Second Cup: Borrow before you buy

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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How to stop clutter before it starts

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0:33.7	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.
0:39.5	Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:46.0	Today's tip is to borrow before you buy.
0:49.7	It is the human condition to have less money and less space than we probably want.
0:58.3	So, most of us would prefer to buy and own only those things that we are actually going to use.
1:06.6	Unfortunately, it can be hard to anticipate what those items will be.
1:12.8	I got less use out of the high-end stroller I bought from my now 14-year-old,
1:19.0	than I got out of the $20 umbrella stroller I bought for a trip once,
1:23.4	and then wound up using for several more children.
1:27.3	This is true even though the fancy stroller's reviews were great.
1:32.7	Inevitably, it is hard to anticipate what items we will actually use and enjoy if we don't
1:39.3	own them already. And the trial and error it takes to find the right items
1:45.8	can introduce a lot of expense and clutter into our lives.
1:52.4	So how can we acquire more wisely? Simple. Aim to borrow before you buy.
2:02.0	Think you want an Instapot? Everyone has it on their Christmas list, right?
2:07.8	Well, ask to borrow your neighbors while she is out of town.
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