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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to anticipate your upcoming needs so you

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Speaker 1: don't waste money or time. Today's tip comes from the

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Speaker 1: Frugal Girl blog. This blog is full of recipes and

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Speaker 1: tips for frugal living and expressions of gratitude for the

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Speaker 1: blessings of a frugal life. The Frugal Girl blog also

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Speaker 1: has one of the most supportive reader communities on the Internet.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip actually comes from a reader comment. This person

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Speaker 1: wrote that frugality is often about anticipating and preparing for things,

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Speaker 1: which is absolutely true. I would broaden that word frugality

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Speaker 1: to a shuency. When we anticipate things, we are able

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Speaker 1: to spend less time and money. Then if we just

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Speaker 1: deal with our needs in the moment. I am sure

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Speaker 1: we have all had the experience of realizing around six

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Speaker 1: pm that we aren't sure what to eat, and aren't

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Speaker 1: sure we have the groceries to make anything. In any case,

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Speaker 1: deciding what to make and making sure we have the ingredients,

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Speaker 1: and then cooking too seems like too steep a hill

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Speaker 1: to climb, and so we spend fifty dollars or even

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Speaker 1: more getting dinner delivered for the family. Now. I love

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Speaker 1: restaurant meals as much as anyone, and sometimes it is

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Speaker 1: really nice to get sushi delivered as a treat. But

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Speaker 1: it is better when that is a conscious decision and

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Speaker 1: you can look forward to your yummy meal as opposed

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Speaker 1: to doing it just because you didn't think ahead to

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Speaker 1: have something you like readily available. When we do manage

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Speaker 1: to get around to groceries, I'm sure many of us

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Speaker 1: have had to make repeat trips to the store because

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Speaker 1: we didn't think of something. You agreed to bring cookies

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Speaker 1: to a reception on Sunday, but you were so fixated

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Speaker 1: on shopping on Thursday for the stuff you needed Thursday

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Speaker 1: and Friday that you didn't think about Sunday, and so

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Speaker 1: it is back to the store on Saturday or Sunday,

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Speaker 1: maybe when there was something else that would have been

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Speaker 1: more fun to do. Now, long time listeners know that

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Speaker 1: I don't think we need to go overboard with anticipation.

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite phrases is that your future self

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Speaker 1: will not be incompetent if you do need to figure

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Speaker 1: out dinner on Thursday and there is nothing in the fridge.

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Speaker 1: You will do so you probably won't starve, and it's

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Speaker 1: not the end of the world to go back to

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Speaker 1: the store on Sunday if you need to. It would

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Speaker 1: be kind of ridiculous to think through everything you need

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Speaker 1: and say a month, when most of us probably go

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Speaker 1: to the door once or twice a week anyway. But

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Speaker 1: in general, anticipation does save time and money. If someone

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Speaker 1: is invited to a birthday party, you can order the

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Speaker 1: present as soon as you say yes. That way, you

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Speaker 1: don't have to pay for expedited shipping or make a

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Speaker 1: trip to the store. If you're running a business and

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Speaker 1: you think ahead of time about questions a client might ask,

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Speaker 1: or you map out your workflow so you're not doing

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Speaker 1: things last minute, you won't have to pay for employee

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Speaker 1: over time. And sometimes it's just about doing things in

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Speaker 1: the right order. If you think about your Saturday and

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Speaker 1: you know you plan to plant flowers and clean your car,

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Speaker 1: you might want to bring the flowers home from the

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Speaker 1: gardening store before you go vacuum out your car. That way,

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Speaker 1: the dirt on the floor winds up gone rather than lingering.

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Speaker 1: By looking ahead thoughtfully, you can identify anything you might

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Speaker 1: need in advance in order to save yourself some cash

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Speaker 1: and time. Efficiency is about anticipation. Now, it's usually not

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Speaker 1: awful if you don't anticipate, but it does feel good

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Speaker 1: to get it right. So you can give yourself a

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Speaker 1: little pat on the back when you pull the meat

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Speaker 1: out of the freezer at day ahead of time and

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Speaker 1: look forward to the dinner, you know exactly how to

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Speaker 1: make in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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