Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 2: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 2: tip is that eating takes time, not a lot of time,
Speaker 2: but a non zero amount of time.
Speaker 1: So when you are building your schedule for the day,
Speaker 1: make sure you have some space to eat. If you do,
Speaker 1: my bed is that you will feel better physically and mentally.
Speaker 1: As I have talked with people about their days, I've
Speaker 1: realized that so many folks assume that breakfast and lunch
Speaker 1: don't need to be accounted for in their schedules. We
Speaker 1: understand that showering and getting dressed and putting on makeup,
Speaker 1: if you do that, take some amount of time, and
Speaker 1: in general, we build in time to our morning routines
Speaker 1: to do these things, standing that one cannot truly roll
Speaker 1: out of bed and straight out the door. Eating is
Speaker 1: as much a necessity as showering, more so, really, and
Speaker 1: yet we assume this can simply be done on the
Speaker 1: go are multitasked with something else. People will eat a
Speaker 1: protein bar in the car or while walking to the train.
Speaker 1: They will take the time to go to a Starbucks
Speaker 1: or Chick fil At to grab a breakfast sandwich, but
Speaker 1: then eat it in transit or at their desks. Lunch
Speaker 1: likewise often happens at the desk, or I have heard
Speaker 1: from folks who work at home sometimes it is eaten
Speaker 1: over the sink. So one need not waste the time
Speaker 1: pulling out a plate and then cleaning the plate afterwards,
Speaker 1: to which I have to say, come on, Two things
Speaker 1: are true. One is that eating properly, that is on
Speaker 1: a plate, sitting down and at a pace that doesn't
Speaker 1: give you indigestion, really doesn't take that much more time
Speaker 1: than eating in a distracted manner. And second, you are
Speaker 1: probably not so busy that you can't take the extra
Speaker 1: few minutes to enjoy and appreciate your food. You can
Speaker 1: scramble eggs in a pan in about five minutes and
Speaker 1: then eat them in another five cut up some fruit
Speaker 1: or toast some bread while the eggs are cooking in
Speaker 1: voila our real breakfast for less time than it might
Speaker 1: take you to stop at a fast food place, or
Speaker 1: if you do decide to stop somewhere for breakfast, actually
Speaker 1: sit in the restaurant and eat, or take your breakfast
Speaker 1: to your office and eat it in the breakroom while
Speaker 1: your computer boots up, or eat it on the bench
Speaker 1: outside your office before you go in. You can start
Speaker 1: your day with a moment of calm and an act
Speaker 1: that says I matter. This is a powerful mindset shift,
Speaker 1: and it doesn't take more than a few minutes. Same
Speaker 1: with lunch, even if you work from home, you are
Speaker 1: worth getting a plate dirty. You can also sit down
Speaker 1: or even sit outside for just a few minutes, more
Speaker 1: than it would have taken to scarf something down standing
Speaker 1: up or eating at your computer while half working. You
Speaker 1: can have a true break, even if a short one
Speaker 1: that centers you for the rest of the day. If
Speaker 1: you work in an office, unless you have a really
Speaker 1: good reason, get away from your desk for lunch. Maybe
Speaker 1: that means meeting up with a friend or a colleague
Speaker 1: for a nice lunch out. Or maybe you take your
Speaker 1: packed lunch to a park and eat while soaking in
Speaker 1: the sunshine. Or you can enjoy your lunch in the
Speaker 1: break room while connecting with colleagues or reading a book.
Speaker 1: If you get takeout, don't eat your sandwich on the
Speaker 1: walk back to your office. Find somewhere to sit down.
Speaker 1: This doesn't take zero amount of time, but like anything,
Speaker 1: you can simply account for it. Build your morning routine
Speaker 1: to account for the few minutes it takes to make
Speaker 1: and eat breakfast, or at least eat breakfast if you're
Speaker 1: eating something ready made. Build your meeting schedule to allow
Speaker 1: for at least fifteen to twenty minutes to eat. If
Speaker 1: most of your meetings take an hour, as in nine o'clock,
Speaker 1: ten o'clock and eleven o'clock, schedule morning ones on the
Speaker 1: hour and afternoon ones on the half hour. That is
Speaker 1: twelve thirty, one thirty, and so on, this means you
Speaker 1: have at least half an hour built in. I know
Speaker 1: some people consider it a point of pride to eat
Speaker 1: at their desks, or that they don't even have time
Speaker 1: to eat. Look at how busy I am. I can
Speaker 1: tell you this is a recipe for being starving and
Speaker 1: distracted by two thirty pm and grabbing something sugary that
Speaker 1: won't fuel you for the rest of the day. It
Speaker 1: is penny wise and pound foolish with the minutes. Better
Speaker 1: to eat a real meal, feel less frazzled, and be
Speaker 1: more grounded and purposeful in the meantime. This is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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