WEBVTT - Start planning something big

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that today is a great day to start

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<v Speaker 1>planning something big. Whether you actually do the big thing

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<v Speaker 1>or not, coming up with a concrete plan for a

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<v Speaker 1>big life project will likely have positive effects in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>In my new book, Big Time, I devote a chapter

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<v Speaker 1>to the idea of dreaming big Planning small. The idea

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<v Speaker 1>is that even very big things like listening to all

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<v Speaker 1>the works of Mozart, are doable if you break them

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<v Speaker 1>down into steps that are small enough to fit into

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<v Speaker 1>your life, and then you just keep going over a

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<v Speaker 1>long enough period of time. That's what I'm doing this

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<v Speaker 1>year to listen to all of Mozart, doing about thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of listening each day while driving around in the car.

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<v Speaker 1>I am on track to finish by the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the year. I start this chapter about dreaming big and

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<v Speaker 1>Planning small with the wonderful story of the Dekou family

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<v Speaker 1>from Washington State. This mom and dad and their two

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<v Speaker 1>kids set a goal a few years ago to visit

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<v Speaker 1>all of the national parks. There are sixty three of them.

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<v Speaker 1>From Acadia to Zion. Now, the family could not easily

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<v Speaker 1>quit the rest of their life and drive around in

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<v Speaker 1>an RV for years at a time, so what they

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<v Speaker 1>did instead was rent out their house over the summers

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<v Speaker 1>and travel between the parks. Then they created detailed spreadsheets

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<v Speaker 1>of how to stay near the parks and visit affordably.

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<v Speaker 1>They did this over several years, and I am happy

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<v Speaker 1>to report that they have now been fifty seven of

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<v Speaker 1>sixty three, not bad at all. You might not want

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<v Speaker 1>to visit all the national parks or listen to all

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<v Speaker 1>of Mootzart, though perhaps you do. But perhaps there is

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<v Speaker 1>something else big in your life that you would like

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<v Speaker 1>to try. Maybe you never did the experience of backpacking

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<v Speaker 1>through Europe as a young person and you want to

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<v Speaker 1>try a middle aged person's version of it. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>want to do a long, multi stage hike or bike ride.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you want to read something big, all the works

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<v Speaker 1>of Dickens. Perhaps maybe you want to see a game

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<v Speaker 1>in all of the Major League Baseball parks. Whatever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>why not do a little planning today of how you

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<v Speaker 1>might undertake such a project. Today is as good a

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<v Speaker 1>day as any to do this. I am guessing you

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<v Speaker 1>have at least twenty minutes today that you could repurpose

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<v Speaker 1>from something else like scrolling to do some research. How

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<v Speaker 1>long would this project take or could it take? What

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<v Speaker 1>kind of steps would be involved? What sort of logistics

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<v Speaker 1>would you need to figure out? Now? You may or

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<v Speaker 1>may not ever do the thing. It might be cool,

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<v Speaker 1>or you might decide not to. But doing the research

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<v Speaker 1>and planning something big will have good effects in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of the ultimate outcomes. For starters, it is fun

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<v Speaker 1>to dream and plan about the future. I know, I

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<v Speaker 1>like thinking about trips I could take or other projects

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<v Speaker 1>that might be exciting to do. Some point, looking at

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<v Speaker 1>hotels in Europe is more fun than looking at most

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<v Speaker 1>content online. And even if you don't do all of

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<v Speaker 1>the project, you might decide to do certain parts of it.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, you might decide to visit two of the

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<v Speaker 1>lesser known national parks that aren't too far from you,

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<v Speaker 1>or you might decide to go see a baseball game

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<v Speaker 1>in an away park and plan a weekend trip for

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<v Speaker 1>the time when the team closest to you is playing there.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you have a doable adventure planned that you can

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to over the next few weeks or months.

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<v Speaker 1>Today is a good day to start planning something big.

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<v Speaker 1>You might make the thing happen, or you might make

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<v Speaker 1>part of it happen, or you might just have some

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<v Speaker 1>more enjoyable leisure time today. But whatever the outcome, these

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<v Speaker 1>are all good things. In the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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