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Podcast: Episode 1 - Free Time and How To Get It

Some more free time, anyone?

Would you like to have some more free time? Who wouldn’t? I’m confident that most of us would like to have more time available for the things we love to do right? It’s just that there are so many other things that comes in between, work, commuting even sleeping. The good news is that you, as everybody else, have 24 hours of time available every day. Yes I know it’s an obvious statement, but when you think about 24 hours it’s actually quite a long period of time. Everybody have the same amount of hours available, be it the richest person in the world or be it the poorest. One might argue that with greater resources the more “free time” one can achieve and that is of course a fact. If you could live close by your job, get assistance with grocery shopping and cleaning, having a fitness centre next door etc. you’ll likely have more free time available, but it’s up to you how to use it. Maybe there are a few levers that you can use to change your current time map into a different one? Maybe there are some things that you can alter in your life that would free up some more time for your passion?

I’m very passionate about time and interested in how different people use their time. My real interest for time and time management began when I started studying two degrees simultaneously and completed my masters degree in engineering and my bachelor degree in economics at the same time in 2010. Many people that I’ve met have said “But, that’s not possible” or “That wouldn’t be possible for me”, but somehow it was possible. For the moment I’m in the final stage of my MBA, which I’ve studied towards in parallel with my full time job. I’m no genius, but I’m a structured hard worker that knows the importance of task prioritisation and the Pareto principle (the 80/20 rule - 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes). From this my interests for time and time management have grown into a stage where I now have started my very own podcast that will be about free time and how to get it. I call it just that “Free time and how to get it” and I ask only for 10-20 minutes of your time once a week and hopefully I can help you take control of your time and together we can start your journey towards a fulfilled life! Thanks for listening and feel free to contact me with questions and request and I’ll try to help as much as a can. Let’s go get that free time!

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I förhoppningarnas tider / In the time of hope

In the time of hope
Light as the dream of thought
Hope still lives on
When will all battles be fought?
Will eternity ever dawn?

Winters’ feast is soon upon us
The coming midwinter night
With hope of peace all among us
The winner need not fight

Spare a thought for each other
Spare a moment throughout the land
Take care of all and other
And hold on to every hand

I förhoppningarnas tider
Lätt som drömmens tanke
Lever hoppet alltjämt här
När vad som helst kan ske
Finns evigheten där?

Det lackar mot vinterns högtid
Den stundande midvinterns kväll
Med hopp om allom julfrid
Störst är den som är snäll

Skänk en tanke till varandra
Skänk ett ögonblick i sänder
Tag vara på de andra
Och slut samman era händer

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Trevande tanke / Tentative Thought

Tentative Thought

A strange sound in the distance sounds warped
It gnaws at the idea and gives us an itch to scratch
We cannot pull our thoughts away from it completely
It remains in our mind, it is worth thinking about, or does it?

How we try to repress
There's always there like a scar
But it is also the power of thought and extends the horizon
And create an experience that is forever

Trevande tanke

Ett sällsamt ljud i fjärran klingar skevt
Det gnager på tanken och ger oss något att klia på
Vi kan inte dra tankarna från det helt
Det stannar kvar i vårt sinne, det tål att tänkas på, eller gör det?

Hur vi än försöker att förtränga
Finns det alltid där likt ett ärr
Men det också tankens kraft och horisont förlänga
Och skapar erfarenhet som för alltid är

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Till toppen av horisonten / To the top of the horizon

To the top of the horizon
Aiming for the highest possible
The top is the goal and nobody can stop it
Through the clouds, to the stellar rand
Illuminated by the sun's emotional fire

Like a portrait of adventure
Filled with challenging obstacles
Is it loneliness we flee
When nothing us bind

We must go to the top
The horizon is our goal
It is one of the many marathon races
Beaded in gold, silver, bronze and steel

Till toppen av horisonten
Siktet är inställt på det högsta möjliga
Toppen är målet och ingen kan stoppa det
Genom molnen, mot stjärnornas rand
Upplyst av solens känslosamma brand

Likt ett porträtt av äventyr
Fylld med utmanande hinder
Är det ensamheten vi flyr
När ingenting oss binder

Vi skall till toppen
Horisonten är vårt mål
Det är ett av de många maratonloppen
Prydd i guld, silver, brons och stål

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Soluppgång / Sunrise

Sunrise

After the heat lingers with a constant proximity
No one other than you know
Passionate heat, Celsius high
Loving thoughts, scattering embers
Lost thoughts, receives an existence
While the presence of others
Constantly seem to wither out
Comprising your constantly contemporary

The sun's shining pierces your armour
Open up your eyes and show innovation
Early morning hours
Awakens clears the conscience fog

Soluppgång

Eftervärmen dröjer sig kvar med en ständig närhet
Ingen annan än du vet
Passionerad värme, Celsius hög
Kärleksfulla tankar, spridande glöd
Vilsna tankar får en tillvaro
Samtidigt som andras närvaro
Ständigt tycks ebba ut
Består din samtid ständigt

Solens skinande tränger igenom ditt pansar
Öppnar upp dina ögon och visar nyskapandet
Arla morgontimman
Vakenhetens klarnar samvetsdimman

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Nystartande väckelse / Start-ups revival

Start-ups revival

The start of something new
A change is evident
While hunting for the time that flew
Nostalgic memories became so transient

 

The rapture is near
The change is here
Knowledge is never heavy to bear
I am I, and there is there

Nystartande väckelse

Börjar på någonting nytt
En förändring är påtagligt
Samtidigt på jakt efter den tid som flytt
Nostalgiska minnen blir själaskadligt

Uppryckande är nära
Förändringen är här
Kunskapen blir aldrig tung att bära
Jag är jag, och där är där

 

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Musik - Vi 2

New song! This time in Swedish. I thought for quite a while on the pitch but it ended with the original take anyways! Thanks for listening!

Ny låt! Det blev på svenska. Funderade flera gånger över tonarten men det fick bli första tagningen, blev mest rätt! Tack för att ni lyssnar!

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Förvillande tankekraft / Deceptive power of thought

Deceptive power of thought

The thoughts covering the quintessential

Leaving no room for freedom

Not allowing for anything else

Only the fight, requirements and must haves

 

The deceptive power of thought can benefit

The pain partially attenuate

Open the brains capacity towards something new

Make way for the new, healthy and whole

Förvillande tankekraft

Tankarna täcker sinnebilden

Lämnar ingen plats för friheten

Ger inte utrymme för någonting annat

Endast kampen, kraven, måsten

 

Den förvillande tankekraften kan gynna

Smärtan delvis dämpa

Öppna hjärnans kapacitet mot någonting nytt

Ge plats för det nya, friska och hela

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