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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to choose weekly themes. Just as summer

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Speaker 1: camps often follow a certain theme for a week, adopting

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Speaker 1: a theme for your summer weeks can make them a

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Speaker 1: lot more fun. I love camps. I enjoy seeing the

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Speaker 1: brochures when I help my children choose their camps each summer.

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Speaker 1: Part of the fun is seeing what different topics you

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Speaker 1: could learn about. An art camp might offer ceramics week

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Speaker 1: and portraits week, or makeup for movies and stage week.

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Speaker 1: A nature camp might offer a water week or a

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Speaker 1: creepy crawley insects week. My friend Audrey Monkey runs a

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Speaker 1: summer camp and as the author of the book Happy Campers,

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Speaker 1: which is all about how to bring the magic of

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Speaker 1: camp home to your family. She recently wrote a blog

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Speaker 1: post recommending that people choose themes for their summers pretty

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Speaker 1: similar to what camps do. I love this idea. Your

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Speaker 1: family could have a mountain biking theme you plan multiple

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Speaker 1: such excursions into the period of a week or two.

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Speaker 1: You could have a mystery novel theme where you all

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Speaker 1: try some new authors from different eras. You could have

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Speaker 1: a candle making themed week or a state parks a month.

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Speaker 1: You could also choose particular values to highlight two Gratitude

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Speaker 1: Month where you try different gratitude practices, or Service Month

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Speaker 1: where you specifically plan a few excursions to volunteer as

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Speaker 1: a family. To really make something into a theme, it

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Speaker 1: helps to hit on the topic from multiple angles. During

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Speaker 1: State Park Month, for instance, you would obviously visit a

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Speaker 1: few state parks, but you might also read books about

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Speaker 1: their history. Who are watching any movies or TV shows

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Speaker 1: set with them as backdrops? You could try a new

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Speaker 1: activity at each park, canoeing at one, bird watching at another. Yes,

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Speaker 1: this all takes effort, but that is part of the

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Speaker 1: fun of camp. It is serious fun. It is planned

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Speaker 1: and thought through. It's not the effortless fun of scrolling

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Speaker 1: through social media, and therein lies the magic. If you'd

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Speaker 1: like your summer to be similarly fun, aiming for effortful

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Speaker 1: rather than effortless might be worth a try. So consider

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Speaker 1: what themes you'd like to adopt for your summer picture,

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Speaker 1: how you might advertise them on a camp brochure. Ask

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Speaker 1: your family members what themes would intrigue them together. You'll

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Speaker 1: really get the wheels turning. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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