WEBVTT - Look at next year's schedule

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to look at the next year's schedule. Many

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<v Speaker 1>organizations and institutions create their calendars a year or more

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of time, and the calendar already exists for pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much any future year that you might be alive to experience.

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<v Speaker 1>So why not look ahead a little bit so you

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<v Speaker 1>can be prepared. So a year or so ago, my

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<v Speaker 1>choir director was mentioning choosing a work for the spring concert,

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<v Speaker 1>and he noted that in twenty twenty four we could

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<v Speaker 1>choose a longer, more challenging work for late spring, since Easter,

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<v Speaker 1>which we also sing a lot for, would be early.

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't really thought about that, but sure enough, I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at the calendar and saw that Easter would be

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<v Speaker 1>March thirty. First, I looked at my kid's school calendar,

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<v Speaker 1>which the district had posted a year ahead of time, too,

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<v Speaker 1>and saw that spring break would be the last week

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<v Speaker 1>of March, a reality which can suggest slightly different planning

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<v Speaker 1>than when it's in late April. I then decided to

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<v Speaker 1>keep looking ahead and saw that since Christmas falls on

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<v Speaker 1>a Wednesday in twenty twenty four. That year's Christmas break

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<v Speaker 1>that is the one that straddles twenty twenty four into

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, will be almost two weeks long. I

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<v Speaker 1>have been fantasizing about a trip to the Southern Hemisphere,

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<v Speaker 1>and while I don't know if that will happen, that

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<v Speaker 1>would be a much better year to do it than

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<v Speaker 1>a year when the kids only get a week off

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<v Speaker 1>over the holidays. Yes, all of this is a long

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<v Speaker 1>time in the future, and yes I planned far ahead

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty and wound up with everything canceled. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>there are certain things that are unlikely to happen if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't plan ahead, and looking at the upcoming calendar

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<v Speaker 1>can help you think about possibilities. So why not take

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<v Speaker 1>a little time to do it. If your kid's school

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<v Speaker 1>calendar for upcoming years has been published, look at it.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are part of another huge institution, like a university,

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<v Speaker 1>you can look at those calendars too. Certain holidays that

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<v Speaker 1>move around each year, like Easter or Thanksgiving, might be

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<v Speaker 1>worth studying, and it might be helpful to see the

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<v Speaker 1>day of the week that holidays fall on too. That's

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<v Speaker 1>because when something like the fourth of July happens on

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<v Speaker 1>a Wednesday, that winds up being a peak week for traveling,

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<v Speaker 1>since many offices will be closed for part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But many people don't look at this, and they noticed

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<v Speaker 1>this only a few weeks before. If you look enough

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of time, you could put in a request for

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<v Speaker 1>time off if you need to do that. You can

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<v Speaker 1>also avoid randomly scheduling stuff like a doctor's appointment for

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<v Speaker 1>the week of July fourth that you are just going

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<v Speaker 1>to wind up canceling once you see the holiday falls

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<v Speaker 1>midweek and you know you'll want to be gone. You

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<v Speaker 1>can also avoid getting caught unaware. If school ends on

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<v Speaker 1>a Monday or Tuesday in June. Most camps won't start

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<v Speaker 1>until the Monday after. If you will need to work,

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<v Speaker 1>best to know that you'll need to figure out coverage

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<v Speaker 1>for those days. More lead time just means more options anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>I know we can spend too much time pondering the future.

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<v Speaker 1>I am well aware of that. However, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>there's any problem with just being generally aware of the

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<v Speaker 1>contours of the future. Given that many institutions do create

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<v Speaker 1>their schedules quite a bit ahead of time. This allows

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<v Speaker 1>you the chance to plan ahead for days off and

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<v Speaker 1>to make more seamless transitions. You don't need to solve

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<v Speaker 1>all problems or seize all possibilities, but it becomes easier

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<v Speaker 1>to do so when you know at least roughly what

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar looks like. So look ahead to next year's

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<v Speaker 1>schedule and you can start figuring out how to make

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<v Speaker 1>the upcoming years the best they can possibly be. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd

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