Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that when you are having a pleasant moment,
Speaker 1: try to linger in it. If you are enjoying time
Speaker 1: with a loved one or an experience that is interesting
Speaker 1: or fun, don't pull yourself away too fast unless you
Speaker 1: truly have to, when you can stay awhile and savor it.
Speaker 1: I'm sure many of us have had the experience of
Speaker 1: having a lovely lunch with a friend, but then feeling
Speaker 1: like we should get back to our desks, even if
Speaker 1: we don't have anything scheduled at one pm. Oh, we
Speaker 1: are sitting outside enjoying the nighttime sounds side, we need
Speaker 1: to get back inside to do the laundry. We're wandering
Speaker 1: around an art museum, and we didn't tell people we'd
Speaker 1: be back at a specific time, but probably we should
Speaker 1: rush back all the same. Right. So often, those of
Speaker 1: us with full lives feel pulled to things our desks,
Speaker 1: our chores, our screens, our family members, even if they
Speaker 1: are entirely safe and happy in someone else's care. But
Speaker 1: here's an idea. If you are doing something truly enjoyable,
Speaker 1: and you feel this pull even without a specific reason.
Speaker 1: Resist it unless you actually have something you need to
Speaker 1: do right away. Encourage yourself to stay a while, give
Speaker 1: yourself a few extra minutes linger. It is so easy
Speaker 1: to hurry from one scheduled commitment or task to another,
Speaker 1: and there are days when we definitely have to keep
Speaker 1: up that fast pace. But when it is possible, maybe
Speaker 1: we can try savoring things and not rushing. There's a
Speaker 1: famous scene in the Odyssey when Odysseus is determined not
Speaker 1: to be seduced off his course by the entrancing songs
Speaker 1: of the Sirens. He has the sailors on his boat
Speaker 1: tie him to the mast so that he can enjoy
Speaker 1: hearing the sirens song without letting it draw him away.
Speaker 1: Busy folks sometimes have that experience in reverse, whereas Odysseus
Speaker 1: hears a sirens song that tempts him toward pleasure. When
Speaker 1: we are enjoying a pleasant moment, we are often tempted
Speaker 1: away by the sirens song of chores or other perceived duties.
Speaker 1: But we don't have to have that happen. When you
Speaker 1: are savoring a special moment, lash yourself to the mast
Speaker 1: so you're not drawn away too soon. Remind yourself to linger,
Speaker 1: to stay awhile. Tell yourself this is wonderful and I
Speaker 1: choose to enjoy it. You can't linger forever, and there
Speaker 1: are things you need to do and want to do.
Speaker 1: But be sure you are moving towards something and not
Speaker 1: just succumbing to the sense that you should always be
Speaker 1: doing something else in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from him. You can send me
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