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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to go low maintenance. Spend less time

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Speaker 1: getting ready so you can spend more time on what

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Speaker 1: matters to you now. I know that this podcast has

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Speaker 1: both male and female listeners, and many time issues are

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Speaker 1: the same for everybody. On the margin, though women tend

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Speaker 1: to spend more of the twenty four hours we all

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Speaker 1: have each day getting ready a today's show. A O

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Speaker 1: L survey found that women spend on average nearly an

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Speaker 1: hour a day on their appearance, dealing with longer hair,

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Speaker 1: make up, a wider variety of outfit choices, or maybe

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Speaker 1: nails for people who are into that can add up.

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Speaker 1: I know that a lot of people feel that putting

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Speaker 1: time into these matters is essential for being perceived as professional,

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Speaker 1: but I'd argue that this may not always be the case.

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Speaker 1: With more people working from home, and as we're going

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Speaker 1: fewer places in general, now is the perfect time to

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Speaker 1: experiment with going lower maintenance. You can see how things

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Speaker 1: shake out now. I am pretty low maintenance in general,

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Speaker 1: but I have spent the past few months going even

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Speaker 1: well lower. I realized the other day that I've used

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Speaker 1: my hair dryer and curling iron approximately half a dozen

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Speaker 1: times since March, before the pandemic. I thought that for

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Speaker 1: all video calls I should properly curl my hair, do

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Speaker 1: my full makeup, and so forth. Then I saw that

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Speaker 1: many other people weren't exactly going overboard in this department.

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Speaker 1: I think some men I know didn't shave for the

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Speaker 1: entire month of March, and then once I ran tight

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Speaker 1: on time and didn't do my hair, the video call

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Speaker 1: went fine, and this was pretty liberating. I found that

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Speaker 1: proper lighting also seems to matter more for my coloring

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Speaker 1: than my makeup, so I tend not to worry much

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Speaker 1: about this anymore either. This feeling has now extended into

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Speaker 1: real life too, as we start to go places again.

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Speaker 1: I went to outdoor church with straight hair the other day.

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Speaker 1: I might add that if you have to wear a mask,

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Speaker 1: no one can see half your makeup anyway, so maybe

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Speaker 1: no need to worry about it. In any case, you

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Speaker 1: might not be ready to go to low maintenance, but

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Speaker 1: maybe you can pick one area of you're getting ready

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Speaker 1: routine with which to experiment. When you're getting dressed, consider

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Speaker 1: having a work uniform. If you know you'll wear a

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Speaker 1: pair of black pants and a nice shirt scar for

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Speaker 1: fun necklace, then choosing each outfit takes almost no time.

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Speaker 1: You could have a weekend uniform too, maybe a crew

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Speaker 1: neck sweater, jeans, and slip on sneakers. The fewer choices

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Speaker 1: you have to make, the less time it takes. Lots

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Speaker 1: of women or people with long hair in general, can

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Speaker 1: save time on their hair as well. I realized that

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Speaker 1: my shampoo and conditioner routine could be come just a

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Speaker 1: shampoo routine. Could you let your hair air dry? Experiment

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Speaker 1: with hairstyles that look polished but are quick, like buns

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Speaker 1: or low ponytails. As for makeup, see if you can

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Speaker 1: take out an item or two from the rotation without

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Speaker 1: too huge a change in appearance. Instead of full foundation

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Speaker 1: and powder, maybe just do some under eye concealer. If

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Speaker 1: you're accustomed to getting your nails done, I'd note that

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Speaker 1: absolutely no one is seeing your nails on a zoom call.

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Speaker 1: If it's a bother to you, this could be a

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Speaker 1: great thing to let go now. There are lots of

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Speaker 1: things we have to do in life, but spending an

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Speaker 1: hour a day on our appearance just maybe isn't one

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Speaker 1: of them. Going lower maintenance frees us up to have

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Speaker 1: more time for what brings us joy and meaning, and

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Speaker 1: that looks good to me. So today, ask what parts

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Speaker 1: of your getting ready routine you can experiment with. If

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Speaker 1: you decide that something really matters or is fun for you,

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Speaker 1: then by all means keep it, but challenge yourself to

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Speaker 1: ask what really does matter? There are probably a lot

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Speaker 1: fewer things than you think, especially now. In the meantime.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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