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Jill Wright, Time Management Expert
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Time Management Expert Jill Wright shares ADHD-friendly time management tools , and energy-aligned strategies to help you reclaim your time and thrive - without the burnout. Website: https://www.jillwright.ca. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours

  1. Aug 13

    When Your Routines Stop Working: Time Management for Changing Seasons

    In this episode of Energy + Hours, I’m catching up with returning guest Rachel Newman about how much life can change as our kids get older, our work evolves, neurodivergence becomes part of the conversation, and we learn more about ourselves along the way. Rachel and I originally connected when both of our work was deeply rooted in early motherhood. Years later, our kids are older and our lives look different. Rachel is homeschooling three children and navigating ADHD and dyslexia in her family. My own work has evolved from Grow Like a Mother into a much broader conversation about time management, energy management, sustainable productivity, and building systems around the life you actually have. A big part of our conversation comes back to something I teach often: you are allowed to change the system. We talk about paying attention when something stops serving you, making smaller adjustments when the bigger circumstances can’t change, and using routines and transition tools to make daily life easier for ADHD and neurodivergent brains. In this episode: How motherhood and our needs change as our kids get older Discovering neurodivergence through your children Letting yourself change a decision or system that no longer works How seasons and life changes affect time management Creating flexible routines when work, school, and home overlap Using visual timers to support ADHD time blindness and transitions Emotional regulation and accessing your tools when you’re dysregulated Personalizing routines, schedules, and productivity systems around your actual life This episode is especially for you if: You’re in a season where your old routines have stopped working, your family’s needs are changing, you’re navigating ADHD or other neurodivergence, or you’re realizing that the productivity systems you used to rely on don’t fit your current life. It’s also a useful listen for moms who are homeschooling or considering homeschooling and feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices available. You don’t need to adopt somebody else’s entire system. Take what works. Leave what doesn’t. Reevaluate when your circumstances change. Build around the people who actually live in your house and the responsibilities that actually fill your calendar. About Rachel: Rachel Newman is a bestselling author, life coach, and homeschooling mom of three (twins included). She's the author of MomME, built on one core belief: moms matter too. That philosophy now fuels Happy Haus Homeschool, where she's writing a new book and handbook helping moms trade the "shoulds" for a homeschool that actually works for their family. Off the page: Texas Tech football, hot coffee always. Connect with Rachel: Website: https://www.therachelnewman.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.rachel.newman  Happy Haus Homeschool: https://www.instagram.com/happyhaushomeschool  Book: MomME: A Mom's Guide to Saying Goodbye to Overwhelm, Prioritizing Yourself, and Enjoying Motherhood https://a.co/d/05OlRDJq  ⏳✨ I’m Jill, a Time Management Expert and creator of the Time Magic™ Method. I help high performers create sustainable productivity through time + energy management that works for real life. Explore more: ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz: ⁠⁠https://jillwright.ca/quiz ⁠⁠ Get the Time Magic™ Planner: A 90-day seasonal planner designed for ADHD and intuitive brains ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/planner ⁠⁠ 💻 Download the Free Sustainable Productivity Toolkit: https://www.jillwright.ca/freebie 👉 For personalized support, book a Time Tune Up session Connect with me: Website: ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours 💛 Want to support my work? I keep the Energy + Hours podcast, Substack, workshops, and many of my resources free because I believe helpful information should be accessible. If something I’ve shared has helped you and you’d like to help me keep creating more of it, you can support my work on Buy Me a Coffee here.

