1 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Hi. I'm Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 2 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: and speaker. 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: And I'm Sarah hart Hunger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: and course creator. We are two working parents who love 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: our careers and our families. 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun, 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: from figuring out childcare to mapping out long term career goals. 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: We want you to get the most out of life. 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: Welcome to best of both worlds. This is Laura. 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: This episode is airing in early mid December of twenty 12 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: twenty four. Sarah and I are actually here to gather 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: in my recording closet, my zoom room as it were 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: with my lovely You can't see this, but to book 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: wallpaper on the back, always a fun thing to have. 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: But we're sitting very close together for good friends. Hopefully 17 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: we are both able to be heard in this one microphone, 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: so welcome to my closet, Sarah. 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm trying to make sure my voice isn't exactly 20 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: I don't know. We have about twelve inches. 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: Yees EQUI distant both to this microphone as we sit 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: here in this tiny space. But today we are going 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: to be talking about life hacks, so taking a bit 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: of a breather between the holiday stuff. We've been talking 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: about the Goal episodes, which of course they're coming up 26 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: later this month. We're going to be talking about ways 27 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: we want to you know, that we use to make 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: our lives easier, little tricks that have been helpful to us. 29 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: But first, just a quick life update. So mid December, Sarah. 30 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 2: What's going on? So much is going on. So much 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: is going on, and it's all fun stuff, so I 32 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: cannot complain about any of it. But we will have 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: just celebrated my husband's fiftieth birthday, which we're doing as 34 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: a big family celebration. Well, this is airing afterwards, so 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: I won't spoil anything. But his friend is flying from 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: across the country and he doesn't know that yet, so 37 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: it's going to be really really fun. And then right 38 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: after that and after this episode airs, I'll be running 39 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: my second marathon of twenty twenty four, my sixth marathon total. 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: We will see how that goes in Jacksonville, Florida. 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, is that going to be cooler than I mean, 42 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: it's the hope that that's I mean, it will obviously 43 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: be as cool as like Traver's study Michigan, probably. 44 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 2: But it could be. So Jacksonville is like almost in Georgia. Okay, 45 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: it is really up top there, and as you remember, 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: my Traver's City Marathon was at the end of May, 47 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: so it was actually I was probably even more nervous 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: about that weather than this weather. But I think both 49 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: of them have the potential to be amazing, and both 50 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 2: of them have the potential to be kind of a letdown. 51 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: So by the time this airs, feel free to pull 52 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: up the forecast for Jacksonville for December fourteenth, and you 53 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 2: can either celebrate on my behalf or feel bad for me. 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: How do you feel about your training so far? You know, 55 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: it's funny because I thought it was going pretty badly 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: until like mid November, and then I've had some really 57 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: really good runs lately because our weather finally became reasonable, 58 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: and so I don't know, I don't see a pr 59 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 2: but I think I could come fairly close to my time, 60 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 2: which would give me a very solid Boston qualifier and 61 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: likely like actual matriculent time for twenty twenty six, since 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: I am now in the upper age bracket that I 63 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: get more time. 64 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: Ah, yes, the upper forties, so you get like a 65 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: whole extra five minutes or something. It would have been 66 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: ten minutes, but because the standard shifted by five minutes, 67 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: it is only five. 68 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: But that's okay. I already had somewhat of a buffer. 69 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: It just wasn't quite enough, and this time I think 70 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: it will be enough. It'll be enough that use all right, well, 71 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: fingers crossed. 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: You can check in on the update for that Sarah's 73 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: blog a couple days after this airs. 74 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: We will all find out together how she did. 75 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: I think it's so cool that she's doing this and 76 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: training seriously for stuff. 77 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: I am not training for any marathons. 78 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: I ran a half marathon in October, and I feel 79 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: maybe I will never do that again. 80 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: But you know, I think ten k's might be my 81 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: max at this point. Now. I think that would be fine. 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: But I am singing a lot. 83 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: I will be singing in three different concerts plus a 84 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve service over the course of the next few weeks, 85 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: which is really exciting with its air, as I will 86 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: have done the first one. 87 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: It's a service of carols. 