I'm Paul Muldoon, a poet who over the past several years has had the good fortune to record

hours of conversations with one of the world's greatest songwriters, Sir Paul McCartney.

The result is our new podcast, McCartney, A Life in lyrics.

Listen to McCartney, A Life in lyrics on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is about how to motivate yourself to invest time in tedious tasks that will

save you money.

Pay yourself a commission.

A little fun money can make the whole experience more pleasant.

Long time listeners may recall that several months ago I was dreading, organizing, and

tallying my business expenses for my income taxes.

Then, I realized that I didn't actually have to do it.

I could pay income taxes based on my gross income without deducting anything.

In that perspective, any expenses I documented would reduce my taxable income and thus my

tax bill.

Now, that sounded attractive.

A few hours of tedious, clerical work would save me literally thousands of dollars.

That was an amazing hourly rate, and I was in.

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