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
Speaker 1: tip is to pay attention to the opportunities that particular
Speaker 1: circumstances offer. Sometimes we can seize the chance to do
Speaker 1: things with less friction than usual. Power outages can be miserable,
Speaker 1: especially if you work from home. Extended power outages can
Speaker 1: also mean losing the contents of your refrigerator. I hate waste,
Speaker 1: but hearing from someone in this situation recently, I was
Speaker 1: reminded of an upside to having to throw out everything
Speaker 1: in your fridge. You have a prime opportunity to give
Speaker 1: these shelves and drawers a thorough cleaning before you go
Speaker 1: to the grocery store and restock. You can spend twenty
Speaker 1: minutes cleaning the inside of your fridge. It is never
Speaker 1: going to be easier to deep clean your fridge than
Speaker 1: when it is mostly empty. You can seize the moment
Speaker 1: that a power outage affords. Likewise, the easiest time to
Speaker 1: clean your closet is in between seasons. After you put
Speaker 1: away your summer clothes, sweep the floor and dust the
Speaker 1: shelves while the closet is a lot more bare than usual.
Speaker 1: If you are getting a new dining room table before
Speaker 1: it's delivered, vacuum both sides of the rug and the pad,
Speaker 1: and mop underneath where the rug goes. If you think
Speaker 1: this isn't necessary, you might pull back the rug and
Speaker 1: you may realize this is an opportunity you want to
Speaker 1: make the most of. You can seize opportune moments at
Speaker 1: work too. If you and your boss are in the
Speaker 1: car on the way to a meeting, make the most
Speaker 1: of the chance to ask any questions or talk through
Speaker 1: any topics you want guidance on. Especially if your boss
Speaker 1: tends to be hard to catch, seize the moment when
Speaker 1: she is a captive audience in the car. You can
Speaker 1: do something similar before and after meetings, whether in person
Speaker 1: or over zoom er teams. These are great opportunities for
Speaker 1: asking colleagues quick questions or following up on messages you
Speaker 1: have sent them that haven't gotten a response. Maybe you
Speaker 1: will be able to cancel a future meeting and that
Speaker 1: would be a huge win. I also try to make
Speaker 1: the most of time when I am in the car
Speaker 1: with just one kid. This is especially valuable for teenagers
Speaker 1: who can be hard to connect with you. Probably don't
Speaker 1: want to force a conversation, but you can communicate that
Speaker 1: you're open to talking. In other words, don't put on
Speaker 1: an audio book before your kid has an opening to
Speaker 1: bring up something that's on her mind. Allow some space
Speaker 1: to seize the moment. I like to see these opportune
Speaker 1: moments for Erand's too. If you are at a dentist
Speaker 1: appointment far from work, but you're a trader Joe's stock
Speaker 1: up on frozen rice or orange chicken or whatever else
Speaker 1: you happen to like from there, pay attention to the
Speaker 1: opportunities that particular circumstances offer. Life can be hard, but
Speaker 1: when something that is usually hard doesn't have to be,
Speaker 1: we can seize the moment. I am always a fan
Speaker 1: of making life easier in the meantime. This is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: La at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
Speaker 1: production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit
Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to
Speaker 1: your favorite shows