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 to budget time for transitions. Transitions almost always
Speaker 1: require money, but they also require a lot of time too,
Speaker 1: so you are wise to be prepared for both possibilities.
Speaker 1: Life is full of transitions. People move, people have new babies,
Speaker 1: people get new jobs. There might be smaller transitions between
Speaker 1: these as wells, such as a job becoming more in
Speaker 1: person and less remote, or children starting new schools. Often,
Speaker 1: transitions take time and money. People often think about the
Speaker 1: money part, particularly for big transitions, but you want to
Speaker 1: be sure to budget for both so life doesn't feel frantic.
Speaker 1: In many cases, the financial costs of transitions are fairly obvious,
Speaker 1: like if you are looking at the costs of moving
Speaker 1: to a new house or apartment. There might be deposits
Speaker 1: or down payments and payments to brokers or real estate agents.
Speaker 1: Hiring movers takes money, as does dealing with whatever necessary
Speaker 1: fixes got missed or got bumped to you. Perhaps you
Speaker 1: need new furniture, but it also takes a lot of
Speaker 1: time to move. Sometimes people are less likely to consider
Speaker 1: the time costs of transitions like this, but they are substantial.
Speaker 1: You'll need to supervise the movers and move smaller things
Speaker 1: yourself and unpack at least some of the things. On
Speaker 1: the other end, you'll need to change your address and
Speaker 1: possibly your driver's license and other documents like that. You
Speaker 1: will need to supervise whatevern have to happen. Figuring out
Speaker 1: new schedules and new routines and how new things work
Speaker 1: all take time. You will need to build this into
Speaker 1: your life. If you don't, you will feel rushed and
Speaker 1: frantic after the move. If you do, things will go
Speaker 1: more smoothly. This is also true for transitions like a
Speaker 1: child going off to college. When my first went off
Speaker 1: to college last fall, I knew we would be paying
Speaker 1: tuition and we prepared for that, but I hadn't quite
Speaker 1: anticipated that there would be a multi day orientation that
Speaker 1: parents would come to in midsummer. I didn't know we
Speaker 1: would be given a small move and window on a
Speaker 1: day in August, and we wouldn't know what day that
Speaker 1: was until about a month before then. There was parents
Speaker 1: Weekend about two months after school started. All of this
Speaker 1: can be a lot of fun, of course, but it
Speaker 1: does take time, so it is best to plan for it.
Speaker 1: I know now for my next kids to very lightly
Speaker 1: schedule the weeks before school starts. Changing jobs definitely takes time.
Speaker 1: You will need to figure out your new schedule and
Speaker 1: new routines. You will need to meet with people at
Speaker 1: your new organization. You will need to be trained on
Speaker 1: whatever policies and technologies are part of the new place. Indeed,
Speaker 1: onboarding new employees takes so much time and managerial energy
Speaker 1: that anything organizations do to reduce turnover tends to go
Speaker 1: straight to the bottom line. But if you are starting
Speaker 1: something new, it's pointless to pretend that anyone truly hits
Speaker 1: the ground running. Everything requires some transition time. You will
Speaker 1: need to plan for that and for all the little
Speaker 1: things like updating your information on LinkedIn or in your
Speaker 1: alumni directory or with any professional associations. You will want
Speaker 1: to reach out to your professional network and let them
Speaker 1: know about the new job. This all takes time. When
Speaker 1: you understand that transitions take time, then you can be
Speaker 1: a bit more patient with yourself and with the world
Speaker 1: when things do not run at one hundred percent of
Speaker 1: their previous efficiency immediately. If you expect one hundred percent efficiency,
Speaker 1: then you probably need to limit the number of transitions
Speaker 1: in your life, but if you plan to make them,
Speaker 1: then plan for them to take time. Make sure your
Speaker 1: schedule can accommodate them. You might need to limit other
Speaker 1: commitments or outsource some routine household tasks in order to
Speaker 1: free up time. If you do, though, then you will
Speaker 1: be happier and you will be able to make the
Speaker 1: transition happen more smoothly than if you are constantly borrowing
Speaker 1: time from, say sleep, to make it all work. In
Speaker 1: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening
Speaker 1: to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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