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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to let best-of lists guide you.

There is no need to guess which movies or TV shows or podcasts or books you will enjoy.

When there are lots of media lovers who curate lists that can point you to great content. Let those folks do the

initial research, and you can have fun with the results. So lots of people tell me that they

would like to spend less time mindlessly glued to screens. One way to do that, of course, is to spend

less time on screens period. That is why one of my favorite time management rules is to do a little

effortful fun before effortless fun, reading for a few minutes before heading over to Twitter or working on that puzzle

before turning on Netflix. Even if you still wind up binging something mediocre, at least your

leisure time will feel more balanced. But whether you do that or not, another way to achieve the

same goal is to make your screen time more mindful

and meaningful. One way to do that is with best of lists. Do a quick search online and you will

instantly find lists of the best funny movies, the best feel-good movies, the best documentaries, or the

best movies for the whole family. You can also find narrower categories like the best movies

about Italy or the best movies about space or very broad categories, like the best movies

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