1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: tip is that when you are having a pleasant moment, 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: try to linger in it. If you are enjoying time 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: with a loved one or an experience that is interesting 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: or fun, don't pull yourself away too fast unless you 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: truly have to, when you can stay awhile and savor it. 8 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure many of us have had the experience of 9 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: having a lovely lunch with a friend, but then feeling 10 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: like we should get back to our desks, even if 11 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: we don't have anything scheduled at one pm. Oh, we 12 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: are sitting outside enjoying the nighttime sounds side, we need 13 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: to get back inside to do the laundry. We're wandering 14 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: around an art museum, and we didn't tell people we'd 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: be back at a specific time, but probably we should 16 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: rush back all the same. Right. So often, those of 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: us with full lives feel pulled to things our desks, 18 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: our chores, our screens, our family members, even if they 19 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: are entirely safe and happy in someone else's care. But 20 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: here's an idea. If you are doing something truly enjoyable, 21 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: and you feel this pull even without a specific reason. 22 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: Resist it unless you actually have something you need to 23 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: do right away. Encourage yourself to stay a while, give 24 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: yourself a few extra minutes linger. It is so easy 25 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: to hurry from one scheduled commitment or task to another, 26 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: and there are days when we definitely have to keep 27 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: up that fast pace. But when it is possible, maybe 28 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: we can try savoring things and not rushing. There's a 29 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: famous scene in the Odyssey when Odysseus is determined not 30 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: to be seduced off his course by the entrancing songs 31 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: of the Sirens. He has the sailors on his boat 32 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: tie him to the mast so that he can enjoy 33 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: hearing the sirens song without letting it draw him away. 34 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: Busy folks sometimes have that experience in reverse, whereas Odysseus 35 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: hears a sirens song that tempts him toward pleasure. When 36 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: we are enjoying a pleasant moment, we are often tempted 37 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: away by the sirens song of chores or other perceived duties. 38 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: But we don't have to have that happen. When you 39 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: are savoring a special moment, lash yourself to the mast 40 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: so you're not drawn away too soon. Remind yourself to linger, 41 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: to stay awhile. Tell yourself this is wonderful and I 42 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: choose to enjoy it. You can't linger forever, and there 43 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: are things you need to do and want to do. 44 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: But be sure you are moving towards something and not 45 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: just succumbing to the sense that you should always be 46 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: doing something else in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks 47 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 48 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from him. You can send me 49 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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