WEBVTT - Sometimes, buy an extra 

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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 buy an extra if having an

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<v Speaker 1>extra would make life easier. In a recent episode, we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about knowing your burn rate. This is the speed

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<v Speaker 1>at which you use up household items. By knowing how

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<v Speaker 1>long a gallon of milk, a jar of peanut butter,

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<v Speaker 1>or a bottle of laundry detergent lasts, you can make

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<v Speaker 1>more efficient shopping trips. Of course, there's more to efficiency

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<v Speaker 1>than just volume. Sometimes we choose to use or not

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<v Speaker 1>use things based on how convenient they are. So rather

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<v Speaker 1>than be penny wise and pound foolish, better to get

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<v Speaker 1>us spare and make life a little easier. I think

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<v Speaker 1>of this every summer as we load up on sunscreen. Theoretically,

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<v Speaker 1>putting a giant, economy sized bottle in the mud room

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<v Speaker 1>should be fine. That's generally where we exit the house,

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<v Speaker 1>but not always, and so to increase the chances that

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<v Speaker 1>people actually wear sunscreen, we buy copious bottles and stash

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<v Speaker 1>them all over the place by the back door, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>to make it easier to go in the back yard

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<v Speaker 1>pool on the back porch in case people got outside

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<v Speaker 1>without seeing the bottle by the back door. In each

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<v Speaker 1>car in case people get where they're going and remember

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<v Speaker 1>that they need sunscreen, and of course in kid camp

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<v Speaker 1>bags and my purse. I've been doing this with other

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<v Speaker 1>things too. We could get by with fewer booster seats,

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<v Speaker 1>but that would mean that we were always carrying them

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth and hunting for them when we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to leave. My baby likes white noise while he sleeps.

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<v Speaker 1>He sometimes sleeps in a crib in my bedroom and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes in his. We'd been moving the white noise machine

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth. When I realized that this was massive

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<v Speaker 1>headache to engineer with a sleepy, fuzzy baby, I bought

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<v Speaker 1>a second machine. Problem solved. You might do this with

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<v Speaker 1>favorite items of clothing too. If you find yourself wearing

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<v Speaker 1>something over and over again, go ahead and get a

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<v Speaker 1>second copy before the company stopped making it. If the

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<v Speaker 1>company has stopped making it, you might be able to

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<v Speaker 1>find a second hand version in good shape through a

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<v Speaker 1>company like thread Up. And if you wear certain items

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<v Speaker 1>of clothing in different places, you might want to buy

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<v Speaker 1>a spare in that case too, having an extra pair

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<v Speaker 1>of sneakers in your car means you can go for

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<v Speaker 1>an impromptu walk. Having a fully stocked jim bag at

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<v Speaker 1>your office means you can work out at lunch. It

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like buying an extra might make life more cluttered,

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<v Speaker 1>but sometimes the opposite happens. We bought an extra laundry

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<v Speaker 1>hamper to put on the first floor of the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Now people are marginally less inclined to leave dirty laundry

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<v Speaker 1>lying all over the place when they're too lazy carry

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<v Speaker 1>it up to the second floor laundry room. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>if you find yourself carrying something from room to room

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<v Speaker 1>or car to car, from home to your office, or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're constantly saying, hey, where's the consider buying an

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<v Speaker 1>extra A little bit of money might save you a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of hassle. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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