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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 plan your exit, I mean your

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Speaker 1: actual physical exit from things, though we'll discuss the importance

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Speaker 1: of planning endings in general in future episodes. I know

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Speaker 1: as I'm recording this that many of us haven't gone

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Speaker 1: to big events in a while, but someday we will.

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Speaker 1: By thinking through the logistics of leaving, you can save

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Speaker 1: yourself all kinds of time. I tracked my time, and

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Speaker 1: I've realized over the years that I have spent some

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Speaker 1: non zero quantity of time stuck in the parking lot

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Speaker 1: by the Eagle Stadium. A few years ago, on an

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Speaker 1: early May Day, my husband and I parked there to

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Speaker 1: run the Broad Street ten mile race. Afterwards, the reality

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Speaker 1: of many thousands of runners running with us meant that

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Speaker 1: we spent longer trying to leave the parking than we

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Speaker 1: did running. And we're not that fast. My ten year

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Speaker 1: old son has asked for Eagles tickets for the past

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Speaker 1: few years for his birthday. Let's just say that you

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Speaker 1: either need to leave at halftime or plan on leaving

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Speaker 1: at least ninety minutes after the event, because otherwise you

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Speaker 1: will go nowhere fast, or at least you might go

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Speaker 1: newhere fast, but not if you take before breakfast listener

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Speaker 1: Lisa's Advice. Lisa wrote in that when I have a

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Speaker 1: choice at events, I plan my exit. If I'm going

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Speaker 1: to a concert, large event, grocery shopping, I do not

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Speaker 1: take the first available space. I keep driving, noticing the

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Speaker 1: exit signs, and park in a spot that is heading

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Speaker 1: in the right direction and in front of everyone else

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Speaker 1: that will be leaving at the same time. This has

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Speaker 1: saved so much time after events. She's absolutely right, and

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Speaker 1: also right that most of us don't think about this.

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Speaker 1: When we go to big events were likely running late.

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Speaker 1: We're eager to find parking, so we take whatever spot

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Speaker 1: we see. We feel excited if it looks like we're

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Speaker 1: relatively close to the venue. We don't even think about

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Speaker 1: the direction of traffic or of heading over to the

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Speaker 1: downside of the parking garage. And then when we leave,

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Speaker 1: with tens of thousands of other people, we learned that

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Speaker 1: we'll be looping around the lot or the garage, or

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Speaker 1: having to turn left or something else that will add

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Speaker 1: a frustratingly long block of time At the end. That's

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Speaker 1: especially annoying when all you want to do is go

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Speaker 1: home parked by the exit, and this won't be the case.

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Speaker 1: Or you could be really smart about your exits by

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Speaker 1: skipping the parking altogether. We finally solve the issue of

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Speaker 1: epic exits at Eagles games by taking uber to the stadium,

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Speaker 1: catching the subway after the game to head a few

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Speaker 1: stops farther north, then catching an uber there in some

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Speaker 1: other neighborhood, far away from the crowds. This past fall,

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Speaker 1: my son and I were home in less time than

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Speaker 1: it took us to travel one hundred yards in our

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Speaker 1: car the year before. We were feeling very good that

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Speaker 1: we'd planned our exit. I know that many people aren't

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Speaker 1: going many places these days, especially not places with crowds.

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Speaker 1: But the next time in the future, when you do

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Speaker 1: go somewhere with lots of other people, really think through

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Speaker 1: the exit situation. What choices will enable you to leave quickly?

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Speaker 1: A little thought can save you ours. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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