Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that in changing or uncertain times, it's
Speaker 1: fine to take life week by week. Day by day
Speaker 1: can feel a little short because we can plan a
Speaker 1: little ahead, and a weekly perspective allows us to pace ourselves,
Speaker 1: but understanding that things can change week to week can
Speaker 1: believe it or not allow us to relax. So every fall,
Speaker 1: my children have a new school and activity schedule, and
Speaker 1: with five children there can be a lot of moving parts.
Speaker 1: I am so grateful that many of their activities have
Speaker 1: started up again after such a long break, But baseball
Speaker 1: games happen at varying times, and certain other classes are
Speaker 1: available some weeks and not others. My impulse is to
Speaker 1: make a master schedule, stretching out for months. Then I
Speaker 1: wouldn't have to think about it again, at least in theory.
Speaker 1: But the truth is, stuff comes up, circumstances change. Let's
Speaker 1: just say that the activity conflicts I was worried about
Speaker 1: for March through June of this year never came to pass.
Speaker 1: And really I don't need to sort out the logistics
Speaker 1: for a complex Tuesday in November. Now, instead, I've decided
Speaker 1: to take it week by week. I planned my weeks
Speaker 1: on Fridays, and so each Friday I will sit down
Speaker 1: and make a schedule for the next week. Within the
Speaker 1: frame of the week, I will deal with logistics and
Speaker 1: make sure that everyone gets to what they want to
Speaker 1: go to. Then the next week I will do it again.
Speaker 1: Is this potentially less efficient than creating a master schedule? Well, maybe,
Speaker 1: although my guess is that it will take less time
Speaker 1: as I start to see patterns. Monday might always be
Speaker 1: a good day to get to swim team practice, and
Speaker 1: that's sort of thing. But it's inefficient to have a
Speaker 1: set schedule that then constantly needs to be reworked too.
Speaker 1: Understanding that I need a weekly scheduling session allows me
Speaker 1: to plan for it and build it into my life. Now,
Speaker 1: of course, it's possible to narrow the time frame from
Speaker 1: weekly two. Sometimes in life, I suppose we do have
Speaker 1: to take things day by day, But if we're not
Speaker 1: in acute crisis mood, week by week is generally better
Speaker 1: than day by day. A week is the cycle of
Speaker 1: life as we actually live it, and viewing the week
Speaker 1: as a whole can help us see time holistically. If
Speaker 1: you exercise on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, you are doing
Speaker 1: pretty well three times a week. It's a pretty good habit.
Speaker 1: But if you look at life day by day in
Speaker 1: this world, you'll think, well, exercise is important, and most
Speaker 1: days I'm not exercising. Horrible terrible. Looking at a week,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, gives us a more complete perspective.
Speaker 1: So if you are feeling a bit overwhelmed with your
Speaker 1: schedule and with changes with it, whether at work or personally,
Speaker 1: see if taking things week by week might help you.
Speaker 1: Don't have to look too far in the future. You
Speaker 1: will deal with a schedule issue happening three weeks from
Speaker 1: now in well about two weeks, but you'll feel confident
Speaker 1: about the next week and that can help you relax
Speaker 1: and know that you're probably getting to the most important
Speaker 1: stuff in the near future, and that can feel pretty
Speaker 1: good in the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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