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 that when you do your weekly planning, think
Speaker 1: about your wishes for the week and ask other people
Speaker 1: for their wishes too. That creates a lot of positive
Speaker 1: buy in for the week and may lead everyone to
Speaker 1: be happier. Today's tip was inspired by Rishmashaw, a pediatrician
Speaker 1: who focuses on food and family eating patterns. When Sarah
Speaker 1: Hart Hunger interviewed doctor Shaw for our Best of Both
Speaker 1: Worlds podcasts, she said that when she is planning her meals,
Speaker 1: she invites her kids to give me your wishes for
Speaker 1: the week. Then she can build their requests within reason
Speaker 1: into the menu plan. Like this idea, even if you
Speaker 1: are doing the meal planning, you don't have to come
Speaker 1: up with everything all by yourself. If other people share
Speaker 1: their wishes, they are more likely to get a meal
Speaker 1: they like, and if you are lucky, there might be
Speaker 1: fewer complaints since everyone had a voice in the menu.
Speaker 1: Doctor Shaw focuses on wishes for the week in relation
Speaker 1: to food, but it could also be wise to ask
Speaker 1: yourself and anybody you plan for about wishes for the week.
Speaker 1: More broadly, as you are getting to do your weekly planning,
Speaker 1: you might realize that you'd like to go see a
Speaker 1: particular exhibit at an art museum. Your kids might like
Speaker 1: to go ice skating, Your partner might want to sit
Speaker 1: by the fire pit with you one night after your
Speaker 1: kids go to bed. Or maybe your wish for the
Speaker 1: week is more practical, You might want to cook and
Speaker 1: freeze a bunch of meals to make things easier for
Speaker 1: your future self during an upcoming busy season work. You
Speaker 1: could also ask about wishes for the week when you
Speaker 1: are headed into a vacation week. That way, you can
Speaker 1: build people's wishes into your travel plans. There's magic in
Speaker 1: doctor Shaw's phrasing of wishes for the week. It creates
Speaker 1: a sense of possibility, perhaps even delight. It elicits more
Speaker 1: smiles and anticipation than just what do you want to
Speaker 1: do or what do you want for dinner? I could
Speaker 1: tell you firsthand that both of those are likely to
Speaker 1: be met with the unhelpful response of I don't know,
Speaker 1: or a general claim that people want to do nothing.
Speaker 1: So when you plan the coming week, consider asking yourself
Speaker 1: and perhaps others in your household about their wishes for
Speaker 1: the week. Whatever the wishes, thinking about them in advance
Speaker 1: lets you plan to make your wishes and other people's
Speaker 1: wishes come true. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
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