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Jill Farmer Teaches How To Make The Most Of Your Time

Lance Tilford Photography

Life coach Jill Farmer quit her career as a television consumer reporter and discovered that although she no longer had a fulltime job, she was still busy with little productivity to show for it.  She found herself swinging from the “hamster wheel” mode of moving for the sake of moving but not seeming to get anything done, to the overwhelming state of paralysis where she wasn’t sure where to start.

Farmer began looking inside of herself and then started researching why people seem to be preset toward unproductivity and to being in a state of frenzy.  She found one of the biggest mistakes people make is being afraid of not being busy and measuring worth by their degree of busyness.   

Farmer’s latest effort is a new book, There’s Not Enough Time! …and other lies we tell ourselves. She was Don Marsh’s guest on “St. Louis on the Air.”  During their conversation, she explained that her main goal is to help people progress from a state of unproductive busyness to finding real meaning in their lives.

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Mary Edwards is a producer for St. Louis Public Radio's broadcast program, "St. Louis Symphony."
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Don Marsh served as host of St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air" from 2005 to 2019, bringing discussions of significant topics to listeners' ears at noon Monday through Friday. Don has been an active journalist for 58 years in print, radio and television. He has won 12 Regional Emmy Awards for writing, reporting, and producing. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame in 2013, and named “Media Person of the Year” by the St. Louis Press Club in 2015. He has published three books: his most recent, “Coming of Age, Liver Spots and All: A Humorous Look at the Wonders of Getting Old,” “Flash Frames: Journey of a Journeyman Journalist” and “How to be Rude (Politely).” He holds an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.