1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to spend some time exploring your own city. 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: Little adventures make time feel more rich and full, and 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: the upside of staying local is that you don't need 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: to spend much time in transit. I know that a 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: lot of people feel so busy during the week that 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: they get to the weekend and have no real thought 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: about what to do. The net result is that people 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: tend to putter around, or at best, do the same 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: things over and over again. There's nothing wrong with routine, 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: but over time, too much sameness tends to make time 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: collapse into a memory sinkhole. That's too bad, because almost 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: any location has some cool stuff. Some places are destinations 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: in their own right, and if you live in one, 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: be sure to capitalize on this. People pay good money 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: to deal with t s A and turbulence to fly 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: to your town. You get the town without needing to 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: do any of this. A listener from Los Angeles recently 20 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: wrote me that she tries to adopt this attitude. I 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: subscribe to l a magazine and keep a running list 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: of things I really want to see. She says, I 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: keep Google maps of the city with things I want 24 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: to do clustered together, then add new things to the 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: appropriate map as I learned about them. So, for instance, 26 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: on a recent day, her family toured a stained glass 27 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: production facility, and while they were there checked out two 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: unique shops, a quote unquote secret garden that was open 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: to the public and a venue where you pay for 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: a table and food and then get access to their 31 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: library of board games that you can play all night. 32 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: Needless to say, that's a more memorable day than you'd 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: get by doing chores and watching Netflix. It's amazing to 34 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: me how many people don't ever truly explore their own city. 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: Our listener says, when I mentioned the things we've done 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: to people who've lived in l A their entire lives, 37 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: they are always surprised that such a thing even exists. 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: She notes that sarah pity happens too. While in that 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: secret garden, they happen to strike up a conversation with 40 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: someone working in law enforcement who talked about careers with 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: the listeners son. Of course, creating such a day requires planning. 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: You have to know about places and events, and you 43 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: have to make a decision to go to them. Subscribing 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: to a local magazine is a great idea, as is 45 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: checking out local online bulletin boards. Performance venues will be 46 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: happy to send you their schedules. In Any large institution 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: like a library, museum, university, or house of worship likely 48 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: has plenty of programming. Build in ten to fifteen minutes 49 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: a week for perusing such listings, and if you see 50 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: something that strikes your fancy at least get it on 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: the calendar. You're not committing to it unless it's, say, 52 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: Hamilton's production, and you need to get tickets in the 53 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: first minutes they're available. The vast majority of events won't 54 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: require a decision until a day or two ahead of 55 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: time at most. You can also make a local version 56 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: of my favorite list, the list of a hundred dreams 57 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: past episodes we've talked about, this long list of anything 58 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: you might want to spend more time doing. Try making 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: a different version of this list that involves anything you 60 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: might like to try within two hours of your house 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: that's feasible for a weekend day trip. Again, you're not 62 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: necessarily committing to anything. It's more that when you have 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: such a list, the perpetual question of what are we 64 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: doing this weekend can involve a more fruitful conversation than 65 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: the usual I don't know, what do you want to do? 66 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: You can look at the list and remember that you 67 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: thought it might be fun to go to a pick 68 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: your own farm, and hey, your calendar of events shows 69 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: that the library near the pick your own farm is 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: having a concert that night too. Now you're making memories 71 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: in your local landscape, which can give us a profound 72 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: sense of belonging while also making time feel rich and full. 73 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 74 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. M Hey everybody, 75 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 76 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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