1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: episode is going to be a longer one part of 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 2: the series where I interview fascinating people about how they 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: take their days from great to awesome and any advice 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: they might have for the rest of us. So today, 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: I am delighted to welcome Deirdre Fitzpatrick to the show. 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: She has spent twenty five years as the weekday morning 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: news anchor for KCIATV, which is the NBC affiliate in Sacramento, California. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: She is also the host of the Dying to Ask 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: A podcast. So, Deirdre, welcome to the show. 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me on. I appreciate it. 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: So I'm excited to hear about your daily routines and 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: how you manage your life. I understand that part of 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 2: the job description of being a morning news anchor is 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: that you get up very very early. 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: Can you talk about that. 19 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean back in my college days, I would 20 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: have said it was very late. 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: You just staying up the whole time? 22 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty much. I've just kind of completely flip flopped. 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: So yeah, so my my responsibilities at Case areas. I'm 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 3: a morning news anchor, and our morning news goes from 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 3: four am until ten am, so there's a six hour 26 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 3: morning news block. I'm responsible primarily for our five am 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: to seven am news, So I get up, depending on 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 3: the day, anywhere from about two am to three am. 29 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: That's pretty early. 30 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: It is pretty early, well, and that's because you also 31 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: have you're responsible for the news reporting. I mean, right, 32 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: you're choosing some of like how you're presenting some of it, 33 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: from what stories you're doing, so you actually have to 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 2: work before you go on air. 35 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's interesting. You know a lot of times 36 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 3: you can kind of cruise into your day and kind 37 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 3: of amp up. I have to start, Like, my sharpest 38 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 3: time of the day is between three and six am 39 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 3: is when I really need to be at my best, 40 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: which is problematic for somebody who gets up at that 41 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: hour because you know, as humans were not really wired 42 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: to do that kind of on the regular. So my 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: job is in the morning is we have producers who 44 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: put together the news all night long. My job is 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 3: to come in and be I always say like the 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: eighth grade English teacher who comes in with the red 47 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 3: pen and goes, yeah, yeah, you can't really say that, 48 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 3: or that's not correct, or we could do this a 49 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 3: little bit better, and then so I copy it. I 50 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: try to make things sound a little bit more conversational 51 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 3: so that somebody who's in their bed trying to wake 52 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: up at six am and has turned the news on 53 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 3: can really kind of process it in a certain kind 54 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 3: of way. So we write the news in the morning 55 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 3: a little differently than we would say in the evening. 56 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: People process information differently at different times of the day. 57 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: So my first hour or two I actually work from 58 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: home for the first hour. I get up, I have 59 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 3: some coffee, and I get right into our computer. I 60 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 3: catch up on what's happened overnight, read a couple of 61 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 3: newspapers online, and then I'm writing into scripts and I'm 62 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 3: messaging our producers and suggesting things or rewriting things. Sometimes 63 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 3: they'll say, hey, could you write this for me? So 64 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 3: my job is very very hands on for the first hour. 65 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: Okay, so the whole team is working at two thirty 66 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: three am while you are you are going with this, 67 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: and then what time do you go into the studio. 68 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 3: So I typically get into my car at around four am. 69 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 3: I live about twelve minutes to the studio, so you 70 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: can see everything is down to the minute. Yes, that 71 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 3: was a process. There's a routine. 72 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: There's not too much traffic. 73 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: Fo there's no traffic at that hour. It's actually not 74 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: too bad. So I go in and then I quickly 75 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 3: get myself writing. It takes me about twenty twenty two 76 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 3: minutes to get the mankup on, do the hair, and 77 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 3: then I walk into our studio at about five minutes 78 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 3: before five o'clock and then we're on for the next 79 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 3: few hours. 80 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so you are on air till seven am, 81 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: more or less, right, more or less? 82 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: More or less what happens after that? 83 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 3: So after that I work on other things. So sometimes 84 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: I might be filling in on other hours of our 85 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: news if somebody is out or if something else is needed. 86 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: But for the most part, I shift into the second 87 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 3: part of my day, which is where I work on 88 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 3: more project stuff. So I work on the podcast that 89 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: you mentioned dying to ask. I work on special projects. 