WEBVTT - Don't be just a spectator

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is for being a smarter, happier consumer of

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<v Speaker 1>social media, h G, t V, blogs and the like.

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<v Speaker 1>See what others do as inspiration, a kick in the

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<v Speaker 1>pants to see what you can do. Don't be just

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<v Speaker 1>a spectator. So I don't watch a lot of TV,

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<v Speaker 1>but sometimes when I'm in a hotel, I'll turn on

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<v Speaker 1>a decorating show and soon one is blending into the other,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wind up watching hours of house hunting and

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<v Speaker 1>makeover triumph, watching feel satisfying beautiful spaces, likable people, and

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<v Speaker 1>a tidy resolution to every problem them in minutes or so.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes please. Instagram, likewise, makes it easy to spend entire

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<v Speaker 1>evenings pouring over pitty pictures. That's what it's designed for.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though most Americans cook a lot less than

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<v Speaker 1>their grandmothers did, cookbook sales are booming and there are

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<v Speaker 1>scores of food blogs and cooking shows. It can be

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<v Speaker 1>fun to see people who are on top of their games.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't let this peek into others lives be an

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<v Speaker 1>escape from your own. Use their creations to motivate yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to try cool things. So rather than just looking at

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<v Speaker 1>photos of amazing food and magazines, try making that dish

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<v Speaker 1>that caught your eye. Instead of just watching other people

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<v Speaker 1>renovate their homes, take on a project in yours. When

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<v Speaker 1>your friend posts pictures of a charming vacation house she

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<v Speaker 1>stayed in, look into whether you could go there for

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<v Speaker 1>fall break. That could be you sitting by the fire pit,

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<v Speaker 1>taking in the breathtaking sunset through the mountains. Now to

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<v Speaker 1>be sure your efforts might not go perfectly. I recently

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<v Speaker 1>made a dish that I saw in Cooking Light, and

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<v Speaker 1>let's just say that their food stylists can make black

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<v Speaker 1>lintels and cooked orange carrots look a lot more crisp

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<v Speaker 1>than the mushy colors I wound up with. But so what.

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<v Speaker 1>I posted a photo of my dish next to the

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<v Speaker 1>cooking white one on Instagram so people could laugh. It's

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<v Speaker 1>still tasted pretty good. It helps to remember that most

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<v Speaker 1>projects are pretty low stakes. If you refinish an old

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<v Speaker 1>table from your attic and it still looks like well,

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<v Speaker 1>an old table from the attic, no big deal. If

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<v Speaker 1>your chocolate mouse has the consistency of pudding. Enjoy your

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<v Speaker 1>pudding and try making moose another day. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>succeed savorite you could even tell your friends about your

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<v Speaker 1>triumphs and inspired them to get involved too. So the

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<v Speaker 1>next time you see someone else's awesome accomplishment on Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>or social media, draw inspiration and motivation to try something

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<v Speaker 1>similar yourself. Resolve to get into the game rather than

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<v Speaker 1>staying on the sidelines. You'll have a lot more fun

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<v Speaker 1>and feel proud of what you do. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to

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