Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that peace of mind is priceless. If a
Speaker 1: small bit of money would buy you lots of peace
Speaker 1: of mind, then that just might be money well spent.
Speaker 1: So the week before I wrote this, I knew I
Speaker 1: was going to be interviewed for a podcast I had
Speaker 1: wanted to be on. I also found out that the
Speaker 1: tree tremmers had chosen that day to show up by
Speaker 1: our house. The gutter guys chose that day to come clean.
Speaker 1: Plus there were stonemasons and painters working outside. All of
Speaker 1: those people can make a lot of noise. So I
Speaker 1: decided to rent a temporary office for a few hours
Speaker 1: that I could use, and I didn't actually wind up
Speaker 1: needing the office. My little zoom room was quiet enough
Speaker 1: to block everyone out, but knowing that the office was
Speaker 1: available if someone wound up using a chainsaw two feet
Speaker 1: from my window was worth the small price I paid.
Speaker 1: I am sure that you too have had situations in
Speaker 1: life that would make you anxious. Your regular babysitter gets
Speaker 1: a jury summons and they probably won't need her, but
Speaker 1: they might on a day when you have a big presentation,
Speaker 1: or maybe it's travel. I was once in Chicago trying
Speaker 1: to get to the East Coast for one of my
Speaker 1: kid's birthday parties, and I could see that the flights
Speaker 1: were being canceled left and right. Mine wasn't canceled yet,
Speaker 1: but perhaps it was only a matter of time. But
Speaker 1: I could see that one of the budget airlines was
Speaker 1: flying my route first thing. The next morning, I went
Speaker 1: ahead and bought the ticket, and sure enough my flight
Speaker 1: was canceled. So I was glad I had booked the
Speaker 1: new flight, because my original airline rescheduled me for two
Speaker 1: days later. That wasn't going to work if I wanted
Speaker 1: to make the party, which by the way, I did.
Speaker 1: In the babysitter example, you might hire a backup sitter,
Speaker 1: someone who agrees not to book anything that day in
Speaker 1: exchange for a few guaranteed hours. Then if your normal
Speaker 1: child care doesn't pan out, you know you have a
Speaker 1: backup peace of mind. I did this with a party
Speaker 1: recently too. I put in an order for fried chicken
Speaker 1: at a place that was new to me. I hoped
Speaker 1: it would work out, but just in case it didn't,
Speaker 1: I had enough hot dogs and shrimp for everyone too,
Speaker 1: as it is the chicken cane and we just put
Speaker 1: the extra hot dogs in the freezer for next time.
Speaker 1: All good. In any case, if you have a situation
Speaker 1: coming up where it is very important that something go right,
Speaker 1: ask yourself what could go wrong? Could a little extra
Speaker 1: money create a situation where you have an automatic backup?
Speaker 1: Would that easier worries? Sometimes that can't happen and you
Speaker 1: have to hope that all goes well. But many times
Speaker 1: it is possible to create a backup plan if you
Speaker 1: are willing to invest some resources in it. So consider
Speaker 1: this episode your reminder that money is a tool. If
Speaker 1: it can buy you peace of mind for a price
Speaker 1: that won't break the bank, then that might be a
Speaker 1: good idea. You will sleep easier and when you know
Speaker 1: what you will do when things go wrong, they often
Speaker 1: wind up going very right. In the meantime, This is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.
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