1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to stop rolling things over from one 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: week to the next. Either do it or be done 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: with it for good. I know a lot of Before 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: Breakfast listeners make weekly priority lists. This is smart, but 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: many people soon notice something. As one listener recently wrote in, 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: I find that I am transferring some of the same 9 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: priorities over week to week and never doing them, even 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: though I feel very busy. This listener wondered if perhaps 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: this was her indirect way of telling herself that these 12 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: things weren't her real priorities. I think she's made a 13 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: good insight here. Plenty of things sound smart in theory. 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: If we had infinite time and infinite energy, sure we'd 15 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: tackle them. We'd also probably get to them if something 16 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: suddenly made them rise up the priority list. If someone 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: said she'd give you a hundred thousand dollars as soon 18 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: as you finished that book proposal, well I am guessing 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: that you'd get to it. Absent that. When we keep 20 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: rolling stuff over week to week, the most likely explanation 21 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: is that we don't really want to do them. And 22 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: if it isn't something like say your taxes that do 23 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: in fact have to happen, that's fine. Expectations are infinite. 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: Time is finite. We are always choosing, so all we 25 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: can really do is choose. Well. Now, if that gets 26 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: your hackles up, no, I really do want to paint 27 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: my bathroom, even though I've rolled it over for ten weeks. Now, 28 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: then give yourself an ultimatum. Either it happens this week 29 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: or it doesn't happen now. I am sure that this 30 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: week is busy, but come on, life is always busy. 31 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: There will never be a perfect week where all the 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: stars aligned and you will gleefully paint your bathroom without 33 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: a care in the world so absent that you can 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: decide to do it now or decide not to do it, 35 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: And if you choose the latter, well great, there is 36 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: great peace to be achieved. And simply acknowledging that you 37 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: will not be doing something. You aren't going to return 38 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: that email because it truly isn't worth your time. You 39 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: aren't going to reach out to that person your friends 40 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: suggested because you just don't have the capacity to manage 41 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: that new potential relationship. You are not going to research 42 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: archery classes for your kids because they don't really care enough, 43 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: and neither do you. Wise people will have pointed out 44 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: that our calendars really are our priorities. You can say 45 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: something is a priority, but if there is no time 46 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: devoted to it, and then it probably isn't. You can 47 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: do various exercises to find your true priorities, but time 48 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: tracking is probably the best way. When stuff rolls over 49 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: week to week, it most likely just isn't making the cut, 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: so it goes Do it now or don't do it 51 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: that way you'll know for sure. In the meantime, This 52 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the 53 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear 54 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 55 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: or anything else. Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook 56 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod. That's b E the 57 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: number four then breakfast p o D. 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