WEBVTT - Make an old adventure new again

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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 about how to make an old adventure new again.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you are doing something you have done many

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<v Speaker 1>times before, you can make it slightly different if you try,

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<v Speaker 1>and hence make it more memorable. Long time listeners know

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<v Speaker 1>that one of my favorite time management rules is to

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<v Speaker 1>have one big adventure and one little adventure each week.

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<v Speaker 1>A big adventure could take three to four hours, so

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<v Speaker 1>think half a weekend day, and a little adventure could

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<v Speaker 1>be an hour or less, as long as it is

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<v Speaker 1>something out of the ordinary. Routines are great, but too

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<v Speaker 1>much sameness means that time seems to disappear. Two adventures

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<v Speaker 1>a week won't exhaust or bankrupt anyone, but they can

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<v Speaker 1>change the experience of time anyway. When I suggest this

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<v Speaker 1>rule to people, people sometimes note that there aren't that

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<v Speaker 1>many new places to try in their communities. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>you draw a radius of an hour or so around

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<v Speaker 1>your home. After a while, you may have tried most

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<v Speaker 1>of the major's destinations. But even so, you can make

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<v Speaker 1>an old adventure new again by doing things a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit differently. First, if you are trying to revive an

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<v Speaker 1>old adventure, can you take someone else with you? A

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<v Speaker 1>museum is different with a companion who might like different

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<v Speaker 1>things than you do and who has a different perspective

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<v Speaker 1>they bring to the experience. If you are a regular

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<v Speaker 1>at the aquarium or the children's museum, asking another family

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<v Speaker 1>to join you will have your kids and you interacting

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<v Speaker 1>with the exhibits in a different way. Second, check the

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<v Speaker 1>calendars and get tickets for new exhibits or events. The

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<v Speaker 1>zoo is a different experience during let's say a food

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<v Speaker 1>truck festival, then it would be otherwise. Most museums have

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<v Speaker 1>special exhibits that change over every few months, or they

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<v Speaker 1>might host performers whose shows will definitely make a repeat

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<v Speaker 1>visit into a new adventure. You can even challenge yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to see something differently. Many of us have our usual

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<v Speaker 1>roots through our usual places, but if you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the left rather than to the right in a museum,

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<v Speaker 1>you will see different things. You might give yourself a

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<v Speaker 1>challenge of sorts, like taking twenty pictures of depictions of flowers,

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<v Speaker 1>or deciding to watch a single animal exhibit at the

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<v Speaker 1>zoo for longer than you usually would. If you visit

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<v Speaker 1>someplace during different seasons, you can experience it differently, sledding

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<v Speaker 1>in your favorite park in winter, but having a picnic

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<v Speaker 1>there in summer. The point of this rule to have

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<v Speaker 1>one big adventure and one little adventure each week is

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<v Speaker 1>to encourage people to spend leisure time mindfully. Often we

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<v Speaker 1>think we spend all our time at work because work

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<v Speaker 1>is structured and mindful. We plan out our time, we

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<v Speaker 1>have intentions. Leisure time tends to be more amorphous, and

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<v Speaker 1>so it can feel like it isn't really happening. Planned

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<v Speaker 1>adventures let us anticipate our fun and be more aware

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<v Speaker 1>during our fun, so the time feels more expansive. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>we create memories which let us hold onto the time

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<v Speaker 1>far longer. It doesn't disappear into the wash of the past.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are going somewhere that you have gone before,

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<v Speaker 1>see if you can turn it into a new adventure

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<v Speaker 1>by doing something a little bit different. You might be

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<v Speaker 1>surprised how surprising the experience can be. 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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