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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to check the news once per day.

While this is wise for productivity at any point,

it is particularly important during times of widespread anxiety.

I normally tape before breakfast episodes a few weeks ahead.

That helps me cope with unexpected disruptions to life and expected events too, like my fifth child's

arrival in late December.

We certainly have had more than a few unexpected disruptions now, with my kids out of school

for the next few weeks due to emergency measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

But I decided to swap in a few last minute episodes anyway,

in order to address what everyone is thinking about.

Like many of us, I spent many hours of the past week or so looking at headlines,

trying to come to grips with what a global pandemic might mean.

I also then realized at some point when I was looking at the New York

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