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 watch your vacation balance. Different kinds of
Speaker 1: vacations serve different purposes, and it is wise to make
Speaker 1: sure you have a little bit of different kinds. So
Speaker 1: every August, my family goes to the beach for a
Speaker 1: week or two. We drive there and it's only about
Speaker 1: ninety minutes from my house. That means that I don't
Speaker 1: need to spend a lot of time and effort packing carefully.
Speaker 1: We go to the same town every year, and we
Speaker 1: know what's there. This vacation is fairly relaxing. Of course,
Speaker 1: we sometimes take other vacations through the year that involve
Speaker 1: putting seven people on a plane somewhere, let's say Disney World.
Speaker 1: Those vacations tend not to be so relaxing. They can
Speaker 1: be fun, adventurous, exciting, memorable, but they are not relaxing,
Speaker 1: and that is fine. A good vacation balance includes both.
Speaker 1: Over the course of a year or so, vacations achieve
Speaker 1: different goals, and it is good to know what those
Speaker 1: goals are and to make sure that everyone is getting
Speaker 1: what they need. So for instance, if you know you
Speaker 1: will be taking a not too intense week at the
Speaker 1: beach over the summer, maybe you can decide to do
Speaker 1: something a little more intense, like hiking in the mountains
Speaker 1: over spring break. If you'll be spending a low key
Speaker 1: week at your sister's lake house over spring break, maybe
Speaker 1: you decide to go to Europe and go sightseeing in
Speaker 1: the summer. This concept of balance extends to other facets
Speaker 1: of vacations too. Some are more expensive than others. Borrowing
Speaker 1: a friend's mountain cabin for a week is going to
Speaker 1: be cheaper than flying to the Caribbean. But if you
Speaker 1: are having one cheaper vacation, maybe you can then budget
Speaker 1: for a more expensive one. This is a big part
Speaker 1: of the reason I suggest people plan all their vacations
Speaker 1: for the year at once. No, I don't mean you
Speaker 1: actually need to book everything at once. That could be
Speaker 1: overwhelming and probably expensive. What I mean is that you
Speaker 1: decide roughly when and what you are going to do
Speaker 1: all at once, so that you can plan and budget
Speaker 1: and everyone gets something to look forward to. The person
Speaker 1: in your family who does not like to ski accepts
Speaker 1: that you will go skiing over Christmas because you are
Speaker 1: going to visit the rain forest in Costa Rica over
Speaker 1: spring break, and you will just be doing cheap as
Speaker 1: possible long weekends over the summer so you can afford
Speaker 1: those other two trips. We often think about work life balance,
Speaker 1: but there are all kinds of balances in life. There
Speaker 1: is life life balance, time split between family and friends
Speaker 1: and personal pursuits. In life administration, there is work work balance,
Speaker 1: the time split between various projects in between execution and
Speaker 1: drumming up new work. Vacation vacation balance deserves some thought too.
Speaker 1: I am glad we are relaxing at the beach, but
Speaker 1: I am also looking forward to some more adventurous trips
Speaker 1: in the near future. It is good in life to
Speaker 1: have both. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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