WEBVTT - Shop like you're packing

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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>As we approach the time of year often dubbed back

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<v Speaker 1>to school shopping season, and as this September magazine's grow

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<v Speaker 1>thick with clothing ads, it can be helpful to shop

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<v Speaker 1>like you are packing for a trip. No, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to bring your rollerboard to the mall. Just make

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<v Speaker 1>purposeful selections and you will be a lot happier with

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<v Speaker 1>your purchases. I know with COVID many of us are

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<v Speaker 1>out of practice with packing and travel, but in general,

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<v Speaker 1>when we pack for trips, we have to make active

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<v Speaker 1>decisions about what to take with us, what will the

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<v Speaker 1>weather be like, what will you be doing, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you need to wear for that, Will you be doing

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<v Speaker 1>laundry or do you want to do laundry? And based

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<v Speaker 1>on the answers of that question, how many serviceable outfits

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<v Speaker 1>do you need? The point is for your bag to

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<v Speaker 1>contain what you will actually use on your trip and

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<v Speaker 1>what will make you feel good and put together on

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<v Speaker 1>your trip, but hopefully not a whole lot else. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a good idea to shop this way too. Whether you

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<v Speaker 1>are shopping for you or for other family members. Think

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<v Speaker 1>about the weather for the season in your particular part

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. What activities will you engage in, what

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<v Speaker 1>places will you go, and what will you want to

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<v Speaker 1>wear For that You might try jotting down some basic

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<v Speaker 1>notes work, relaxing at home, jim out to dinner, church,

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth. Then look at your closet. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have clothes suited to the weather, occasions and places that

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<v Speaker 1>you have identified? Do you have enough of each type

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<v Speaker 1>of clothing to make it between laundry cycles? I know

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<v Speaker 1>my family has been surprised a few years in a

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<v Speaker 1>row on the first cold day when we learned that

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<v Speaker 1>our oldest has no long pants that actually fit whoops.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, your ability to answer these questions assumes an

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<v Speaker 1>organized closet that lets you see all of a certain

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<v Speaker 1>kind of item, say work pants, in one place. If

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<v Speaker 1>that does not describe your closet, consider reorganizing so that

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<v Speaker 1>you can see what you have. You can use this

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<v Speaker 1>occasion to give away anything that doesn't fit or that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't like. Once you can see what you have,

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<v Speaker 1>you can figure out the whole holes in your closet

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<v Speaker 1>or your kids closets and decide what you need. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you could use a new pair of work pants or

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<v Speaker 1>a nice tap to wear when you go out to dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>Make a list of what you need, and now you

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<v Speaker 1>are ready to shop. You can also figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need. When you're packing for a trip to

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<v Speaker 1>the beach. You don't throw in a pair of boots

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<v Speaker 1>just because you like them. Well, at least you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>unless you are looking to pay the airline fees for

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<v Speaker 1>overweight luggage and to not use a bunch of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Every item in your suitcase is supposed to serve a purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a reasonable bet that you will wear each item

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<v Speaker 1>while you are away. That is a good goal for

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<v Speaker 1>a closet too. But when we are shopping, we often

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<v Speaker 1>buy whatever appeals to us, or we indulgence fantasy life

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<v Speaker 1>where we will actually wear those pretty but uncomfortable shoes.

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<v Speaker 1>On some level, that is fine. It is not a

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<v Speaker 1>crime to own an extra shirt or two, and buying

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<v Speaker 1>a beautiful scarf just because it's beautiful can be a pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't forget that you lost your warm gloves last

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<v Speaker 1>year and do need to replace them, or that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't actually have any put together looks for your office

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<v Speaker 1>is new business casual dress code, or that you just

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<v Speaker 1>don't wear silettos, or that you will never be able

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<v Speaker 1>to wear all the blueshift dresses you own, so please

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<v Speaker 1>stop buying new ones until you get rid of the

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<v Speaker 1>old ones. Okay, that last bit of advice is just

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I only ever take one or most two

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<v Speaker 1>of those dresses on a business trip, so that's probably

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<v Speaker 1>all I really need to own in the meantime. Time,

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

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