WEBVTT - Become an expert on free adventures

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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 become an expert on free adventures.

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<v Speaker 1>By figuring out the cool and low cost stuff in

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<v Speaker 1>your community, you can save yourself some money and invite

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<v Speaker 1>other people to do things in a very inclusive way.

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<v Speaker 1>My first year after college, I did a year long

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<v Speaker 1>internship in Washington, d C. It was a great experience,

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<v Speaker 1>but I also earned very little. Consequently, I made a

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<v Speaker 1>point of seeking out free adventures. I'd pick up copies

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<v Speaker 1>of the free city papers from newsstands. These often had

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<v Speaker 1>lists in the back of concerts and fairs and other

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<v Speaker 1>happenings and a course. Washington, d C. Also has world

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<v Speaker 1>class free museums in the form of the Smithsonian Institutions.

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<v Speaker 1>Add in hikes and parks accessible by public transit, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was rarely bored. When I moved to New York

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<v Speaker 1>City without a job. After that year, I definitely felt

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<v Speaker 1>the need to find free adventures, so again I'd look

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<v Speaker 1>in the city papers and got on various email lists

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<v Speaker 1>and such. If a bar was running a cheap drink special,

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<v Speaker 1>I just might find out about it now. This obviously

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<v Speaker 1>had the upside of allowing me to do fun things

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<v Speaker 1>for cheap, but I soon realized it had other upsides.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had found a bar with really cheap specials,

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<v Speaker 1>I could invite people to join me with no concern

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<v Speaker 1>that they would either spend more than they wished or

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<v Speaker 1>have to decline the invitation because of a lack of funds.

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<v Speaker 1>Free and cheap adventures can be more welcoming than the

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<v Speaker 1>price the kind. The good news is that almost any

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<v Speaker 1>community has some number of cheap and free adventures. I

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<v Speaker 1>was kicking myself the other day when I drove past

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<v Speaker 1>a community fair not too far from my house. No

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<v Speaker 1>doubt the kids would have loved the sites and performances

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<v Speaker 1>and the free samples. There are festivals and parades and

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<v Speaker 1>outdoor performances. Some businesses offer open houses or freebees as

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<v Speaker 1>a way to get people in the door. You just

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<v Speaker 1>have to be on the lookout for these things. Your

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<v Speaker 1>community's free paper or e newsletter if you have one,

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<v Speaker 1>is a good bet. Check the listings in the back

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<v Speaker 1>or online. Another great resource is your local library. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>your librarian can direct you to events and may even

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<v Speaker 1>have passes to museums. That you could check out. But

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<v Speaker 1>beyond that, many libraries have a bulletin board somewhere near

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<v Speaker 1>the front where anyone can post about events. This is

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<v Speaker 1>how you can find out that a local gallery is

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<v Speaker 1>having a student art reception with free wine and cheese.

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<v Speaker 1>This is how you learn about the festival at a

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<v Speaker 1>local orchard with free hay rides and cider samples. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, once you start finding things you get on

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<v Speaker 1>email lists associated with these venues or organizations, you start

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<v Speaker 1>hearing about other free stuff. It all feeds on itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Once you start to see these things, you can plan

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<v Speaker 1>for the fun and start anticipating it. That orchard, no doubt,

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<v Speaker 1>has a festival every year, so you begin letting friends

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<v Speaker 1>know about it a few weeks ahead of time, which

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<v Speaker 1>brings us to the point about becoming an expert. Being

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<v Speaker 1>in the know allows you to help other people figure

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<v Speaker 1>out what to do. Many people struggle to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>activities beyond the usual, particularly if funds are tight. Inviting

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<v Speaker 1>people to the free fun you've found allows you to

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<v Speaker 1>extend an invitation to basically anyone. There are no weird

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<v Speaker 1>feelings or expectations or worries. Now obviously, spending money is

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<v Speaker 1>a perfectly fine thing to do, and there are lots

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<v Speaker 1>of great things in life that will cost cash. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that what we don't spend in money, we often

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<v Speaker 1>spend in time. But my experience from my intern days

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<v Speaker 1>is that it doesn't take that much time to look

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<v Speaker 1>for free fun stuff. I look at the paper on

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<v Speaker 1>my lunch break and have some idea in mind for

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend. Most times by the time I started work again,

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<v Speaker 1>not every weekend, but enough to enjoy the place, which

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<v Speaker 1>can be true of almost any place if you look.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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