NPR: Time audit exercise helps identify priorities and reduce burnout
Psychotherapist Niro Feliciano offers a framework to realign daily schedules with personal values.
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What to know
- A time audit involves listing priorities, tracking actual time allocation, and identifying gaps between values and reality.
- Feliciano learned from personal experience that busy schedules often exclude the people and activities that matter most.
- Setting boundaries, enlisting family support, and being purposeful with reclaimed time are practical steps to realign schedule with values.
- The framework addresses burnout by shifting focus from endless achievement to intentional alignment between daily life and personal priorities.
How it unfolded
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The article gains modest engagement on Bluesky (30 points), with the NPR account framing the time audit as a tool for self-discovery.
“Take a moment to try it. You might be surprised with what you find.”
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NPR and NPR Health publish article by Marielle Segarra featuring psychotherapist Niro Feliciano's time audit framework, describing how the exercise helps identify what's wasting time and makes room for what matters.
“The exercise can help you identify what's wasting your time — and make room for what matters, says psychotherapist Niro Feliciano.”
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The NPR article circulates on Bluesky, Mastodon, and KPBS platforms with consistent framing about feeling busy without realizing it and the value of conducting a time audit.
What people are saying verbatim
“The exercise can help you identify what's wasting your time — and make room for what matters, says psychotherapist Niro Feliciano.”
Marielle Segarra, NPR reporter · NPR News ↗
“I remember sitting in my office. I had done eight sessions, several with adolescents. And I said, 'When was the last time I spent 45 minutes listening to one of my kids?'”
Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist · NPR News/KPBS ↗
“When your schedule begins to align with your values is when we begin to feel inner peace.”
Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist · NPR News/KPBS ↗
“The only people who will push back on your healthy boundaries are the people who benefited from you not having them.”
Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist · NPR News/KPBS ↗
“When your value and identity lie in acquisition and accomplishment, you will constantly be pursuing it.”
Niro Feliciano, Psychotherapist · NPR News/KPBS ↗
“Take a moment to try it. You might be surprised with what you find.”
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