88 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: That I'm doing with a different choir than I've sung 89 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: with before, so that'll be kind of fun, and then 90 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: hopefully doing the B Minor Mass over New Year's Eve. Yeah, 91 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: singing in Christmas Eve, doing a concert of lessons and 92 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: carols with my church. So just a lot of singing, 93 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: a lot of songs. But it's so fun because this 94 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: is the time of the year when you want to 95 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: be singing, and it's all these familiar works, even if 96 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: it's new arrangements of them. So it's been really fun 97 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: to have all that singing. But yeah, it's a lot 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: of time. I mean a lot of time because now 99 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: I'm doing Monday rehearsals with this other choir, so I 100 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: have to drive downtown usually leaving here around six fifteen, 101 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: parking in the garage six forty five, getting there for 102 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: seven o'clock rehearsal. We rehearse to seven to nine thirty, 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: go get the car, come home, so it's ten o'clock 104 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: or a little later. And then Thursday nights the rehearsals 105 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: are are seven to nine at my church. 106 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: That's a lot closer, so I only have to leave 107 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: at six forty five, but it's you know, it's still yeah, 108 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: and especially as you get close to the event, sometimes 109 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: may get them. We have extra rehearsals, the dress rehearsals, 110 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: and then the days themselves. I mean, the concerts are 111 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 2: multiple hours, so yeah. 112 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: It's probably not quite marathon level in terms of time, 113 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: but it might be getting close. 114 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, but you love it. 115 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: I love it, And when you love things, you want 116 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: to fit them into life. 117 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm. 118 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: Still enjoying singing with Jasper in the church choir. We're 119 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: singing together, and yeah, doing a lot of like college 120 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: application stuff with him. So yeah, that's life around here 121 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: right now. But so life hacks. Some of these are 122 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: pretty when you look these up online. Some of them 123 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: are like hilarious, like you know, uses for a safety 124 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: clip you didn't you know, safety pin you didn't even 125 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: know existed, or something like I didn't want to know those. 126 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 2: No, these life hacks are the kind that, like, I 127 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,119 Speaker 2: don't know. As I was listening min, I'm like, that's 128 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 2: so obvious. But then I'm like, well maybe not, maybe 129 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 2: I don't know, can let us know? 130 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, and maybe if you've listened to every episode of 131 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: Best of Both Worlds, you may have heard us mention 132 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: some of these before. But you know, we've probably repeated 133 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: ourselves a lot over the last seven years. So if 134 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: you're still with us, thank you, or you appreciate all 135 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: of you, we appreciate you very much. 136 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 2: All right, Sarah, you can kick it off. Oh okay, 137 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the travel one, since I 138 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: traveled here today very early, I might add, so I 139 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 2: have gotten to a point in life when I liked 140 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: a default to a single airline because it's just easier 141 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: to have one go to place to look for flights. 142 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: I like having status on one airline, and there's no 143 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: way I'd be able to build up status on multiple airlines, 144 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: so it's nice. And then once it's more fun to 145 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: fly on that airline because you have some status and 146 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 2: like why would you stray? Plus once you have some points, 147 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 2: then it's like faster to get anyway, so it makes 148 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 2: things easier. And like, yes, sometimes if it's obviously not 149 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 2: the right choice, like it doesn't fly NonStop, we'll do 150 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: something else. But yeah, in my old age, I have 151 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: like really enjoyed just being like I fly one airline. Joy. 152 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, I think it's it's more of a choice 153 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: for you because you have multiple airports around you that 154 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: you might potentially fly out of. 155 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: Right, this hack does not I mean for some people 156 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: it's like we have one airport and this is only 157 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 2: the hub for whatever. I have a lot. I have 158 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: three airports in your meeting, so that's a hack too. 159 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: Look at all the smaller airports in your by. I 160 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: didn't figure that out until just a couple of years ago. 161 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: I was like, we can fly from West Palm, and 162 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: now I fly from West Palm all time, smaller, quieter. 163 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 2: How far is it from you? An hour an hour 164 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: and Fort Lauderdale is Fort Lauderdale's thirty minutes and Miami 165 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 2: is honestly also an hour a traffic but if you're 166 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: doing like a big international flight, you'd probably go from Miami. 167 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,559 Speaker 2: But a lot of the domestic ones, yeah, there's certainly 168 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: a reasonable amount of service from Fort Lauderdale. Well, because 169 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: I'm an in Philadelphia and there's major international airport here 170 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: is an American hub, that kind of means by default, 171 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: like I'm flying on American unless there's a really good 172 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 2: reason not to, which is that American doesn't fly wherever 173 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: it is direct, in which case, rather than transfer, I 174 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 2: drive to Newark because Newark is an hour and fifteen 175 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: minutes away. 176 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: So kind of just a little bit more than your 177 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: Miami deal, and that is a United hub, so then 178 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: I am always on United if I am going there, 179 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: I tend not to be on. 180 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: Any other airline other than that. 181 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure, I'm sure the other airlines are great, they're 182 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: just not here, so I don't fly. 183 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 2: It's actually a good hack though, to drive and fly direct. 