90 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 3: So I work for First Television MIT that's who owns 91 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 3: my station, and for the last eleven Olympics, I've been 92 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: covering the Olympics for her. So I helped create Olympic 93 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 3: content for thirty television stations, and then I've actually traveled 94 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 3: to the Olympics every two years to go follow athletes 95 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,839 Speaker 3: for these stations and work on stories. So I have 96 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: a very self managed project list. Yeah, when you've been 97 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 3: in a place for that long, if you're known as 98 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 3: the one who's really good at just getting stuff done, 99 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 3: people tend to go hands off and say, hey, when 100 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: do you think you'll have that ready? So I keep 101 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: myself busy, which, you know, I think if you're going 102 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,559 Speaker 3: to stay in a job for that long is really 103 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 3: crucial because it's really easy if you've been in a 104 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 3: if you've been at least on the surface in the 105 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: same job for a really long time, it can get 106 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: very road and to not get like that, especially in 107 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 3: a job that for me is as performance based as 108 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: it is journalism based, you know, in terms of like 109 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: the preparation and the presentation. You have to stay engaged. 110 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: And so having all these other projects for me kind 111 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 3: of feeds the creative part that I love about being 112 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: a television journalist. 113 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and how do you come up with your ideas? 114 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I'm thinking of like three things just 115 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 3: while we're talking I mean, ideas are everywhere. It's kind 116 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 3: of like it's like writing, Laura. I mean, where do 117 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,679 Speaker 3: great ideas come from? They come from really quiet moments 118 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 3: that might come when you're out on a run and 119 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: you notice something happening at the corner that you didn't 120 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 3: notice the other day. Sometimes people are emailing you and 121 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 3: they're suggesting ideas. Sometimes it could be just within your 122 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: own local community. I mean, I have kids, I'm in schools. 123 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 3: People are telling me about things all the time. I 124 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 3: went to a presentation at my son's high school last night, 125 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 3: and I think I walked away with at least six 126 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 3: story ideas from it, you know that about a subject 127 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: that I knew nothing about before I walked in. I 128 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 3: thought I got to file that away. So ideas come 129 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 3: from everywhere if you are open enough to see them. 130 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, wonderful, wonderful. So, and when does a work day 131 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: sort of end for you? 132 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 3: So the workday technically ends, I'm usually done by about lunchtime, 133 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 3: so about eleven twelve, I've put in my eight or 134 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: nine hours, you know, on the clock. The reality is 135 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 3: that with a job like this, probably similar to a 136 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 3: job like yours, you know, never really done done there's 137 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: always that straight email that probably needs to be looked at. 138 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: And because I work these kind of off hours, I 139 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 3: like to stay in touch, knowing what I'm heading into 140 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 3: the next day, So you try to be careful about 141 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 3: how much you're doing that in the afternoons. But I 142 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 3: would say that I probably work a little bit more 143 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 3: than I should once I leave. 144 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, because if you have started working at 145 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 2: three am and you're you know, a normal work day 146 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: would be done at noon, but the rest of the 147 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: world is not done working at noon. I would imagine 148 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 2: you have to actually actively put in some boundaries in 149 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: order to create some personal time. 150 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: And you know, I've gotten better about that. I think, 151 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 3: like most women, once we get to be on a 152 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 3: certain age, you start realizing that's not a great idea 153 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: to continue doing that, so I do so I will 154 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 3: set like it. I will purposely not take my work 155 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: I have two different phones. I have a personal phone 156 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 3: and I have a work phone, and I will leave 157 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 3: the work phone if I don't think I need to 158 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 3: have it. I'll leave it at home while I'm out 159 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 3: running errants in the afternoon, but I might check before 160 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 3: I go to bed, just to make sure that something 161 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 3: hasn't changed, so I think, you know, it's really easy, 162 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: and we all definitely fell into this during the pandemic 163 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 3: of doing things all the time. The truth is that 164 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: that's not really good for anyone, so I try to 165 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: be really careful. The weird thing I run into is that, 166 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 3: you know, my workday starts at three am, and I 167 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: will send, I'll respond to emails at that time. But 168 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: for people who don't necessarily know exactly what I do 169 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 3: in the hours that I keep, it comes across as 170 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 3: very aggressive. So I have recently been told that I 171 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: should really think about sending those emails later. So I 172 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: don't know what the like fine line is because it's 173 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: really clear of my work email what I do for 174 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 3: a living. But that was a new one that kind 175 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 3: of came at me this year. 176 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it. 177 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 3: I love it. 178 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 2: Well, we're going to take a quick ad break. I 179 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: will be back with more from Dirja. So I am 180 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: back talking with Deirdre Fitzpatrick, who is the morning anchor 181 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: of KCRITV, the NBC affiliate and Sacramento. We've been talking 182 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: about how early she has to get up in order 183 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: to be on air from five to seven in most mornings. 