1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to not do too much the night before. 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: While it is tempting to think that getting as much 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: ready as possible the night before is the way to 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: have peaceful mornings, I have found that this strategy is 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: actually a recipe for feeling like life is no fun 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: and not getting enough sleep. Those are downsides to avoid 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: no matter what your mornings look like. Every year I 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: talked with at least one magazine or website about back 11 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: to school scheduling tips. A usual line of questioning what 12 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: should we do the night before? My answer is usually nothing, 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: And mistingly, that answer almost never makes it into the 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: article because it goes against a lot of conventional wisdom. 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: So let me explain my thinking here. No matter how 16 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 1: much you get ready the night before, you will still 17 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: have to do something in the morning. Most people don't 18 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: sleep in their work clothes. For instance, if you wear makeup, well, 19 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: you probably don't sleep in your makeup. You are going 20 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: to have to eat breakfast and brush your teeth and 21 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: all that you are going to have to get yourself 22 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: and any other people going with you physically out of 23 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 1: the house. So when you spend a lot of time 24 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: the night before getting ready, what you have succeeded in 25 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: doing is spreading. You're getting ready over the night and 26 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: the morning. To this often means that it actually takes 27 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: more time. Now, perhaps there are reasons for doing this 28 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: spreading in some cases, but if your goal is to 29 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: save time, this strategy will not serve that goal. Instead, 30 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: for most people, I recommend looking for ways to make 31 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: the mornings easier rather than just getting ready the night before. 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: Instead of laying out outfits, have a rotating set of 33 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: outfits that look great on you. You just put the 34 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: next one on that's in the rotation and you're good 35 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: to go. Instead of making kids lunches, have the kids 36 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: buy hot lunch at school. Believe it or not, some 37 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: research in pure review journals has found that it is 38 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: generally healthier than what kids bring from home, and it's 39 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: also almost always cheaper. Instead of setting out breakfast the 40 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: night before, make really streamlined breakfasts. Kids can make their 41 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: own or hard boil a bunch of eggs on Sunday 42 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: while you are cooking dinner and let this become the centerpiece. 43 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: During the week. Paired with a cheese stick or some 44 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: smoked salmon or toast, and some cut up fruit, you'll 45 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: be good to go. Instead of finding kids shoes at 46 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: night and lining them up, have a place where shoes 47 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: go and never let them go anywhere else. That way 48 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: people will be able to grab them on the way 49 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: out the door. The problem with spending time getting ready 50 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: the night before is that it tends to cut into 51 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: leisure time. We put the kids to bed, do our chores, 52 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: get ready for the next day, and then we get 53 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: to our fun. But if the getting ready takes too 54 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: much time, then we don't get to our fun until late, 55 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: and so we stay up later because we still want 56 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: our fun. But the one thing that is guaranteed to 57 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: make a horrible morning is not getting enough sleep. This 58 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: impulse to spend a lot of time getting ready the 59 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: night before turns out to be counterproductive. So instead enjoy 60 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: your use your time at night do something fun. Then 61 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: make your mornings easier by not taking on jobs that 62 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: shouldn't be yours and by making your own getting ready 63 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: as streamlined as possible. It is better to get ready 64 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: once than to get ready twice. Getting ready only once 65 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: saves time, whereas getting ready the night before does not. 66 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 67 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 68 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 69 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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