184 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, oh, to drive it, yeah, I mean, because 185 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: the odds of something going wrong are just so much 186 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: bigger if you're transferring somewhere and you can get stuck 187 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: in an airport that is not anywhere that you want 188 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: to be, right Like, I mean, if you're flying directory, 189 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: either are at your house, which is fine, you just 190 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: go home, or if you're at your destination, presumably you 191 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: either knew someone there or there was something you were 192 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: doing there, like you have some connection there, so like 193 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: you can go back. 194 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: To that whatever that was. 195 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: Whereas if you're stuck in O'Hare, you're just like at 196 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: the stupid hotel that's near O'Hara that I've been at 197 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: more nights than I care to be. 198 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 2: Anyway, we digress, all right, next next on me. 199 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: All right, you got bonus life acts there, so this 200 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: is occasionally I get some pushback on this, but just 201 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: wash everything together on cold because most things don't bleed. Now, 202 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: if you have a kid who bought some like cheap item, 203 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: that's fusia and like, you know, you suspect that it's 204 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: going to bleed, like, maybe do that separately. But if 205 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: it's something that's been worn and washed more than once, 206 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 1: if you wash everything together uncold, it will probably be fine. 207 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 2: I've never had a problem with it. 208 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: The other hack related to that is if each person 209 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: has an individual load, then there is no sorting. So 210 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you should always do this because sometimes 211 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: you know, you just need to throw a lot of 212 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: people's different stuff in there, But particularly if your house 213 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: doesn't have a ton of people, it might work to 214 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: instead of doing four mixed loads in the course of 215 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: the week, do four loads of each one person stuff 216 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: and then nobody has to sort anything and. 217 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 2: You're all happier. Yeah, that's actually I should think about that. 218 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 2: I hate the sorting, and we absolutely do a mixed 219 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 2: load almost every single day, So maybe you need to 220 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 2: think about some kind of a rotation. 221 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: Yes, a rotation, because it's just the same, like to 222 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: do every three days or every four days, like the 223 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: person has the same number of clean clothes. 224 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 2: It's just you know, it's only that you can't then 225 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: like count on like every single day, having every single 226 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: option available to you. But like probably you can get 227 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 2: your house lot. 228 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: Yeah all right, Sarah, you do another before we take 229 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: a break. Sure, Okay, when you are running low on 230 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: something you use regularly, replace it with at least two. 231 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: So I think this is an over buyer underbuyer thing 232 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: where like why but I like, we were running low 233 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 2: on running gels because, as I mentioned, the marathon and 234 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 2: my husband's also training, so we got a lot of 235 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: gels being consumed and I was like, yeah, we're getting 236 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 2: it on subscribe and say, but let me just build 237 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: up a giant buffer. I'm gonna buy like two extra boxes, 238 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: because like why buy one when you know you're gonna 239 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: use it anyway. I guess this would also not be 240 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: the best hack if you live in a tiny New 241 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 2: York apartment, but I definitely don't, so yeah, replace it 242 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 2: if it's like something you're gonna use, like get that 243 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: build that backstock. 244 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've done this with I mean, realizing things like 245 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: you're going to use a lot of sunscreen in the summer, 246 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: so just buy extras and put them anywhere you might 247 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: use them. Or hand sanitizer, for instance, which we use 248 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: a lot of in the winter. You know, you just 249 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: put it by a lot of them, put them anywhere 250 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: you might use, and the extras will nudge you to 251 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: actually use them. I was just gonna say one related 252 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: to that about over buying though. If you have an 253 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: item that you are seeing that you truly love and 254 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: it is the sort of thing that might wear out, 255 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: like a pair of jeans, a pair of shoes, a 256 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: particular running pant or something like that, and you see 257 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: you really love it, like, go ahead and buy more 258 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: of it, right because at some point they're going to 259 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: stop making it and you are going to be very 260 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: very sad. But that said, here's the real hack part. 261 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: If you can't find it because they've stopped making it, 262 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: go on eBay or Poshmark, because often people are selling 263 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: stuff there they use the NWT as new with tags, 264 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: Like I don't want to buy new like us stuff necessarily, 265 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: but like they're reselling it new with tags, and so 266 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: then you can find stuff that is no longer being manufactured, 267 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: and I would. 