184 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: But with that, I imagine you have to go to 185 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: bed pretty early to be up at two thirty or 186 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: three in the morning. 187 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: What does that look like for you? 188 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: It doesn't look like what it should. I mean, if 189 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 3: you back time, you know, to get the recommended eight 190 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 3: hours of sleep, I should be in bed at dinner time. 191 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 3: But that's not terribly practical. So I try to protect 192 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 3: sleep as much as I can, particularly these days, because 193 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 3: I used to be able to muscle through and kind 194 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 3: of power through anything, and that just stopped working at 195 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 3: a certain point, you know. So now I'm a little 196 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 3: bit more careful about it. I always say, if I 197 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 3: wake up and I've got a six in front of it, 198 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 3: I feel pretty good. And then on the weekends, I'm 199 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 3: really good about getting an eight in front of that 200 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 3: total sleep, maybe even pushing a nine. On the odd day, 201 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 3: I probably go to bed, I would say by about 202 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 3: between eight and nine. I prefer to go to bed 203 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 3: around eight o'clock. But you know, I have teenagers. They 204 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 3: don't ever want to talk to you until it's late 205 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 3: and inconvenient, and so I've had to shift that a 206 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 3: little bit over the years. 207 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to ask about that because of 208 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 2: course teenagers have the total opposite schedule, like they might 209 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 2: stay up until two thirty three am, and so you 210 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: would completely be ships passing in the night in your house, 211 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 2: or even just if they have events in the evening, 212 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: you know that the school concert gets done at nine 213 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: fifteen or whatever it happens to be. 214 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: I'm curious how you sort of work that into your life, 215 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: knowing that you do have to be upset. 216 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting question because it's not 217 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 3: just me obviously. I mean, my job comes with a 218 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 3: certain kind of lifestyle, and it's not a lifestyle that's 219 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 3: really for everyone, but for my family members, it's the 220 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 3: lifestyle that affects them as well. So you know, my 221 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 3: husband and I just celebrate our twentieth anniversary and he's 222 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 3: never like seen me on a Tuesday at ten pm, 223 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 3: like to have a conversation. So it is it is 224 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 3: a bit of an adjustment. And I've talked to people 225 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: in other fields who work, say in emergency medicine, where 226 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 3: it's also very common to work these odd shift hours, 227 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 3: and it does take a lot of flexibility from the 228 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: other family members. Now there are advantages for those family 229 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: members too, because if somebody needs to go do a 230 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 3: doctor's appointment in the middle of the afternoon, I'm your girl, right, 231 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: somebody needs to go run to Costco or pick up 232 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: the dry cleaning. I'm available to do those things. However, 233 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 3: doing something at nine or ten o'clock at night is 234 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 3: not really conducive to me being able to do my 235 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 3: job at full capacity. So not only does it take 236 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 3: a lot of cooperation I think from your family members 237 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 3: and discipline for everybody. I really rely on my parent 238 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: network too. I have a group of moms who know 239 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 3: that for sports pickups and drop offs, I'm great to 240 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: go take the kids wherever, but if there's going to 241 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 3: be a pick up at eight o'clock, nine o'clock or later, 242 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: I really need some help with that one. If my 243 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 3: husband's not available to go pick up my sons. So there, 244 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 3: it takes a lot of planning, obviously, but also I 245 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 3: think a lot of flexibility with the people in your life. 246 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 2: Absolutely well, I'm curious. I mean, one of the bits 247 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 2: of sleep advice people always have out there is like 248 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: trying to maintain something near the same schedule into weekends, 249 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 2: and I imagine that that's also just not something that 250 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: would really happen. 251 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 3: I have no we do. I've known people who do that, 252 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 3: and I don't know how that flies with their spouses. 253 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: That would not fly in my house. But I'm not 254 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 3: that far off. So if on a weekday, I'm I 255 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 3: go to bed at eight o'clock, I mean, honestly, Laura, 256 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 3: I want to go to bed by ten on a 257 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: Saturday night. 258 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: You're really tired. I mean, I'm doti Yeah, yeah, I've 259 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 2: been working all week. 260 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 3: Yes, but I'll probably still like to get up early. 261 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 3: I mean, I still I like mornings. 262 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: I love morning person I'm in. I imagine, with your 263 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: line of work, you kind of have to be. But 264 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: are you? 265 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: You should be? Not all people are, but I am, 266 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 3: but yeah I am. I love the quiet of a morning. 