Hi, I'm Laura Vandercam. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, and speaker.

And I'm Sarah Hart Unger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, and course creator.

We are two working parents who love our careers and our families.

On the Best of Both Worlds Podcast each week, we share stories of how real women manage work, family, and time for fun.

From figuring out child care to mapping out long-term career

goals, we want you to get the most out of life.

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to schedule some low-key days.

If you can see that a stretch of time is going to be busier than other stretches,

try to keep a few days relatively unscheduled.

You might wind up needing the time, but even if you don't,

you will probably appreciate having it.

So mid-February was a bit of a blur for me.

My husband was gone for a long weekend that wound up being incredibly busy with kids stuff and with my stuff.

We then left shortly after that for a five-day family trip to Disney World.

We came home and immediately had a bunch of scheduled stuff like kid doctor appointments

on the next day. By the time I looked up after this 10-day stretch I was

feeling behind on everything. I hadn't done an email triage in ages.

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