1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to buy an extra if having an 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: extra would make life easier. In a recent episode, we 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: talked about knowing your burn rate. This is the speed 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: at which you use up household items. By knowing how 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: long a gallon of milk, a jar of peanut butter, 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: or a bottle of laundry detergent lasts, you can make 9 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: more efficient shopping trips. Of course, there's more to efficiency 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: than just volume. Sometimes we choose to use or not 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: use things based on how convenient they are. So rather 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: than be penny wise and pound foolish, better to get 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: us spare and make life a little easier. I think 14 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: of this every summer as we load up on sunscreen. Theoretically, 15 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: putting a giant, economy sized bottle in the mud room 16 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: should be fine. That's generally where we exit the house, 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: but not always, and so to increase the chances that 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: people actually wear sunscreen, we buy copious bottles and stash 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: them all over the place by the back door, for instance, 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: to make it easier to go in the back yard 21 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: pool on the back porch in case people got outside 22 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: without seeing the bottle by the back door. In each 23 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: car in case people get where they're going and remember 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: that they need sunscreen, and of course in kid camp 25 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: bags and my purse. I've been doing this with other 26 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: things too. We could get by with fewer booster seats, 27 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: but that would mean that we were always carrying them 28 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: back and forth and hunting for them when we're trying 29 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: to leave. My baby likes white noise while he sleeps. 30 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: He sometimes sleeps in a crib in my bedroom and 31 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: sometimes in his. We'd been moving the white noise machine 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: back and forth. When I realized that this was massive 33 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: headache to engineer with a sleepy, fuzzy baby, I bought 34 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: a second machine. Problem solved. You might do this with 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: favorite items of clothing too. If you find yourself wearing 36 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: something over and over again, go ahead and get a 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: second copy before the company stopped making it. If the 38 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: company has stopped making it, you might be able to 39 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: find a second hand version in good shape through a 40 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: company like thread Up. And if you wear certain items 41 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: of clothing in different places, you might want to buy 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: a spare in that case too, having an extra pair 43 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: of sneakers in your car means you can go for 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: an impromptu walk. Having a fully stocked jim bag at 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: your office means you can work out at lunch. It 46 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: sounds like buying an extra might make life more cluttered, 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: but sometimes the opposite happens. We bought an extra laundry 48 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: hamper to put on the first floor of the house. 49 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: Now people are marginally less inclined to leave dirty laundry 50 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: lying all over the place when they're too lazy carry 51 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: it up to the second floor laundry room. In any case, 52 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: if you find yourself carrying something from room to room 53 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: or car to car, from home to your office, or 54 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: if you're constantly saying, hey, where's the consider buying an 55 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: extra A little bit of money might save you a 56 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: lot of hassle. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks 57 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 58 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 59 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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