WEBVTT - Mark your calendar

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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 mark your calendar. If there is

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<v Speaker 1>something you might potentially want to do in the future,

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<v Speaker 1>write it down for the appropriate date. That vastly increases

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<v Speaker 1>the chances that you think about it when you want

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<v Speaker 1>to think about it. I am sure we have all

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<v Speaker 1>had the experience of thinking about something that would be

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<v Speaker 1>fun and then completely forgetting about it until the time

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<v Speaker 1>has come and gone. Almost every year, I have the

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<v Speaker 1>thought that it would be fun to go to a

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<v Speaker 1>college basketball game, and then next thing I know, it

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<v Speaker 1>is late March, and the reality of March madness is

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<v Speaker 1>that most teams are no law you're playing. My husband

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<v Speaker 1>recently sent me an email titled are that linked to

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<v Speaker 1>a Brad Paisley concert that was in the Philadelphia area

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<v Speaker 1>on an upcoming night. Brad Paisley is one of his

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<v Speaker 1>favorite performers, and I'm sure the tour schedule has been

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<v Speaker 1>available for months, but no one put that date on

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar. And now there are other commitments that would

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<v Speaker 1>be difficult to move. So it goes nothing tragic, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but it does leave you kicking yourself sometimes. So here

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<v Speaker 1>is a better approach. Whenever you come across anything you

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<v Speaker 1>might like to do. Mark your calendar. If you keep

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<v Speaker 1>a paper calendar and don't have it with you, send

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<v Speaker 1>an email to yourself. That will work as long as

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<v Speaker 1>you generally process your primary inbox. In any case, do

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<v Speaker 1>something to make sure you will put it wherever you

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<v Speaker 1>put times. Now, you should be careful to indicate that

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<v Speaker 1>this thing you are marking on the calendar is not

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<v Speaker 1>actually booked unless you actually have tickets or a reservation.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't just put something on your calendar, or you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to find yourself trying to convince the lady at the

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<v Speaker 1>registration desk for that five K that no, really I

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<v Speaker 1>signed up. It's here in my calendar, except you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>sign up, you just wanted to. So put some sign

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<v Speaker 1>that it is in consideration. I use a question mark,

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<v Speaker 1>as in Devin Horse Show. When it's actually booked, I

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<v Speaker 1>put in the confirmation code or cross out the question mark. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>you are not committing yourself to anything. You are just

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<v Speaker 1>noting the option. For most things you don't actually need

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<v Speaker 1>to book months in advance, but this way you know

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<v Speaker 1>that it is a possibility, and so when someone suggests

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<v Speaker 1>something else, are you are weighing another option, you will

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<v Speaker 1>know the opportunity cost. I could go to that banquet,

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<v Speaker 1>but then I won't be able to see that performance.

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<v Speaker 1>I could go hiking that day, but then I'd missed

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<v Speaker 1>the cider festival at the orchard, and you might be

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly fine with that. The entry you have marked on

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<v Speaker 1>your calendar with the question mark is just a suggestion,

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<v Speaker 1>but you want to make an active choice about what

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<v Speaker 1>you are choosing between. Many things are posted quite a

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<v Speaker 1>while in advance, which allows you to put helpful suggestions

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<v Speaker 1>on your calendar far into the future. Now you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to go overboard here, but you might want to

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<v Speaker 1>carve out a time, maybe when you are planning your

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming weeks on Fridays, to add things more systematically. Your

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<v Speaker 1>kids spring break for the last three days of school

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<v Speaker 1>in June next year, because you can bet there will

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<v Speaker 1>be end of your functions that you will wish you

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't scheduled over. As soon as my daughter signed up

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<v Speaker 1>for some rounds of a two week theater camp, I

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<v Speaker 1>noted the last day of each camp session on my calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>I know there will be a performance in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to wind up having to cancel something

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<v Speaker 1>or not see her play just because I didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>this through. For most things, though, you are best off

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<v Speaker 1>doing this whenever you think of it, But do be

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<v Speaker 1>sure to do it when you think of it. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>assume you will think of it again. You might if

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<v Speaker 1>you pass the same poster advertising a concert every time

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<v Speaker 1>you exit your subway station. You are probably going to

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<v Speaker 1>think about that concert tomorrow too, But you never know,

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<v Speaker 1>someone might take down the sign and then you won't

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<v Speaker 1>think of it, and the concert date will come, and

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<v Speaker 1>the concert date will go and you won't be there.

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<v Speaker 1>Far better to mark your calendar. You are just eating

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<v Speaker 1>the option for the future, so your future self well.

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

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our talk. Hey everybody,

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