Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to note what you don't miss in
Speaker 1: your life in these pandemic days. If you don't miss something,
Speaker 1: this is a sign that you might be able to
Speaker 1: save some time or money in the future. I co
Speaker 1: host a podcast called Best of Both Worlds, and my
Speaker 1: co host Sarah hart Unger, mentioned on a recent episode
Speaker 1: that she and her husband had, like so many couples,
Speaker 1: stopped doing date nights in March. Restaurants and movie theaters
Speaker 1: were closed. Her occasional babysitters were sheltering in place too.
Speaker 1: But while some people really missed date nights, she said,
Speaker 1: she realized that she just didn't. She assumed that this
Speaker 1: was something that they were puposed to do for their marriage,
Speaker 1: and so they've been dropping well over a hundred dollars
Speaker 1: two to three times per month for a Saturday night
Speaker 1: of babysitting and a really nice dinner out. There turn
Speaker 1: out to be ways to connect as a couple without
Speaker 1: dropping that kind of cash, For instance, sending the kids
Speaker 1: to someone else's house for a few hours and then
Speaker 1: hanging out with her husband at home, so that was
Speaker 1: money that could go straight to the household bottom line.
Speaker 1: Many of us have spent the past few months lamenting
Speaker 1: what we do miss, and trust me, there are a
Speaker 1: lot of things worth missing. I do miss dinners out,
Speaker 1: I don't miss wrestling multiple children into a car by
Speaker 1: a certain time. I dearly miss speaking in front of
Speaker 1: live audiences. But well, I've never liked flying, so I
Speaker 1: don't miss my airport and airplane time. I have a
Speaker 1: gym membership, but I definitely have found ways to work
Speaker 1: out that don't involve going to the gym. I wasn't
Speaker 1: running that many errands in person before, but I'm running
Speaker 1: even fewer now and it's not made my life worse.
Speaker 1: If your life seems fine without something, well, there's no
Speaker 1: real reason to start doing it again When it's possible.
Speaker 1: You don't have to start visiting people that you didn't
Speaker 1: like to visit before. You don't have to restart activities
Speaker 1: that were a hassle. If you don't miss being in
Speaker 1: the office, well, time to negotiate a long term work
Speaker 1: from home arrangement and minimize the commuting time in your life.
Speaker 1: For more about that, you might want to check out
Speaker 1: my other podcast, The New Corner Office. In any case, today,
Speaker 1: spend some time actively thinking about this question, what do
Speaker 1: you not miss? It's actually a little hard to picture
Speaker 1: what we don't miss, because well, life feels perfectly fine
Speaker 1: without it. You've probably just put it out of your mind.
Speaker 1: You might have to look through old calendar entries or
Speaker 1: weekend task lists to get an idea, but note what
Speaker 1: you haven't been missing, and then strategize how to delay
Speaker 1: or chuck these things rings entirely. Your calendar and possibly
Speaker 1: your wallet will feel better for it. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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