WEBVTT - Let pictures be an extra brain

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to snap pictures so you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to remember everything, leave your mind free for important stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Let pictures be your extra brain. So how many times

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<v Speaker 1>have you been in a hurry at the airport and

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<v Speaker 1>intended to note where you parked your car, only to

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<v Speaker 1>rush into the terminal and then a week later find

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<v Speaker 1>yourself wandering around the parking garage. If you stay in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of hotel rooms, the same thing can happen

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<v Speaker 1>with room numbers. You check in and a rush, go

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<v Speaker 1>to dinner, walk back to the hotel, and then wait,

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<v Speaker 1>was I in room three twelve this week or last week?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you look at the poster at the gym with

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<v Speaker 1>the updated schedule of classes and tell yourself you'll remember

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<v Speaker 1>when the new spinning option is, but once you're home

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<v Speaker 1>it's gone. Or maybe it's a great statistic in an

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<v Speaker 1>article you're reading. You definitely want to mention it to

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<v Speaker 1>your spouse, but when you are talking about it later,

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<v Speaker 1>you find you can't quite remember the way the author

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<v Speaker 1>put it. The human brain is a leaky bucket, but

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<v Speaker 1>The good news is we don't have to rely solely

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<v Speaker 1>on our brains. Letting pictures be an extra brain can

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<v Speaker 1>help avoid all these scenarios and more. We can write

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<v Speaker 1>things down, of course, but we don't always have pen

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<v Speaker 1>and paper handy. But we do almost always have our

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<v Speaker 1>phones with their very convenient camera function. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>need to remember something specific, take a picture of it.

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<v Speaker 1>A phone number, a schedule, a location, what someone is wearing.

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<v Speaker 1>When you use a phone to take a picture, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a built in reminder. I keep saying more and

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<v Speaker 1>more examples of how you can use this extra brain.

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<v Speaker 1>My Best of Both Worlds podcast co host Sarah tells

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<v Speaker 1>me that she uses the screenshot function on her phone

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<v Speaker 1>to remind herself of moments and podcasts that she wants

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<v Speaker 1>to follow up on. Maybe she's out for a walk

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<v Speaker 1>listening to something, she hears something cool and wants to

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<v Speaker 1>take a screenshot that reminds her both of the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>name and critically the time stamp, so she can go

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<v Speaker 1>re listen to that exact thing she wanted to act on.

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<v Speaker 1>You can even use the camera and video function of

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<v Speaker 1>your phone to remember things before you might need them,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, in an emergency are you sure you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to remember what valuable things you own and exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>they look like. If you need to file an insurance claim,

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<v Speaker 1>take pictures and videos and then archived this file somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>If you think your brain is a leaky bucket, now

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<v Speaker 1>just imagine what it will feel like after a fire

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<v Speaker 1>or flood or burglary. Taking these pictures ahead of time

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<v Speaker 1>is a gift to your potential future self at what

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<v Speaker 1>might be one of the lowest moments of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>A picture can even serve as a gentle reminder for

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<v Speaker 1>folks who might move things about how they could put

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<v Speaker 1>them back. If people rearrange the furniture in the conference

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<v Speaker 1>room frequently, maybe take a photo and then post this

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<v Speaker 1>photo of where things should go, so your next meeting

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<v Speaker 1>will start with another furniture moving party. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>guarantee people will take the picture into account, but at

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<v Speaker 1>least it's a nudge, and when you get things really right,

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<v Speaker 1>you also want a quick reminder. Gorgeous flower arrangement really

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<v Speaker 1>knocked it out of the park this year with the

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<v Speaker 1>holiday decorps. Take a photo. Stylist Lonnie and Lender, who

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<v Speaker 1>was a guest on Best of Both Worlds a few

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<v Speaker 1>years ago even advises that you put together great outfits

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<v Speaker 1>and photograph them so who can easily repeat them. Photos

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<v Speaker 1>let us keep track of how we want things to

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<v Speaker 1>look so we don't have to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>get them right every time. So the next time there's

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<v Speaker 1>something you want to remember, maybe you can let a

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<v Speaker 1>photo be your extra brain. Whether you use pictures to

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<v Speaker 1>reinforce your visual memory of things so you can replicate

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<v Speaker 1>them later, or to record information when you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a pen and paper, handy, photos can be a great

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<v Speaker 1>way to keep track of things. Your brain only has

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<v Speaker 1>so much capacity, well, or at least mine only has

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<v Speaker 1>so much capacity. Let's preserve what we can for the

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<v Speaker 1>important things in the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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