WEBVTT - Enjoy those holiday cards more

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to enjoy your holiday cards more. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>just let the cards you receive pile up in a stack. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>approach them mindfully so you can maximize the sense of

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<v Speaker 1>connection that is so important this time of year. I

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<v Speaker 1>think most of us do love getting holiday cards, at

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<v Speaker 1>least in theory. Unfortunately, amid the business of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be easy to open a card, take a

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<v Speaker 1>quick glance, and then toss the card in the stack

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<v Speaker 1>of mail to be dealt with later. The pile grows

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<v Speaker 1>bigger until you either recycle it or let it fester

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<v Speaker 1>there well into the new year. Far better to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with a better process. One idea separate opening holiday

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<v Speaker 1>cards from processing the rest of the mail. One option

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<v Speaker 1>is to put cards by the place where you have

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<v Speaker 1>your morning coffee so you can open them then, or

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<v Speaker 1>set them on the kitchen table so the whole family

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<v Speaker 1>can see them together at dinner time. The idea is

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<v Speaker 1>to come up with a time when you can actually

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<v Speaker 1>focus on the cards themselves. Then, when it is that time,

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<v Speaker 1>really look at the photos, read any handwritten messages, which,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, you should always include in any cards

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<v Speaker 1>you are sending. It really doesn't take much more time.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a minute to reflect on the people sending the card.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are opening the card with family members, you

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<v Speaker 1>can talk about your memories of the people who sent

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<v Speaker 1>the card and tell stories to younger family members who

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<v Speaker 1>might not know these people so well. Then figure out

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<v Speaker 1>a way to display the cards. There are lots of

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<v Speaker 1>great ideas floating around on the internet for doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people use clothes pens to clip them to a

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<v Speaker 1>garland or to a ribbon strung around a door or

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<v Speaker 1>across the mantle. Some people make a holiday card wall,

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<v Speaker 1>either on a bulletin board or somewhere else like a

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<v Speaker 1>closet door where you pass by frequently but don't have

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of art that is already taking up space.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking at this wall and the smiling faces of your

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<v Speaker 1>loved ones can become a favorite part of your day.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if you're not going to do that, you

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<v Speaker 1>might create a particular basket or bull for the cards

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<v Speaker 1>so they don't just wind up wadded in among the

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<v Speaker 1>bills and catalogs where you have to sort through them

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<v Speaker 1>again as you deal with those. In any case, it

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<v Speaker 1>is good to be reminded of all the people in

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<v Speaker 1>our lives and all the people we care about and

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<v Speaker 1>who care about us. Over the past two years, we've

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<v Speaker 1>probably seen a lot less of these people in person.

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<v Speaker 1>Holiday cards are a way to stay connected to folks

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't see that often, so they are worth

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<v Speaker 1>treating with a bit more care and enjoying them a

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<v Speaker 1>bit more. Then say that. Add for your local pest

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<v Speaker 1>control place that also came in the mail. 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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