WEBVTT - Kits keep you organized

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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 if you often use a set of

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<v Speaker 1>items together, keep them together. These kits can help you

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<v Speaker 1>feel more organized and ready to go on any given project.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip comes from a listener named Carolyn, who heard

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<v Speaker 1>my recent advice that it makes sense to prepare a

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<v Speaker 1>check for mailing right after writing it so things don't

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<v Speaker 1>linger in limbo. Carolyn wrote me that she keeps her

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<v Speaker 1>check book in a little tub with stamps, envelopes, an

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<v Speaker 1>address book, and address labels. She called this her bill

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<v Speaker 1>paying kit. Carolyn also has a makeup kit, a cross

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<v Speaker 1>stitching supplies kit, a kit for her dog's pills that

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<v Speaker 1>also contains a soft treat to hide them in, and

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<v Speaker 1>even a kit to hold the three cereals she combines

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<v Speaker 1>each morning for her breakfast. I love this idea of

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<v Speaker 1>creating kits for things you use together. Some things in

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<v Speaker 1>life serve multiple purposes, but some really don't. And chances

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<v Speaker 1>are if you are putting on concealer, you are also

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<v Speaker 1>putting on your mascara, so it makes sense to store

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<v Speaker 1>them together. And if you ever move to a different

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<v Speaker 1>place to put on your makeup, You'll want to keep

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<v Speaker 1>those things together in the process of moving them. A

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<v Speaker 1>makeup kit serves that purpose. Likewise, if you cross stitch

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<v Speaker 1>like Carolyn, you're always going to use the same supplies

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<v Speaker 1>to gather. But you might want to cross ditch in

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<v Speaker 1>the living room or in your bedroom, or maybe on

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<v Speaker 1>the porch if weather is nice. So it makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>to keep everything together in one movable container. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can think of other kits that would help keep you organized.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I hired a cleaning service, I had a little

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<v Speaker 1>caddy for a toilet brush, cleaning spray, and paper towels

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<v Speaker 1>that I carried around to my various bathrooms. Our dog

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<v Speaker 1>has a little overnight bag with a particular leash and

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<v Speaker 1>his special food that goes with him to the dog

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<v Speaker 1>sitters when he stays there. After a few unfortunate times

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<v Speaker 1>of dashing around the house to find athletic equipment, we

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<v Speaker 1>almost universally store the kid's stuff for each sport in

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<v Speaker 1>its own bag. If something leaves the bag to go

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<v Speaker 1>get washed, it must go back in immediately afterwards. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I am not saying that a bathroom cleaning kit makes

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<v Speaker 1>cleaning the bathrooms any more fun, but it does lower

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<v Speaker 1>the transaction costs of starting the project. That is particularly

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<v Speaker 1>helpful for fun projects that are less likely to happen

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<v Speaker 1>if you do have to do a lot of hunting.

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<v Speaker 1>If working on your cross stitch project involves finding the

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<v Speaker 1>floss in one drawer, a scissors somewhere else, and then

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<v Speaker 1>finding the pattern where you left it upstairs and hauling

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<v Speaker 1>all of this down to the first floor where the

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<v Speaker 1>light is better, you might give up or get distracted

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere in the middle. If everything is all together, the

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<v Speaker 1>fun is much more likely to happen. One last thing

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<v Speaker 1>you might have noticed. I mentioned scissors in that last kit,

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<v Speaker 1>and scissors have plenty of uses, so buy a few pairs,

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<v Speaker 1>keep one somewhere you can grab for lots of things.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you use scissors a lot for a specific project,

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<v Speaker 1>you might want to put it in its own kit.

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<v Speaker 1>The time and frustration you save in hunting will likely

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<v Speaker 1>pay for the extra expense. So what kind of kits

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<v Speaker 1>will you create? I'd love to hear about them. You

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<v Speaker 1>can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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