WEBVTT - A watched pot never boils

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to make the most of the time you

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<v Speaker 1>spend waiting in the kitchen. Some of us wind up

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<v Speaker 1>spending a lot of time in our kitchens for one

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<v Speaker 1>reason or another. Rather than just losing this time, we

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<v Speaker 1>may as well repurpose it for something more meaningful. So

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<v Speaker 1>I personally find myself standing around in my kitchen a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of this is while I am cooking a meal,

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<v Speaker 1>heating water to boil rice, or waiting to get the

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<v Speaker 1>kid's pizza out of the oven. My kids' school schedules

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<v Speaker 1>this past year has meant that I spend a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time in the morning talking with various kids while

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<v Speaker 1>they eat their breakfasts, and I also spend a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes in between breakfast shifts waiting for the next kid

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<v Speaker 1>to show up in the kitchen. If you also find

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<v Speaker 1>yourself spending a lot of time waiting in your kitchen,

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<v Speaker 1>you may have noticed what it is easiest to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Spend this time scrolling around on your phone or perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>mindlessly watching TV. And while there is nothing wrong with that,

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<v Speaker 1>as the saying goes. A watched pot never boils. Rather

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<v Speaker 1>than waiting and watching, better to do something more interesting

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<v Speaker 1>while you wait. Personally, my favorite idea is to have

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<v Speaker 1>a little designated kitchen reading. I have certain blogs that

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<v Speaker 1>I always read in the morning in between kid shifts.

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<v Speaker 1>During a longer shift, I sometimes read my ten pages

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<v Speaker 1>of Jane Austen as part of this year's Year Life

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<v Speaker 1>Reading project. You too, might try to come up with

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<v Speaker 1>something specific that you read while you are waiting in

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<v Speaker 1>the kitchen. Maybe it is poetry. Most poems are reasonably short,

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<v Speaker 1>so you could get through one or two while you

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<v Speaker 1>are waiting to make your coffee. If you have got

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<v Speaker 1>ambitions to read something big, like the whole Bible, I

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<v Speaker 1>would point out that it is subdivided into short chapters

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<v Speaker 1>and often even shorter sections of a few verses. You

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<v Speaker 1>could definitely read that over a year or two of

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<v Speaker 1>daily minutes waiting for water to boil. Of course, you

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<v Speaker 1>could go lowbrow too. Why not get a few magazine

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<v Speaker 1>subscriptions and specifically keep them in the kitchen. You can

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<v Speaker 1>read a short article during those last three minutes before

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<v Speaker 1>the cookies might be done. You can do actual kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>as well those of us who have worked in restaurants

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<v Speaker 1>know that it is often wise to use some downtime

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<v Speaker 1>to prep for the inevitable lunch or dinner rush. You

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<v Speaker 1>could cut up tonight's veggies while waiting for your coffee

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<v Speaker 1>to perkolate. You could move tomorrow's meat to the fridge

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<v Speaker 1>so it can thaw. You can empty the dishwasher or

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<v Speaker 1>move the recycling outside. You could also survey what is

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<v Speaker 1>in the pantry or the fridge so your next shopping

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<v Speaker 1>list better reflects reality. Most of us are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be more active these days, and strength and stability training

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<v Speaker 1>always seem hard to squeeze in. But if you have

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<v Speaker 1>got a few minutes in the kitchen, maybe you can

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<v Speaker 1>do a few squats or a few pushups, stretch or

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<v Speaker 1>do a yoga pose. You could meditate, breathe deeply, or prey.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people ruggle to make time for relationships

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<v Speaker 1>with friends and family outside their household. If that is you,

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<v Speaker 1>you could use waiting time to send a quick text

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<v Speaker 1>to a loved one or friend. I personally find it

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<v Speaker 1>satisfying to suddenly schedule a lunch or a walk that

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<v Speaker 1>I am now looking forward to, just because I was

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<v Speaker 1>bored in the kitchen and decided to reach out to someone.

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<v Speaker 1>When you do something meaningful while you are waiting, you

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<v Speaker 1>will be less impatient and you will claim a little

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<v Speaker 1>extra time for something important to you. When we are

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<v Speaker 1>positive and mindful about even small chunks of time, we

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<v Speaker 1>shape how we fill our days and how we feel

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<v Speaker 1>about them in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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

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