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 buy yourself some school supplies, whether you
Speaker 1: are going back to school or not, or even know
Speaker 1: anyone who is. Sometimes a new notebook and pens can
Speaker 1: give you new energy that is definitely worth a few
Speaker 1: dollars to achieve. So I have five kids going back
Speaker 1: to school this fall, and we are working our way
Speaker 1: through the lists of suggested supplies. People need notebooks, pencils, folders, binders,
Speaker 1: and of course, replacement backpacks for the ones that all
Speaker 1: got beat up last year. Now for some of those things,
Speaker 1: I know we may have some sitting around that could
Speaker 1: get reused. But school supplies are relatively cheap as things go.
Speaker 1: And if a new folder makes a kid excited about
Speaker 1: science class, then I believe that is ninety nine cents
Speaker 1: well spent. I believe the same thing about adults. No,
Speaker 1: a cute little notebook is not going to magically make
Speaker 1: you more organized, nor is a cute little notebook magically
Speaker 1: going to help you come up with good ideas. But
Speaker 1: maybe a cute little notebook will make you excited to
Speaker 1: take that notebook and go sit in a coffee shop
Speaker 1: and daydream and brainstorm, and you happen to get a
Speaker 1: workable idea out of all of that. For many folks
Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, I am guessing that a new
Speaker 1: workable idea is definitely worth a six dollars investment. Or
Speaker 1: if a new pen helps you stick with the writing
Speaker 1: in brainstorming for twenty minutes long longer because it is
Speaker 1: such a pleasure to write with, well, that is a
Speaker 1: big win too, So go ahead and buy yourself some
Speaker 1: school supplies. Maybe you grab a notebook and pens while
Speaker 1: you're out with your kids, or maybe if you don't
Speaker 1: have kids, or even if you do, you go to
Speaker 1: a Target or Walmart on your own. Sometimes give yourself
Speaker 1: a few minutes to gaze at the bounty and see
Speaker 1: what catches your eye. I did this recently and wound
Speaker 1: up with some PenTile innergel pins and some sharpy sgl pins.
Speaker 1: I also wound up with two spiral notebooks that are
Speaker 1: college bound, not traditionally sized, and have hard covers like
Speaker 1: you'd see on a hard bound book. Even better, both
Speaker 1: have little elastics to help them stay closed. I am
Speaker 1: just ridiculously happy looking at these little notebooks. Feeling happy
Speaker 1: is a good in its own right, but of course
Speaker 1: using your school supplies would be even better. So here
Speaker 1: I am going to give a little tip for anyone
Speaker 1: who shares my quirk of not wanting to spoil a
Speaker 1: beautiful little notebook. By two or even three. Now you
Speaker 1: can preserve one of them as being too pretty to use,
Speaker 1: or else think of it as waiting for the perfect
Speaker 1: thought that is worth going in that notebook. But the
Speaker 1: other one can be deployed useful endeavors, including capturing your
Speaker 1: not yet perfect thoughts. It's good to capture these things.
Speaker 1: One of them will probably turn into something in all
Speaker 1: that new school year energy can be put to good
Speaker 1: use in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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