Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to beware solutions seeking problems. Not every
Speaker 1: so called solution will make your life better. Some just
Speaker 1: add to your to do list and waste your time. Now.
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I love strategies and tactics for
Speaker 1: solving problems and making the most of our time. When
Speaker 1: we streamline tasks that are not important to us, we
Speaker 1: have more time for what is. But sometimes what's presented
Speaker 1: as a solution isn't actually solving a problem at all.
Speaker 1: Some life hacks are just silly. Take one I saw
Speaker 1: recently that advised keeping dishwasher pods on the window sill
Speaker 1: to save the time it would take to get them
Speaker 1: out of the cabinet. I am not sure that the
Speaker 1: five seconds it takes to retrieve a pod from the
Speaker 1: cabinet right by the dishwasher is such a huge problem
Speaker 1: that it justifies a solution requiring ugly window sill clutter.
Speaker 1: Or another hack. Stretching while drying your hair, now stretching
Speaker 1: while you're just waiting for something, such as when you've
Speaker 1: got food heating up in the microwave is one thing,
Speaker 1: But if I've got time to dry my hair, I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure I've got time to stretch too, And if
Speaker 1: I try both simultaneously, I am pretty sure that I'd
Speaker 1: tip over and land on the floor. As for the
Speaker 1: advice to never leave a room empty handed, well this
Speaker 1: makes sense in theory, but never leaving the room empty
Speaker 1: handed means you're thinking about cleaning up every time you're
Speaker 1: in the room, which seems like it's adding trouble rather
Speaker 1: than taking it away. No one is ever going to
Speaker 1: achieve a state of decluttered perfection. Whatever object you cart
Speaker 1: out will soon be replaced by another one if the
Speaker 1: room is still usable, then rules like this maybe solutions
Speaker 1: chasing after problems that don't exist. Then there are solutions
Speaker 1: that are helpful for some people, but maybe not for
Speaker 1: you because you don't have the problem they're intended to solve.
Speaker 1: For example, lots of magazines will tell you that why
Speaker 1: is home managers meal plan and shop and bulk. But
Speaker 1: if a normal, non social distancing times you enjoy stopping
Speaker 1: by a specialty grocery store and your way home from
Speaker 1: work and deciding what to cook for dinner based on
Speaker 1: what looks good, then meal planning and bulk shopping would
Speaker 1: amount to turning a pleasure into a chore. How is
Speaker 1: that a win? Essentially, you want to avoid devoting time
Speaker 1: to solving a problem that you don't have and considering
Speaker 1: whether to try a purported solution. Compare the time invested
Speaker 1: and the outcomes generated now with what you would expect
Speaker 1: with the solution. If the so called solution doesn't require
Speaker 1: less time, produce better outcome, or both, it's probably not
Speaker 1: worth it for you. What are the most ridiculous life
Speaker 1: hacks you've ever heard? Have you ever fallen for a solution?
Speaker 1: Seeking a problem? You can write me about it Before
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Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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