1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: tip is to solve one nagging problem today. Don't let 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: something that is not quite right be a drain on 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: your energy. Tackling just one thing means you'll get it done, 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: and you'll also make your life a little better. I 7 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: am guessing that a lot of us have nagging problems 8 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: that regularly irk us. For instance, for a long time, 9 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: the door on my four year old's bedroom squeaked if 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: I was slipping out after he fell asleep. I worried 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: I was going to wake him or this. To get 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: from our front door to the path to the pool, 13 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: you had to cross a patch of gravel that is 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: fine and choose, but bad with bare feet. That was 15 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: a problem for barefooted kids coming to and from the pool, 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: who sometimes then needed to be carried. I'd realized recently 17 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: that I'd bought my seventeen year old a bunch of 18 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: movie posters years ago, and they were still in the 19 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: mailers they'd come in. I kept getting junk email from 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: some company in a foreign language, and it was not 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: obvious to me which link was the unsubscribed one, so 22 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: I'd just hit delete and punt it forward, getting more 23 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: newsletters the next day. Problems like these don't seem like 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and 25 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: they aren't. But they also aren't that hard to solve. 26 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: With a little time or maybe a little money, most 27 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: of these problems could be solved quite easily. So today, 28 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: pick one nagging problem in your life and solve it. 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: Just one. If you like me, get spam newsletters in 30 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: a language you don't speak, learn the word for unsubscribe 31 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: in that language, and find it in the emails. I 32 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: am guessing you can do this in a minute with Google. 33 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: Two minutes in the can of WD forty that is 34 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: in your garage can eliminate most squeaks. Of course, some 35 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: nagging issues are a little more complicated, but maybe not 36 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: very A handful of planters solve the problem of a 37 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: painful gravel path. A frame store can frame art or pictures, 38 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: and then you or someone you hire can hang those up. 39 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: I'd recommend choosing one of those nagging issues to get 40 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: on today's to do list, or when you next encounter 41 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: the problem in your life, just deal with it instead 42 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: of getting annoyed or resorting to your usual workaround. Now, 43 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: there's no need to bite off more than you can chew. 44 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: You don't have to solve all your nagging problems today. 45 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: You're busy. I know the thought of doing it all 46 00:02:55,520 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: is probably overwhelming, so don't. But solve one problem today 47 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: will for sure remove one sort of friction from your life. 48 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: Then maybe tomorrow or maybe next week, you can solve another. 49 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: New ones will pop up, but in general the direction 50 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: will be right. I'd love to hear what nagging problem 51 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: you solve today. Can you let me know what you choose. 52 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: You can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 53 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 54 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for 55 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, 56 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 57 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcas 58 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: casts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 59 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.