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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that you might be able to spend less time in your car

by eliminating one round trip from your

schedule. With a little advanced planning and strategic thinking, you can substitute something

fun or productive for time spent going back and forth. So I hear from many listeners that they spend more time in their

cars than they would like to. Between driving to and from work commitments, doing errands,

and then maybe taking kids all over the place. Many of my listeners clock a lot of miles in a week.

Unfortunately, car time is hard to use well.

It's often necessary, but not terribly enjoyable.

If that sounds like you, consider this as a challenge.

Can you skip one round trip this week? If you think of all the

places you drive, I am guessing you could come up with a way to do this. Perhaps you could

simply opt out of one of the trips. If a lot of your driving is shuttling kids, perhaps you and another family going to the same

place could carpool. You might also lean on your partner or anyone else who helps you with your kids

to take on one of the drives. You may also be able to eliminate a round trip by moving something that was

in person online.

If you only have one in-person meeting on a given day,

and it's with someone you see in-person frequently,

could you move that meeting to Zoom or phone, or to another day,

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