Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that today isn't the only day. If you have a big, nebulous project you are taking on, whether at work or in your personal life, it can feel overwhelming, but it probably doesn't have to be finished tomorrow. If you spread your tasks over the next few weeks or months, or maybe the next year, it might all feel more doable.
I have been thinking about this topic lately because well, I've been a bit behind in a few health screenings. Now. In my defense, I spent a lot of time in doctor's offices in the course of having five babies. Now that that is all done, I've appreciated having a bit of time off. But then even the people I had been seeing on occasion closed offices or moved, and I realized I didn't have a good plan or relationship with any providers if I did get sick. So I probably
needed to get moving on all of that. But getting up to date is kind of a process. I needed to find a new primary care physician. I actually wound up joining a concierge practice that's near me. And that came well recommended. I needed to go in for two appointments with them, and then I had various other screenings that had to happen, a mammogram, a mole check, and so on down the list. I am a healthy person, but I'm also a busy person who has to take
five kids to doctor and dentists appointments. And this was feeling like a lot. But then I realized, well, if I hadn't been to the doctor in a few years, I probably didn't have to get to everything tomorrow. If I gave myself a few months or even until the end of the year, I could probably get to everything, and the pace would be a lot more sustainable. So it goes for many things. Maybe one of your kids
has just been diagnosed with a learning challenge. There are a lot of things that you know you need to do, from finding providers and therapists and maybe investigating different schooling options or after school programs or joining resource groups. And those are all great ideas, but if you are still trying to work and raise your family, including other kids,
it probably can't all happen tomorrow, and that's okay. You can figure out what is most urgent or at least needs to happen to make everything else possible, and then you can start putting tasks on your to do list over the next few weeks. Or maybe you are trying to build out an entire new team at work. The good news is that if this is in anticipation of a project starting next season, then you don't actually have
to hire everyone tomorrow. You can put the various tasks of figuring out what kind of skills you need and reading through resumes and doing interviews and so forth over the next few weeks and take your time with it. You can spend the time necessary to get it right now. To be sure, one reason people try to do stuff right away is that they worry they will forget or
lose momentum, and I get that. But if you have a good system for putting things on your to do list, and you consider your to do list a contract with yourself, then you can absolutely put something on your list for the future and know that you will do it. You keep your word, including to your self, so don't put pressure on yourself that doesn't need to be there. Today isn't the only day. Tomorrow isn't the only day either.
Most likely you will have other days, and what feels overwhelming right now can be stretched over those other days so it feels like something you can actually do in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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