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 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to pick some low hanging fruit in 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: your life. Treat yourself to one easy win, and you 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: will feel like you can tackle anything. In an earlier 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: episode this week, I talked about the decluttering wisdom of 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: tackling one spot. Getting rid of all the junk is impossible, 8 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: but you can probably clean out one drawer. When we 9 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: do this, we feel excited rather than defeated. Seeking out 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: an easy win works on the same principle. Making progress 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: on big goals can be hard, but not all the 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: steps are equally hard. There's no reason not to pick 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: the low hanging fruit if you can. I was thinking 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: of this recently when my laptop informed me that I 15 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: would need to free up some storage space. Now, this 16 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: seems like it would be a big task, which would 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: involve going through old files and photos and making hard 18 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: choices about what to keep. Then I looked and realized 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,279 Speaker 1: that a single hour long video file that I didn't 20 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: need was consuming more space than pretty much all of 21 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: my documents combined. The video file was gone in a second. 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: Now I am not saying that I don't need to 23 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: do some file purging. I probably do, but picking that 24 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: low hanging fruit bought me time. You can probably think 25 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: of all sorts of situations where you can pick some 26 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: low hanging fruit. Getting out of debt can be a 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: long and difficult process, for sure, but maybe you can 28 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: buy yourself some breathing room by transferring a high interest 29 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: debt to a credit card with a very low introductory rate. 30 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: If nobody's going much of anywhere, selling an unused vehicle 31 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: is fairly low hanging fruit. On the wealth building side, 32 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: setting up enough of an automatic transfer to your furrow 33 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: one K to get a company match is incredibly low 34 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: hanging fruit free money. It's hard to get lower hanging 35 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: than that. Decluttering can be hard, but dumping broken stuff 36 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: and trash isn't sweep through a room with a garbage bag, 37 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: and it will automatically look better without any tough decisions. 38 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: If you've made a pile of donations, taking two minutes 39 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: to set up a pickup with an organization like Green 40 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: Drop can make it very easy to get rid of it. 41 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: It will all be gone low hanging fruit. If you 42 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: are trying to eat healthier, you can literally grab low 43 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: hanging fruit by putting a fruit bowl on your counter 44 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: and by not buying your particular brand of tempting junk 45 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: snacks at the supermarket. M overhauling your health as a 46 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: long term project, but improving the quality of your snacks 47 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: is pretty easy in terms of freeing up time. Here's 48 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: an idea for low hanging fruit. Go hide your phone 49 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: after eight pm and unplug the TV. You will suddenly 50 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: feel like the evening is endless. In life, we often 51 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: dream up big goals and aspirations, and that's great, but 52 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: something like becoming financially independent is going to take a 53 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: long time. Keep aiming there, for sure. But in the meantime, 54 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: canceling a ten dollar a month subscription that you don't 55 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: use will free up a year in low hanging fruit. 56 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: It's not a fortune, but it's something, and something tends 57 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: to be smart in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks 58 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Yeah, hey, everybody, 59 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. 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