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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to plan your lunches.

Few people put much thought into their midday meals, but a little intentionality can make this time of day more tasty,

and may save you some time and money too.

So most of us eat lunch most days, and yet every day it can feel like a new problem.

You are starving after a meeting ends at one o'clock,

and you wind up waiting in line 10 minutes to grab something overpriced from the cafeteria,

or something not so healthy from a fast food restaurant nearby.

Or you are working at home, and the prospects look bleak, so you eat cereal. We've all been there.

What's interesting to me is that often, even people who do a lot of planning for everything else in their lives, including dinners, can have a blind spot about lunch.

But it doesn't take a lot of thought to make this meal a little more appetizing.

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