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844-844-I-Hart. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast

podcast. Today's tip is for when you are facing a task that you don't want to do, but do need to do at some point.

Ask yourself whether you want to do the task now or later. You may wind up less likely to put the

task off. We have to do a lot of things in life that aren't especially appealing, filling out a kid's camp form,

unloading the dishwasher, cleaning the inside of the refrigerator, following up about the health insurance reimbursement that still hasn't been processed.

I am guessing that you don't want to do any of those tasks.

But if you have to do them, then the question of whether you want to do them isn't particularly

helpful.

So, better to change the question.

Don't ask yourself, do I want to fill out this camp form or do I want to call the health

insurance company again?

Of course the answer is going to be no.

But if you instead ask yourself, do I want to fill out this camp form now or later?

Or would I like to call the health insurance company today or tomorrow?

You might find it a little easier to choose now.

After all, if you are headed to the beach tomorrow,

you don't want to take the camp form that is due in three days with you.

You'd probably rather empty the dishwasher in the morning than at night

while you're dealing with the dinner dishes that have piled up because

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