spend their time
भन्ने अध्ययन गरेर
schedules hour by hour,
कार्यतालिका हेरे पश्चात
has it completely backward.
we want by saving time.
चाहेको जीवन प्राप्त गर्न सक्दैनौ
of extremely busy women.
sometimes their own businesses,
आफ्नै व्यापार व्यवसाय छ,
maybe parents to care for,
वा बाउ आमा छन्
of their time for a week
क्रियाक्रलाप अवलोकन गरें
they worked and slept,
कति सुते विचार गरें
about their strategies, for my book.
रणनीति बारे प्रश्न गरें
for something.
that her water heater has broken,
धारो बिग्रिएको रहेछ,
all over her basement.
like this happen to you,
frightening, sopping mess.
बिग्रेको गन्हाउने हुन्छ
aftermath that night,
भिड्न थालिन्
crew dealing with the ruined carpet.
अन्य समान सुकाउन मद्धत खोजिन्
on her time log.
लेखेकी थिइन्
an extra hour in the day.
at the start of the week,
to train for a triathlon?"
फुर्सद निकाल्न सक्नुहुन्छ?
to mentor seven worthy people?"
७ घण्टा फुर्सद छ?
what most of us would've said,
how busy I am?"
all over her basement,
is that time is highly elastic.
what we choose to put into it.
of that broken water heater.
of the busiest people I ever interviewed.
एक जनाको भनाइ राख्छु
a small business
to set up an interview
समय खोज्दै थिएँ
to speak with me.
unavailable to speak with me
even more intrigued,
अझ तिब्र भयो
she explains it like this.
उनले यस्तो कुरा गरिन्-
because it's not a priority."
"It's not a priority."
प्राथमिकता होइन" भन्नु हो
that's really more accurate language.
एकदमै व्यवहारिक हो
to dust my blinds,
भन्छु भने
to dust my blinds,
एक लाख दिन्छु भन्यो भने
a matter of lacking time;
that time is a choice.
for making different choices,
of that broken water heater?
to figure out what they are.
निर्धारण गर्नु पर्छ
for thinking about this.
रणनीति दिन्छु
coming up to the end of the year
annual performance reviews.
your successes over the year,
to do this looking forward.
अगाडी हेर्नु राम्रो लाग्छ
it's the end of next year.
भन्ने सम्झनुहोस
a performance review,
amazing year for you professionally.
यो बर्ष अत्यन्त लाभदायक छ
that made it so amazing?
तपाईंको यो बर्षलाइ सफल बनायो
year's performance review now.
अहिले लेख्न सक्नुहुन्छ
for your personal life, too.
जीवनको पनि सकिन्छ
like me, come December,
बर्षको अन्त्यमा
sheets of colored paper,
as the family holiday letter.
of literature, really,
everyone in the household is,
your friends and family
that mattered to you over the year.
त्यो गएको समयको कुरा भो
it's the end of next year,
कल्पना गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ
that made it so amazing?
कामहरु के हुन्?
year's family holiday letter now.
अहिले नै लेख्न सक्नुहुन्छ
review and the family holiday letter,
मुल्यांकनको बीचमा
we can work on in the next year.
लक्ष्यहरु निर्धारण गर्न सकिन्छ
these down into doable steps.
बर्गिकरण गर्न सकिन्छ
to write a family history.
इतिहास लेख्न सक्नुहुन्छ
some other family histories,
पढ्न सक्नुहुन्छ
you want to ask your relatives,
प्रश्नहरुको सुची तयार पारेर
figure out a training plan,
out of the back of the closet.
of that broken water heater,
before we are in them.
हामी यस बिषयमा सोच्छौं
is Friday afternoons.
शुक्रबार दिउसो ठिक लाग्छ
an economist might call
मुल्यको सम्भावना"
on Friday afternoons saying,
and professional priorities
about what those should be.
सोच्दै हुन्छौं
of time Friday afternoon,
समय निकाल्नुस र आफ्नै
list: career, relationships, self.
कार्य, सम्बन्ध, र व्यक्तिगत
in all three categories.
of the next week,
complicated for some people than others.
निकै कठिन काम हुनेछ
are just harder than others.
निकै कठिन हुन सक्छ
to find time to take that poetry class
children on your own.
anyone's struggle.
I am about to tell you are empowering.
तपाईंलाइ उत्साहित गराउनेछ
job, so 40 hours a week,
so 56 hours a week --
बाकी हुन्छ
for other things.
for other things.
people's estimated work weeks
75-plus-hour work weeks
for what matters to you.
more time with your kids,
for a test you're taking,
and volunteer for two,
गर्न चाहनुहुन्छ
way more than full-time hours.
time to do amazing things.
त्यति समय पनि चाहिन्न
bits of time, what do we do?
around the house
something wonderful on the bus
that required two bus rides
on weekends to get stuff to read.
किताब लेराऊथें
almost, almost, enjoyable.
for meditating or praying.
गर्न सकिन्छ
because of your crazy work schedule,
खाना बाहिरै खाने गर्नुहुन्छ भने
could be a good substitute.
the whole of one's time
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Vanderkam - AuthorLaura Vanderkam shatters the myth that there just isn’t enough time in the week for working professionals to live happy, balanced and productive lives.
Why you should listen
Between careers and kids, many women feel that they are too busy to cram in anything else. To test the truth of this feeling, author Laura Vanderkam began logging her time for each of the 168 hours of the week. Among her surprising findings: we retroactively overestimate the amount of time spent stressing about work while underestimating our available downtime.
In her latest book, I Know How She Does It, Vanderkam analyzes the ways in which professional women successfully balance free time and work -- and explores how everyday readers can benefit from their experiences.
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