    When Your Routines Stop Working: Time Management for Changing Seasons

  2. Jul 30

    Your Brain Is Not a Filing Cabinet: The 3 Places Everything Should Live

    👉 For personalized support, book a Time Tune Up  https://www.jillwright.ca ***** You're folding laundry. Then you remember you need groceries. Which reminds you about an unanswered email. Which leads to a permission form. Which leads to a birthday gift you haven't ordered yet. None of it was urgent. All of it interrupted you. Sound familiar? In this solo episode, I'm breaking down the three places that everything in your life should live, and the one question you can start asking yourself today to stop carrying it all in your head. Your brain is not a storage unit, a calendar, or a reminder system. It's a decision-making powerhouse and when you free it up from holding everything, that's when the creativity, the ideas, and the actual enjoyment of your life start coming back in. In this episode, we cover: ⏳ Why mental load and overwhelm are often a systems problem, not a willpower problem ⏳ The difference between a calendar, a task list, and a note ⏳ How to use the rocks-and-Tetris-pieces framework to schedule tasks around fixed appointments ⏳ High-energy vs. low-energy to-do lists for people who struggle with capacity ⏳ The one question to ask every time a new thought pops into your head ⏳ Why your best ideas come in the shower (and how to make that happen more often) ⏳ Practical ways to capture information on the go, including the screenshot trick ⏳ What it looks like to work with Jill and how her approach is built for your current season, not a long-term contract Resources Mentioned: ⏳ Time Magic™ Planner — A physical planning tool designed for busy brains, high performers, and real life https://www.jillwright.ca/planner ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz — Discover your natural relationship with time and get personalized productivity tips https://jillwright.ca/quiz About Jill Wright Jill Wright is a Time Management Expert and the founder of Energy + Hours, where she helps high-performers manage their lives through practical strategies that fit their season of life. Blending practical time and calendar management strategies with rest, intuition, and self-care, Jill teaches people how to manage both their hours and their energy so they can create sustainable, aligned success. Her framework integrates productivity tools, energetics, and a neuro-affirming lens that supports real people with real lives. Jill's work has been featured on 80+ podcasts, in organizations, schools, and community events across North America. Connect with Jill ⏳ Website: https://www.jillwright.ca  ⏳ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours  ⏳ Substack: https://energyandhours.substack.com

    Your Brain Is Not a Filing Cabinet: The 3 Places Everything Should Live

  3. Jul 16

    What Happens When I Don't Manage My Own Energy

    I preach rest. I preach self-care. I preach boundaries. And then I turned 40. I packed the entire summer full of birthday celebrations, a work trip to Calgary, camping, beach days, splash pads, star gazing, and every possible summer memory I could manufacture for my four kids... and ran myself ragged. My 7-year-old drew me a picture of a tired whale. She titled it "Mama Whale is so tired." She saw right through me. This episode is my honest debrief on what happens when I don't follow my own advice, and what I'm doing about it. In this episode: How turning 40 coincided with one of my most overpacked, under-rested seasonsThe specific kind of overwhelm that sneaks in when you're trying to make everything magical (and what it looks like for me: rage)How perimenopause is showing up in my energy management in ways I didn't expectThe Time Magic™ Method and how I lost sight of itThe difference between rest and self-care, and why you can't have one without the other firstSandra Dalton-Smith's 7 types of rest Why "balance is a verb, not a destination" is more than a saying I throw aroundWhat I'm doing this week to actually recover before the kids come back Resources mentioned: Time Magic™ Method —https://jillwright.ca/time-magic-methodEpisode on the difference between rest and self-care — https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rest-vs-self-care-why-youre-exhausted-even-when-you/id1601675882?i=1000738633682Episode on the 7 types of rest — https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tired-you-might-be-resting-wrong/id1601675882?i=1000736551084Free productivity download: The Sustainable Productivity Toolkit - https://jillwright.ca/freebieTime Magic Type Quiz — https://jillwright.ca/quizEnergy + Hours Substack — https://energyandhours.substack.com90-minute Tune-Up sessions - https://jillwright.ca/tune-upTime Magic Planner — https://jillwright.ca/plannerCorporate Workshops - https://jillwright.ca/workshops About Jill Jill Wright is a Time Management Expert and the founder of Energy + Hours, where she helps high-performers manage their lives through practical strategies that fit their season of life. Blending practical time and calendar management strategies with rest, intuition, and self-care, Jill teaches people how to manage both their hours and their energy so they can create sustainable, aligned success. Connect with Jill: Website: https://www.jillwright.caInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhoursLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wright-speaker

