1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: tip is that the best souvenirs tell stories. So skip 4 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: the T shirts or magnets that say the name of 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: your destination and instead choose an object that evokes a 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: story you will be able to retell in the future. 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: Today's tip comes courtesy from Marcy Simms, president of the 8 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: PSI Simms Foundation, an author of Leading with Respect Adventures 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: of an Off price fashion Pioneer. When My Best of 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: Both Worlds podcasts co host Sarah hart Unger interviewed Marcy 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: for that podcast a few months ago, she mentioned that 12 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: while on a trip to Santa Fe, she had bought 13 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: a handmade friendship bowl with people holding hands on top 14 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: of the bowl. It is a bowl, she noted, with 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: a story to tell. I love the idea of aiming 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: for souvenirs that tell stories at its route. A souvenir 17 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: is something that helps us remember a trip. That's what 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: souvenir means in French, to remember. So when you are traveling, 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: try to bring home mementos that prompt you to remember 20 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: stories from your trip. If you are in Paris. For instance, 21 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: lucky you and you see an artist sketching in a 22 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: park near your hotel every afternoon, perhaps you could buy 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: a sketch from him. Anytime you look at the sketch 24 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: in the future, you will be reminded of your time 25 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: in Paris and walking through the park and seeing him 26 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: at work. Or if your kids are fascinated by the 27 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: people playing chess in the park, you could buy them 28 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: a chessboard. Every time they play, you will recall stories 29 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: of your trip. Or perhaps he looked forward to a 30 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: girl's beach trip for months only to get rained on 31 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: every day. You could buy a cheerful rainbow umbrella to 32 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: make possible daily walks to your daily ice cream parlor 33 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: after you get home. Every time you use the umbrella, 34 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: you can remember the torrential rain you saw from your window, 35 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: the scrabble tournament that you and your friends enjoyed in 36 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: the airbnb, and your daily ice cream outings in the past. 37 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: On this show, I have talked about the fact that 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: souvenirs don't need to look like souvenirs. Some of the 39 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: best options can be things we use in our daily 40 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: lives that conjure up our travels. Every time we see them. 41 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: I bought a lovely brown coat with fur trim fake, 42 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: don't worry when I was in Spain about twenty years ago. 43 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: I saw it in a store window and fell in 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: love with it, and I bought it. I loved wearing 45 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: that brown coat for years, and every time I wore it, 46 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: I remembered Christmas in Spain, even though the word Spain 47 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: was nowhere to be seen. Similarly, anything that tells a 48 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: story can be a souvenir. An evocative seashell can bring 49 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: back beach memories as well or better than any random 50 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: item with the beach's name on it, especially if you 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: picked up that seashell in a little shop near the 52 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: beach after watching your kids point out the shells on 53 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: the beach all morning. The shell helps recall that morning, 54 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: and suddenly you remember. It is truly a souvenir. In 55 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's 56 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening 57 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: to Before Breakfast. 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