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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning. This is

Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to recast an

unpleasant task. If you can figure out something good that you are getting out

of something you have to do, you will feel far better about it and maybe won't

even find it so unpleasant after all. So I recently went through the annual

ritual of sending all my text information to my accountant. While the usual

deadline is spring, we always have some forms that come late, so we file an

extension to the fall. Since I am recording this in late 2021, that means I was

dealing with my finances from 2020. I log all my income as it comes in, but I

just use a credit card for all my business expenses. Then when it's time to do

my taxes, I look at the statements to add up allowed deductions. I am sure there

is a more efficient system, but for my one person business, this has mostly

worked. That said, I never enjoy going through all my credit card receipts from

22 to 10 months prior. I put this off every year, and I often have to promise

myself vast rewards for doing it. But then, when I was procrastinating and

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