WEBVTT - Second Cup: Set a timer

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to use a timer to help you

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<v Speaker 1>feel more relaxed while moving things along. Most of us

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<v Speaker 1>don't set too many timers in life, except for one

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<v Speaker 1>specific instance, the snooze button. In the morning, you hit

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<v Speaker 1>snooze on your phone and nine minutes later it will

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<v Speaker 1>start beeping again. Long time Before Breakfast listeners know that

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<v Speaker 1>I think snoozing is a terrible idea. Either get up

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<v Speaker 1>the first time, or set your alarm for the time

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<v Speaker 1>you actually intend to get up. But one listener, Carlo,

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<v Speaker 1>rode in to remind me that a snooze button can

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<v Speaker 1>actually be used for good as long as you're not

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<v Speaker 1>using it to go back to sleep. Carlo, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>uses his snooze button to segment his morning activities in

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<v Speaker 1>a more efficient way. He and his kids need to

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<v Speaker 1>leave the house at a certain time, so he segments

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<v Speaker 1>the hour before they leave into six nine minutes segments

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<v Speaker 1>with a little time change left over. He uses one

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<v Speaker 1>segment to get himself dressed, he uses another to help

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<v Speaker 1>the kids get dressed. He uses a segment to eat

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<v Speaker 1>a quick breakfast. He uses a segment to do some

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<v Speaker 1>morning house chores and a segment to make lunches for everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the last segment is devoted to gathering everyone and

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<v Speaker 1>everything together to get ready to go. This way, he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to keep watching the clock, but he also

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<v Speaker 1>knows quickly if they're running behind, and he can course

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<v Speaker 1>correct before the morning goes off the rails. Carlo reports

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<v Speaker 1>that he's used his snooze button at worked two when

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<v Speaker 1>he's in a time crunch. I set up an alarm

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<v Speaker 1>at a specific time, say four o'clock, and use the

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<v Speaker 1>snooze to plan two or three activity bursts, he says,

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<v Speaker 1>such as answering a complicated email by the first snows,

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<v Speaker 1>sending all his meeting invitations for the next day by

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<v Speaker 1>the second snooze, and planning the next morning's to asks

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<v Speaker 1>by the thirds news. As he reports, this way, I

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<v Speaker 1>have finished several menial tasks and I can feel organized

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<v Speaker 1>for what comes ahead. I think this is a great idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, if nine minutes doesn't work for you, feel

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<v Speaker 1>free to set your phones time or for any other

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<v Speaker 1>amount of time. Lots of people swear by the Pomodoro technique,

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<v Speaker 1>where you set a timer for twenty five minutes, focus

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<v Speaker 1>on something intensely for that time, and then take a break.

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<v Speaker 1>You can set alarms for other things too. Say you're

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<v Speaker 1>in a meeting and you know you need to leave

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<v Speaker 1>on time, but you really want to focus on the

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<v Speaker 1>other person instead of trying to sneak peaks at the

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<v Speaker 1>clock here and there, set an alarm for a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes before you need to go. The other person will

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<v Speaker 1>hear the alarm too, and so it provides an opening

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<v Speaker 1>to move things along and end things. But you can

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<v Speaker 1>completely relax up until that point. It's a way of

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<v Speaker 1>being off the clock while still being on the clock too.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you set timers? Let me know for what You

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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