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This is Laura.
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Today's tip is that you shouldn't leave without scheduling the next time.
If you need or want to do something again in the future, it is best to get the next date on the books at the time it is easiest to do so.
So I really enjoy getting monthly massages.
No surprise there.
A few years ago, I sprang for the monthly package at Massage Envy, which involves getting one massage a month for a discounted rate.
It's simple enough to call and book, but I often would get busy and wouldn't.
Eventually, I realized that I shouldn't walk out from one massage without booking my next massage.
That increases the chances that I stick with a once a month cadence.
Same with haircuts.
Inevitably I wind up letting longer go between cuts than I want because I haven't booked the next cut.
With a dentist too.
Booking the next visit at your last one increases the odds that you show up every six months.
My daughter sees a specialist at a hospital a few hours from our house and we tend to go once or twice a year.
I have found that I can avoid a lot of phone tree waiting if I just book the next visit.
Anytime I am there.
Now, of course, the problem in the last two examples is that it is hard to know what is going to go on in your life six to 12 months from now.
But having a placeholder will at least remind you that this thing should be there.
If you need to move it, so be it.
By the way, that seems to be some provider's mindset as well.
We got a note recently, as in during October, that an appointment for May would need to be moved.
At that point, that's totally fine.
My schedule isn't that set for May.
If they called to move it a week before, that would be more of a problem.
When something is there, though, it is generally rescheduled instead of it just never happening.
That's all fine for medical appointments, but it's actually a good idea for friend get-togethers too.
Now, the best way to do many social gatherings is just to have a regular cadence.
You and a friend always have lunch on the first Monday of the month, or you run on the last Saturday of the month.
But if you are not doing that, then scheduling your next get-together while you are together means it's more likely to happen and you avoid the need to text back and forth on scheduling.
In general, any back and forth scheduling negotiations done in person, as a conversation, tend to be more pleasant than those done electronically.
When you schedule your next lunch with your friend while you're ending one lunch, then you can look forward to it.
You know you will get together again soon.
And that can make ending of one fun get-together less of a letdown.
I am all for anything that increases happiness.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
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