Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to make it a quest, beginning the
Speaker 1: day or the week with the goal you want to
Speaker 1: reach by the end of it can make time feel different, memorable,
Speaker 1: and possibly more fun. Today's tip, like another this week,
Speaker 1: comes from Jeffrey Davis's book Tracking Wonder, which will be
Speaker 1: published this fall. Tracking Wonder is all about how to
Speaker 1: reconnect with your creative self. Much of adult life can
Speaker 1: go on autopilot after a while. You do the same
Speaker 1: thing day after day and end the day much as
Speaker 1: you started it. There is nothing wrong with routine, but
Speaker 1: when we do the same thing, it's easy to think
Speaker 1: the same things. Doing things a little differently can sometimes
Speaker 1: spur different thoughts. Enter the quest. When I say this word,
Speaker 1: I think of nights. The hero on horseback goes out
Speaker 1: to slay a dragon, find his way through a dark forest,
Speaker 1: and save for princess. It is a pursuit, a search,
Speaker 1: a journey. Think finding three clues so you can solve
Speaker 1: a riddle. While we are not knights on horseback or
Speaker 1: detectives solving a case, we can adopt the quest mindset
Speaker 1: for daily life too. Just think of a series of
Speaker 1: different things you could figure out or find in a
Speaker 1: period of time. Perhaps you would like to get to
Speaker 1: know a few more people at work. You might go
Speaker 1: on a quest to have a conversation with five new
Speaker 1: people over the course of the work week. Or maybe
Speaker 1: it's saying hello to five different neighbors in a similar
Speaker 1: quantity of time. You could go on a quest to
Speaker 1: find all the buildings done by a local architect. You
Speaker 1: could go on a quest to take photos of thirty
Speaker 1: different depictions of flowers in art at a local art museum.
Speaker 1: These quests don't have to be profound at all. Maybe
Speaker 1: you try leaving for work at slightly different times each
Speaker 1: day to see which produces the shortest commute. You take
Speaker 1: slightly different roots and see how that goes. Or you
Speaker 1: try three different coffee shops near your office over the
Speaker 1: week to see who has the best mate. It can
Speaker 1: even be as silly as figuring out the best parking
Speaker 1: space at your local mall. One day you parked near
Speaker 1: the Italian restaurant, another day in the shade by the
Speaker 1: department store, and another in the back of the mall
Speaker 1: where it's less crowded and you can exit the parking
Speaker 1: lot quickly. Well knowing this change your life, Nope, but
Speaker 1: it will make your trips to the mall a bit
Speaker 1: more interesting and a bit less forgettable. When you go
Speaker 1: to the mall in the future, you will be remembering
Speaker 1: your different spots and what you thought about them. You
Speaker 1: have taken a mindless experience and made it slightly more interesting.
Speaker 1: And some quests will lead to interesting things over time.
Speaker 1: Saying hello to new colleagues or neighbors, for instance, will
Speaker 1: deepen connections and open doors. So today, think of a
Speaker 1: quest you could pursue. What could you find or seek
Speaker 1: over the next few days. What would make these days
Speaker 1: a little bit more interesting as you sought out these clues.
Speaker 1: Maybe there won't be dragons. Hopefully there won't be dragons,
Speaker 1: but there might be more memorable experiences, and that is
Speaker 1: good too. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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