Host twice

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is to host the same party twice.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
You'll get twice the fun with probably a lot less
than twice the effort. Longtime listeners know that I suggest
batching similar tasks. It is much more efficient to work
through a punch list of ordering gifts, making appointments, and
paying bills in one setting every week or so, rather

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than doing these sometimes tedious tasks whenever you think of them. Likewise,
it is more efficient to wrap all your Christmas gifts
at once. You have your tools out, you are in
the zone, and everything goes more quickly. Longtime listeners also
know that I am a big fan of defaults and templates.
We have pasta every Monday, for instance. No need to

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keep reinventing the wheel here, which brings me to today's tip,
host the same party twice. In theory, at least many
people say they would like to host more. They like parties,
they want to see their friends, they want to celebrate.
It just seems like a lot of work, and that
is too bad because in most cases, the greatest joy

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of hosting is in spending time with people we care about.
It's not about designing a fabulous tablescape or wowing people
with some recipe they have never seen before. So why
not throw the same party twice. Maybe you've got two
different groups of people you'd like to see. Get all
the stuff out on Friday and host group one on Friday,

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then host the second group on Saturday. You can have
the same flowers on the table. You can probably use
the same drinks, just put half of them out on
Friday and half on Saturday. You could put in the
same order from your favorite takeout place, or pick up
the same shrimp platters for each. You might have to
clean up after party number one, but a lot of

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the basic decluttering and pick up will have been done
ahead of party one, and so it will still be
there for party number two. There are lots of economies
of scale. This model can work for many kinds of gatherings.
You could have a pool party for your ten year
old and her friends on Saturday afternoon and for your

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twelve year old and her friends on Sunday afternoon. You
could host a barbecue for your partner's work team one
night and for your team the next night. Your mom
could come over for cookies and lemonade one day and
your neighbor the next day. You could have friends over
for dinner one night, and then your small group at
church the next night. Now, if you love planning the

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details of a menu and decorating for a party, great.
If you enjoy doing that again and again, even better.
But if what you love is time with people you
care about, hosting the same party twice can be a
smart way to get more connection with fewer logistics. In

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the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
to making the most of our time.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
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