Second Cup: Start with today

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 18 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Organize the current mess before clearing a backlog

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0:00.0	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
0:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
0:15.8	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
0:19.1	I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.
0:22.6	This is Ear Witness.
0:24.9	Welcome to Ear Witness on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.8	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
0:41.3	Good morning.
0:43.3	This is Laura.
0:45.5	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:48.4	Today's tip is for anyone who is trying to get organized.
0:53.1	Start with today and not with your backlog.
0:59.0	Today's slightly counterintuitive tip comes from the professional organizing world where
1:04.2	professionals deal with stuff but also with the people who produce that stuff.
1:10.6	Sometimes the latter needs to be understood better than the former.
1:15.2	When you are trying to organize things, it might seem logical to start from the beginning.
1:20.3	If you are organizing photos of your kid, you might think you should go back and make
1:24.9	the baby book first and then work your way toward the more recent photos.
1:30.5	You might think you should finally unpack those boxes in the attic from when you moved
1:34.3	five years ago and then deal with the current mess in your closet that is resulting from
1:39.4	you're not having unpacked since your president's day weekend trip.
1:43.3	I mean, if you clear out space in your attic, you can move stuff from the closet, right?
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