268 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: Say if you find it, you should buy two buy two. 269 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: All right, Well, with that thought, we're going to take 270 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: a quick ad break and we will be right back 271 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: with a few more life hacks. 272 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: All right, well, we are back. 273 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: Talking all things life hacks. So here is one related 274 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: to this season, this time of year we are coming 275 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: into the holidays, which is that you can buy nice 276 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: gift tags for your immediate family and then save and 277 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: reuse them year to year. So if you have a 278 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: place in your house where you store Christmas decorations or 279 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: something like that, you can just if you have nice 280 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: gift tags, not you know, like a little sticker that's 281 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: gonna get ripped off with the paper, but you know, 282 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: something more substantial. You are going to be giving gifts 283 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: to the same members of your immediate family every single year. 284 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: So something that says from Mommy and Daddy to Alex 285 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: has a shelf life of decades if it doesn't fall apart. 286 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: So we save a box of these, and then I 287 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: don't have to buy new ones, or I don't at 288 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: least have to buy as many new ones each year, 289 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: and it's just a nice little upgrade. There are also 290 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: other things with gifts you can reuse. I save gift 291 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: bags from kid parties. So if my kids are having 292 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: a birthday party and their friends give them a gift 293 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: in a gift bag, usually people don't write on the 294 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: bag itself, like they don't put the kid's name on 295 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: the bag itself. 296 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 2: That's either in a card in there or they attach 297 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: a tag to the bag. 298 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, just reuse it because it's only been used 299 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: once or unless they've been reusing it too, which is fine. 300 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: Like the more use you can get out of it, 301 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: the better, and then you always have something that you 302 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: can wrap an odd shaped object in for the future. 303 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 2: I love it. Plus the reuse gift tags, like there 304 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: could be a nostalgia factor too. It's not even just 305 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: that it's like nice to already have it, but like, 306 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: oh the Christmas gift tags, like I've seen those before. Yep, yep, 307 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: all right, Sarah, here's all right, Okay. This is one 308 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: where I'm like, I think probably most people have tried 309 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: this or do this. But then again, I often go 310 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: to Starbucks and I go and I pick up my 311 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 2: pre ordered mobile thing, and I see people standing there 312 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: annoyed waiting for their drinks. So maybe everyone doesn't know this, 313 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: but and I'm not knocking, like you know, the experience 314 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: of going to Starbucks and ordering and sitting down. Sometimes 315 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 2: that's what you want. But if you just want to 316 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: procure your Starbucks, ordering ahead on the mobile app is 317 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: like the best thing ever. And I actually think it's 318 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: faster if you go in the store versus drive through. 319 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: So I'm very grateful and happy that we have a 320 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 2: Starbucks on campus at our hospital. So if I want 321 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: to get it, like in the morning, right before I 322 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: start seeing patients, I know I can order it when 323 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: I'm at the kids' school, knowing that I'm about like 324 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes from work, and then when I get there, 325 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: I can pick it up and it's all hot and ready. 326 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 2: It has my name on it. And yeah, you also 327 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: get like deals through the app. So if you frequent 328 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 2: Starbucks and you haven't done it this way, give it 329 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 2: a try. You may love it. You can still sit 330 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: there if you want to. Yeah. 331 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: Well, and you I mean just sort of piggybacking on 332 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: that additional hack you have about using apps in general, 333 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: Why don't you mention that. 334 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of times, you know, you can always 335 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 2: go to American Airlines and book on the website, but 336 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: sometimes these companies have apps that make things even easier. 337 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: Like examples would be Starbucks or the Marriott app. The 338 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: Bonvoy app is like super super easy, and I'm sure 339 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 2: all other hotel chains, et cetera. So if there's a 340 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: kind of brand or empire that you frequent that has 341 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: an app, try it because a lot of times that 342 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 2: process can be more streamlined than trying to just go 343 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 2: online and do it at their native website. 