January comes right after December

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Don't let events and deadlines in early January catch you by surprise

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:06.8	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:12.6	Good morning.
0:14.5	This is Laura.
0:16.6	Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
0:20.1	Today's tip is a reminder that January comes right after December.
0:26.7	Things that are happening in January may feel like they are a long time off,
0:31.7	being in an entirely new year and all, but they really aren't.
0:36.3	So make sure your mental model of the calendar is right.
0:42.3	Longtime listeners know that I use a paper calendar.
0:46.5	Yes, I know.
0:48.5	But I like it for various reasons we don't need to go into now.
0:52.8	Paper calendars have their upsides. but a downside, at least for my
0:56.7	version, is that the calendar ends on December 31st. Anything happening in January is happening in
1:05.5	a new calendar. While intellectually, I know that the week beginning January 5th is the week right after the one
1:14.3	beginning December 29th, and the week beginning January 12th is a mere two weeks after the one
1:20.9	beginning December 29th, the calendar break makes it feel like a chasm. Something happening on January 13th feels like it is far in the
1:32.4	future, from the perspective of late December, even though, well, it isn't. I get caught up on this
1:41.7	every year. I have two kids with birthdays immediately after Christmas, and I would not think to plan their parties, even though I know that getting an in-demand spot requires booking five to six weeks ahead of time.
1:56.9	So a public service announcement.
2:00.0	Six weeks before, let's say, January 17th, is December 6th.
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