Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's episode,
Speaker 1: on like most Wednesdays, is going to be a shorter episode,
Speaker 1: but that's because it's going to be just me talking.
Speaker 1: Don't worry. We'll be back to interviews with fascinating people
Speaker 1: next week, learning how they take their days from great
Speaker 1: to awesome and any advice they have for the rest
Speaker 1: of us. But today, I want to talk about how
Speaker 1: you can take your days from great to awesome. As
Speaker 1: the new season starts, this episode is first airing right
Speaker 1: around the beginning of September. September tends to be a
Speaker 1: time of new beginnings. If you have school aged kids
Speaker 1: here in the US at least, then they might be
Speaker 1: starting new grades or even new schools. Maybe you are
Speaker 1: going back to school yourself. But even if you're not,
Speaker 1: summer is ending and fall is starting, and so daily
Speaker 1: rhythms are changing. Whenever daily life changes, it can be
Speaker 1: a great opportunity for a fresh start. Handled right, this
Speaker 1: can be an opportunity to view your schedule intentionally and
Speaker 1: think about what you would like it to look like.
Speaker 1: I have five kids, and three of them are starting
Speaker 1: new schools this fall. My oldest just moved to Boston
Speaker 1: for his freshman year of college. So exciting. I have
Speaker 1: a tenth grader and an eighth grader, and then my
Speaker 1: fifth grader is just starting middle school. My little guy, yep,
Speaker 1: my baby is starting kindergarten this fall. It's all so
Speaker 1: exciting to buy school supplies and backpacks and see them
Speaker 1: think about classes and activities and which teachers their friends
Speaker 1: have too. I am spending time thinking through the family
Speaker 1: schedule and thinking through my schedule. I'm thinking about when
Speaker 1: it makes sense to do more focused work and when
Speaker 1: I need to be more flexible because of kids being
Speaker 1: around in the various driving requirements. I am thinking about
Speaker 1: my own choir rehearsals I'm definitely still doing those and
Speaker 1: how those will fit in. And I am thinking about
Speaker 1: when I might be able to run. I am thinking
Speaker 1: of any habits I want to develop. Perhaps you are
Speaker 1: thinking of these things too. If so, I invite you
Speaker 1: to join me for what I am calling the September Reset.
Speaker 1: This is a project I am running for about two
Speaker 1: weeks in September where lots of us will rethink our
Speaker 1: schedules and habits together. Don't worry. It's totally free. I'm
Speaker 1: not selling anything here. I just like doing this and
Speaker 1: I think it will be useful for others too. Here's
Speaker 1: how this works. You can sign up up for the
Speaker 1: September Reset on my website, which is Laura Vandercam dot com.
Speaker 1: Just my name, you can enter your email address and
Speaker 1: you will start getting emails from me about the project.
Speaker 1: This project, the September Reset, will run for about two
Speaker 1: weeks in the middle of September. For the first week,
Speaker 1: we will all track our time together. We will figure
Speaker 1: out exactly where the time goes for one hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty eight hours, that is one week. If you have
Speaker 1: never tracked your time before, I think you will find
Speaker 1: this fascinating. We often tell ourselves stories about our time,
Speaker 1: but we don't have any actual data. How much time
Speaker 1: do you sleep, work, spend with family, spend in transit,
Speaker 1: spend on housework, or have for leisure pursuits. I don't know.
Speaker 1: But when we do know, we can make smarter choices.
Speaker 1: We can add or subtract to get closer to the
Speaker 1: lives we want. I will be providing support as you
Speaker 1: track your time for a week. Then during that week,
Speaker 1: I will start sending notes about some of my favorite
Speaker 1: time management tips. These strategies are about building smart habits,
Speaker 1: those that allow you to feel in charge of your life,
Speaker 1: however busy it is, and to make space for fun.
Speaker 1: I know that Before Breakfast listeners are all productive and
Speaker 1: efficient people. I also want you to enjoy life, and
Speaker 1: many of my favorite time management tips are aimed at that.
Speaker 1: Those tips will keep coming via email through late September.
Speaker 1: In that time, you will also have a chance to
Speaker 1: use my September Reset online portal to learn more about
Speaker 1: each strategy and to answer questions about how you might
Speaker 1: implement the strategy in your life. You will then be
Speaker 1: able to refer a few days later on how each
Speaker 1: strategy worked or anything you'd like to change in the future.
Speaker 1: These answers will all be kept completely anonymous, I can
Speaker 1: promise that, but I would love to use some of
Speaker 1: them for my future content as I share how people
Speaker 1: spend their time and the steps they take to spend
Speaker 1: their time better. In other words, they might make future
Speaker 1: Before Breakfast episodes. I am so excited about this new season.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to think about new routines. For instance, I
Speaker 1: will be thinking about my evening routine. Even though sometimes
Speaker 1: we don't finish with activities until later in the evening,
Speaker 1: it is still possible to have some downtime. I'm also
Speaker 1: thinking through when the kids need to be in their rooms,
Speaker 1: reading or working on homework. When do we all need
Speaker 1: to be asleep in order to be well rested for
Speaker 1: the next day. I have been writing down when everyone's
Speaker 1: activities are meeting and how many drivers we will need
Speaker 1: to get people where they are going. A big family
Speaker 1: can sometimes be like a circus. But while a circus
Speaker 1: has lots of moving parts, it is also quite orderly.
Speaker 1: I know we will eventually figure it all out, and
Speaker 1: so will you, So please join me for the September reset.
Speaker 1: Just go to Laura vandercam dot com and enter your
Speaker 1: email address and we'll get started together. I hope we
Speaker 1: can make this September and the new season one of
Speaker 1: our best yet. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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