1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: tip is to make this be the year to do 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: things you have said you have always wanted to do. 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: If you hear yourself saying you have always wanted to 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: do something within reason, get it on the calendar. There 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: are many experiences that can be easily made a reality 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: with a tiny bit of planning and thought. As longtime 9 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: listeners may know, I love miniatures on the shelves in 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: my office. I have set up several miniature rooms like 11 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: in a dollhouse, sput without the house. Anytime I am 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: near a museum with a miniature's collection, I visit. Yet, 13 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: somehow it took me years to get to the Philadelphia 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: Miniatures Show, which has held literally less than forty five 15 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: minutes from where I live. I'm not sure exactly why. 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: I mean, for several years I'd heard myself saying things 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: like I'd love to go to the miniatures show some day, 18 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: but it was never terribly convenient. Well, it wasn't convenient 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: this year either. My flight home from Florida was delayed 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: on the last day of the show, so I almost 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: missed it, but I decided to go for the last 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: hour it was open, and when I did, as you 23 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: might imagine, I was just entranced so many little things. 24 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: I wish it hadn't taken me so long to go, 25 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: but I am glad I made it. I bet you 26 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: can identify things you have said you've always wanted to 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: do as well. I've always wanted to learn Spanish is 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: something I hear a lot, Or it's my dream to 29 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: go to New Orleans for bardigras. I'm dying to try 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: that new restaurant now. To be sure, there are some 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: experiences that may not be doable in the near term. 32 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: If you want to write a book or travel to India, 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: that is going to take time and some longer term planning. 34 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: But often people say they want to do things that 35 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: are eminently doable, they just haven't done them for no 36 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: particular reason. So decide that this year you will do 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: those doable things that you have said you have always 38 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: wanted to do. One practical way to do this is 39 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: to follow my time management rule of planning one big 40 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: adventure and one little adventure every week. People who follow 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: this advice sometimes tell me that their little adventures were 42 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: things that they had said they'd wanted to do for ages, 43 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: but they had never actually done. These are things like 44 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: trying a new restaurant or coffee shop, or going to 45 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: a shop they frequently drive by but have never gone in. 46 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: If you find yourself talking wistfully about experiences you would 47 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: love to have someday, consider making a list of ten 48 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: things you have always wanted to do or have been 49 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: meaning to do, and then actually doing them this year. 50 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: Maybe this list would include a mix of restaurants to try, 51 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: shops and museums to go to nearby cities or towns 52 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: to visit, books to read, movies to watch, recipes to try, gets, 53 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: to gathers to host, skills to learn, and so forth. 54 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: It could be fun to decide to actually do one 55 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: of these activities every week, or even just every month, 56 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: until you have knocked out the list. By then you 57 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: will have had a lot of fun, and you hopefully 58 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: will have broken the habit of saying you want to 59 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: do things but not actually doing them. If you make 60 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: this the year you do what you've said you've always 61 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: wanted to do, I would love to hear about it. 62 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: You can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 63 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 64 00:03:50,480 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for 65 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, 66 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 67 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts 68 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 69 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite shows.