267 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 3: I love the freshness. I love that nothing has gone 268 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 3: wrong when that alarm clock goes goes off, like nothing 269 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 3: has ruined the day yet, right, It's all just fresh, 270 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: full of possibility. I love the quiet my favorite hour 271 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 3: of the day. I used to really hate when that 272 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 3: alarm went off and I got up and I was 273 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 3: walking around. I was really resentful of it. And then 274 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 3: I started looking at it as Wow, this is completely 275 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 3: my time. And now on the odd occasion that somebody 276 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 3: is awake in my house. I'm kind of annoyed by. 277 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: It, like I don't know, what are you doing? What 278 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: are you doing? This is why are you here? Yeah? 279 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 2: Well, now I'm very curious because a lot of people 280 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: who exercise seriously do that in the morning. And I 281 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: know that you are a competitive athlete, You've done Iron Man, 282 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: Ultra marathons, all that. I don't believe that you are 283 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 2: training at two thirty am for those things. 284 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: So when does that fit in? 285 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 3: Not necessarily training for those things at that time, But 286 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 3: I do get a little bit of movement in the 287 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 3: morning just to wake my brain up. And I listened 288 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 3: to before breakfast because it's kind of I'm not kidding you. 289 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 3: I go into my gym in the garage. We've got 290 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: a garage gym, and I have for years. I've listened 291 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: to you. So you're actually, oddly one of the first 292 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 3: voices I hear in the day. Quite a lovely but 293 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 3: you know, just like a couple of minutes. And I think, 294 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 3: especially for working parents who are really busy, even if 295 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 3: you're not working odd hours, I think getting a couple 296 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 3: of minutes of exercise throughout the day is what gives 297 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 3: you that energy to go deal with whatever schedule you 298 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 3: have to deal with. So I do a little bit 299 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: of that, but my time is really after work. I 300 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 3: like a reset because sometimes the news is really it's 301 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 3: not all happy, right, So I love that little swite 302 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 3: it out, get it out sessions. So second I'm done 303 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 3: with work, I either change at work into the workout clothes, 304 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: so it's a lot harder to talk yourself out of 305 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 3: it when you get home, or I change instantly when 306 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: I get home and I walk out the door. So 307 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 3: I'm a runner. I run the neighborhood. So I do 308 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 3: those things almost instantly, and they're non negotiable. They must happen. 309 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: And about how much time are you devoting to that? 310 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 3: Not as much time as you would think. I think 311 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 3: a lot of people think it would take hours, you know. 312 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 3: I like I do marathons. I do not do the 313 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 3: amount of training you should be doing. I am not 314 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 3: something you want to come. 315 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: To spend less time on it. Yes, yes, I do not. 316 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 3: What I do though, is I do try to maintain 317 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: a certain level of fitness so that if there is 318 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 3: that race or a project or a you know, a 319 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 3: girlfriend calls and says, Hey, we're going to go up 320 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 3: to the mountains. We're going to do this. Come do it. 321 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 3: Then I can pull it off. So am I gonna 322 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: win it? Absolutely not. Am I going to hang in 323 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: there till the end? Absolutely? And I'm probably gonna have 324 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 3: a pretty good time while I'm doing it, because I do. 325 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: When you have that time to go and exercise or 326 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 3: be with your friends or just have that free time, 327 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 3: I really have learned to enjoy it and be in 328 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 3: the moment. I speak terrible about that, and I am 329 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 3: not anymore. I really really am there. 330 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: If I'm there and there, Well, what's the longest race 331 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: you've done? 332 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 3: Fifty kilometers? 333 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: Okay, that's about thirty miles, right, thirty. 334 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 3: Well, it's supposed to be about thirty one. They're rarely 335 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: measured exact, so can vary a little bit. 336 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: What is I am very curious mentally, like what you're 337 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: doing during thirty one miles where you're running and trying 338 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: to keep yourself moving forward? 339 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 3: Do you know what I'm doing? I'm talking, Yes, I'm 340 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: talking NonStop because I run them with my girlfriends. Okay, 341 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 3: so I have a couple of girlfriends who live in 342 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: different cities will meet up and that's the time that 343 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 3: we have together. So our joke is the longer we 344 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 3: take to do this, the more time we get together 345 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 3: away from the children. We have no responsibilities out here. Yeah, 346 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 3: unless you're like a super serious person, you're in it 347 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 3: to win it. You're in it to finish it, which 348 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: means that when you're coming to a steep hill, you're 349 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 3: really hiking it. And out here, I live in northern California. 