WEBVTT - Little moments, big fun

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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 about fitting big fun into small moments.

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<v Speaker 1>Long time listeners know that I like to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>effortless fun and effort full fun. The effortless variety is

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<v Speaker 1>straightforward watching TV, scrolling through social media. Effort Ful fun,

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<v Speaker 1>on the other hand, is leisure that takes a bit

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<v Speaker 1>more effort, like reading or creative hobbies or chatting with

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<v Speaker 1>a friend. In general, the latter feels more rewarding, but

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<v Speaker 1>it tends to get crowded out by the well effortlessness

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<v Speaker 1>of effortless fun, so we spend our time on Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>like friends posts rather than talking with them. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>know that there are reasons why we resort to effortless

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<v Speaker 1>fun instead of the effortful variety. Sometimes we lack the

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<v Speaker 1>energy to do anything else. But an equally important reason

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<v Speaker 1>is that we often feel like we don't have enough

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<v Speaker 1>time to get into our favorite effortful fun. Maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>only have five minutes or so. No one is going

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<v Speaker 1>to pull out the sewing machine in that small chunk

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<v Speaker 1>of time, or make pastries or call the friend who

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<v Speaker 1>likes to talk for an hour while you can read

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<v Speaker 1>in bits of time. It can be frustrating to have

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<v Speaker 1>to put down a juicy novel after five minutes, which

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<v Speaker 1>means it can feel easier not to bother. So that

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<v Speaker 1>brings us to today's tip. See if you can find

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<v Speaker 1>ways to do small versions of your favorite fun, what

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<v Speaker 1>aspect of your favorite effortful fun might fit in a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes. If you look at this question with a

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<v Speaker 1>problem solving mindset, I think you will come up with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of ideas. For instance, if you love to read,

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<v Speaker 1>but don't want to pull your nose out of a

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<v Speaker 1>book after five minutes, how about reading some poetry instead.

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<v Speaker 1>There are lots of poetry websites and apps, or you

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<v Speaker 1>can get an e book of poetry and open that up.

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<v Speaker 1>Reading a little Mary Oliver will feel far better than

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<v Speaker 1>spending three minutes in the school pickup line reading about

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<v Speaker 1>how air popped popcorn is a great low calorie snack.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you love to write, but you are not

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<v Speaker 1>exactly going to shape that gripping scene in your novel

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<v Speaker 1>in five minutes between virtual meetings. You can, however, write

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<v Speaker 1>in a one sentence journal, or write one words in

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<v Speaker 1>a free writing file, just a little stream of consciousness

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<v Speaker 1>that keeps the writing muscles sharp. You can get a

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<v Speaker 1>book of writing prompts and respond to these, and even

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<v Speaker 1>use the notes app of your phone to type your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't have the tools or capacity to write

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<v Speaker 1>with pen and paper, even artistic hobbies might fit in

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<v Speaker 1>bits of time. Take a few photos, sketch something, plan

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<v Speaker 1>out your next scrapbook page, even if you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>your materials handy, think through your next floral arrangement. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>also note that your phone allows for a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>purposeful information finding, even if that is not what we

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<v Speaker 1>often use it for. If you love to bake, use

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<v Speaker 1>those bits of time to study new recipes, watch a

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<v Speaker 1>video of a technique you are trying to master. If

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<v Speaker 1>you play the piano, listen to a recording of another

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<v Speaker 1>artist performing a piece you are learning. If you listen

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<v Speaker 1>to a handful of these through the day, you will

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<v Speaker 1>have all sorts of interpretations going through your brain by

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<v Speaker 1>the time you sit down at night to practice. You

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<v Speaker 1>can window shop through new embroidery patterns, or garden designs,

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<v Speaker 1>or high end yarns. In any case, you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to resign yourself to aimless scrolling. Just because you only

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<v Speaker 1>have a few minutes for fun, effortful fun can still

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<v Speaker 1>fit in little bits of time if you think about

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<v Speaker 1>what might work, have a plan, and you will elevate

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<v Speaker 1>these little moments and that can make time feel a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more rewarding. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

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

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