1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to remember that all but done isn't done. 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor and take that last step. Whenever 5 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: we do a multi step project, it can be tempting 6 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: to bask in the glow of accomplishment a bit prematurely. 7 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: I found myself doing this not long ago with the 8 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: Christmas cards. I had booked a photographer to come take 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: family photos in early November. I made sure we all 10 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: had acceptable outfits. I made sure we got to the 11 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: photo spot. I made sure we all survived the photos shoot. 12 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: I chose photos from the proofs, I uploaded those to 13 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: a photo site, and chose a card template. Once the 14 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: cards actually arrived at the house, I felt like I 15 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: had done all the hard parts. But of course, until 16 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: I signed the cards, stuck them in addressed envelopes, and 17 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: mailed them, I had not actually wished anyone a merry Christmas. 18 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: All but done isn't done. So do yourself the favor 19 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: of figuring out the last few little steps and actually 20 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: doing them when you are thinking about them. Wrap the 21 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: birthday present you bought. Just sticking a bow on the 22 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Amazon box undermines the effort you put in to be 23 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: thoughtful turn in the assignment you went to the trouble 24 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: of finishing, put away the tools from that do it 25 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: yourself repair project. If I write a script and record 26 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: this podcast, but don't actually upload it and send it 27 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: to my producer, then you are never going to hear it. 28 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter that I've done the hard part if 29 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: I don't also do the final part. So don't celebrate 30 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: being finished until you truly are. Now taking that final 31 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: step doesn't mean that everything needs to be perfect. You 32 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: can decide what the standards are for done and decide 33 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: what done means to you. It's good to be realistic here. 34 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: Probably you should settle for something that is doable. I 35 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: saw this with my recent foray into real estate selling. 36 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: We put our house on the market this fall, and 37 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: after some intense decluttering, I was relieved to find that 38 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: we could get our house ready for a showing in 39 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: approximately sixty minutes. Now, I can't get my house immaculate 40 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: in sixty minutes, but it's good enough. People were looking 41 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,399 Speaker 1: to buy my house, not hire me as a housekeeper. 42 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: That said It wouldn't have mattered if we had cleaned 43 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: the house to a shine and then we were still 44 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: hanging out in the house when buyers came through because 45 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: we hadn't gotten to that last step of exiting the premises. 46 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: All but done isn't done, so best to get to done. 47 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: Take that last little step. It often does make a 48 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: big difference in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, 49 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. M 50 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, I'd love to hear from you. 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