{"id":4988,"date":"2023-11-14T17:58:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/schedule-an-empower-hour-gretchen-rubin\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:58:07","slug":"schedule-an-empower-hour-gretchen-rubin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/schedule-an-empower-hour-gretchen-rubin\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule an “Empower Hour” | Gretchen Rubin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my book Better Than Before<\/a><\/em>, about how we can make or break our habits, I write about why I find it so helpful to schedule a weekly \u201cPower Hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fact is, things that can be done at any<\/em> time are often done at no<\/em> time<\/strong>, even things that are important to us. So I keep a list of nagging tasks that I\u2019ve been putting off, and once a week, for one hour, I \u201cpower\u201d through them.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s surprising how much I can get done in just one hour.<\/p>\n

We talked about \u201cPower Hour<\/strong>\u201d in episode 6<\/a> of the Happier<\/em> podcast, and in later episode 277<\/a>, we talked about a twist to the idea, with \u201cEmpower Hour<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheduling an \u201cEmpower Hour\u201d is a way to make time and hold ourselves accountable for putting our values into the world.<\/p>\n

One hour might not sound like much, but it\u2019s manageable and realistic, and it\u2019s surprising how much a person can get done in one Empower Hour\u2014especially if they do it week after week.<\/p>\n

You might use an Empower Hour to:<\/p>\n