Many of us have an adversarial relationship with time. Were always trying to beat the clockbehaviour rooted in a fear that time is scarce and must be obsessed over, hoarded and ultra-optimised. But time management expert Laura Vanderkam argues that even busy people can come to feel that time is abundant. Drawing on original research about how hundreds of real people spend their time, and her own experience of tracking her time for a decade, Vanderkam offers simple tactics for how to manage a complex life, stick with long-term projects by breaking big goals into tiny steps and make the most of leisure time many people dont even notice. By turns surprising, thought-provoking and encouraging, Big Time shows readers that the daily experience of time can be quite spaciousand that, managed well, each days hours can be a source of happiness and satisfaction.