344 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: So Starbucks is a great example of that exactly. So 345 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: here's one for people who get cold. This is a 346 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: handful of hacks for people who get. 347 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: Cold a lot. 348 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: Turn on the seat warmer in your car. Now, again, 349 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: this may be something that like ninety nine percent of 350 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: people knew about, but I didn't know about this in 351 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: my car until about like seven years into owning my car, Like, 352 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: what's this little toggle thing on the side, And it 353 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: turns out that it warms your seat And that is 354 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: just like so nice if I am driving people around 355 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: in the cold and all of a sudden, I am 356 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: feeling nice and toasty. Two other things with that, if 357 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: you are a person who is often cold getting out 358 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: of the shower, use two towels. You put one on 359 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: your hair, one on your body, and that way you 360 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: are not having to unwrap. 361 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: Your body to dry your hair. 362 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: You know it, just like everything can stay warm and 363 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: wrapped up and covered and you are not cold. You 364 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: should also purchase hot hands in bulk for your pockets. 365 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: Just put them by the door. If you are going 366 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: outside for any length of time in the winter, you 367 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: can just stick these little things in your coat pockets. 368 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: Because people who are cold, it doesn't matter like how 369 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: thick of an item you are wearing. Like you could 370 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: have the best coat in the world, you have the 371 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: best boots, best socks, best mints, it's not gonna help 372 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: because you personally are not creating enough warmth. And so 373 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: all those things are premised on the idea that they 374 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: are trapping warmth that then keeps you warm. But if 375 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: you are not producing that warmth that you know is 376 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,239 Speaker 1: enough to make you feel warm, then you need an 377 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: additional source. And this is where like the seat warmer 378 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: in the car or the hot hands in your pocket 379 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: comes in. 380 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 2: It can makes the experience much more pleasant. I love 381 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 2: those hot hands on ski trips m hmm. 382 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: Essential, although I don't think you can check them, I 383 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: mean pack them with you, like in your carry on or. 384 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: Something you Yes, you are correct, and it actually like 385 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: depends on the airport. Okay, but you can check them. 386 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 2: I believe you just can't carry them on or it's 387 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 2: the opposite. I don't know, look it up. We had 388 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: to make the sub last time, but we did successfully 389 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 2: bring you right, okay, either in our carry on or 390 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 2: check following the rules to Montana. I just don't remember 391 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 2: which it was. 392 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, but I'm any ski store at the lodge will 393 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: sell them too. I mean it's not like yeah, yeah, 394 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: so you can buy them there if you needed to. 395 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 2: All Right, So what's your next one? All Right, I'm 396 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: going to go with text expansion, which I don't think 397 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 2: you like. 398 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: So I don't just like it, just it's not as 399 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: big a part of my life as yours. 400 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: So maybe you can explain. So I use this into context. 401 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 2: Number one. At work, it's huge, So we use EPIC, 402 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: which is the most common electronic health record, and if 403 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 2: you're on it, you probably do this, But if you're 404 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 2: on something else, and maybe it's not as obvious. There 405 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 2: should be some way of creating little shortcuts to type, 406 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: like one word and then it turns into a whole 407 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 2: giant template. Or multiple paragraphs of texts, and I have 408 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 2: accumulated so many of these phrases over the course of 409 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 2: my time being at work that really almost anything I'm 410 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 2: gonna explain to a patient, I can just type like 411 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 2: dot shoot thyroid and it has my whole thing, and 412 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 2: then I can edit it and customize it for whatever 413 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 2: patient that is. So that has definitely kind of like 414 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 2: bled into my rest of my life. And I found 415 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 2: out through Mac You just it's actually through the keyboard menu, 416 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 2: and it's shockingly easy to do. But I even have 417 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 2: like some of the some of the courses I do. 418 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 2: There's certain emails that get sent out, but I want 419 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 2: to be able to customize them, so I don't want 420 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 2: it sent automatically. But I I can type like just 421 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 2: like welcome BLP, and I'll have that'll generate like a 422 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: whole multiple paragraph thing that I can then customize and 423 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: change and whatever. So I have multiple of these, and 424 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 2: they definitely save me a ton of time. I mean, 425 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: the other thing I could do is like go and 426 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 2: find it old email and copy and paste, but this 427 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 2: is so much quicker. I've also to do it for 428 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 2: like my administrative job, like we'd have a million residency 429 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 2: applicants anytime they're kind of sort of saying the same 430 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 2: thing again to people, but it's not totally automated. This 431 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 2: is like a game changer game two arm. 432 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, all right, well I bet that does save 433 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: a ton of time if you have to type the 434 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: same thing over and over again. 