    What Happens When I Don't Manage My Own Energy

  4. Jun 25

    Why Traditional Time Management Doesn’t Work for Everyone

    In this episode of Energy + Hours, I’m sharing theevolution of my work and introducing you to the Time Magic Method, my approach to sustainable productivity. After years of working with hundreds of individuals andteams, I started noticing the same thing over and over: most people weren’t struggling because they weren’t trying hard enough. They were using systems that didn’t account for the complexity of their lives. The Time Magic Method combines practical planning,productivity tools, energy management, rest, self-care, and personalization so you can create systems that support the way you actually live and work. In this episode, we explore the 4 Ps of Time Magic: PlanningUnderstanding where your time is actually going, creating awareness around your capacity, and building systems that help you prepare for real life. PrioritizationLearning how to decide what matters most when everything feels important, especially as a high performer managing multiple roles and responsibilities. ProductivityCreating sustainable systems that support focus, follow-through, energy, and consistency without pushing yourself toward burnout. PersonalizationRecognizing that different brains, work styles, personalities, and seasons of life require different approaches to productivity. We also talk about: ⌛ Why productivity and energy management need to work together⌛How rest and self-care fit into sustainable success⌛The invisible workload and mental load affecting your time⌛Time blindness and neurodivergent-friendly productivity tools⌛Why high achievers struggle with prioritization⌛How to create systems that work with your brain instead of against it⌛The different ways to learn the Time Magic Method for yourself or your organization Resources Mentioned: ✨ Take the Time Magic Quizhttps://www.jillwright.ca/quiz Discover your natural relationship with time and get personalized productivity tips based on how you work best. ✨ Listen: Rest vs Self-Care Episodehttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rest-vs-self-care-why-youre-exhausted-even-when-you/id1601675882?i=1000738633682 Learn why sustainable productivity requires both rest and intentional self-care. ✨ Explore the Time Magic Plannerhttps://www.jillwright.ca/planner A physical planning tool designed for busy brains, high performers, and real life. Available in a 90-day seasonal planner or 12-month undated planner. ✨ Listen: Using a Paper Planner With a Digital Calendar Episode ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/why-your-adhd-brain-needs-a-paper-planner-even/id1601675882?i=1000746167855 Learn how I combine digital tools and paper planning without keeping everything in my head. ✨The Sustainable Productivity Toolkithttps://jillwright.ca/freebie Free productivity resources for busy people, ADHD brains, and anyone juggling competing priorities.✨ Bring Time Magic to Your Organizationhttps://www.jillwright.ca/workshops Explore sustainable productivity workshops for teams, including Own Your Hours, Battling Burnout, Working With Your Brain, and The Time Magic Method. ✨ Explore the Time Magic Planner⁠ https://www.jillwright.ca/planner⁠ A physical planning tool designed for busy brains, high performers, and real life. Available in a 90-day seasonal planner or 12-month undated planner.   About Jill Jill Wright is a Time Management Expert and the founder of Energy + Hours, where she helps high-performers manage their lives through practical strategies that fit their season of life. Blending practical time and calendar management strategies with rest, intuition, and self-care, Jill teaches people how to manage both their hours and their energy so they can create sustainable, aligned success.   Connect with Jill: Website: https://www.jillwright.caSubstack: https://www.energyandhours.substack.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhoursLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-wright-speaker

