WEBVTT - Do what you've always wanted to do

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to make this be the year to do

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<v Speaker 1>things you have said you have always wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 1>If you hear yourself saying you have always wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>do something within reason, get it on the calendar. There

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<v Speaker 1>are many experiences that can be easily made a reality

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<v Speaker 1>with a tiny bit of planning and thought. As longtime

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<v Speaker 1>listeners may know, I love miniatures on the shelves in

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<v Speaker 1>my office. I have set up several miniature rooms like

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<v Speaker 1>in a dollhouse, sput without the house. Anytime I am

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<v Speaker 1>near a museum with a miniature's collection, I visit. Yet,

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<v Speaker 1>somehow it took me years to get to the Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 1>Miniatures Show, which has held literally less than forty five

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<v Speaker 1>minutes from where I live. I'm not sure exactly why.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, for several years I'd heard myself saying things

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<v Speaker 1>like I'd love to go to the miniatures show some day,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was never terribly convenient. Well, it wasn't convenient

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<v Speaker 1>this year either. My flight home from Florida was delayed

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<v Speaker 1>on the last day of the show, so I almost

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<v Speaker 1>missed it, but I decided to go for the last

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<v Speaker 1>hour it was open, and when I did, as you

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<v Speaker 1>might imagine, I was just entranced so many little things.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it hadn't taken me so long to go,

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<v Speaker 1>but I am glad I made it. I bet you

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<v Speaker 1>can identify things you have said you've always wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>do as well. I've always wanted to learn Spanish is

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<v Speaker 1>something I hear a lot, Or it's my dream to

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<v Speaker 1>go to New Orleans for bardigras. I'm dying to try

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<v Speaker 1>that new restaurant now. To be sure, there are some

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<v Speaker 1>experiences that may not be doable in the near term.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to write a book or travel to India,

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<v Speaker 1>that is going to take time and some longer term planning.

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<v Speaker 1>But often people say they want to do things that

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<v Speaker 1>are eminently doable, they just haven't done them for no

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<v Speaker 1>particular reason. So decide that this year you will do

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<v Speaker 1>those doable things that you have said you have always

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do. One practical way to do this is

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<v Speaker 1>to follow my time management rule of planning one big

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<v Speaker 1>adventure and one little adventure every week. People who follow

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<v Speaker 1>this advice sometimes tell me that their little adventures were

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<v Speaker 1>things that they had said they'd wanted to do for ages,

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<v Speaker 1>but they had never actually done. These are things like

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<v Speaker 1>trying a new restaurant or coffee shop, or going to

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<v Speaker 1>a shop they frequently drive by but have never gone in.

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<v Speaker 1>If you find yourself talking wistfully about experiences you would

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<v Speaker 1>love to have someday, consider making a list of ten

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<v Speaker 1>things you have always wanted to do or have been

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<v Speaker 1>meaning to do, and then actually doing them this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe this list would include a mix of restaurants to try,

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<v Speaker 1>shops and museums to go to nearby cities or towns

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<v Speaker 1>to visit, books to read, movies to watch, recipes to try, gets,

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<v Speaker 1>to gathers to host, skills to learn, and so forth.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be fun to decide to actually do one

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<v Speaker 1>of these activities every week, or even just every month,

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<v Speaker 1>until you have knocked out the list. By then you

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<v Speaker 1>will have had a lot of fun, and you hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>will have broken the habit of saying you want to

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<v Speaker 1>do things but not actually doing them. If you make

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<v Speaker 1>this the year you do what you've said you've always

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do, I would love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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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. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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