WEBVTT - Eliminate a round trip

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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 that you might be able to spend less

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<v Speaker 1>time in your car by eliminating one round trip from

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<v Speaker 1>your schedule. With a little advanced planning and strategic thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>you can substitute something fun or productive for time spent

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<v Speaker 1>going back and forth. So I hear from many listeners

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<v Speaker 1>that they spend more time in their cars than they

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<v Speaker 1>would like to, between driving to and from work, commitments,

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<v Speaker 1>doing errands, and then maybe taking kids all over the place.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of my listeners clock a lot of miles in

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<v Speaker 1>a week. Unfortunately, car time is hard to use well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's often necessary, but not terribly enjoyable. If that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like you, consider this as a challenge. Can you skip

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<v Speaker 1>one round trip this week? If you think of all

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<v Speaker 1>the places you drive? I am guessing you could come

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<v Speaker 1>up with a way to do this. Perhaps you could

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<v Speaker 1>simply opt out of one of the trips. If a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of your driving is shuttling kids, perhaps you and

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<v Speaker 1>another family going to the same place could carpool. You

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<v Speaker 1>might also lean on your partner or anyone else who

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<v Speaker 1>helps you with your kids to take on one of

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<v Speaker 1>the drives. You may also be able to eliminate a

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<v Speaker 1>round trip by moving something that was in person online.

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<v Speaker 1>If you only have one in person meeting on a

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<v Speaker 1>given day and it's with someone you see in person frequently,

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<v Speaker 1>could you move that meeting to zoom or phone or

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<v Speaker 1>to another day so that you could work from home

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<v Speaker 1>and skip the commute. If you think a little more strategically,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps you can skip an errand too. I know my

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<v Speaker 1>family goes to the grocery store more often than we

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<v Speaker 1>probably need to because we sometimes forget things. A good

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<v Speaker 1>look at the pantry and thinking through what you will

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<v Speaker 1>eat during the week can eliminate that. You could also

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<v Speaker 1>eliminate a round trip by camping out at a random

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<v Speaker 1>place rather than driving back and forth. Let's say your

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<v Speaker 1>kid has a ninety minute soccer practice that is ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes away from your house. You certainly could drive back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth and have the hour at home, but you

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<v Speaker 1>could also wear your running shoes and go for a

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<v Speaker 1>forty five minute run and read for twenty minutes and

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<v Speaker 1>still watch twenty five minutes of the practice if you

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<v Speaker 1>stayed there. If there is a coffee shop right next

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<v Speaker 1>to your kid's ballet studio. Even if it is only

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<v Speaker 1>a ten minute drive home, Suddenly that hour becomes fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes to work on a project, rather than a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty minute stint at home where amid all the distractions,

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<v Speaker 1>not much gets done. If you cut out a round trip,

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly you have replaced unwanted car time with an activity

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<v Speaker 1>you want more time for in your life. And that

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like a win to me. So this week, see

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<v Speaker 1>if you can eliminate a round trip one way or

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<v Speaker 1>another and find something more satisfying to do with your time.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do, I'd love to hear about it. You

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<v Speaker 1>could reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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