In this episode, Sarah and Laura share their childhood allowance experiences and then delve into their own practices of giving (and receiving) allowances today. They discuss adult 'fun money' allowances, and the pros/cons of giving allowances to children.

Finally, they discuss where they make 'allowances' in life - times that going against typical rules have made sense. In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking whether the host's husbands listen to the podcast, and if so, what kind of reactions do they typically have?

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Chelsea Myers is a statistician, mother of 3, and avid distance runner living in central FL. She is also a long time BOBW listener and Patreon member! After opening with a brief discussion between Laura + Sarah about current running plans + goals, Chelsea is interviewed by Sarah about running, life, parenting challenges, logistics, and more.

In the Q&A, a listener writes in looking for tips in juggling work with multiple specialist appointments + the related coordination.

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In this episode, Sarah and Laura celebrate ergonomically-improved recording setups, and then discuss current business book favorites. Then, Sarah interviews Nick Sonnenberg, an entrepreneur, writer, and founder/CEO of Leverage, an operational efficiency consultancy. They chat email, managing other workplace communications, meetings, and much more.

In the Q&A, Sarah and Laura give advice to a reader in graduate school wondering how to balance networking time with her studies.

Nick's new book Come Up For Air was released just last week -- a guide to maximizing efficiency in the workplace to free up extra time at work for everyone on the team. Find it wherever books are sold and delve into free resources from Nick at comeupforair.com.

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Sarah shares her recent 'not according to plan' experience with flu/COVID, and then Laura and Sarah discuss what happens when things don't unfold as they anticipated. Both make a case for planning anyway - though "plan tightly, then lightly" might apply to the near vs farther future. They discuss backup plans, anticipating problems, resilient scheduling and more.

They also pop in with a little 2023 goals update!

In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking about how to best handle transitions. She'd like to read, but finds it hard to focus in small bursts and she's tired because she has toddlers! Sarah and Laura offer suggestions and alternatives.

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In this episode, Sarah and Laura discuss the items in their lives they feel have been fully worth upgrading, and expand on certain areas that they feel have been just fine without any recent updates! Then, both identify some "pebbles in the shoes" - small problems causing lots of pain that theoretically could have an easy fix!

In the Q&A, a listener wonders how to handle her company's new "unlimited vacation" policy. Does more really mean less in this case?

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In the first mailbag ep of 2023, Laura and Sarah cover it all!

Question topics include:

• Stroller recs
• Planning with partners
• Parenting stages
• Fitting in fertility treatments
• Screen time
• Whether to set goals you don't necessary want to do but feel would benefit your child
• Time spent on the podcast
• Spring fun list ideas
• Pumping and finishing outpatient notes
• Solving play date difficulties

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