I'm Kristen Davis, host of the podcast, Are You a Charlotte? The incredible Cynthia Nixon joins me

this week for a conversation filled with memories and stories I didn't even know. Cynthia could have

been Carrie. When I first read the script, they asked me to read for Carrie, as I think they asked

you to read for Carrie. Did you? I did. And they were like, yeah, not so much.

You can't miss this.

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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that if you are feeling stretched, don't invest more time or mental energy into tasks than they deserve.

Often, done is good enough.

And generally, done is better than delaying

in the hope of producing something marginally better.

So listeners to before breakfast tend to be a high achieving bunch. You have ambitious standards. You aim for

excellence. And that is great. But if you want to do a lot with your life, you generally have to choose

where to devote your time and skills. And often there might be easier ways to do whatever it is that you are doing. For instance,

printed invitations to a party are cute, but you could also just use paperless post or

Evite and be done quickly. As for that party itself, does it really need to be catered or

feature all your homemade food?

Costco has great shrimp and appetizer platters. Most grocery stores sell sheetcakes. It will be fine.

Sometimes people intend for weeks to write a sympathy card to a friend who has lost a relative.

Perhaps a heartfelt note sharing your memories of the deceased is the gold standard. But if you seem to keep putting that

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