1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: tip is to use the tomorrow test to help you 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: make better decisions. If an option doesn't sound like it 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: would be appealing to you tomorrow, it is probably not 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: going to be appealing for you ever, no matter how 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: far in the future you look. Longtime listeners may have 8 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: heard me recommend using the tomorrow test for evaluating requests. 9 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: When you are presented with a one off social event 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: or a work or volunteer commitment, consider whether you would 11 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: say yes if you would have to do this thing tomorrow. 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: If you would say yes, go for it. If not, 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: consider whether your future self is going to be upset 14 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: with you for saying yes on his or her behalf. Now. 15 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: Of course, you may be thinking that you couldn't do 16 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: it tomorrow because you are busy tomorrow, But your future 17 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: self is going to be busy too. If you wouldn't 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: rearrange your schedule to say yes tomorrow, don't say yes 19 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: for the more distant future either. You can use the 20 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: tomorrow test for longer term professional projects or personal commitments 21 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: as well. If you don't have time in your schedule 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: to start a new project within the next week or so, 23 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: When will you realistically have the time for it. Unless 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: you have a project with a clear ind date coming up, 25 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: you probably don't want to take on a new project 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: unless you have the time and inclination to get started 27 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: on it right away. The same goes for a new 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: book club or softball team. If you can't make it 29 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: to the next choir practice, do you really have the 30 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: time and desire to join the choir at all. Not 31 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: only does the tomorrow test keep us from making commitments 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: we end up regretting, it can save us from bad 33 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: purchases too. When you buy a new item of clothing 34 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: that you love, you usually want to wear it the 35 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: next day, or at least on the next appropriate occasion. 36 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: You may even invent an occasion to wear it. But 37 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: if you don't wear something on the next appropriate occasion, 38 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: it is probably never going to be a favorite. So 39 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: if you are shopping and contemplating buying a new pair 40 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: of shoes, ask yourself, will I wear these tomorrow? If 41 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: the answer is not a resounding yes, they are probably 42 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: not for you. This is equally true for interesting ingredients 43 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: at the grocery store bacon, onion jam or chili crisp 44 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: may seem fun to try, but if you don't plan 45 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: to try them tomorrow, save your money in your pantry 46 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: space for something else. Aspirational ingredients don't make your meals 47 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: special when they never get enjoyed. If a new book 48 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: catches your eye but you wouldn't start reading it tomorrow, 49 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: don't buy it. Put it on your to be read list, 50 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: and you can remind your future self about the book 51 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: and let her decide whether she wants to read it. 52 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: The good news is that in this era of ebooks, 53 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: you will be able to purchase the book immediately as 54 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: soon as you decide you do want to read it, 55 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: so you don't need to add it to the nightstandpile now. 56 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: The tomorrow test knowledge is that we are still going 57 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: to be the same people in the future. I am 58 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: not saying people don't change at all, because they sometimes do, 59 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: but life is not going to be magically less complicated 60 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: at some later date. You won't magically have more energy. 61 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: So when you are making any sort of decision, evaluate 62 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 1: how enthusiastic you would be tomorrow. That is a much 63 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: more accurate representation of future you than anything else. If 64 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: you try the tomorrow test, you can let me know 65 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: how it goes at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 66 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening and 67 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. 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