WEBVTT - One year anniversary: Laura’s favorite tips

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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 is the official one year anniversary of Before Breakfast launch.

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<v Speaker 1>Every weekday morning since March, I've been sharing a productivity

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<v Speaker 1>tip designed to take your day from great to awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So today I'll be sharing a few of my favorite

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<v Speaker 1>tips from the past year. These are tips that I

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<v Speaker 1>use all the time, so I hope they're helpful for you.

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<v Speaker 1>To The first one, plan your weeks on Fridays. We

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<v Speaker 1>all need time to think through our priorities. I take

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<v Speaker 1>a little time on Friday afternoon to think about the

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<v Speaker 1>week ahead. I list my top priorities in three categories, career, really,

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<v Speaker 1>and chips self. Then I think about when those things

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<v Speaker 1>can happen. Simply by doing this, I vastly increase the

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<v Speaker 1>chances that I make space for what matters to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Why Friday afternoon, Well, to be honest, I'm not doing

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<v Speaker 1>much else. Then it's hard to start new projects. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think about what future me should do, and that

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<v Speaker 1>turns what might be wasted time into some of my

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<v Speaker 1>most productive minutes of the week. The second tip is

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<v Speaker 1>also about looking forward, be kind to your future self.

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<v Speaker 1>It is so easy to over commit. When we're asked

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<v Speaker 1>to do something and say October, we either figure it

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<v Speaker 1>will never be October, or our future selves will be

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<v Speaker 1>so organized and productive that will be able to take

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<v Speaker 1>on anything. But sadly, come October we will be the

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<v Speaker 1>same people we have always been, will be just as busy,

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<v Speaker 1>only now we'll also have these other commitments that we

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<v Speaker 1>were lukewarm about squeezed into our calendars. So here's the

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<v Speaker 1>way to avoid this. Whenever you are asked to do

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<v Speaker 1>something in the future, ask yourself if you would do

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<v Speaker 1>it tomorrow? And sure, I know you're busy tomorrow, which

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of the point. But would you be willing

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<v Speaker 1>to move things around or cancel things to fit this

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<v Speaker 1>new thing in? If so, awesome, but if not, best

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<v Speaker 1>to decline. Your future self will thank you. Since I

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<v Speaker 1>started doing this, my future self has been thanking me

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. A third one, give yourself a bedtime.

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<v Speaker 1>Life feels so much more doable when you get enough sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Since most adults can't sleep in frequently, the best way

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep in is to go to bed early, and

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<v Speaker 1>the best way to guarantee that to give yourself a

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<v Speaker 1>bed time. These days, I need a really good reason

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<v Speaker 1>to be up past PM. Now. If there is a

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<v Speaker 1>good reason, awesome, I won't turn into a pumpkin. But

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<v Speaker 1>if not, time to turn in so I'll be functional

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning. A fourth, think before you send. Whenever

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<v Speaker 1>I'm writing an email that I need to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>is right, I fill in the address last. This gives

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<v Speaker 1>me a chance to double check that I'm sending to

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<v Speaker 1>the right person and that the email says what I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it to say. It also gives me a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to pause and ask if the email should be sent

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<v Speaker 1>at all. It's a simple habit that can ward off

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<v Speaker 1>disasters and finally elevate the every day. Sure, I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>big fan of big adventures, but upgrading the little things

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<v Speaker 1>in life can have a huge effect on your happiness.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever you do repeatedly should be as pleasant as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So spring for the good cleaning supplies. I've made sure

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<v Speaker 1>all the hand soaps in my house smell fantastic. Drink

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<v Speaker 1>your coffee out of your favorite mug. Frankly, all your

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<v Speaker 1>mugs should be your favorite mug. There is zero reason

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<v Speaker 1>to drink your morning coffee out of a subpar mug.

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<v Speaker 1>If you bring your lunch to work, bring good silverware.

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<v Speaker 1>It just feels different from eating with a plastic fork.

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<v Speaker 1>I have finally convinced myself to buy the good pens.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharing that tip with listeners inspired me to do these

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<v Speaker 1>things myself. So that's one way that Before Breakfast has

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<v Speaker 1>helped me take my days from great too awesome. I

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<v Speaker 1>very much appreciate the emails listeners send me. Please know

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<v Speaker 1>that I do read all of them and I respond

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<v Speaker 1>to most of them too. I love hearing your tips

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<v Speaker 1>and questions, so please keep sending them in. You can

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<v Speaker 1>reach me at Before Breakfast pot cast at i heeart

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<v Speaker 1>media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening for the past year, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,

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<v Speaker 1>or anything else. Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod that's B the number four,

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<v Speaker 1>then Breakfast p o D. You can also shoot me

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<v Speaker 1>the letters. Thanks so much. I look forward to staying

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