435 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: Not typing the same thing over and over again sounds 436 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 2: like it, And I agree with you that, like I 437 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 2: don't need like TMO to be like tomorrow. Like that's 438 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 2: not going to help. It's more like, oh, I can 439 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 2: type one word and I have like six paragraphs. Yes, yes, 440 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 2: that's a real, real benefit for sure. Cool. 441 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: So here's one that's also a holiday related again because 442 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: this episode is airing in December, but if you are 443 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: in a Christmas mood at some point other than December, 444 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: which I had a child who was excited about it 445 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: even in July, one thing you can do is get 446 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: old December editions of magazines from the library, right because 447 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: your library has subscriptions and probably dating back many years 448 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: to a number of consumer magazines. And so if you 449 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: are thinking to your I would love a December Better 450 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: Homes and Garden right now, you can go to your 451 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: library and get it. You can actually do a lot 452 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: of magazines and such on the Libby app too, So 453 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: if you find yourself hankering for Christmas content in August, 454 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: you can just look it up, get some holiday magazines, 455 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: and right. 456 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 2: There you are in the mood. I wonder if I 457 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 2: could look up like nineteen nineties editions of sase. Oh, 458 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 2: I'm sure you can. Oh yeah, it would be really fun. Well, 459 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 2: I no, here's the thing. 460 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that all of those would be digitized 461 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: on a library collection. I mean you might have to 462 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: go to a different library somebody would, like in the 463 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: state of Florida. I'm sure there's somebody who has digitized 464 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: someone is archive sass. 465 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 2: Yes, but you might need to be a little bit 466 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 2: more strategic about finding something like that. Yeah, yeah, love 467 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 2: it all right. Here's a like very like I don't 468 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 2: know basic, but I didn't figure it out for a while, 469 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 2: so I'm thrown in there, which is that if I 470 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 2: have a kid that has a sports that are going 471 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 2: a little bit late when we're pleating dinner for everyone, 472 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 2: just plate that kids dinner too and have it already 473 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 2: set as a plate to be heated, versus having to 474 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: like go back in and get it out and get 475 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: the serving spoon again, and blah blah blah. It's way 476 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 2: way faster. I guess. Like the only caveat is if 477 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 2: the kid comes home and is like I don't want that, 478 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 2: which does sometimes happen, then okay, but then you can 479 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: always put it back and then you still would have 480 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 2: had to have gotten out the thing. So I feel 481 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 2: like most of the time you win. But what if 482 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 2: things are different temperatures on the plate, then I would 483 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: just do the heated part and then I would take 484 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 2: the salad or whatever, like the whole part is gotcha, 485 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 2: all right? 486 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, pre prepping plates is good in general. I always 487 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: do that for at least the two younger boys, like 488 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: everyone else, can kind of make their own plates, and 489 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: I trust they won't completely avoid like all fruits and vegetables. 490 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: But Henry needs stuff set out for him and Alex 491 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: has his own personal taste, which you know, I at 492 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: least try to deal with. But what that means is 493 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: I'm individually plating their stuff. 494 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 2: So yeah, big fan of that. All right. Here's something. 495 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: If you need to remember anything in your life, you 496 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: should set an alarm like on your phone, Like if 497 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: something you're like, I'm gonna need to pick somebody up 498 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: at this time, And of course the alarm. 499 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: Isn't specific, like it's just gonna ding. 500 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: But what's gonna happen is you're gonna remember, like, oh, 501 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: I need to do something, and then you will go 502 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: back and figure out what it is you need to do, 503 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: or hopefully you have good notes somewhere, but it will 504 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: jolt you out of what you are doing. You can 505 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: also write things on your hand. I did this in 506 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: school a lot, like if I, you know, was a 507 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: when I was younger, like writing something I absolutely had 508 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: to remember on my hand. But I mean, you do 509 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: look at your hand, right, And so I have done 510 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: this with a kid in sort. 511 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: Of like a low key. 512 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Manner, like if they need to remember to go home 513 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: in the car line instead of the bus, just encouraging 514 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: them to write a CE on their hand like nobody 515 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: else knows what it is. So people aren't looking and 516 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: pointing like why are you writing all over your hand? 517 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: It's just, you know, a little thing, but it nudges 518 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: them to remember, all right, I have like. 519 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 2: A deep one. And then we'll take a break to 520 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: embrace repetition when it works and this is a fine balance. 521 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 2: Laura has talked about how if you repeat things too 522 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: often and lead the monotonous life, it can go too 523 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: fast and then you like blink and you miss it. 524 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,959 Speaker 2: And I get that, and at the same time, there 525 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 2: are certain things where like if you know something works, 526 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: to just like stick with it and make your life easier. 