1
00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720
Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

2
00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,200
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

3
00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,880
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to try creating what my friend Lisa

4
00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,079
Speaker 1: Woodruffe calls a Sunday basket. We all want to get

5
00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,079
Speaker 1: control of our paper and other things that come into

6
00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,280
Speaker 1: our lives. The best way to stop dropping balls is

7
00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,560
Speaker 1: to set a designated time when you go through everything.

8
00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,320
Speaker 1: When you learn to trust that you absolutely will get

9
00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,800
Speaker 1: through everything, you can free up a lot of mental energy.

10
00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,960
Speaker 1: Lisa Woodruffe, owner of the Organized Three Company an author

11
00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,360
Speaker 1: of the new book The Paper Solution, suggests what she

12
00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,840
Speaker 1: calls the Sunday basket technique. You collect everything you need

13
00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,000
Speaker 1: to deal with during the week in a basket or

14
00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,840
Speaker 1: at least some other container, and you set some time

15
00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,880
Speaker 1: on Sunday to deal with it. This is a wonderfully

16
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,520
Speaker 1: simple idea. Do you remember at some point during the

17
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,760
Speaker 1: week that you need to schedule a dentist appointment for

18
00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,640
Speaker 1: yourself for someone else. Write that on a slip of

19
00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,280
Speaker 1: paper and stick it in the Sunday basket. Find a

20
00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,200
Speaker 1: library book that needs to get returned, stick it in

21
00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,040
Speaker 1: the Sunday basket, where you will see it when you

22
00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,280
Speaker 1: have your schedule and can find a time to return it.

23
00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,679
Speaker 1: Specific bills that aren't on autopilot can go in the

24
00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,080
Speaker 1: Sunday basket, as can invitations that need to be responded

25
00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,360
Speaker 1: to or school forms that need to be filled out. Basically,

26
00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:42,280
Speaker 1: anything that requires your attention goes in one spot. You

27
00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,760
Speaker 1: don't have to think about it until the designated time. Now,

28
00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,960
Speaker 1: for this to work, you have to trust that you

29
00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,440
Speaker 1: will deal with the Sunday basket. No tossing stuff in

30
00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,320
Speaker 1: there and then deciding that maybe not this Sunday. Avoiding

31
00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,600
Speaker 1: the basket might feel like you are catching a break,

32
00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,800
Speaker 1: but handled well, a Sunday basket actually reduces mental load.

33
00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,440
Speaker 1: You don't have to constantly think, Hey, did I respond

34
00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,079
Speaker 1: to that invitation? Or did I pay that bill? Or

35
00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,600
Speaker 1: am I supposed to make a dentist appointment. Lisa promises

36
00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,200
Speaker 1: that once you get the system going, you'll be able

37
00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,000
Speaker 1: to get through the Sunday basket relatively quickly. It might

38
00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,000
Speaker 1: take a few hours the first time as you catch

39
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,120
Speaker 1: up on everything in your life that you've been dropping,

40
00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,920
Speaker 1: but ideally it will be much much shorter in the

41
00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,720
Speaker 1: future as you stay current and you'll no longer miss

42
00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,640
Speaker 1: bills and deadlines and such. I love this idea. I

43
00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,440
Speaker 1: don't personally do a Sunday basket, but I do plan

44
00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,399
Speaker 1: my weeks on Fridays, and I require myself to deal

45
00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,120
Speaker 1: with all such papers. Then any day really can work, Sunday, Friday, whatever.

46
00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,040
Speaker 1: But it has to be a day that you stick

47
00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,079
Speaker 1: with regularly, and for most people, Sunday turns to be

48
00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,280
Speaker 1: a pretty good one. If you try a Sunday basket,

49
00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,080
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear how it goes. You can reach

50
00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,680
Speaker 1: me at Before Breakfast pod cast at i heeart media

51
00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:06,880
Speaker 1: dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

52
00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:16,920
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

53
00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,280
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

54
00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,960
Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

55
00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,360
Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod

56
00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,400
Speaker 1: that's b the number four, then Breakfast p o D.

57
00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,120
Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast

58
00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,560
Speaker 1: podcast at i heeart media dot com. That Before Breakfast

59
00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,280
Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much,

60
00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:50,600
Speaker 1: I look forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is

61
00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,840
Speaker 1: a production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts, from

62
00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,840
Speaker 1: my heart Radio, visit the I heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

63
00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:05,000
Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Ain't