WEBVTT - Second Cup: Eliminate a round trip

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that you might be able to spend less

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<v Speaker 1>time in your car by eliminating one round trip from

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<v Speaker 1>your schedule. With a little advanced planning and strategic thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>you can substitute something fun or productive for time spent

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<v Speaker 1>going back and forth. So I hear from many listeners

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<v Speaker 1>that they spend more time in their cars than they

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<v Speaker 1>would like to. Between driving to and from work commitments,

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<v Speaker 1>doing errands, and then maybe taking kids all over the place,

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<v Speaker 1>many of my listeners clock a lot of miles in

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<v Speaker 1>a week. Unfortunately, car time is hard to use well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's often necessary. but not terribly enjoyable. If that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like you, consider this as a challenge. Can you skip

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<v Speaker 1>one round trip this week? If you think of all

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<v Speaker 1>the places you drive, I am guessing you could come

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<v Speaker 1>up with a way to do this. Perhaps you could

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<v Speaker 1>simply opt out of one of the trips. If a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of your driving is shuttling kids, perhaps you and

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<v Speaker 1>another family going to the same place could carpool. You

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<v Speaker 1>might also lean on your partner or anyone else who

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<v Speaker 1>helps you with your kids to take on one of

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<v Speaker 1>the drives. You may also be able to eliminate a

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<v Speaker 1>round trip by moving something that was in person online.

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<v Speaker 1>If you only have one in-person meeting on a given day,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's with someone you see in person frequently, could

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<v Speaker 1>you move that meeting to Zoom or phone or to

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<v Speaker 1>another day so that you could work from home and

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<v Speaker 1>skip the commute If you think a little more strategically,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps you can skip an errand too. I know my

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<v Speaker 1>family goes to the grocery store more often than we

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<v Speaker 1>probably need to because we sometimes forget things. A good

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<v Speaker 1>look at the pantry and thinking through what you will

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<v Speaker 1>eat during the week can eliminate that. You could also

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<v Speaker 1>eliminate a round trip by camping out at a random

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<v Speaker 1>place rather than driving back and forth. Let's say your

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<v Speaker 1>kid has a 90-minute soccer practice that is 10 minutes

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<v Speaker 1>away from your house. You certainly could drive back and

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<v Speaker 1>forth and have the hour at home, but you could

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<v Speaker 1>also wear your running shoes and go for a 45-minute

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<v Speaker 1>run and read for 20 minutes and still watch 25

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of the practice if you stayed there. If there

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<v Speaker 1>is a coffee shop right next to your kid's ballet studio,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it is only a 10-minute drive home, suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>that hour becomes 55 minutes to work on a project,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than a 30-minute stint at home where, amid all

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<v Speaker 1>the distractions, not much gets done. If you cut out

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<v Speaker 1>a round trip, suddenly you have replaced unwanted car time

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<v Speaker 1>with an activity you want more time for in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>And that sounds like a win to me. So this week,

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<v Speaker 1>See if you can eliminate a round trip one way

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<v Speaker 1>or another and find something more satisfying to do with

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<v Speaker 1>your time. If you do, I'd love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You could reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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