WEBVTT - Don't do too much the night before

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to not do too much the night before.

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<v Speaker 1>While it is tempting to think that getting as much

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<v Speaker 1>ready as possible the night before is the way to

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<v Speaker 1>have peaceful mornings, I have found that this strategy is

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<v Speaker 1>actually a recipe for feeling like life is no fun

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<v Speaker 1>and not getting enough sleep. Those are downsides to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>no matter what your mornings look like. Every year I

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<v Speaker 1>talked with at least one magazine or website about back

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<v Speaker 1>to school scheduling tips. A usual line of questioning what

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<v Speaker 1>should we do the night before? My answer is usually nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>And mistingly, that answer almost never makes it into the

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<v Speaker 1>article because it goes against a lot of conventional wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me explain my thinking here. No matter how

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<v Speaker 1>much you get ready the night before, you will still

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<v Speaker 1>have to do something in the morning. Most people don't

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<v Speaker 1>sleep in their work clothes. For instance, if you wear makeup, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably don't sleep in your makeup. You are going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to eat breakfast and brush your teeth and

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<v Speaker 1>all that you are going to have to get yourself

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<v Speaker 1>and any other people going with you physically out of

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<v Speaker 1>the house. So when you spend a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>the night before getting ready, what you have succeeded in

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<v Speaker 1>doing is spreading. You're getting ready over the night and

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<v Speaker 1>the morning. To this often means that it actually takes

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<v Speaker 1>more time. Now, perhaps there are reasons for doing this

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<v Speaker 1>spreading in some cases, but if your goal is to

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<v Speaker 1>save time, this strategy will not serve that goal. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>for most people, I recommend looking for ways to make

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<v Speaker 1>the mornings easier rather than just getting ready the night before.

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of laying out outfits, have a rotating set of

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<v Speaker 1>outfits that look great on you. You just put the

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<v Speaker 1>next one on that's in the rotation and you're good

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<v Speaker 1>to go. Instead of making kids lunches, have the kids

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<v Speaker 1>buy hot lunch at school. Believe it or not, some

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<v Speaker 1>research in pure review journals has found that it is

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<v Speaker 1>generally healthier than what kids bring from home, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>also almost always cheaper. Instead of setting out breakfast the

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<v Speaker 1>night before, make really streamlined breakfasts. Kids can make their

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<v Speaker 1>own or hard boil a bunch of eggs on Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>while you are cooking dinner and let this become the centerpiece.

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<v Speaker 1>During the week. Paired with a cheese stick or some

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<v Speaker 1>smoked salmon or toast, and some cut up fruit, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be good to go. Instead of finding kids shoes at

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<v Speaker 1>night and lining them up, have a place where shoes

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<v Speaker 1>go and never let them go anywhere else. That way

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<v Speaker 1>people will be able to grab them on the way

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<v Speaker 1>out the door. The problem with spending time getting ready

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<v Speaker 1>the night before is that it tends to cut into

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<v Speaker 1>leisure time. We put the kids to bed, do our chores,

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<v Speaker 1>get ready for the next day, and then we get

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<v Speaker 1>to our fun. But if the getting ready takes too

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<v Speaker 1>much time, then we don't get to our fun until late,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we stay up later because we still want

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<v Speaker 1>our fun. But the one thing that is guaranteed to

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<v Speaker 1>make a horrible morning is not getting enough sleep. This

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<v Speaker 1>impulse to spend a lot of time getting ready the

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<v Speaker 1>night before turns out to be counterproductive. So instead enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>your use your time at night do something fun. Then

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<v Speaker 1>make your mornings easier by not taking on jobs that

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't be yours and by making your own getting ready

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<v Speaker 1>as streamlined as possible. It is better to get ready

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<v Speaker 1>once than to get ready twice. Getting ready only once

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<v Speaker 1>saves time, whereas getting ready the night before does not.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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