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 if you have to rush to do
Speaker 1: something that isn't incredibly important, there isn't time to do it,
Speaker 1: best to reschedule it to a time when you can
Speaker 1: do it calmly. Regular Before Breakfast listeners will recall that
Speaker 1: I very recently interviewed Jennifree, an ADHD expert, for this podcast.
Speaker 1: She mentioned in our interview that many people with ADHD
Speaker 1: feel like they are constantly in a fight or flight mindset.
Speaker 1: They are behind or something should have happened, so, lacking
Speaker 1: a sense of safety, they rush through things trying to
Speaker 1: pack more in. This can manifest and things like thinking
Speaker 1: I need to empty the dishwasher before I leave and
Speaker 1: then being ten minutes late and rushing to wherever they
Speaker 1: are going. Better to empty the dishwasher later. Jenna repeats
Speaker 1: the phrase if you have to rush, there isn't time.
Speaker 1: I think this is a very wise phrase. Many people
Speaker 1: who aren't living with ADHD or other neurodiversities can still
Speaker 1: feel like we are constantly behind, and sometimes there are
Speaker 1: things that would have been good to do, but should,
Speaker 1: as Jenna pointed out, is not a helpful word. Perhaps
Speaker 1: you should have done a task earlier, but you didn't.
Speaker 1: Now what fighting reality tends not to go very well.
Speaker 1: Almost nothing is improved by rushing through it. Speeding might
Speaker 1: save you a minute or two, maybe, but it puts
Speaker 1: you and other drivers at risk. When people rush to appointments,
Speaker 1: sometimes they go to the wrong place or park in
Speaker 1: a spot where they get ticketed or towed, and that's
Speaker 1: just going to lead to more problems. I think it
Speaker 1: is a great idea to empty the dishwasher in the morning.
Speaker 1: That's what we do in my house, but it is
Speaker 1: built into the morning routine and schedule. If you haven't
Speaker 1: allotted time to it, then rushing to do it and
Speaker 1: then rushing where you are going isn't going to make
Speaker 1: you more effective. It will just make you feel frazzled.
Speaker 1: If you have to rush, there isn't time now. Sometimes
Speaker 1: it is really important to do something and it needs
Speaker 1: to be pushed into the schedule, but there is a
Speaker 1: difference between working at a swift and deliberate pace versus
Speaker 1: rushing through something. In general, we are best off doing
Speaker 1: the task in front of us, with the effort and
Speaker 1: care that is appropriate to it. It is also wise
Speaker 1: to build a schedule that includes what is most important
Speaker 1: to get done and an appropriate amount of time time
Speaker 1: for each task. If you don't know how much time
Speaker 1: things take, try tracking your time for a week or
Speaker 1: two so you get a better sense. Then, if you
Speaker 1: find yourself getting frantic in some situation, repeat to yourself
Speaker 1: that if you have to rush, there isn't time you
Speaker 1: will need to not do something or reschedule it for later.
Speaker 1: You probably do not desperately need to do that errand
Speaker 1: on the way to work or to pick up your kid.
Speaker 1: And if you are on the way to something and
Speaker 1: you realize that you are late, then you are late.
Speaker 1: Now what figure it out? Putting yourself into a state
Speaker 1: of high stress will probably not save you much time
Speaker 1: at all and could lead to problems that take a
Speaker 1: lot more time to solve in the meantime. This is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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