WEBVTT - Second Cup: Try a Sunday basket

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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 try creating what my friend Lisa

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<v Speaker 1>Woodruffe calls a Sunday basket. We all want to get

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<v Speaker 1>control of our paper and other things that come into

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<v Speaker 1>our lives. The best way to stop dropping balls is

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<v Speaker 1>to set a designated time when you go through everything.

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<v Speaker 1>When you learn to trust that you absolutely will get

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<v Speaker 1>through everything, you can free up a lot of mental energy.

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa Woodruffe, owner of the Organized Three Company an author

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<v Speaker 1>of the new book The Paper Solution, suggests what she

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<v Speaker 1>calls the Sunday basket technique. You collect everything you need

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with during the week in a basket or

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<v Speaker 1>at least some other container, and you set some time

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday to deal with it. This is a wonderfully

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<v Speaker 1>simple idea. Do you remember at some point during the

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<v Speaker 1>week that you need to schedule a dentist appointment for

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<v Speaker 1>yourself for someone else. Write that on a slip of

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<v Speaker 1>paper and stick it in the Sunday basket. Find a

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<v Speaker 1>library book that needs to get returned, stick it in

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<v Speaker 1>the Sunday basket, where you will see it when you

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<v Speaker 1>have your schedule and can find a time to return it.

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<v Speaker 1>Specific bills that aren't on autopilot can go in the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday basket, as can invitations that need to be responded

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<v Speaker 1>to or school forms that need to be filled out. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that requires your attention goes in one spot. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to think about it until the designated time. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>for this to work, you have to trust that you

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<v Speaker 1>will deal with the Sunday basket. No tossing stuff in

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<v Speaker 1>there and then deciding that maybe not this Sunday. Avoiding

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<v Speaker 1>the basket might feel like you are catching a break,

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<v Speaker 1>but handled well, a Sunday basket actually reduces mental load.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to constantly think, Hey, did I respond

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<v Speaker 1>to that invitation? Or did I pay that bill? Or

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<v Speaker 1>am I supposed to make a dentist appointment. Lisa promises

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<v Speaker 1>that once you get the system going, you'll be able

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<v Speaker 1>to get through the Sunday basket relatively quickly. It might

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<v Speaker 1>take a few hours the first time as you catch

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<v Speaker 1>up on everything in your life that you've been dropping,

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<v Speaker 1>but ideally it will be much much shorter in the

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<v Speaker 1>future as you stay current and you'll no longer miss

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<v Speaker 1>bills and deadlines and such. I love this idea. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't personally do a Sunday basket, but I do plan

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<v Speaker 1>my weeks on Fridays, and I require myself to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with all such papers. Then any day really can work, Sunday, Friday, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>But it has to be a day that you stick

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<v Speaker 1>with regularly, and for most people, Sunday turns to be

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good one. If you try a Sunday basket,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear how it goes. You can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Before Breakfast pod cast at i heeart media

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. 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 time. Hey, everybody,

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