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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to choose your alarm sound. There are plenty

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Speaker 1: of irritating sounds in the world that you can't control,

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Speaker 1: but for those you can best to choose something more pleasant.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people who are intentional about their time

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Speaker 1: use timers to tell them when to wrap up an activity.

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Speaker 1: A timer can be helpful or floyd, letting you know,

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Speaker 1: for instance, that you have spent your allotted thirty minutes

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Speaker 1: for editing a document and now you need to finalize

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Speaker 1: it and submit it. A timer can let you know

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Speaker 1: that you have done a twenty five minute Pomodoro style

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Speaker 1: sprint of work, and you are free to get a

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Speaker 1: cup of coffee if you need one, and even if

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Speaker 1: you are not ten years old, it may be helpful

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Speaker 1: to use a timer to monitor your screen time so

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Speaker 1: you don't spend more time scrolling than you intended. So.

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Speaker 1: I am a big fan of setting alarms. However, many

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Speaker 1: alarm sounds can be quite jarring. Think the shot clock

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Speaker 1: at a basketball game. If you have set an alarm

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Speaker 1: so you can focus on your client until you absolutely

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Speaker 1: have to leave the meeting, a series of annoying beeps

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Speaker 1: might not reinforce your calm vibe. Same with ring tones.

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Speaker 1: There's no reason that a marimba needs to let you

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Speaker 1: know that you have a phone call, unless that is

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Speaker 1: your preference. The good news is that this is entirely

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Speaker 1: within your power to change your phone's default. Alarm is

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Speaker 1: not the only sound out there. There are lots of

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Speaker 1: other sounds that are readily available, including everything from real

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Speaker 1: music to church bells to something that might make you

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Speaker 1: feel like you are in a so ba. Chimes on

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Speaker 1: iPhone is a great choice for providing a gentle sound,

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Speaker 1: but there are lots of options. So the next time

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Speaker 1: you find yourself with a little time on your hands

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Speaker 1: and headphones if you're in a public place, explore the

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Speaker 1: various timers, alarms, and ring tones that your phone offers.

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Speaker 1: Choose ones that fit the moods you are going for. Personally,

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Speaker 1: I like something more soft and relaxed, but this is

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Speaker 1: up to you. And the upside of having something different

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Speaker 1: from lots of other people is that when the phone rings,

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Speaker 1: you do know it is for you or not for you.

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Speaker 1: Yours is not the exact same default sound as everyone

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Speaker 1: else who has the same device. There is a lot

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Speaker 1: in the world we can't control, but some things we can.

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Speaker 1: Your personal soundscape is one of them. So take a

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Speaker 1: moment to actively choose your alarm sound today. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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