If you’ve been reading Verily for as long as I have, you might be familiar with the work of time management guru and Verily author Laura Vanderkam. In fact, it was a 2017 article featuring Vanderkam’s TED talk that first introduced me to her hopeful, refreshing way of thinking about time management. I watched, enthralled, as Vanderkam, forcible, pretty, and articulate, emphasized to her audience one of her fundamental insights: “We don’t build the lives we want by saving time.