1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to resolve to have more fun. We 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: often set tough goals for the new year, and that's fine, 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: but so many of them are focused on not doing something. 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Aiming to do more of something and something that's really 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: enjoyable can make pursuing a goal feel completely different. This 8 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: has been well a long year. Even people lucky enough 9 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: not to lose loved ones to COVID have dealt with 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: hardships and disappointments. Big and small. People have lost jobs 11 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: or have had to step away from jobs they wanted 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: to keep because of caregiving responsibilities. Little pleasures like going 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: out for an evening with ends have disappeared or I've 14 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: had to take very different forms. There have been many 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: good things for some of us. I've enjoyed seeing so 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: much of my baby's first year, but well, babies are tough. 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm tired. Supervising virtual learning has been a challenge one 18 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I know many parents are experiencing. So I am resolving 19 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: to have more fun. I want to have lots of 20 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: things I'm looking forward to. I want little moments of 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: the day to feel more pleasurable as well. Now, on 22 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: some level, I know that seems like an easy resolution, 23 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: but I actually think it's going to be just as 24 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: challenging as the more typical ones to say, lose weight. 25 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: Happiness takes work. Fun takes effort, especially now as many 26 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: traditional sources of fun are less available. I need to 27 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: think through the options and figure out what would still 28 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: be possible. I need to be mindful of my time 29 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: and think through what would be meaningful and enjoyable. That 30 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: requires time to plan and time to figure out logistics, 31 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: but the payoff is well fun. We can go through 32 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: stretches of time where we forget what it's like to 33 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: really enjoy ourselves. There are so many half to dous 34 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: and so many responsibilities. Everyone has some leisure time, but 35 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: when it appears, we're not prepared to do anything with it, 36 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: and so we do the most effortless things possible. Social 37 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: Media is definitely fun for a while, but seldom for 38 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: too long. I don't really find myself looking forward to 39 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: a long Twitter session, but at dinner out with my husband, sure, 40 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: A solo walk through a beautiful holiday light display, absolutely, 41 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: even a run in nice weather can be fun, or 42 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: a new food, or listening to a favorite podcast or album. 43 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: Resolving to have fun focuses my brain on thinking through 44 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: what I'd like to do more of with my time 45 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: and how I might make that possible. So maybe you'd 46 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: like to resolve to have more fun too. Once we 47 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: put our problem solving abilities to this question, there's no 48 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: telling what might happen well, except that we'll be enjoying 49 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: day to day life a lot more. In the meantime. 50 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 51 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 52 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 53 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: or anything else. Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook 54 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: and Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod that's b E the 55 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: number four then Breakfast p o D. 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