WEBVTT - You can be a little busy

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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 that it is okay to be a

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<v Speaker 1>little busier than you might want for a while. Many

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<v Speaker 1>things were put on hold over the last year, and

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<v Speaker 1>there are going to be some months of making up

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<v Speaker 1>for lost time. It's okay things were slow for a

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<v Speaker 1>while and busier now. Eventually they will settle down. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no need to worry about phases looking a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>Several years ago, I was talking with a woman who

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<v Speaker 1>was just back at work after an extended maternity leave,

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<v Speaker 1>well extended for America at least, we're talking eight months

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<v Speaker 1>or so. Work was quite busy as she was getting

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<v Speaker 1>back up to speed, and she worried that she was

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<v Speaker 1>neglecting things at home. I noted that she was probably

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<v Speaker 1>doing just fine, but more importantly, she had just had

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<v Speaker 1>eight months of being completely at home, putting a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of effort into things there. That was a phase. This

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<v Speaker 1>current time was also a phase. They probably balanced each

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<v Speaker 1>other out. She didn't need to view the current business

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<v Speaker 1>at work as either the only metric on which to

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<v Speaker 1>judge herself or as being permanent I am hearing similar

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<v Speaker 1>worries from listeners and readers now about business as many

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the world emerge from pandemic slowness. For a

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<v Speaker 1>year or so, very few events happened. Now people are

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<v Speaker 1>making up for lost time. That trip that got delayed

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<v Speaker 1>a year, Well, the year is up. It's time to

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<v Speaker 1>make it happy and if you don't want to lose

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<v Speaker 1>your deposit. Two summers of weddings are pushed into one,

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<v Speaker 1>plus people want to have get togethers again. It's easy

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<v Speaker 1>to get overwhelmed, but it is also important to remember

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<v Speaker 1>that this likely isn't permanent. Each future summer will feature

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<v Speaker 1>only one summer's worth of weddings. Once those trips are taken,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll be taken. They'll be in the past, so why

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<v Speaker 1>not enjoy them now, even if getting away feels a

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<v Speaker 1>little hard. More importantly, we had a long time of

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<v Speaker 1>being not so busy. That can be followed with a

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<v Speaker 1>time of being a little more busy without everything falling apart.

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<v Speaker 1>On the whole. It all balances each other out. In general,

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<v Speaker 1>we are better off viewing time through a larger lens.

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<v Speaker 1>People get upset about not getting to everything they want

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<v Speaker 1>to do in life. On any given day, but we

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<v Speaker 1>don't live our lives in days. I maintain that anything

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<v Speaker 1>you do three times a week or so is a habit.

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<v Speaker 1>Viewing our lives in terms of weeks or maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>months or years allows us to see how much space

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<v Speaker 1>there is. So don't fret if you feel a little

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<v Speaker 1>busy now. In a few months, much of this will

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<v Speaker 1>settle down and you'll be able to figure out a

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<v Speaker 1>new balance that works for you and your work situation

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<v Speaker 1>and your family. The extra activities now no more defined

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<v Speaker 1>life than the lack of them over the last year.

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<v Speaker 1>To find life. The last thing you want to do

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<v Speaker 1>is cancel things that you really want to do because

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<v Speaker 1>of some perceived worry about how busy things are. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to do them, find a way to

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<v Speaker 1>do them. You had a lot of fellow time in

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<v Speaker 1>the past, and you will have more in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>This is just transition, and it is okay to be

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<v Speaker 1>a little busy during that. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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