    Why Traditional Time Management Doesn’t Work for Everyone

  5. Jun 11

    Summer Time Management Without the Overwhelm

    👉 For personalized support book a Time Tune Up session with Jill ---- Summer can bring a huge shift in your time, energy, routines, and expectations. Whether your schedule completely changes, your kids are suddenly home, or you’re trying to fit summer memories around the same work responsibilities, this episode is about approaching the season with more intention and less pressure. I’m sharing practical ideas for creating a summer that feels spacious, fun, and memorable without needing a huge vacation, an overflowing calendar, or a bigger budget. Sometimes the things we remember most are the simplest moments we actually had the energy to enjoy. In this episode, we get into: ⏳Creating a summer rhythm that works with your real life ⏳Managing the pressure to make every season bigger and better ⏳Simple ways to create connection without spending a lot of money ⏳ Bringing back slower, old-school summer experiences ⏳ Planning around your actual time, energy, and resources ⏳Making memories without burning yourself out Resources ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz: ⁠⁠https://jillwright.ca/quiz ⁠⁠ ⏳ Download the Free ADHD Time Tips: ⁠⁠https://jillwright.ca/adhd-tips⁠⁠ ⏳ Get the Time Magic™ Planner: A 90-day seasonal planner designed for ADHD and intuitive brains ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/planner ⁠⁠ About Jill Wright Jill Wright is a Time Management Expert and the founder of Energy + Hours, where she helps high-performers manage their lives through practical strategies that fit their season of life. Blending practical time and calendar management strategies with rest, intuition, and self-care, Jill teaches people how to manage both their hours and their energy so they can create sustainable, aligned success. Her framework integrates productivity tools, energetics, and a neuro-affirming lens that supports real people with real lives. Jill’s work has been featured on 80+ podcasts, in organizations, schools, and community events across North America. Connect with Jill ⏳ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca⁠⁠ ⏳ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours ⁠⁠ ⏳ Substack: ⁠⁠https://energyandhours.substack.com⁠⁠

    Summer Time Management Without the Overwhelm

  6. May 21

    Rituals, Anchors, and the Freedom of Flowing With Your Day

    👉 Grab your copy of the Time Magic Seasonal Planner!⁠ What if the secret to a more productive, energized day had nothing to do with what time you woke up? In this episode, Jill gets real about a shift she's been experiencing in her own life: trading strict time-based scheduling for rhythms, rituals, and anchors that signal transitions throughout the day. Recording through a cold (yes, she still showed up), Jill shares how a simple morning walk has become a game-changing anchor in her day, and why this approach works especially well for entrepreneurs, moms, and neurodivergent brains who don't operate on a traditional 9-to-5 schedule. She also gets candid about the reality of entrepreneurship, including why she's chosen a patchwork income model to protect her joy and avoid burnout, and why she's giving herself full permission to wait until June to tackle her big business projects. This one is a gentle, meandering conversation that might just inspire you to look at your own day differently. Key Takeaways ⏳Rhythms beat rigid schedules. If you don't have a traditional structured day, stop trying to force one. Instead of assigning tasks to specific times, think about the flow of events. What comes after what? That sequence becomes your structure. ⏳ Anchors signal transitions. A ritual doesn't have to be elaborate. A walk, a song, a candle, a cup of coffee before you open your inbox. These small, consistent acts tell your brain: this chapter is ending, a new one is beginning. That signal matters more than the clock. ⏳ Create before you consume. Before diving into emails, client work, or anyone else's agenda, carve out time that belongs to you. Protecting that space at the start of your day changes the quality of everything that follows. ⏳ Imperfect rituals still count. You don't have to do it every single day for it to make a difference. Twice a week beats never. Take the pressure off consistency being all-or-nothing. ⏳ Entrepreneurship can look like a mosaic. There's no rule that says your business has to be your only income source. Mixing consulting, freelance work, or part-time income alongside your business can actually protect your love for what you do. ⏳ White space is where the magic lives. Look at your day and find the pockets where you have some control. Morning, evening, the commute, the transition between work and family time. That's where a small ritual can create a big shift. Resources ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz: Find out your time management style and get personalized strategies that actually work for your brain. https://jillwright.ca/quiz ⏳ Download the Free ADHD Time Tips: Practical, neurodivergent-friendly tools to help you manage your time without fighting your brain. https://jillwright.ca/adhd-tips ⏳ Momentum Meetings: Like a staff meeting for entrepreneurs! A weekly 20-minute 1:1 check-in where we brain dump, look ahead, strategize, plan for success (and curveballs) and generally get your shit in order to tackle the week. ⏳ Get the Time Magic™ Planner: A 90-day seasonal planner designed for ADHD and intuitive brains. https://www.jillwright.ca/planner About Jill Wright Jill Wright is a Time Management Expert, author, and award-winning speaker who helps high performers manage time and energy in a way that feels aligned, flexible, and sustainable. Through her Time Magic framework and planner, she's redefining productivity for the modern, nonlinear brain. Connect with Jill Website: https://www.jillwright.ca  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours  Substack: https://energyandhours.substack.com

