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 today isn't the only day. If you
Speaker 1: have a big, nebulous project you are taking on, whether
Speaker 1: at work or in your personal life, it can feel overwhelming,
Speaker 1: but it probably doesn't have to be finished tomorrow. If
Speaker 1: you spread your tasks over the next few weeks or months,
Speaker 1: or maybe the next year, it might all feel more doable.
Speaker 1: I have been thinking about this topic lately because well,
Speaker 1: I've been a bit behind in a few health screenings. Now.
Speaker 1: In my defense, I spent a lot of time in
Speaker 1: doctor's offices in the course of having five babies. Now
Speaker 1: that that is all done, I've appreciated having a bit
Speaker 1: of time off. But then even the people I had
Speaker 1: been seeing on occasion closed offices or moved, and I
Speaker 1: realized I didn't have a good plan or relationship with
Speaker 1: any providers if I did get sick. So I probably
Speaker 1: needed to get moving on all of that. But getting
Speaker 1: up to date is kind of a process. I needed
Speaker 1: to find a new primary care physician. I actually wound
Speaker 1: up joining a concierge practice that's near me. And that
Speaker 1: came well recommended. I needed to go in for two
Speaker 1: appointments with them, and then I had various other screenings
Speaker 1: that had to happen, a mammogram, a mole check, and
Speaker 1: so on down the list. I am a healthy person,
Speaker 1: but I'm also a busy person who has to take
Speaker 1: five kids to doctor and dentists appointments. And this was
Speaker 1: feeling like a lot. But then I realized, well, if
Speaker 1: I hadn't been to the doctor in a few years,
Speaker 1: I probably didn't have to get to everything tomorrow. If
Speaker 1: I gave myself a few months or even until the
Speaker 1: end of the year, I could probably get to everything,
Speaker 1: and the pace would be a lot more sustainable. So
Speaker 1: it goes for many things. Maybe one of your kids
Speaker 1: has just been diagnosed with a learning challenge. There are
Speaker 1: a lot of things that you know you need to do,
Speaker 1: from finding providers and therapists and maybe investigating different schooling
Speaker 1: options or after school programs or joining resource groups. And
Speaker 1: those are all great ideas, but if you are still
Speaker 1: trying to work and raise your family, including other kids,
Speaker 1: it probably can't all happen tomorrow, and that's okay. You
Speaker 1: can figure out what is most urgent or at least
Speaker 1: needs to happen to make everything else possible, and then
Speaker 1: you can start putting tasks on your to do list
Speaker 1: over the next few weeks. Or maybe you are trying
Speaker 1: to build out an entire new team at work. The
Speaker 1: good news is that if this is in anticipation of
Speaker 1: a project starting next season, then you don't actually have
Speaker 1: to hire everyone tomorrow. You can put the various tasks
Speaker 1: of figuring out what kind of skills you need and
Speaker 1: reading through resumes and doing interviews and so forth over
Speaker 1: the next few weeks and take your time with it.
Speaker 1: You can spend the time necessary to get it right now.
Speaker 1: To be sure, one reason people try to do stuff
Speaker 1: right away is that they worry they will forget or
Speaker 1: lose momentum, and I get that. But if you have
Speaker 1: a good system for putting things on your to do list,
Speaker 1: and you consider your to do list a contract with yourself,
Speaker 1: then you can absolutely put something on your list for
Speaker 1: the future and know that you will do it. You
Speaker 1: keep your word, including to your self, so don't put
Speaker 1: pressure on yourself that doesn't need to be there. Today
Speaker 1: isn't the only day. Tomorrow isn't the only day either.
Speaker 1: Most likely you will have other days, and what feels
Speaker 1: overwhelming right now can be stretched over those other days
Speaker 1: so it feels like something you can actually do in
Speaker 1: the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening
Speaker 1: to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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