1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to mark your calendar. If there is 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: something you might potentially want to do in the future, 5 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: write it down for the appropriate date. That vastly increases 6 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: the chances that you think about it when you want 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: to think about it. I am sure we have all 8 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: had the experience of thinking about something that would be 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: fun and then completely forgetting about it until the time 10 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: has come and gone. Almost every year, I have the 11 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: thought that it would be fun to go to a 12 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: college basketball game, and then next thing I know, it 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: is late March, and the reality of March madness is 14 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: that most teams are no law you're playing. My husband 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: recently sent me an email titled are that linked to 16 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: a Brad Paisley concert that was in the Philadelphia area 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: on an upcoming night. Brad Paisley is one of his 18 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: favorite performers, and I'm sure the tour schedule has been 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: available for months, but no one put that date on 20 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: the calendar. And now there are other commitments that would 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: be difficult to move. So it goes nothing tragic, of course, 22 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: but it does leave you kicking yourself sometimes. So here 23 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: is a better approach. Whenever you come across anything you 24 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: might like to do. Mark your calendar. If you keep 25 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: a paper calendar and don't have it with you, send 26 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: an email to yourself. That will work as long as 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: you generally process your primary inbox. In any case, do 28 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: something to make sure you will put it wherever you 29 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: put times. Now, you should be careful to indicate that 30 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: this thing you are marking on the calendar is not 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: actually booked unless you actually have tickets or a reservation. 32 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: Don't just put something on your calendar, or you're going 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: to find yourself trying to convince the lady at the 34 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: registration desk for that five K that no, really I 35 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: signed up. It's here in my calendar, except you didn't 36 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: sign up, you just wanted to. So put some sign 37 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: that it is in consideration. I use a question mark, 38 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: as in Devin Horse Show. When it's actually booked, I 39 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: put in the confirmation code or cross out the question mark. Anyway, 40 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: you are not committing yourself to anything. You are just 41 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: noting the option. For most things you don't actually need 42 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: to book months in advance, but this way you know 43 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: that it is a possibility, and so when someone suggests 44 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: something else, are you are weighing another option, you will 45 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: know the opportunity cost. I could go to that banquet, 46 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: but then I won't be able to see that performance. 47 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: I could go hiking that day, but then I'd missed 48 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: the cider festival at the orchard, and you might be 49 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: perfectly fine with that. The entry you have marked on 50 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: your calendar with the question mark is just a suggestion, 51 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: but you want to make an active choice about what 52 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: you are choosing between. Many things are posted quite a 53 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: while in advance, which allows you to put helpful suggestions 54 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: on your calendar far into the future. Now you don't 55 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: have to go overboard here, but you might want to 56 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: carve out a time, maybe when you are planning your 57 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 1: upcoming weeks on Fridays, to add things more systematically. Your 58 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: kids spring break for the last three days of school 59 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: in June next year, because you can bet there will 60 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: be end of your functions that you will wish you 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: hadn't scheduled over. As soon as my daughter signed up 62 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: for some rounds of a two week theater camp, I 63 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: noted the last day of each camp session on my calendar. 64 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: I know there will be a performance in the afternoon. 65 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to wind up having to cancel something 66 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: or not see her play just because I didn't think 67 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: this through. For most things, though, you are best off 68 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: doing this whenever you think of it, But do be 69 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: sure to do it when you think of it. Don't 70 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: assume you will think of it again. You might if 71 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: you pass the same poster advertising a concert every time 72 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: you exit your subway station. You are probably going to 73 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: think about that concert tomorrow too, But you never know, 74 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: someone might take down the sign and then you won't 75 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: think of it, and the concert date will come, and 76 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: the concert date will go and you won't be there. 77 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: Far better to mark your calendar. You are just eating 78 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: the option for the future, so your future self well. 79 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: Thank you. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, 80 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our talk. 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