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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that you don't always have to go digital.

Many complex lives and schedules can, in fact, be managed on paper.

If you prefer paper, then just stick with that, unless you absolutely have to switch.

Today's episode was inspired by a conversation I had recently with my Best of Both World's co-host, Sarah Hart Unger.

She and I both have pretty busy lives, jobs, families, extensive hobbies.

We also both use paper calendars and paper planners.

She works part-time as a physician, and obviously

her hospital has a digital system for putting in patient appointments. But outside the hours of

8 to 5, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Sarah schedules her life on paper. My calendar for my five

children's activities and such happens on paper, too. I mean,

partly this is because I really dislike electronic calendars. A major upside of self-employment

is that no one can make me use them. But I also really like seeing things written out without having to scroll around on a screen.

With my planners and to-do lists, I like the physical act of crossing things off.

It makes it feel real that I have accomplished something.

I know that many organizations require people to use electronic calendars for work, which then nudges people to use them for the rest of life, as we don't actually have two separate lives.

Your 9 a.m. dentist appointment affects your work. If your spouse is going to be gone for three days during a busy time at your job,

you're going to want to know that as you are planning things out. But some of the alleged benefits,

like it's so easy to reschedule things, don't strike me as real benefits. People might be a little

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