Make complete plans, even if they're tentative
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Episodes
Before Breakfast
In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.
Episodes
Make a wardrobe photo file
Make getting dressed easier by taking pictures of what you own See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Run into people
Create occasions for saying hello See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hand out SASEs
Make it easy for people to send you a real letter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Try 2-a-days
Get more activity, and more variety, by exercising twice a day See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Be generous with time
People are a good use of time See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Build in a little social time
Make the most of being in person See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Capture travel memories on the way home
Document your trip while the memories are still fresh See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Work side by side
Body doubling can build relationships and help you focus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Friends don't always come in pairs
Invite couple friends and single friends to the same gatherings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you can't get out of it, get into it
Acting enthusiastic tends to make an experience more fun See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cultivate a Saturday vibe
Feel more relaxed any day of the week See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Give them what they won't give themselves
When somebody has everything, go for whimsy and fun See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Aim to wake before your alarm
How to know you're well-rested See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make a to-love list
Plan out who needs a little extra attention and support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Create occasions for sharing
Generate a surplus that you can spread around See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make an offer
Say what you want to do, so you don't get stuck with what you don't See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You can go a long way in a weekend
Traveling and visiting might not require days off work See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Magic happens in the mushy middle
You have to be there to experience it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Revisit those New Year's resolutions
The year is half over, but you can still achieve your January goals See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Make time for a side hustle
Find time for extra cash without quitting your day job See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Useful, beautiful, inherited, hopeful
Decluttering is easier when you let emotional items stay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How busy people can travel more
Two mindset shifts that make travel a possibility See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make time for your athletic dreams
Even busy people can get faster or stronger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What stories does your home tell?
Make your space feel more meaningful See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make silence meaningful
Let people know when you'll assume the answer is no See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Get out of a slump
A listener asks how to stay motivated when the excitement of a project wears off See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Second Cup: Commute with a friend
Turn wasted time into a highlight of your day See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Don't decide hungry
It's easier to eat a snack than to undo a bad decision See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Once is an emergency
Recurring emergencies suggest a systems problem -- that you might be able to solve See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.