WEBVTT - Make bite-sized bucket lists

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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 to make bite sized bucket lists. Lifetime bucket

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<v Speaker 1>lists can sometimes be overwhelming, but smaller lists aimed at

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<v Speaker 1>a specific period of time can feel a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>doable and can help you make any stretch of time

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<v Speaker 1>the best it can be. Today's episode was inspired by

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<v Speaker 1>Jodi Wellman's book You Only Die Once. This book is

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<v Speaker 1>largely about how to enjoy life more given that it

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<v Speaker 1>is ultimately limited. She has not opposed to grand bucket lists.

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<v Speaker 1>You should take that trip to New Zealand sometime, but

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<v Speaker 1>even if that is not happening this week, that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>let you off the hook for making this week or

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<v Speaker 1>this month as fun as it could be. Hence the

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<v Speaker 1>bite sized bucket lists. Create lists like things will do

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<v Speaker 1>in the best July ever. This suggests some ideas like

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<v Speaker 1>catch fireflies with the kids, or go tubing, or go

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<v Speaker 1>peach picking or light a lot of sparklers. Or perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>you create a list of all the things you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to do on an amazing week off on vacation. That

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<v Speaker 1>could be things like eat breakfast in bed every morning,

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<v Speaker 1>or if you like more active sort run a five

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<v Speaker 1>k on the beach. You could create a list of

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<v Speaker 1>the top ten ways we will crush the winter holidays,

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<v Speaker 1>which might include checking out the light show downtown or

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<v Speaker 1>making Grandma's cookie recipe. Of course, you could make these

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<v Speaker 1>lists for your professional life too, Think the best career

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<v Speaker 1>year of my life list, which might include making one

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<v Speaker 1>presentation per quarter, or initiate a twelve mentoring sessions, or

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<v Speaker 1>actually starting that brown bag lunch series you keep talking

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<v Speaker 1>about again. Wellman writes that if you are also inspired

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<v Speaker 1>by the good old fashioned big bucket list, I am

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<v Speaker 1>not here to stop you from drafting that size large

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<v Speaker 1>list of things to squeeze in before you die. However,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you make that list, you might use it

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<v Speaker 1>to inform your smaller lists. You might want to visit

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<v Speaker 1>the Grand Canyon, But then if you pull that off

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<v Speaker 1>and go to the Grand Canyon, you can make a

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<v Speaker 1>list of all the ways you are going to make

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<v Speaker 1>that an amazing trip, which might include even little things

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<v Speaker 1>like reading a novel at night while you are there.

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<v Speaker 1>Long time listeners know I love making seasonal fun lists.

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<v Speaker 1>How am I going to enjoy fall? Before fall? Is

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<v Speaker 1>over what will go on my holiday fund list? The

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<v Speaker 1>more lists we make, the better. Sometimes in a busy life,

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<v Speaker 1>it is hard to figure out what we will do

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<v Speaker 1>with our discretionary time, or even what we'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>spend time on. In general, it's easy to be reactive,

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<v Speaker 1>but time is ultimately limited. I believe we have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time, but we don't have an infinite amount

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<v Speaker 1>of time. So if we are looking to enjoy whatever

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<v Speaker 1>time we have on this planet, it's best to be

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<v Speaker 1>a little intentional about it. Bite sized bucket lists can

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<v Speaker 1>help make that happen. You could even make a list

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<v Speaker 1>like all the ways I Am going to crush Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do that, the odds are good that you

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<v Speaker 1>will have a better Monday then you would have otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>If you make a bite sized bucket list, I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear what you put on it. You can

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<v Speaker 1>let me know at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our times. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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