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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to write notes to the people you

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Speaker 1: care about. Notes last. By putting pen to paper, you

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Speaker 1: can share your sentiments in a way that will be

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Speaker 1: appreciated in the moment and perhaps kept for the future too.

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Speaker 1: We moved a few weeks ago, which involved boxing up

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Speaker 1: all our possessions, moving them, and then unpacking them in

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Speaker 1: the new house. As I unpack, I am uncovering all

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Speaker 1: sorts of stuff. It is always interesting to see what

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Speaker 1: I wound up saving. There are a reasonable number of

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Speaker 1: personal notes in the pile, from people I've worked with,

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Speaker 1: from my kids, from my husband. These notes have a

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Speaker 1: staying power that most gifts do not. Even a typed

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Speaker 1: note like the message that came with a bouquet of flowers,

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Speaker 1: winds up lasting far beyond the flowers themselves. Maybe these

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Speaker 1: notes were written quickly, I don't know, but the notes

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Speaker 1: themselves last. When you realize that you can be empowered

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Speaker 1: to make sure that the special people in your life

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Speaker 1: receive more notes from you, you can be fairly certain

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Speaker 1: that those notes will last and will continue to engender

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Speaker 1: special feelings for years to come. It is really quite

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Speaker 1: a heady power if you think about it, So why

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Speaker 1: not get to work. Valentine's Day coming up right around

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Speaker 1: the corner is a great excuse to write notes to

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Speaker 1: anyone you love, not just your sweetheart. If you've got

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Speaker 1: children in your life, for instance, get cards for them.

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Speaker 1: Maybe throw in a piece of candy to make it sweet,

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Speaker 1: but get a card and write what is special and

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Speaker 1: wonderful about that young person and how proud you are

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Speaker 1: of them. Your sweetheart certainly deserves a loving note too.

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Speaker 1: Say what you admire about the person and point out

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Speaker 1: specific examples of things you notice. If you pay attention

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Speaker 1: at all, you know what your sweetheart considers points of

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Speaker 1: pride in his or her identity. Call those good points

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Speaker 1: out and affirm them. That note will last. You can

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Speaker 1: write two relatives as well. If you are lucky enough

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Speaker 1: to have older relatives still with you, now is the

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Speaker 1: time to write friendly Valentine's notes about what you love

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Speaker 1: about them. Other people in your life, such as kids teachers,

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Speaker 1: would also appreciate a note of appreciation, And as for you,

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Speaker 1: if you know that your sweetheart or kids think they

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Speaker 1: need to get you something for Valentine's Day, but you

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Speaker 1: are not really in need of much. Why not ask

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Speaker 1: for a love note. Ask them to write you a

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Speaker 1: note about what they love about you. It's pretty close

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Speaker 1: to a free gift, but will likely be something you

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Speaker 1: treasure for a long time. You can't really say that

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Speaker 1: about a text. Of course, none of this has to

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Speaker 1: happen only at Valentine's Day, or birthdays or anniversaries. Whenever

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Speaker 1: you have a feeling or warmth or appreciation, write a

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Speaker 1: quick note literally just a sentence or two, and send

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Speaker 1: it to the person you are thinking of. There is

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Speaker 1: basically no downside. It is a quick way to spread

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Speaker 1: the love and to make you and everyone around you

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Speaker 1: feel good, not just out, but whenever the note comes

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Speaker 1: out again, whenever that happens in the future. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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