WEBVTT - Keep what’s working 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to keep what's working. As some places

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<v Speaker 1>begin to reopen in the wake of the coronavirus, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a great time to consider what aspects of this time

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<v Speaker 1>at home have worked for you and your household and

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<v Speaker 1>your colleagues, so you can keep what's working in the

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<v Speaker 1>future when our lives returned to something resembling normal. There's

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<v Speaker 1>been so much loss caused by COVID nineteen and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of loss caused by the response to This is

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<v Speaker 1>a difficult time for so many people. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>do have a little capacity for reflection and planning, I

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<v Speaker 1>encourage you to take a thoughtful look at your life

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<v Speaker 1>and your schedule. Big upheavals present a chance to work

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<v Speaker 1>from something closer to a blank slate. These chances rarely

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<v Speaker 1>present themselves in day to day life, so it's smart

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<v Speaker 1>to use the occasion to keep what's working and chuck

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<v Speaker 1>what isn't. Here's a process for doing this. First, reflect

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<v Speaker 1>on your overall pace of life. What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>about being less tightly scheduled. I'm hearing a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people say that they like having some reprieve from running

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<v Speaker 1>around without the usual ways to fill time. Families are

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<v Speaker 1>doing puzzles or sitting by an outside fire pit into

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<v Speaker 1>the evening. While eventually kids will want to do Little League,

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<v Speaker 1>and there will be birthday parties and work events, you

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<v Speaker 1>may want to set aside some days for just hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out at home. You might also reflect on your life hacks.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of us are doing more childcare and housework

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<v Speaker 1>and meal prep these days with less outside help. How

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<v Speaker 1>are you making it work? Grocery delivery, some pler meals,

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<v Speaker 1>loosening up on screen time restrictions, involving kids and doing

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<v Speaker 1>their own laundry or making their own lunches. All of

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<v Speaker 1>these are options for the future too, so our video

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<v Speaker 1>calls with local and out of town friends and relatives.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I have been doing more of these, even

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<v Speaker 1>with people I didn't see all that often in person before. Somehow,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we could theoretically see each other meant

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<v Speaker 1>that we didn't. A lot of people are rediscovering the

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<v Speaker 1>more proactive approach. Next, reflect on your work hacks. How

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<v Speaker 1>are you getting things done? A lot of individuals and

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<v Speaker 1>companies have realized that remote work does work. Maybe you've

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<v Speaker 1>also found other new truths, such as that shorter and

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<v Speaker 1>less frequent meetings can be just as effective as longer

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<v Speaker 1>schedule clogging ones. No reason not to stick with the

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<v Speaker 1>new format even when you can return to the office now.

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<v Speaker 1>None of this has to be either or. If you

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<v Speaker 1>love family dinner, arrange schedules so that you have family

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<v Speaker 1>meals some dates. Maybe Sunday lunch, Tuesday dinner, and Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>dinner are family times. Even with full schedules, you can

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<v Speaker 1>plan around and look forward to three family meals together

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<v Speaker 1>every week. If you like designating time for focused work

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<v Speaker 1>on your most important priorities for the day, do that.

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<v Speaker 1>If your kids have learned to do laundry, or unload

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<v Speaker 1>the dishwasher, or make their own lunches, there's no reason

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<v Speaker 1>for them to go back to relying on you. At

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<v Speaker 1>this in between moment, envision what you want for the

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<v Speaker 1>new ordinary, Identify what's working for you now, and set

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<v Speaker 1>intentions for maintaining those things. There's a new season ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's make the most of it, drawing on the best

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<v Speaker 1>of our former lives and the best of our current ones.

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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. Yah. Hey everybody,

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