WEBVTT - Second Cup: Go with the closer one

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

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to go with the closer one unless

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<v Speaker 1>there is a really good reason to choose something that

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<v Speaker 1>is farther away. Minimizing travel time can make life feel

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more doable. So a new supermarket just opened

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<v Speaker 1>about five minutes from my home. This is quite exciting,

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<v Speaker 1>as the building had been empty for several years before

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<v Speaker 1>the nearest grocery stores were all ten to fifteen minutes away.

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<v Speaker 1>While that doesn't sound like a huge difference, if you

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<v Speaker 1>happen to have forgotten a key ingredient for dinner, it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of is. Someone can zip over to the new

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<v Speaker 1>place and dinner is only delayed by fifteen minutes, not

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<v Speaker 1>half an hour or more. Now, as a frugal person

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<v Speaker 1>who pays attention to this sort of thing, I can

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that this grocery store is not the cheapest

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<v Speaker 1>for everything my family eats, but proximity is worth a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I want there to be a grocery store located near

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<v Speaker 1>me and my neighbors. So unless I know this grocery

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<v Speaker 1>store doesn't have something I want, I tend to do

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<v Speaker 1>my shopping there. In life, proximity in general is.

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<v Speaker 2>Worth a lot. If you track your time, you will

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<v Speaker 2>see that a lot of any given day is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be spent getting from one place to another, to work,

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<v Speaker 2>to your kids' schools, to the grocery store, to kid activities,

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<v Speaker 2>to your house of worship, or to another family member's home.

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<v Speaker 2>The difference between a grocery store that is ten minutes

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<v Speaker 2>away verse five minutes isn't huge. But if you go

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<v Speaker 2>three times a week, that is thirty minutes more spent

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<v Speaker 2>in transit. If your kids take dance classes and one's

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<v Speaker 2>studio is ten minutes away and one is twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes away, if you go twice a week, that is

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<v Speaker 2>an extra hour in the car. That second dance studio

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<v Speaker 2>better be much much better to justify it. So, as

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<v Speaker 2>you are figuring out your life, ask that question, is

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<v Speaker 2>it worth an extra hour in the car per week

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<v Speaker 2>to go to this place? I would argue that for

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<v Speaker 2>a great many things in life, it really isn't. Most

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<v Speaker 2>dance studios will teach a fairly similar introduction to tap

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<v Speaker 2>dance class. If your child shows real promise, then you

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<v Speaker 2>can start looking around for a studio that offers very

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<v Speaker 2>specific things. But in the meantime you can use this

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<v Speaker 2>as a rule of thumb. Go with the closer one.

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<v Speaker 1>Less time spent getting to and from places means more

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<v Speaker 1>time you can actually do things in your life. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this might not be immediately doable, but I'd argue that

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<v Speaker 1>you can also choose to live close to things as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be worth trading off some square footage so

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<v Speaker 1>your commute is twenty minutes instead of thirty five. If

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<v Speaker 1>you commute four days a week, that is a savings

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<v Speaker 1>of two hours per week or one hundred hours per year.

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<v Speaker 1>That is enough time to write a novel or train

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<v Speaker 1>for a half marathon. Living close to things might also

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<v Speaker 1>inspire different behavior. If you are five minutes from your gym,

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<v Speaker 1>you might go when you have a free hour.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Minutes from the closest gym, you are not going to

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<v Speaker 1>go unless you have two hours or more, which might

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<v Speaker 1>be harder to come by during the week. Because we

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<v Speaker 1>live only eight minutes from our church, I can run

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth pretty easily on Sunday mornings if we're

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<v Speaker 1>going in shifts for various different things. If we lived

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<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes or maybe even fifteen minutes away that probably

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't happen. A lot of stuff in life is generally

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<v Speaker 1>good enough. So my local gas station may be slightly

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<v Speaker 1>overcharging me. I am still really happy that there is

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<v Speaker 1>a gas station five minutes from my house, so if

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<v Speaker 1>I am low on gas, it is not a huge

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<v Speaker 1>ordeal to go fill up. When you go with the

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<v Speaker 1>closer one, not only do you save time, the closer

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<v Speaker 1>one is more likely to keep existing, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>a big win in many ways. Meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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