WEBVTT - Unplug to get things done

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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 too unplug to get things done. Consciously putting

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<v Speaker 1>yourself somewhere without digital distractions might help you power through

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<v Speaker 1>something you have been procrastinating on. So a few weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>the Wi Fi went out at my house. It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a long story about how this all happened, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wound up being out for about a week. In

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<v Speaker 1>the first day, before we figured out some workarounds, we

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<v Speaker 1>truly had very little digital access. I couldn't load web

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<v Speaker 1>pages or email on my phone when I was inside

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<v Speaker 1>the house, and my laptop couldn't access the internet either.

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<v Speaker 1>This was all frustrating, but there was this silver lining.

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<v Speaker 1>I had been putting off working on a draft of

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<v Speaker 1>an article. On Friday. After my internet went out, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't do a lot of other things, and I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>pretend to be productive by checking my email a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>So I wrote a draft. It only took me a

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<v Speaker 1>few hours when I wasn't giving myself the option of

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<v Speaker 1>doing a million other things at the same time. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>you've experienced something similar on a plane now I know

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<v Speaker 1>you can get Wi Fi on a lot of planes

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<v Speaker 1>these days, but sometimes you can't if you are over water,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes the system is a little buggy or expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>If it is a short flight, I tend not to

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<v Speaker 1>make an attempt. I have often assigned myself a writing

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<v Speaker 1>project on the plane and found I have been able

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<v Speaker 1>to crank something sizeable out by the time we land.

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<v Speaker 1>We often rely on connectivity to take a break from work.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we don't necessarily think of it that way. We

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<v Speaker 1>can convince ourselves that the emails need to get sent

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<v Speaker 1>and such, and maybe they do, but maybe not immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>Depriving ourselves of easy brakes sometimes means we soldier through.

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<v Speaker 1>If you find that to be the case for you,

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<v Speaker 1>then maybe you can consciously unplug for a bit now.

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<v Speaker 1>I would not recommend asking your yard crew to accidentally

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<v Speaker 1>cut the cable, which is what turned out to happen

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<v Speaker 1>for us, but you could create the equivalent. Put your

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<v Speaker 1>phone in airplane mode or put it somewhere else. Go

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere with no WiFi, assign yourself something that is going

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<v Speaker 1>to take some serious concentration to do. Now, you will

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<v Speaker 1>probably want to check things at some point, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is fine. It is actually really hard to concentrate on

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<v Speaker 1>anything for more than ninety minutes or so, so you

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<v Speaker 1>might take a ten minute break. Make sure nothing disastrous

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<v Speaker 1>has happened in your world. My guess is that it hasn't,

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<v Speaker 1>and hopefully that truth will empower you to try disconnecting

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<v Speaker 1>more often. In any case, we eventually got the Wi

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<v Speaker 1>Fi working again, so I haven't had to go work

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<v Speaker 1>in Starbucks or the library. I can check email constantly

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<v Speaker 1>if I wish to, but remembering all I got done

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<v Speaker 1>on that Friday, I am trying not to. It is

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<v Speaker 1>best to keep these things in check in the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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