Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to make bite sized bucket lists. Lifetime bucket
Speaker 1: lists can sometimes be overwhelming, but smaller lists aimed at
Speaker 1: a specific period of time can feel a lot more
Speaker 1: doable and can help you make any stretch of time
Speaker 1: the best it can be. Today's episode was inspired by
Speaker 1: Jodi Wellman's book You Only Die Once. This book is
Speaker 1: largely about how to enjoy life more given that it
Speaker 1: is ultimately limited. She has not opposed to grand bucket lists.
Speaker 1: You should take that trip to New Zealand sometime, but
Speaker 1: even if that is not happening this week, that doesn't
Speaker 1: let you off the hook for making this week or
Speaker 1: this month as fun as it could be. Hence the
Speaker 1: bite sized bucket lists. Create lists like things will do
Speaker 1: in the best July ever. This suggests some ideas like
Speaker 1: catch fireflies with the kids, or go tubing, or go
Speaker 1: peach picking or light a lot of sparklers. Or perhaps
Speaker 1: you create a list of all the things you'd like
Speaker 1: to do on an amazing week off on vacation. That
Speaker 1: could be things like eat breakfast in bed every morning,
Speaker 1: or if you like more active sort run a five
Speaker 1: k on the beach. You could create a list of
Speaker 1: the top ten ways we will crush the winter holidays,
Speaker 1: which might include checking out the light show downtown or
Speaker 1: making Grandma's cookie recipe. Of course, you could make these
Speaker 1: lists for your professional life too, Think the best career
Speaker 1: year of my life list, which might include making one
Speaker 1: presentation per quarter, or initiate a twelve mentoring sessions, or
Speaker 1: actually starting that brown bag lunch series you keep talking
Speaker 1: about again. Wellman writes that if you are also inspired
Speaker 1: by the good old fashioned big bucket list, I am
Speaker 1: not here to stop you from drafting that size large
Speaker 1: list of things to squeeze in before you die. However,
Speaker 1: even if you make that list, you might use it
Speaker 1: to inform your smaller lists. You might want to visit
Speaker 1: the Grand Canyon, But then if you pull that off
Speaker 1: and go to the Grand Canyon, you can make a
Speaker 1: list of all the ways you are going to make
Speaker 1: that an amazing trip, which might include even little things
Speaker 1: like reading a novel at night while you are there.
Speaker 1: Long time listeners know I love making seasonal fun lists.
Speaker 1: How am I going to enjoy fall? Before fall? Is
Speaker 1: over what will go on my holiday fund list? The
Speaker 1: more lists we make, the better. Sometimes in a busy life,
Speaker 1: it is hard to figure out what we will do
Speaker 1: with our discretionary time, or even what we'd like to
Speaker 1: spend time on. In general, it's easy to be reactive,
Speaker 1: but time is ultimately limited. I believe we have a
Speaker 1: lot of time, but we don't have an infinite amount
Speaker 1: of time. So if we are looking to enjoy whatever
Speaker 1: time we have on this planet, it's best to be
Speaker 1: a little intentional about it. Bite sized bucket lists can
Speaker 1: help make that happen. You could even make a list
Speaker 1: like all the ways I Am going to crush Monday.
Speaker 1: If you do that, the odds are good that you
Speaker 1: will have a better Monday then you would have otherwise.
Speaker 1: If you make a bite sized bucket list, I would
Speaker 1: love to hear what you put on it. You can
Speaker 1: let me know at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our times. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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