Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that sometimes you need a spare tire
Speaker 1: for moments when you can't solve a problem in a
Speaker 1: lasting way. It can be helpful to go for a
Speaker 1: temporary fix while you figure out a longer term solution.
Speaker 1: Like a lot of Before Breakfast listeners, my preference is
Speaker 1: to get things right the first time, whether it's choosing
Speaker 1: a home that can be a forever home, accepting a job,
Speaker 1: or making a hire that will be a lasting good fit,
Speaker 1: or even just buying a winter coat. I want to
Speaker 1: make a decision that I will be happy with for
Speaker 1: the long term. I don't want to spend time and
Speaker 1: money trying to get right what I got wrong. We're
Speaker 1: not quite right on the first try. Sometimes, though, you
Speaker 1: can't find a great, lasting solution immediately, but you do
Speaker 1: need some sort of solution. That's when you need a
Speaker 1: metaphorical spare tire, like the doughnut tire you may have
Speaker 1: on hand in your car's trunk that can get you
Speaker 1: to a mechanic in the event of a flat. A
Speaker 1: metaphorical spare tire will tide you over until you can
Speaker 1: find a more lasting solution. When you are moving to
Speaker 1: a new city, for instance, but you can't find the
Speaker 1: right home to buy immediately, it can be wise to
Speaker 1: rent for a while instead of buying a home you
Speaker 1: are not excited about. While renting, you can learn about
Speaker 1: the city and figure out what neighborhood would be convenient
Speaker 1: and appealing while you wait for the right house to
Speaker 1: come on the market. If you can't find the right
Speaker 1: person for an important role on your team, hiring a
Speaker 1: temp while you look can help you keep things running
Speaker 1: and take some of the immediate pressure off. The same
Speaker 1: is true and reverse if you are job hunting but
Speaker 1: not finding a position that seems quite right. Taking a
Speaker 1: temporary job or finding contract work will provide income, and
Speaker 1: that will enable you to keep looking with a more
Speaker 1: expansive mindset. If you are between sizes or losing baby
Speaker 1: weight and want to delay updating your wardrobe until your
Speaker 1: size stabilizes, it can be helpful to buy a few
Speaker 1: budget friendly staples for your wardrobe. In the meantime, you
Speaker 1: deserve to look great, even if you don't plan to
Speaker 1: be a particular size for long. When we welcomed our
Speaker 1: fifth child almost three years ago. There wasn't an obvious
Speaker 1: place for him to sleep in our old house to
Speaker 1: free up a bedroom. There were theoretical combinations of various
Speaker 1: siblings that might have worked, but in reality none were optimal.
Speaker 1: So the baby ended up in my closet while I
Speaker 1: figured out what to do. I even put a comfortable
Speaker 1: chair in there so I didn't need to sit on
Speaker 1: the floor in the middle of the night while feeding him.
Speaker 1: Was it an ideal solution, No, but it was workable
Speaker 1: for a while and kept us from having to do
Speaker 1: something quickly like buying a house or building an addition
Speaker 1: that might not have been ideal anyway, Using the closet
Speaker 1: as a temporary bedroom meant we could take the time
Speaker 1: we needed to buy and renovate our current house. Now
Speaker 1: everyone sleeps in a real room, designed just for them.
Speaker 1: That is the ultimate goal, finding a great long term solution.
Speaker 1: But a great long term solution innocent, always immediately available
Speaker 1: when it is not your spare tire solution can allow
Speaker 1: you to survey the landscape and make a rational choice
Speaker 1: without tight time pressure. Many people do not make great
Speaker 1: decisions under pressure, so we'removing That pressure opens up a
Speaker 1: lot more possibility. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening and here's to making the moost of our time.
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