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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to think about what you'd like less

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Speaker 1: of and more of in your life, and then do

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Speaker 1: what you can to make those adjustments. Today's tip comes

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Speaker 1: from Dr Christine co who I interviewed for Best of

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Speaker 1: Both Worlds, the podcast I co host with Sarah hart Unger.

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Speaker 1: Christine is the co author of the book Minimalist Parenting

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Speaker 1: and one of the hosts of the podcast Edit Your Life.

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Speaker 1: A common thread in Christine's work is helping people streamline

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Speaker 1: their lives with intentionality to make room for what matters.

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Speaker 1: On Best of Both Worlds, Christine recommended editing your life

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Speaker 1: by considering what you'd like less of and what you'd

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Speaker 1: like more of. This is a good idea anytime, but

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Speaker 1: perhaps especially as we re enter semi normal life with

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Speaker 1: the risk of COVID declining in many places, So make

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Speaker 1: these lists. You could fold a piece of paper in

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Speaker 1: half vertically and use the left column for what you'd

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Speaker 1: like less of, in the right side for what you'd

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Speaker 1: like more of. Or you could use a word document

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Speaker 1: or create a table two columns one for less, one

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Speaker 1: for more, then list anything that comes to mind. Chores

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Speaker 1: you'd like less of, hobbies you'd like more of. The

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Speaker 1: experiences or interactions you'd like to increase or decrease. People.

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Speaker 1: You'd like to see more of, or maybe less of.

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Speaker 1: Emotions you'd like to feel more or less often. Anything

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Speaker 1: is fair game. For instance, if you're thinking about what

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Speaker 1: you'd like more and less of relative to pandemic life,

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Speaker 1: you might think more travel, more special dinners out, more

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Speaker 1: play dates, more alone time, and maybe less cooking, less

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Speaker 1: video conferencing and less TV. You can also consider what

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Speaker 1: you'd like more of and less of relative to pre

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Speaker 1: pandemic life. Perhaps, after a year of doing things a

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Speaker 1: little differently, you've decided that you'd like more family dinners

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Speaker 1: at home, or more walks with friends, maybe less work travel.

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Speaker 1: Give yourself plenty of time to generate ideas of what

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Speaker 1: you'd like less of and more of. Sometimes one idea

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Speaker 1: will create a cascade of related ideas. Less unloading the

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Speaker 1: dishwasher might suggest less cooking and more dining out. More

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Speaker 1: get togethers might suggest more hugging and less loneliness. You

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Speaker 1: get the idea as you brainstorm what you'd like more

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Speaker 1: of and what you'd like less of. You don't need

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Speaker 1: to edit yourself or rush, just let the ideas flow.

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Speaker 1: You can decide later which ones you'd actually like to

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Speaker 1: put into action. We have a lot of opportunity to

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Speaker 1: shape our lives, and knowing what you'd like more of

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Speaker 1: and what you'd like less of can help you do

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Speaker 1: that wisely. So what about you? What would you like

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Speaker 1: more of or less of? You can let me know

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Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura Vanderkam dot com. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to

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