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¿Cómo ganar el control de tu tiempo libre?

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Laura Vanderkam |

TEDWomen 2016

• October 2016

Hay 168 horas en cada semana. ¿Cómo encontramos tiempo para lo que nos importa más? La experta en gestión del tiempo, Laura Vanderkam, estudia cómo las personas ocupadas pasan la vida, y descubrió que muchos de nosotros sobrestimamos drásticamente nuestros compromisos cada semana, mientras subestimamos el tiempo que tenemos para nosotros mismos. Ella ofrece algunas estrategias prácticas para ayudar a encontrar más tiempo para lo que nos importa, para que podamos "construir las vidas que queremos en el tiempo que tenemos".

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Hay 168 horas en cada semana. ¿Cómo encontramos tiempo para lo que nos importa más? La experta en gestión del tiempo, Laura Vanderkam, estudia cómo las personas ocupadas pasan la vida, y descubrió que muchos de nosotros sobrestimamos drásticamente nuestros compromisos cada semana, mientras subestimamos el tiempo que tenemos para nosotros mismos. Ella ofrece algunas estrategias prácticas para ayudar a encontrar más tiempo para lo que nos importa, para que podamos "construir las vidas que queremos en el tiempo que tenemos".

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Track your time! The first step to spending your time better is knowing how you’re spending it now. Download a log (30-minute or 15-minute versions) from Laura Vanderkam's website and write down what you're doing every few hours in as much detail as you think will be helpful. Try to keep going for a week (168 hours) to get the full picture of your life. After you're done, add up the major categories: work, sleep, time with family, housework, TV, exercise, volunteering, commuting. Then ask yourself what you like about your schedule and what you'd like to change.

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Laura Vanderkam

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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.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Read our curation guidelines.

Track your time! The first step to spending your time better is knowing how you’re spending it now. Download a log (30-minute or 15-minute versions) from Laura Vanderkam's website and write down what you're doing every few hours in as much detail as you think will be helpful. Try to keep going for a week (168 hours) to get the full picture of your life. After you're done, add up the major categories: work, sleep, time with family, housework, TV, exercise, volunteering, commuting. Then ask yourself what you like about your schedule and what you'd like to change.