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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that there is never a perfect time.
Sometimes people push things forward or decide they can't do something because life is just so hectic right now.
But it won't be less hectic any time in the near future.
If there is something you want to do, you are going to have to do it in the middle of everything else, not when everything else calms down.
So I was recently part of a group that was trying to figure out when to schedule something.
Summer was out because people were gone on vacations.
Then much of September was out because of back-to-school craziness.
Perhaps there was one week or two in September or October that was going to be good, though it wasn't clear, as people mentioned various sports schedules.
And then soon after that, it would be the holidays and, well, we couldn't really schedule things during the holidays, could we?
I had to laugh about the whole process. there is no perfect time.
There is never a moment when nothing out of the ordinary is going on.
I see this delusion all the time when people keep time logs.
When people say they want to spend their time better, I suggest figuring out where the time is going now.
The best way to do that is to track your time for a week.
So people start, but then stop, or figure they can't start for a few weeks because next week is crazy for X, Y, or Z reason.
They want to track a week that shows life in a certain way, just as people are hunting on the calendar for a time when there is nothing else going on.
But there are no typical weeks or perfect times to schedule anything.
Now, I know full well that sometimes people use various bits of busyness as an excuse.
If someone doesn't want to do something, that results in those vague statements of, oh, well, you know, September is so busy.
I guess we're going to have to look forward a little bit.
So here's a little pro tip. If you don't want to do something now, you are never going to want to do it.
There is no point in suggesting people look to the future to schedule a time when you are less busy.
Just give your kind regards and move on.
But the reverse is also true, which is that if you do want to do something, there is not really going to be a better time in some magical future.
You can hunt for a new job during the summer or during the back-to-school craziness or during the holidays.
And if you want a new job, you may as well do just that.
Yes, you can go back to school while your kids are in school.
If you want to start piano lessons, there is no point waiting until your kid's football season is over.
Because there will be something else filling the time after that.
There is no perfect time. Now, that doesn't mean you should schedule that big work meeting on December 25th But it does mean that anything new has to come in the middle of everything else.
Better to just accept that and start moving forward.
In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
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