WEBVTT - Watch your vacation balance

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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 watch your vacation balance. Different kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>vacations serve different purposes, and it is wise to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you have a little bit of different kinds. So

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<v Speaker 1>every August, my family goes to the beach for a

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<v Speaker 1>week or two. We drive there and it's only about

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<v Speaker 1>ninety minutes from my house. That means that I don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to spend a lot of time and effort packing carefully.

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<v Speaker 1>We go to the same town every year, and we

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<v Speaker 1>know what's there. This vacation is fairly relaxing. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>we sometimes take other vacations through the year that involve

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<v Speaker 1>putting seven people on a plane somewhere, let's say Disney World.

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<v Speaker 1>Those vacations tend not to be so relaxing. They can

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<v Speaker 1>be fun, adventurous, exciting, memorable, but they are not relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is fine. A good vacation balance includes both.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the course of a year or so, vacations achieve

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<v Speaker 1>different goals, and it is good to know what those

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<v Speaker 1>goals are and to make sure that everyone is getting

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<v Speaker 1>what they need. So for instance, if you know you

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<v Speaker 1>will be taking a not too intense week at the

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<v Speaker 1>beach over the summer, maybe you can decide to do

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<v Speaker 1>something a little more intense, like hiking in the mountains

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<v Speaker 1>over spring break. If you'll be spending a low key

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<v Speaker 1>week at your sister's lake house over spring break, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you decide to go to Europe and go sightseeing in

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<v Speaker 1>the summer. This concept of balance extends to other facets

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<v Speaker 1>of vacations too. Some are more expensive than others. Borrowing

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<v Speaker 1>a friend's mountain cabin for a week is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be cheaper than flying to the Caribbean. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>are having one cheaper vacation, maybe you can then budget

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<v Speaker 1>for a more expensive one. This is a big part

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<v Speaker 1>of the reason I suggest people plan all their vacations

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<v Speaker 1>for the year at once. No, I don't mean you

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<v Speaker 1>actually need to book everything at once. That could be

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelming and probably expensive. What I mean is that you

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<v Speaker 1>decide roughly when and what you are going to do

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<v Speaker 1>all at once, so that you can plan and budget

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<v Speaker 1>and everyone gets something to look forward to. The person

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<v Speaker 1>in your family who does not like to ski accepts

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<v Speaker 1>that you will go skiing over Christmas because you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to visit the rain forest in Costa Rica over

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<v Speaker 1>spring break, and you will just be doing cheap as

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<v Speaker 1>possible long weekends over the summer so you can afford

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<v Speaker 1>those other two trips. We often think about work life balance,

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<v Speaker 1>but there are all kinds of balances in life. There

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<v Speaker 1>is life life balance, time split between family and friends

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<v Speaker 1>and personal pursuits. In life administration, there is work work balance,

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<v Speaker 1>the time split between various projects in between execution and

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<v Speaker 1>drumming up new work. Vacation vacation balance deserves some thought too.

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<v Speaker 1>I am glad we are relaxing at the beach, but

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<v Speaker 1>I am also looking forward to some more adventurous trips

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<v Speaker 1>in the near future. It is good in life to

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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