
The Reframe Ep. 101 - Big Time with Laura Vanderkam: How to Develop a Sense of Time Abundance
May 4, 2026
Laura Vanderkam, time management expert and author, shares a mini bio about her focus on time abundance and practical scheduling. She explores the mindset of treating time as a precious bonus. Short tactics include tracking time to rewrite your story, breaking big goals into tiny daily steps, protecting open time for serendipity, and using annual perspective to reclaim agency.
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Time As A Lottery Winning Bonus
- Time abundance reframes life from scarcity to possibility and lets you approach your schedule like a bonus resource.
- Laura Vanderkam compares time to a handed winning lottery ticket and urges a mindset of awe and choice over daily hours.
Track A Week To Rewrite Your Time Story
- Track where your time actually goes to debunk catastrophic stories and increase time satisfaction.
- Vanderkam's week-long tracking study (279 people) showed data often reveals more discretionary and family time than people expect.
Break Big Projects Into 10 Minute Chunks
- Dream big but break projects into tiny daily chunks you can sustain over months or a year.
- Vanderkam read War and Peace by reading one 10-minute chapter per day and finished in a year without burnout.