350 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 3: I mean it's very, very beautiful. So these are these 351 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 3: like incredible vistas and mountains and your nature and it's 352 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 3: just like a really lovely moment. So even if it's 353 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: a really long day, it still ends up being really fun. 354 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, more power to you. I think I might 355 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: enjoy the beauty for about three miles with it. 356 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 3: You know what, With the right people and the right snacks, 357 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 3: I think you could do it. 358 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: You can do it. 359 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 2: Well, We're going to take one more quick ad break 360 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 2: and I'll be back with more from Deerdriff. 361 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 3: Well. 362 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: I am back interviewing Deerdrif Fitzpatrick for Before Breakfast. She 363 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 2: has told us that she listens to this show in 364 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: the morning, so that is very exciting to hear. 365 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: So I want to hear a little bit more about. 366 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 2: Your Olympics experience, because you have been doing this for 367 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 2: a great many years. You fly off, you cover what's 368 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 2: going on with there. I wonder if there's a particular 369 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: memory or two that was formative of those experiences that 370 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: you'd be willing to share. 371 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I started doing this back in two thousand, 372 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 3: so almost twenty five years ago. When we started doing it. 373 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 3: We launched this project in my company and we send 374 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 3: every two years. What we've done is we've sent a 375 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 3: small team eight to ten people to the Olympics to 376 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 3: do what we call group coverage. So it's a small 377 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 3: amount of people reporting and producing content for lots of 378 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 3: different stations, and there are three reporter photographer teams, And 379 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: the illusion for all of these stations as you do 380 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 3: live shots for them is that I'm there just for you, 381 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 3: when in fact I'm actually there for thirty stations. So 382 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 3: you really get a chance to cover and interact with 383 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 3: athletes from all the different sports and really from all 384 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 3: over the country, which has been super fun. I would say, like, honestly, 385 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 3: my favorite thus far would be the Paris Olympics, and 386 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 3: I think it's because you know, we had this gap 387 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 3: of two Olympics being just so unbelievably weird during the pandemic. 388 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 3: Those are the ones I did not travel for. And 389 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: to be in Paris this past summer with these athletes 390 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 3: and doing these stories and with the Eiffel Tower behind 391 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 3: me is my office was like a pinch me moment 392 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 3: all day long because it was so joyous after really 393 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 3: difficult ears for a lot of people. There was so 394 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 3: much joy every day, no matter who you met, of 395 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 3: people who were so grateful to have this experience. I've 396 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 3: always loved the Olympics, just the wonder of it and 397 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 3: the magic and the underdogs and the people who you know, 398 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 3: literally dedicate their entire lives for a couple of seconds 399 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 3: of opportunity. Sometimes at works, sometimes it doesn't, and I've 400 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 3: always just absolutely loved it. So to be in that 401 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 3: environment after COVID, after the pandemic, and to be in 402 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 3: this international experience where people were really in a great 403 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: mood every single day, it was like this unbelievable professional gift. 404 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: And I love the weird sports, oh right, like the 405 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: ones that you're what's your favorite? 406 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 3: Like of those people don't know? 407 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 2: But I mean I just like the random things that 408 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: you don't even hear about for four years. I mean 409 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 2: like in the winter ones where they're doing the luge 410 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 2: or something. 411 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: Like that, and it's like people dedicate their lives to sledding. Yeah, 412 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: I mean I love that. I love that fact competitive 413 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: sledding exactly. 414 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 3: So I've been down the Olympic bob sled track in 415 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 3: York City twice. 416 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: Wo and how is that? 417 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 3: The first time was absolutely awful. They give you the 418 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 3: safety lesson. I did not pay attention, and I suffered 419 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 3: for it, because if you don't sit in the bob 420 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: sled and do certain things, it's like being in a 421 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 3: car accident over and over and over again. Second time, 422 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 3: not only did I listen, I was like in it 423 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 3: to find out, like could I be good at this? 424 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 2: No? 425 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 3: I could not, But I'm. 426 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: Not going to be your next career. 427 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 3: Slightly enjoyed the experience a little bit more, but I 428 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 3: had that same realization and like, wow, somebody does this 429 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,479 Speaker 3: every single day to be the best person on the 430 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 3: planet and doing this how amazing? 431 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: Just like terrifying, Like throw yourself down a hill. 432 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 3: Like that a if you're on skeleton, yes. 433 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like oh, the physical courage is amazing, and I'm 434 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 2: sure that you have many stories of covering that. So 435 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 2: you also read a lot. I understand you. Sometimes you 436 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: make time in your busy schedule to read. When does 437 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 2: that happen? 