WEBVTT - Second Cup: You can repeat it

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is that novelty can be great, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is not obligatory. When you find something that works, you

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<v Speaker 2>can absolutely repeat it and there is no need to

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<v Speaker 2>feel bad about this at all. So I hear from

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<v Speaker 2>the wordle fans in my life that the puzzles tend

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<v Speaker 2>to be harder when there is a repeated letter. Somehow,

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<v Speaker 2>it is easier to guess a five letter word with

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<v Speaker 2>five different letters than it is to guess a five

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<v Speaker 2>letter word that only contains three or four different letters.

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<v Speaker 2>So ledge is harder to guess than lodge, and sleep

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<v Speaker 2>is harder than slept. Our brains just forget that repetition

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<v Speaker 2>is an option. I've noticed that we can be slow

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<v Speaker 2>to recognize opportunities for repetition in other aspects of life too.

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<v Speaker 2>We feel like we have to do something new every time.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you are racking your brain to come up

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<v Speaker 2>with an option, it's worth considering whether you can just

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<v Speaker 2>do something again. Anytime you take food to someone who

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<v Speaker 2>had a new baby, you can take the same meal.

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<v Speaker 2>You can make the same meals for your own family

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<v Speaker 2>again and again too. You can wear the same outfit

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<v Speaker 2>for every job interview and the same dress for every

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<v Speaker 2>black tie event. If you want a white duvet cover

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<v Speaker 2>in two bedrooms, you don't have to find two different

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<v Speaker 2>douvet covers. Just order two of the same duvet cover,

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<v Speaker 2>one for each. You can use the same basic structure

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<v Speaker 2>for every thank you note and the same fun fact

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<v Speaker 2>every time you have to introduce yourself. We can get

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<v Speaker 2>distracted by arguing about whether anyone can have it all.

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<v Speaker 2>I will leave those questions to you, But what I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell you is that a key strategy for leading

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<v Speaker 2>a full life is to decide where to direct your

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<v Speaker 2>time and energy and where not to. You can free

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<v Speaker 2>up mental energy by deciding that not everything is worth

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<v Speaker 2>the bother. For instance, you can decide that you will

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<v Speaker 2>never spend another moment flipping through cookbooks or meal planning blogs.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are in charge of feeding your family, you

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<v Speaker 2>can decide that every Sunday is salad, every Monday is sandwiches,

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<v Speaker 2>Every Tuesday is tacos, Every Wednesday is pasta. Every Thursday

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<v Speaker 2>is a smorgasboard of whatever is left from the week.

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<v Speaker 2>Every Friday is homemade pizza every Saturday is burgers. Meal

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<v Speaker 2>planning is now checked off your to do list forever,

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<v Speaker 2>and grocery shopping and cooking just got more efficient now.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, if you are inspired to make chicken chili

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<v Speaker 2>or grilled salmon or flank steak one night, that's great,

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<v Speaker 2>go for it. You can also order in or go

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<v Speaker 2>out sometimes to spice things up, but you never have

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<v Speaker 2>to consider what's for dinner again. You can just repeat it.

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<v Speaker 2>You can repeat your clothes as well. All winter long.

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<v Speaker 2>I cycle through a handful of cowl neck sweaters and

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<v Speaker 2>dark washed jeans. If I'm going somewhere that involves business clothes,

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<v Speaker 2>I tend to wear those cowl neck sweaters with dressy

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<v Speaker 2>black pants and heels. It's the same thing. I Am

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<v Speaker 2>never going to get excited about fashion, So I found

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<v Speaker 2>something that looks reasonable on me, and I just wear

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<v Speaker 2>it again and again. Now I am not suggesting that

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<v Speaker 2>you make your life so repetitive that it is boring.

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<v Speaker 2>I am saying that if you don't find it gratifying

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<v Speaker 2>to search for multiple white duvet covers for different rooms,

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<v Speaker 2>or to choose a different outfit for every party, then

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to. You can save your time and

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<v Speaker 2>attention for choices that do matter to you by repeating

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<v Speaker 2>choices that you are not interested in. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 2>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 2>the most of our time.

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