WEBVTT - Keep shoes by the door

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to keep shoes by the door. Getting out

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<v Speaker 1>the door in the morning can sometimes be challenging, but

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<v Speaker 1>there is no reason to be delayed by misplaced necessities.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've been doing a lot of interviews lately as

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing publicity for my upcoming book, Big Time. We

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<v Speaker 1>often talk about schedule issues and where time goes awry.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the most common pain points people ask me

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<v Speaker 1>about is getting out the door in the morning. The

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<v Speaker 1>usual assumption is that if you have kids, and particularly

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<v Speaker 1>if you have a lot of kids, then there will

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<v Speaker 1>just be general chaos. A frequent example of why you

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<v Speaker 1>are running late is that a kid can't find a

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<v Speaker 1>missing shoe. Now, I will admit that we sometimes run

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<v Speaker 1>late and have rushed mornings as well. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>anyone is immune to that, But I do find these

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<v Speaker 1>questions interesting because in my house we are almost never

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<v Speaker 1>missing shoes. We have plenty of other problems, but not

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<v Speaker 1>that one. This is because people under the age of

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<v Speaker 1>adulthood are required to take off their shoes the second

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<v Speaker 1>they come in the house, and to leave said shoes

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<v Speaker 1>in the mudroom by the door. If any everyday shoe

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<v Speaker 1>is ever found elsewhere in the house, it will be

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<v Speaker 1>immediately returned to the mudroom. Now, guests and adults can

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever they want, but my husband and I tend

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<v Speaker 1>to follow the mudroom rule as well. This taking off

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<v Speaker 1>your shoes by the door habit has been done so

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<v Speaker 1>often and for so many years that my children automatically

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<v Speaker 1>take off their shoes when they enter anyone else's house

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Now, it is not like we have an

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<v Speaker 1>infinite number of doors in the house, we are pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much always leaving from the mudroom. As a result, when

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<v Speaker 1>we need to leave, the shoes the children are most

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<v Speaker 1>likely to wear are right there. Again, I am not

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<v Speaker 1>saying other things won't go wrong. People need to wear

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<v Speaker 1>dress shoes or something that is an entirely different matter.

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<v Speaker 1>But the shoes by the door of rule means we

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<v Speaker 1>have more or less eliminated one potential source of weekday

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<v Speaker 1>morning chaos. I kind of figured this solution was obvious,

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<v Speaker 1>but given the number of times this example comes up,

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<v Speaker 1>I decided it was worth talking about. Whether you have

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<v Speaker 1>kids or not, it is smart to have shoes live

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<v Speaker 1>by the door you use to leave the house. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>not all your shoes, those precious Jimmy shoes you wear

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<v Speaker 1>on special occasions should not live in a rough and

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<v Speaker 1>tumble entryway. But if you generally wear the same pair

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<v Speaker 1>of shoes, or even the same two to three pairs

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<v Speaker 1>of shoes in your everyday life, they should all be

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<v Speaker 1>kept near the spot where you will put them on.

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<v Speaker 1>You can put them in a cute little bin if

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<v Speaker 1>you want or not, but if you need them to

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<v Speaker 1>get out the door and they are always by the door,

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<v Speaker 1>then they will not be missing when you want to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>As a bonus, if your shoes come off by the door,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't track mud or germs into the house. But

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<v Speaker 1>even beyond that, you are going to take the shoes

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<v Speaker 1>off at some point before you get into bed at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Given that they are going to come off somewhere, best

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<v Speaker 1>to take them off at a time and place that

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<v Speaker 1>will minimize potential problems. I'd say this is true for

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<v Speaker 1>other getting out the door necessities as well, keys, coats, umbrellas.

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<v Speaker 1>If children are old enough to have significant homework, then

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<v Speaker 1>their backpacks can go to their rooms for studying. But

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<v Speaker 1>those children are probably old enough to manage their stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Young kids backpacks live in the mudroom. Now. I know

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<v Speaker 1>not everyone has a mudroom, but any entryway can be

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<v Speaker 1>outfitted for the storage necessary for these policies. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that means there might be shoes all for your entryway.

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<v Speaker 1>At any given moment, there are a dozen pairs of

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<v Speaker 1>shoes on the floor in my mondroom. Perhaps that might

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<v Speaker 1>look disorganized, but it Isn't Those shoes sitting on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor mean we get out the door on time, at

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<v Speaker 1>least most of the time. I think it's best to

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<v Speaker 1>choose function over aesthetics in the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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