438 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 3: So I read, you know, kind of like I do 439 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 3: everything a little bit here and there all the time. 440 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 3: You know, there are these pockets I guess you have 441 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 3: highlighted through the timelogs. There are these pockets of time 442 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 3: in your day that you don't even realize you have. 443 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 3: So if I'm in the long line at the grocery store, 444 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 3: I've got a book in my backpack. I will pull 445 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 3: out a book standing in the grocery store line and 446 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 3: get through a couple of pages. I am probably because 447 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 3: of my job, a very very fast reader could take 448 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 3: into information very quickly, So I will. I really try 449 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 3: to default to a book over scrolling my phone. Always. 450 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 3: I love going to the library. Love the library. There's 451 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 3: nowhere more fun to me than going to the library 452 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: on a Friday afternoon. Love to do that. And so 453 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 3: I've always got a book, and I'm always trying to 454 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 3: sneak it in. I just I feel better, you know, 455 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 3: even as a kid, that was always the thing that 456 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 3: got my brain going and helped me think of those 457 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 3: new ideas and really calm me down too. And so 458 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 3: I sneak the reading in like I sneak a workout in, 459 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 3: or like you sneak anything for yourself in when you're 460 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: a working mom. 461 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 2: Well, and I love the idea that if you are 462 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 2: mostly done for the day with work at noon, the 463 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 2: library is still open. Oh yeah. 464 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: The other upside of this schedule. 465 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 3: Is people always wonder, like, how do you do things 466 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 3: when you work that schedule? I look at people who 467 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 3: work a traditional nine to five. 468 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, because you can't go to anything right where where's 469 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 2: you've got the afternoon? 470 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you're up. 471 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 3: There's some flexibility. You might feel a little jet lagged 472 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: at times, but there is only some flexibility to do things. 473 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, so du joe. 474 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: One question I always ask guests is what have you 475 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: done lately to take a day from great to awesome? 476 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: From great to awesome? 477 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: Anything that just made a day a little bit better? 478 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 3: You know? I I have this year, I have my 479 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 3: first kid went to college. And that's a really you 480 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 3: haven't had that yet? 481 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: Right? 482 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 3: You still have one? 483 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: And no, my oldest is the senior. So the next 484 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: year will be okay. 485 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 3: So I'll give you something that happened this morning at 486 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 3: three am with my college kid. He happened to come 487 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 3: home last night. He had to drop off a car 488 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 3: back at our house. You go to college in the 489 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 3: Bay Area, so he drove the car back home. I 490 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 3: thought he was bringing one friend with him. Well, as 491 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 3: it turns out, when I woke up this morning at 492 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 3: two am, he had brought four friends home with him 493 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 3: and they were here for like mere hours. Laura, and 494 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: so I wake up at two am and there are 495 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 3: five college kids, five college freshmen, crashed out in my 496 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 3: living room while I'm trying to get ready for work, 497 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 3: and he says, we need a ride to the train 498 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: station at four Is that okay? It's on your way 499 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 3: to work? And I said sure. I'm really learning to 500 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 3: go at the flow, and that opportunity to take these 501 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 3: kids literally just driving them to the train station could 502 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: have been a nothing burger, right. Instead, I chose to 503 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 3: just really really enjoy the spirit of a nineteen year 504 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 3: old who thinks that it's a great idea to drive 505 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 3: two hours at eleven pm the night before, only to 506 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 3: get up a couple hours later to take a three 507 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 3: hour train and to go right back to where they started. 508 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 3: And it put me in the best mood this morning 509 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 3: because I got to be around and suck in some 510 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 3: of their energy at a very odd time of the day, 511 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 3: and that took me from good to great in a 512 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 3: very unexpected way, because I can tell you when I 513 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 3: went to bed last night, I did not see that coming. 514 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 3: It was not on my bigo guard for today, not 515 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 3: on the big card. 516 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: I love that energy too. I mean, they're kind of nuts, 517 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: but you know it's good. It's good. Maybe they need 518 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: less sleep. 519 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 2: Than the rest of us, but yeah, I think the 520 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,719 Speaker 2: exactly well, Danjit, thank you so much for joining us. 521 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 1: Everyone who is listening to this. 522 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 2: You can catch her on Casey ra and Sacramento if 523 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: you happen to live around there, or you can listen 524 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 2: to the Dying to Ask podcast if you'd like to 525 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 2: hear her talking with various guests talking about self improvement 526 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 2: in general. 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