527 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: So I have a few examples of this where I 528 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 2: don't feel it causes the issue, Laura says, but instead 529 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 2: brings me joy because it's like, these are things I'm 530 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 2: repeating because I love them. Number One signature dish. Just 531 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 2: have something you always make for me, It's key lime pie. 532 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: If I'm asked to bring something, if I have time 533 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 2: to make it, I'm making a key line pie. Or 534 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: like wearing scrubs to work and making that executive decision 535 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 2: that I just wear fig scrubs and a Figs jacket 536 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 2: to work and have a color rotation and I don't 537 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: have to think. And then this is maybe a controversial one, 538 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: but I'm really and We've talked about this, but I'm 539 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 2: super into like repeating vacation destinations. If I find a 540 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 2: place I absolutely love like, I'll keep going there. That's good. 541 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: All right, We're going to take a quick ad break 542 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: and then Sarah will end us off with just one 543 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: or two quick more and then we'll go into our question. 544 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 2: All right. Well we are back. 545 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: Sarah and I are in the same closet together in 546 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: my office recording here. 547 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 2: So we've been talking life hacks. 548 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: Sarah, why don't you just do your last two. 549 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 2: To end with that and then we'll go into our 550 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 2: question section. All right. My second to last was to 551 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 2: set the next date. This applies to basically everything doctor's appointments, 552 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 2: book club, check ins with your teacher, a date with 553 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 2: a friend, but really anything that you do that you 554 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 2: want to do again, you might as well at least 555 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: set a tentative next date. If it needs to move, 556 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 2: it needs to move, that's fine, But if it's something 557 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 2: you intend to repeat, it's just so much easier to 558 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:47,959 Speaker 2: already have it on the calendar and then you can 559 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 2: always modify if needed. So highly recommend that. And then finally, 560 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 2: this is a hack that I haven't done. I think 561 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 2: one of our Patreon members mentioned this and I was like, yes, yes, yes, 562 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 2: consider putting socks by the door. If this tends to 563 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 2: be the rate limiting step in getting out the door 564 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 2: in the morning. This is absolutely our rate limiting step 565 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 2: for sometimes all three children and they have to wear 566 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 2: socks to school. They're not allowed to just wear crocs 567 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 2: or sandals, even though climate wise they could. Often my 568 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 2: kids end up wearing their socks in their hand and 569 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 2: they're going in bare feet on a gravel drive. But like, 570 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 2: it is such a problem, and I could put the 571 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 2: socks by the door and I will. Yes, all right, 572 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. 573 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: Just one more quick one for me, which is that 574 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: if you don't want your beverage to order the water 575 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: down in a restaurant, you can always ask for light ice, 576 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: and in your own home you can make ice cubes 577 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: out of other things in order to keep a beverage 578 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: from being watered down. So some people do you know 579 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: ice coffee, though, will freeze coffee in an ice tray 580 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 1: because then you can use that. I've seen people use 581 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: grapes like frozen grapes in wine or something like that. 582 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: But of course you can also buy plastic ice cubes 583 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: that will not melt if you don't want water and 584 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: whatever it. 585 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 2: Is, frozen grapes and wine. 586 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: I love that, yeah, all right, So moving on to 587 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: our question, Sarah, do you have that? 588 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 2: Yes, it is. How do you find planning activities to 589 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 2: be different or teens? I've noticed there isn't as much 590 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 2: urgency because they aren't toddlers bouncing off the walls, and 591 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 2: a lot of things plan themselves because it's a sports schedule, 592 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 2: et cetera, and we all have to follow it. However, 593 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 2: for that downtime between sports seasons or activity seasons, what 594 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: can you plan as a family? What might you suggest? Yeah, 595 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 2: tough question. 596 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: Well, on some level, I think teens don't necessarily always 597 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: want you planning things for them because they will have 598 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: things they want to do with their friends, and friend 599 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: plans tend to happen last minute. So you know, if 600 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: you've planned a family afternoon at whatever, attract the odds 601 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: that one of your teens is like, but Jodie's having 602 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: a get together over there, and I want to go 603 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: to it, Like and you know, are you going to 604 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: have a knockdown, drag out fight that you want them 605 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: to go to the aquarium with you? Like they're not 606 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: going to go to the aquarium with you? Like this 607 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: is just you know, that ship is sailed by the 608 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: time they are mostly adult people. I think concentrating on 609 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: a few sort of bigger, high quality things you can 610 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: do as a family, and that ideally are things that 611 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: they truly want to do as well. So it might 612 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: be going to a concert, it might be going to 613 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: a sports event. 