1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: tip is about how to make an old adventure new again. 4 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: Even if you are doing something you have done many 5 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: times before, you can make it slightly different if you try, 6 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: and hence make it more memorable. Long time listeners know 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: that one of my favorite time management rules is to 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: have one big adventure and one little adventure each week. 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: A big adventure could take three to four hours, so 10 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: think half a weekend day, and a little adventure could 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: be an hour or less, as long as it is 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: something out of the ordinary. Routines are great, but too 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: much sameness means that time seems to disappear. Two adventures 14 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: a week won't exhaust or bankrupt anyone, but they can 15 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: change the experience of time anyway. When I suggest this 16 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: rule to people, people sometimes note that there aren't that 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: many new places to try in their communities. Even if 18 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: you draw a radius of an hour or so around 19 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: your home. After a while, you may have tried most 20 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: of the major's destinations. But even so, you can make 21 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: an old adventure new again by doing things a little 22 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: bit differently. First, if you are trying to revive an 23 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: old adventure, can you take someone else with you? A 24 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: museum is different with a companion who might like different 25 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: things than you do and who has a different perspective 26 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: they bring to the experience. If you are a regular 27 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: at the aquarium or the children's museum, asking another family 28 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: to join you will have your kids and you interacting 29 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: with the exhibits in a different way. Second, check the 30 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: calendars and get tickets for new exhibits or events. The 31 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: zoo is a different experience during let's say a food 32 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: truck festival, then it would be otherwise. Most museums have 33 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: special exhibits that change over every few months, or they 34 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: might host performers whose shows will definitely make a repeat 35 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: visit into a new adventure. You can even challenge yourself 36 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: to see something differently. Many of us have our usual 37 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: roots through our usual places, but if you go to 38 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: the left rather than to the right in a museum, 39 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: you will see different things. You might give yourself a 40 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: challenge of sorts, like taking twenty pictures of depictions of flowers, 41 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: or deciding to watch a single animal exhibit at the 42 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: zoo for longer than you usually would. If you visit 43 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: someplace during different seasons, you can experience it differently, sledding 44 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: in your favorite park in winter, but having a picnic 45 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: there in summer. The point of this rule to have 46 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: one big adventure and one little adventure each week is 47 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: to encourage people to spend leisure time mindfully. Often we 48 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: think we spend all our time at work because work 49 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: is structured and mindful. We plan out our time, we 50 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: have intentions. Leisure time tends to be more amorphous, and 51 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: so it can feel like it isn't really happening. Planned 52 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: adventures let us anticipate our fun and be more aware 53 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: during our fun, so the time feels more expansive. Plus, 54 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: we create memories which let us hold onto the time 55 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: far longer. It doesn't disappear into the wash of the past. 56 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: So if you are going somewhere that you have gone before, 57 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: see if you can turn it into a new adventure 58 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: by doing something a little bit different. You might be 59 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: surprised how surprising the experience can be. In the meantime, 60 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 1: this is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making 61 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 62 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 63 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: or anything else. Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, 64 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod. 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