1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that slow progress is still progress. Doing 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: a little bit as fine. As long as you are consistent, 5 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: you will keep moving forward. I am writing this episode 6 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: while surrounded by boxes. My family recently moved to a 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: new house, which was a four day or deal involving 8 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: a packing crew and a moving crew and two trucks. 9 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: I moved some stuff myself and kept out anything we 10 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: would desperately need in the first week. But still, there 11 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: are probably two hundred boxes in this house. Okay, it 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 1: seems overwhelming, But when I was first telling all these 13 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: boxes up, I had a revelation. There are five family 14 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: members here who are fully capable of unpacking boxes. One 15 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: other family member could unpack with help. The baby is 16 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: off the hook. But if there are six of us, 17 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: that is a fair amount of manpower. If each person 18 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: unpacked just one box a day, we would be done 19 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: in thirty three days. That's just about a month. If 20 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: we averaged one point five boxes per day per person, 21 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: we'd be done in just about three weeks. Now, I 22 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: really don't like living in chaos. Or living surrounded by boxes, 23 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: or feeling constantly in transition. But three weeks is really 24 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: not that bad, and that is at a pace of 25 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: one point five boxes per day, that is definitely doable. 26 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: And to be honest, probably not all of those two 27 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: hundred boxes need to be unpacked. If it has labeled 28 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: Christmas stuff, well, it's okay to put that in the 29 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: attic for a few months. The important thing is to 30 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: just keep going. Each day, do another box, gently nudge 31 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: everyone else to do their box. If we all do 32 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: a box a day, we will make it through the 33 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: piles of boxes in a quite reasonable amount of time. 34 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: The situation looks bad now, but by the time this 35 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: episode airs it should be much better. Maybe you are 36 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: facing down something similarly daunting, cleaning out a house ahead 37 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: of downsizing, memorizing hundreds of facts for an exam. The 38 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: best thing you can do is to focus on doing 39 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: just a little bit at a time. If you have 40 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: enough time, then you actually don't have to do much. 41 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: Each day. You can do a little as long as 42 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: you just keep going. Eventually what seems overwhelming will become 43 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: far more manageable. And what is manageable we'll soon be done. 44 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: Now if you will excuse me, I've got another box 45 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: in my kitchen that I need to unpack. In the meantime. 46 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 47 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 48 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 49 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: or anything else. 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