614 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 2: That they are very excited about, a. 615 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: Weekend trip somewhere, and just putting a couple of those 616 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: in a year can help you feel like you still 617 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: have family activities, even if it's not like every Saturday, 618 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: you guys are going to the pumpkin patch together or 619 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: anything along those lines anymore, and then really just being 620 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: attuned to what they enjoy doing as quick activities. Two 621 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: of my kids wind up going to Old Navy shopping 622 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: that they tend to like their clothes, and they're relatively cheap, 623 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: so I don't mind it as a destination to go 624 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: pick up random things. And obviously Starbucks is eternal. You're 625 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: going to Starbucks multiple times per week, I believe at 626 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: this point. 627 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 2: And I don't how teens, but I have an almost teen, 628 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 2: and I feel like the tween years are sort of similar. 629 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 2: But I feel like, don't even discount stuff like going 630 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 2: out to dinner, like, yes, they may be hanging with 631 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 2: their friend or working on a school project or something. 632 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 2: But if they're coming home and then the family's going 633 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 2: out somewhere, then that still counts as time, even though 634 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 2: it wasn't you know, the same kind of outing you 635 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 2: might have had when they were toddler's bouncing off the walls, 636 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 2: and that's okay. This might be a time that they're 637 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 2: doing some social stuff, you get to do some of 638 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 2: your own stuff, and you're still getting it together at 639 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 2: the end. I think family vacations to me are super 640 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 2: important to me for this reason because it's like maybe 641 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: the last vestiges of some protected time, and if you're 642 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 2: going somewhere that they love, then they're excited to do that. 643 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: And then you had also mentioned the idea of sometimes 644 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 2: bringing a friend in. 645 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know, if you're taking you're thinking, like 646 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: take a kid to a movie, like it's not that 647 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: hard to get an extra ticket, and then have the 648 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: kids invite somebody. You know, that's an option for them 649 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: to do, and they'll probably be a lot more excited 650 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: about it if they're bringing a friend. I would also say, 651 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: like as kids get older, sometimes they're gone with dinner stuff, 652 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: if they have late activities or whatever. 653 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 2: But if they are home. 654 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: They become much more pleasant dinner companions when they're not 655 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: throwing food on the floor anymore or you know, running 656 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: up after one minute because they've decided they're done with 657 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,239 Speaker 1: dinner at this point. So I found that, you know, 658 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: we're actually sitting around the table a little bit more, 659 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: my teenagers and I and like a weekday or something 660 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: and just. 661 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 2: Chatting and it's kind of nice. 662 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, I again, it's not like going apple picking 663 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: necessarily or the adventurers who would have planned when they 664 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: were little, but it's still quality time and just being 665 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: open and available to that and noticing when it. 666 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 2: Happens can go a long way. It still counts, It 667 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 2: still counts. It all still counts. 668 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: So I guess love of the week, I mean, I 669 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: don't know, do our life hacks kind of count as that. 670 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 2: I don't know. I'll use the Starbucks mobile apps Starbucks 671 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 2: mobile app as your love of the week. Well, I 672 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 2: love that too. 673 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: I definitely enjoy having that whenever it is, But I 674 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: like recording in person as well. It's so nice to 675 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: be able to do this occasionally. So my love of 676 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: the week is the fact that Sarah's extended family lives 677 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: pretty close to. 678 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 2: Me, because yeah, it's very convenient. It's very convenient. 679 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: We may both be running the Thanksgiving five k at 680 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: the local y. Right, you're running that or you're not 681 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: going to run it. 682 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 2: I'm running that unless it's pouring rain. That's true, that's 683 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 2: part right. I may not dine out what happened? Did 684 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 2: we run it? Did we not? What was Sarah's time? 685 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 2: How many minutes behind her was Laura? Let's not ask 686 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 2: that question? All right? 687 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: Well, this has been best of both worlds. We've been 688 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: talking life hacks this week. We will be back next 689 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: week with more on making work in life fit together. 690 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 691 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 2: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore shoe Box on Instagram, 692 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 2: and you. 693 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: Can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 694 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 2: This has the best of both worlds podcasts. 695 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: Please join us next time for more on making work 696 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: and life work together.