Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that people are a good use of time.

On this Valentine's Day, we think of romantic love, but there are lots of forms of love,

and all these forms of love benefit from frequency in expressing them.

So for those you are closest to, aim to create three moments of genuine connection each week.

You will make your loved ones feel good, and you will probably be happier too.

Long time listeners know that one of my favorite time management rules is that three times

a week is a habit.

Anything we do three times a week is a regular part of our lives.

This can be a helpful mindset in situations where it might be difficult or impossible to

do something daily.

If you travel frequently for work, you might not be able to read to your kids every night,

but you probably can read to them three times per week.

So rather than lament that you often aren't there on Tuesday night, you can make the

most of the nights you are there, and relish your identity as a dedicated, bedtime, literary

guide.

I find this is also a helpful mindset for connecting with friends and family members,

who you might not spend huge amounts of time with every single day.

With my kids, for instance, I spend a lot of time with the toddler, my virtue of him

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