WEBVTT - Day by day

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my 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 for times when life feels a bit overwhelming,

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<v Speaker 1>remember that you don't have to figure out wherever. If

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<v Speaker 1>today is manageable and probably the next few days, you

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<v Speaker 1>are good. Save the logistical ruminations for times you have

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<v Speaker 1>set aside to ponder these things. I know that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of my listeners are champion planners. We set long

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<v Speaker 1>term goals, we plan excellent vacations, and we get the

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<v Speaker 1>right hotels because we book ahead of time. We solve

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<v Speaker 1>logistical problems that would foil mere mortals. That is all fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a great way to go through life,

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<v Speaker 1>and champion planning allows us to have much bigger lives

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<v Speaker 1>than we would otherwise. However, if you are like me,

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<v Speaker 1>you may find yourself chewing on logistical planning problems a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes at all hours of the day and night. As

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<v Speaker 1>soon as I have figured out how I take one

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<v Speaker 1>business trip when my husband is also working and we

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<v Speaker 1>are suddenly dealing with a temporary childcare situation, I'm onto

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<v Speaker 1>the next trip. In pondering our outfits for family photos,

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<v Speaker 1>and how I will organize all the weekends in December

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth. The key is finding the right balance.

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<v Speaker 1>Today is going to be a great day, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I can enjoy this day as it is without spending

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<v Speaker 1>much of my mental inner g pondering the future. This

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be a great weekend and I can

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to it without worrying so much about logistical

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<v Speaker 1>problems two weeks down the road. Now. I am not

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<v Speaker 1>saying don't plan. I am saying put planning at certain

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<v Speaker 1>times and then get out of planning mode at other times.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually think this is a great reason to set

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<v Speaker 1>a designated weekly planning time. I know that every Friday

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<v Speaker 1>I have carved out time to plan. Indeed, rule number

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<v Speaker 1>two in tranquility by Tuesday. My most recent time management

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<v Speaker 1>book is to plan on Friday. My primary focus is

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<v Speaker 1>the upcoming Monday to Sunday week with some attention focused

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<v Speaker 1>on confirming the immediately upcoming Saturday to Sunday weekend. However,

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<v Speaker 1>I can also take some time then to look a

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<v Speaker 1>head and see what's coming up and see if there

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<v Speaker 1>are problems that need to be solved. When you know

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<v Speaker 1>there is a designated time for this future thinking. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to spend all your time on future thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>If you find yourself wondering about an upcoming logistical difficulty,

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<v Speaker 1>you can simply tell yourself that there is a time

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<v Speaker 1>for thinking about that. Now is not that time. Now

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<v Speaker 1>is the time for thinking about other things. All of

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<v Speaker 1>this is easier said than done. Of course, those of

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<v Speaker 1>us who do often think in future tense can't exactly

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<v Speaker 1>turn off that function completely. But given that the future

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<v Speaker 1>is to some degree unknowable, it behooves us not to

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<v Speaker 1>obsess over it. I know I spend a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time in early worrying about two weekends in May that

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to be incredibly challenging to pull off. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, the entire world was shut down, and I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have to solve those problems. We had other problems,

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<v Speaker 1>but not those. So make sure you're good for the

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<v Speaker 1>next few days, and then make sure you have a

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<v Speaker 1>designated weekly planning time when you will think about all

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<v Speaker 1>future logistical issues. You'll be able to enjoy the present

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<v Speaker 1>and make sure you have a good future, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a win all around. In the meantime, this is Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to hear from it.

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