Excellent news: There are often 8,760 hours in a 12 months. In 2024, there shall be 8,784 hours—which means you will get an additional 24 hours.

How do you make sure that bonus time — and all time — are spent extra correctly? To assist provide some sensible tricks to make 2024 your most productive 12 months ever, I spoke to Laura Vanderkam, a productiveness guru, podcaster, and writer of a number of bestselling books on the subject, together with her most up-to-date, Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Methods to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Issues.

Vanderkam attracts on analysis and her personal expertise as a full-time skilled and mom of 5 children (sure, 5!). Right here, she presents some methods to get probably the most out of your day. To listen to our total interview, go to the Write About Now podcast.