Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that just one idea gets you started. While
Speaker 1: it can be helpful to brainstorm a long list of
Speaker 1: ideas of ways to spend your time, even just one
Speaker 1: idea executed upon can be a proof of concept, and
Speaker 1: then you will probably get more ideas as you do
Speaker 1: your one. Today's tip was inspired by my recent September
Speaker 1: Reset project. During the month of September, I had lots
Speaker 1: of people track their time and then try some of
Speaker 1: my favorite time management rules. As longtime listeners may have guessed,
Speaker 1: one of those rules was to plan one big adventure
Speaker 1: and one little adventure into life each week. Adventures make
Speaker 1: life memorable and more fun. Planning in one big adventure
Speaker 1: about half a weekend day and a little adventure, which
Speaker 1: could be less than an hour, tends to be a
Speaker 1: good cadence. It's enough to make the week feel different,
Speaker 1: but not enough to upset the good routines that already exist.
Speaker 1: Some people were intrigued by this concept and dove in,
Speaker 1: but others were stumped. What would be interesting to do,
Speaker 1: What kind of adventures would fit in life. Were they
Speaker 1: supposed to come up with something new every week. Maybe
Speaker 1: this sounded like just more work. I get it, and
Speaker 1: I don't want to make anyone's mental lood heavier. I
Speaker 1: do think that brainstorming adventures could be fun and can
Speaker 1: be helpful, because when you have a long list, then
Speaker 1: each week you can just pick one that feels fresh
Speaker 1: or works based on the weather and time available. A
Speaker 1: family with young kids might have a list that includes
Speaker 1: the zoo, the aquarium, the children's museum, a farm with
Speaker 1: hay rides, a science museum, doing scooters on a nearby trail,
Speaker 1: visiting an indoor bouncy place, and so forth. For someone else,
Speaker 1: adventures might include a longer hike or kayaking, or going
Speaker 1: for a bike ride on a different trail somewhere a
Speaker 1: little farther away, or trying a new cuisine or ice skating,
Speaker 1: or going to a design museum one town over, or
Speaker 1: anything like that. Now, maybe these ideas are getting you thinking.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing. One idea gets you started. You
Speaker 1: don't have to brainstorm twenty adventures you might like to
Speaker 1: have over the next few months. If that sounds oppressive,
Speaker 1: then just brainstorm one adventure you'd like to have this week.
Speaker 1: Focus on making that one adventure actually see how it goes.
Speaker 1: My guess is that you will probably enjoy yourself, and
Speaker 1: in the course of having that adventure, you will start
Speaker 1: to have a good sense of other adventures that could
Speaker 1: work in your life. If you go drive to a
Speaker 1: trail and go for a bike ride and enjoy it,
Speaker 1: you'll look for other trails within an hour or so
Speaker 1: of your house. Those could be adventures for other weekends.
Speaker 1: Or maybe you'll drive through a little town on your
Speaker 1: way to the trail and see a banner advertising a
Speaker 1: carnival coming next weekend. That could be an upcoming adventure too.
Speaker 1: Or you will stop at a little sandwich shop for
Speaker 1: lunch and you'll realize that you haven't been to that
Speaker 1: fondue place your family loves in over a year. Maybe
Speaker 1: an adventure could be built around that some weekend as well.
Speaker 1: Just one idea gets you started. You see what it's
Speaker 1: like to do things, and you start to think of
Speaker 1: other things that might be doable too. So if you
Speaker 1: like lists, by all means, make a list. I like lists.
Speaker 1: I'm brainstorming potential goals for next year. In items for
Speaker 1: my holiday and winter fun lists and so forth. Right now,
Speaker 1: but not everyone does like lists, and sometimes list making
Speaker 1: feels like one more thing to do. So just come
Speaker 1: up with one idea, do that one idea, see what happens.
Speaker 1: My guess is it will generally be a positive thing
Speaker 1: in your life and get you started on a lot
Speaker 1: more fun things to come in the meantime. This is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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