If you constantly feel like you don't have enough time to do life admin and housework, do you actually need more time — or a different relationship with it? In this refreshed return of the podcast, a new co-host, time management coach Christie Flora, joins Mia Northrop to unpack why "busy" language creates a sense of scarcity, how time, energy, and attention together form the real foundation of sustainable planning, and how to find your natural rhythms across days, weeks, and seasons.
We dig into practical tools like time audits, calendar math, and realistic household standards, explore the psychology of why time feels fast or expansive, and close with concrete nudges: notice your language, track your time, and plan with more self-compassion.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:13 A refreshed podcast returns with a new co-host and a new question about time
02:14 Why 'busy' language creates time scarcity and reduces our sense of agency
05:57 Time, energy, and attention: the real foundations of sustainable planning
12:55 Finding your natural rhythms across days, weeks, and seasons
17:41 Zooming out to the week: time audits, and seeing where time really goes
25:38 The psychology of time: why it feels fast, scarce, or expansive
29:41 Turning insight into action with calendars, priorities, and realistic household standards
38:41 Practical closing nudges: notice your language, track your time, and plan with more self-compassion
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