    Rituals, Anchors, and the Freedom of Flowing With Your Day

  7. May 14

    ADHD, Motherhood & Life Management

    What if the reason traditional productivity systems haven’t worked for you… is because they were never built for your brain in the first place? In this episode of the Energy + Hours, Jill Wright sits down with Amy Marie Hann, creator of Master the Mundane, to talk about the realities of managing life, home, routines, motherhood, and mental load as women with ADHD. Amy shares her experience of realizing her ADHD didn’t magically disappear outside of school and work, and how years of masking, burnout, and trying to force neurotypical systems eventually pushed her to create more supportive ways of living. Together, Jill and Amy unpack why so many moms with ADHD struggle with consistency, household management, overwhelm, shame, and unrealistic expectations, especially in seasons of motherhood where the demands never stop. This conversation is practical, validating, and deeply relatable for anyone trying to manage time, energy, routines, and family life with a neurodivergent brain. In this episode, Jill and Amy talk about: Why becoming a stay-at-home mom can actually intensify ADHD struggles The hidden mental load carried by moms with ADHD Why urgency becomes a coping mechanism for ADHD brains The difference between neurotypical productivity advice and ADHD-friendly systems Masking, burnout, and the pressure to “keep up” How shame keeps many women stuck in cycles of overwhelm Building routines that work with your brain instead of against it Why small, sustainable changes work better than trying to overhaul your life overnight ADHD, perimenopause, motherhood, and overstimulation The importance of community and support for neurodivergent moms Creating systems for home and family management that are realistic and flexible Amy also shares insights from her Master the Mundane community, her course on mastering mornings and evenings, and her approach to helping ADHD moms create more ease in everyday life without perfectionism or guilt.  About the Guest Amy is the creator of Master the Mundane, a unique online course + community that empowers moms with ADHD to manage their home and family in a way that works for their brain.  Amy was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 5 and her three kids, husband, dad, and sister are also ADHD. She’s also fostered, adopted and homeschooled kids with ADHD and brings a wealth of personal experience, authenticity and relatability to everything she creates.  Amy is the author of the book Master the Mundane, how to manage your life, home and family as a mom with ADHD.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymariehann/ Substack: https://substack.com/@adhdmotherhood/subscribe Website: https://www.amymariehann.com/ Buy the Book: https://www.amymariehann.com/mtmbooklaunch Join the Master the Mundane Community: https://www.amymariehann.com/masterthemundane ⏳✨ I’m Jill, a Time Management Expert and creator of the Time Magic™ Method. I help high performers create sustainable productivity through time + energy management that works for real life. My work blends practical systems, energy awareness, and neuro-affirming tools to help people manage their priorities, capacity, and workload without burning out. Explore more: ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz:⁠ ⁠⁠https://jillwright.ca/quiz ⁠⁠⁠ Get the Time Magic™ Planner: A 90-day seasonal planner designed for ADHD and intuitive brains⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/planner ⁠⁠⁠ 💻 Download the Free Sustainable Productivity Toolkit: ⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/freebie⁠ 👉 For personalized support, ⁠book a Time Tune Up session⁠ Connect with me: Website:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours ⁠⁠⁠ 💛 Want to support my work? I keep the Energy + Hours podcast, ⁠Substack⁠, ⁠workshops⁠, and many of my ⁠resources⁠ free because I believe helpful information should be accessible. If something I’ve shared has helped you and you’d like to help me keep creating more of it, you can ⁠support my work on Buy Me a Coffee here⁠.

