Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 2: Today's tip is that novelty can be great, but it
Speaker 2: is not obligatory. When you find something that works, you
Speaker 2: can absolutely repeat it and there is no need to
Speaker 2: feel bad about this at all. So I hear from
Speaker 2: the wordle fans in my life that the puzzles tend
Speaker 2: to be harder when there is a repeated letter. Somehow,
Speaker 2: it is easier to guess a five letter word with
Speaker 2: five different letters than it is to guess a five
Speaker 2: letter word that only contains three or four different letters.
Speaker 2: So ledge is harder to guess than lodge, and sleep
Speaker 2: is harder than slept. Our brains just forget that repetition
Speaker 2: is an option. I've noticed that we can be slow
Speaker 2: to recognize opportunities for repetition in other aspects of life too.
Speaker 2: We feel like we have to do something new every time.
Speaker 2: But when you are racking your brain to come up
Speaker 2: with an option, it's worth considering whether you can just
Speaker 2: do something again. Anytime you take food to someone who
Speaker 2: had a new baby, you can take the same meal.
Speaker 2: You can make the same meals for your own family
Speaker 2: again and again too. You can wear the same outfit
Speaker 2: for every job interview and the same dress for every
Speaker 2: black tie event. If you want a white duvet cover
Speaker 2: in two bedrooms, you don't have to find two different
Speaker 2: douvet covers. Just order two of the same duvet cover,
Speaker 2: one for each true you can use the same basic
Speaker 2: structure for every thank you note and the same fun
Speaker 2: fact every time you have to introduce yourself. We can
Speaker 2: get distracted by arguing about whether anyone can have it all.
Speaker 2: I will leave those questions to you, But what I
Speaker 2: can tell you is that a key strategy for leading
Speaker 2: a full life is to decide where to direct your
Speaker 2: time and energy and where not to. You can free
Speaker 2: up mental energy by deciding that not everything is worth
Speaker 2: the bother. For instance, you can decide that you will
Speaker 2: never spend another moment flipping through cookbooks or meal planning blogs.
Speaker 2: If you are in charge of feeding your family, you
Speaker 2: can decide that every Sunday is salad, Every Monday is sandwiches,
Speaker 2: Every Tuesday is tacos, Every Wednesday is pasta. Every Thursday
Speaker 2: is a smorgasboard of whatever is left from the word.
Speaker 2: Every Friday is homemade pizza every Saturday is burgers. Meal
Speaker 2: planning is now checked off your to do list forever,
Speaker 2: and grocery shopping and cooking just got more efficient now.
Speaker 2: Of course, if you are inspired to make chicken chili
Speaker 2: or grilled salmon or flank steak one night, that's great,
Speaker 2: go for it. You can also order in or go
Speaker 2: out sometimes to spice things up, but you never have
Speaker 2: to consider what's for dinner again. You can just repeat it.
Speaker 2: You can repeat your clothes as well. All winter long.
Speaker 2: I cycle through a handful of cowl neck sweaters and
Speaker 2: dark washed jeans. If I'm going somewhere that involves business clothes,
Speaker 2: I tend to wear those cowl neck sweaters with dressy
Speaker 2: black pants and heels. It's the same thing. I Am
Speaker 2: never going to get excited about fashion, So I found
Speaker 2: something that looks reasonable on me, and I just wear
Speaker 2: it again and again. Now I am not suggesting that
Speaker 2: you make your life so repetitive that it is boring.
Speaker 2: I am saying that if you don't find it gratifying
Speaker 2: to search for multiple white duvet covers for different rooms,
Speaker 2: or to choose a different outfit for every party, then
Speaker 2: you don't have to. You can save your time and
Speaker 2: attention for choices that do matter to you by repeating
Speaker 2: choices that you are not interested in. In the meantime,
Speaker 2: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 2: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
Speaker 2: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much. Should I look forward to staying in touch.
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