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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 be calendar savvy, whether you have

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Speaker 1: kids or not, looking at the school calendar and just

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Speaker 1: the regular calendar for the upcoming year can help you

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Speaker 1: plan your breaks wisely. Those of my listeners who have

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Speaker 1: school aged kids know that you quickly become beholden to

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Speaker 1: the school calendar. You either want to take your vacations

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Speaker 1: during the school vacations, or else you need to arrange

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Speaker 1: childcare for those random days that wind up off a

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Speaker 1: lot of people just see these days as they appear,

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Speaker 1: or think of them a few weeks ahead of time

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Speaker 1: at most. Oh, yes, spring break has comeing up. What

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Speaker 1: are we going to do about that? But if you

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Speaker 1: take a more holistic and mindful approach, you can enjoy

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Speaker 1: your time far more. I will start with people who

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Speaker 1: don't have school aged children. If a lot of your

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Speaker 1: colleagues do, then it is helpful to look at the

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Speaker 1: calendars for the districts where you live. It is good

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Speaker 1: to know that half your colleagues are going to be

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Speaker 1: requesting a particular week in April. Off you can plan

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Speaker 1: for that and not schedule major deadlines right around then

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Speaker 1: if it is at all possible, if you work closely

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Speaker 1: with someone who has kids closely enough that you need

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Speaker 1: to alternate vacations, you can score major goodwill by offering

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Speaker 1: to take your breaks when kids are in school so

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Speaker 1: your colleagues can get the days that they are off.

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Speaker 1: So your colleagues can get the days that they are off.

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Speaker 1: It is quite possible that your colleagues are not organized

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Speaker 1: enough to think of this for breaks that are far

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Speaker 1: in the future, but if you are, you will quickly

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Speaker 1: become colleague of the year. I would also note that

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Speaker 1: if you want to book something nearby that's in high demand,

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Speaker 1: there's a big difference between booking it when kids are

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Speaker 1: in school and when kids are not in school. You

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Speaker 1: can avoid overpaying by avoiding peak season, And if you

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Speaker 1: don't have to choose the peak season because you aren't

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Speaker 1: beholden to the school calendar, then that is a big

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Speaker 1: win for you. As for people who do have kids

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Speaker 1: in school, make sure the school breaks are on your

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Speaker 1: calendar now, right as school is starting. I mean it

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Speaker 1: all the way to June. In fact, it is quite

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Speaker 1: possible that your district publishes the next year's calendar too.

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Speaker 1: If you happen to see that the winter holiday in

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Speaker 1: Unity two is shorter for some reason, but the winter

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Speaker 1: holiday is longer, then you know to plan the big

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Speaker 1: trip do the short trip. In my case, we've had

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Speaker 1: some years where we want to do something during spring

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Speaker 1: break but don't think about it until well March. But

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Speaker 1: my district always takes the week between Passover and Easter off.

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Speaker 1: Those dates are set on liturgical calendars, perhaps into eternity.

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Speaker 1: As far as I can tell, if I would like

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Speaker 1: to book a particular place for I could figure out

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Speaker 1: the day the reservations come open and get on there.

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Speaker 1: I know exactly when my kids will be off. Knowing

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Speaker 1: the days allows you to seize some opportunities. For instance,

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Speaker 1: I took a trip with my big kids in May

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Speaker 1: because I knew they had a random Tuesday off from school.

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Speaker 1: We could leave afternoon and come back Tuesday night and

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Speaker 1: get a four day trip while only missing one day

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Speaker 1: of school during off peak season. Looking at the calendar

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Speaker 1: can also help you fend off disasters. For instance, you'd

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Speaker 1: hate to realize right when you've got a major work

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Speaker 1: deadline that your kids are all off school. On a

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Speaker 1: random teacher in service day, you will be scrambling, But

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Speaker 1: if you knew that day was coming up, you wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be so today. Look at your school district's calendars, and

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Speaker 1: just look at the calendar in general. Maybe you work

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Speaker 1: with a lot of people who observe a religion that's

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Speaker 1: different from your own. It's just helpful to know when

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Speaker 1: those major holidays might be. My school district closes for

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Speaker 1: the major Jewish holidays, for instance, so I've become well

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Speaker 1: versed with figuring out when Rossia Shana falls every year.

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Speaker 1: That then gives me a little nudge to mention it

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Speaker 1: and send my good wishes to friends who are celebrating.

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Speaker 1: B Calendar savvy and you can seize opportunities and not

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Speaker 1: be caught off guard. In the meantime, This is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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