    ADHD, Motherhood & Life Management

  8. May 7

    Building a Spacious Life with Laura Vanderkam

    👉 Get your copy of Big Time! 👉 For more support with weekly planning, ⁠grab your copy of the ⁠Time Magic Seasonal Planner⁠!⁠ Time management has a reputation problem. In this episode of Energy + Hours, Jill sits down with Laura Vanderkam to talk about her new book Big Time and the idea that time is far more abundant than we’ve been taught to believe. This conversation shifts the focus away from control and toward agency. Time is not something working against you. It is something you are actively shaping, whether you realize it or not. They explore what it looks like to move from feeling behind and overwhelmed to building a life that feels spacious, intentional, and aligned. Not by doing more, but by seeing your time differently and using it with more clarity. What You’ll Learn Why the idea that “there’s never enough time” keeps people stuck How to shift into a time abundance mindset in real life Practical ways to audit your schedule and find hidden discretionary time How weekly planning reduces mental load and decision fatigue A simple structure for balancing career, relationships, and self How to stop wishing time away and start experiencing it more fully What “golden hours” are and how to actually use them Why small, intentional planning creates more freedom than rigid systems Key Takeaways This episode brings time management back to what it was always meant to be: a tool. Not a rigid system. Not a source of pressure. A way to create a life that actually feels good to live. Time is big enough to hold long-term growth, change, and meaningful work. You have more agency than you think over your daily experience of time, and this conversation will help you start using it. About the Guest Laura Vanderkam is a bestselling author and time management expert known for her research on how people spend their time. Her latest book, Big Time, explores how shifting into a mindset of time abundance can transform how we work, live, and experience our days. Website: https://lauravanderkam.com Book: https://lauravanderkam.com/books/big-time  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lvanderkam  Substack: https://vanderhacks.substack.com  If this episode changed how you think about time, share it with someone who feels like they never have enough of it. And if you are ready to put this into practice, the Time Magic Planner will help you turn this perspective into something you can actually live each week. ⏳✨ I’m Jill, a Time Management Expert and creator of the Time Magic™ Method. I help high performers create sustainable productivity through time + energy management that works for real life. My work blends practical systems, energy awareness, and neuro-affirming tools to help people manage their priorities, capacity, and workload without burning out. Built from my experience as an entrepreneur, former hospitality professional, and mom of four, Time Magic is designed for real humans navigating real responsibilities. Explore more: ⏳ Take the Time Magic Quiz:⁠ ⁠⁠https://jillwright.ca/quiz ⁠⁠⁠ Get the Time Magic™ Planner: A 90-day seasonal planner designed for ADHD and intuitive brains⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/planner ⁠⁠⁠ 💻 Download the Free Sustainable Productivity Toolkit: ⁠https://www.jillwright.ca/freebie⁠ 👉 For personalized support, ⁠book a Time Tune Up session⁠ Connect with me: Website:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.jillwright.ca⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours ⁠⁠⁠ 💛 Want to support my work? I keep the Energy + Hours podcast, ⁠Substack⁠, ⁠workshops⁠, and many of my ⁠resources⁠ free because I believe helpful information should be accessible. If something I’ve shared has helped you and you’d like to help me keep creating more of it, you can ⁠support my work on Buy Me a Coffee here⁠.

    Building a Spacious Life with Laura Vanderkam
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Time Management Expert Jill Wright shares ADHD-friendly time management tools , and energy-aligned strategies to help you reclaim your time and thrive - without the burnout. Website: https://www.jillwright.ca. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energyandhours

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  • Creator
    Jill Wright, Time Management Expert
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    298
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    Explicit
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