1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to take a daily virtual vacation. This 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: is a great way to see the world during times 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: of social distancing, but it's also a nice habit to 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: keep once life goes back to normal. Throughout the day, 7 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: we all have small bits of time that are hard 8 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: to use. Well, you're waiting for a phone call to start, 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: you finish one assignment, and you have stuff to do, 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: but you need some mental transition time. You're waiting for 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: the pasta to boil as you're cooking dinner. I know 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: what we all do with what author Bridget Shalty calls 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: time confetti. We pick up our phones and start scrolling 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: through social media or these days reading panic inducing headlines. 15 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: It's understandable, but as our worlds have been shrunk down, 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: in many cases to the size of our homes or apartments, 17 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: we can use some of this time confetti for dreaming 18 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: bigger dreams. A great way to do that take a 19 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: daily virtual vacation. Start keeping a list of places you'd 20 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: like to visit. Maybe you created a list of a 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: hundred dreams that really long bucket list we talked about 22 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: in a previous episode, or you can get a book 23 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: such as National Geographics, Journeys of a Lifetime, or one 24 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: Thousand Places to See Before you Die. Start working through 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: these lists. Search for photos online of the places you 26 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: want to see. There are plenty of great photo sites, 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: but even just searching on Instagram with the hashtag Eiffel 28 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: Tower will give you all sorts of angles on the place. 29 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: Read through luxury hotel descriptions and reviews with a virtual vacation, 30 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if you can't actually afford at it. 31 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: Look at photos of those first class cabins for international flights. 32 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: Pretty swanky and a great diversion from headlines. As you 33 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: get into the habit of taking daily virtual vacations, you'll 34 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: start seeing new ways to engage in these journeys. Lots 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: of art museums have photos of their major works online. 36 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 1: You could visit the Prodo virtually and study a new 37 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: painting each day. Major zoos and aquariums are posting videos 38 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: of animal feedings and the like. You can sort through 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: photos and videos of national parks. Reading through travel blogs 40 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: or travel narratives can be fun as well. When you 41 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: do these daily virtual vacations. Take notes on what looks 42 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: really cool, because some of these trips will be doable 43 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: when life goes back to normal. Spend two weeks taking 44 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: a daily virtual vacation to different sites in Yosemite National Park, 45 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: for instance, and you'll figure out an itinerary it will 46 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: work when you do visit in another year or two. 47 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: You'll be ahead of the game on travel planning, and 48 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 1: you'll also build some anticipation into your life. And that's 49 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: a good thing because one of the hard parts of 50 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: all this social distancing has been seeing fun trips canceled 51 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: and not knowing when we'll be able to plan fun 52 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: stuff in the future. This uncertainty makes it hard to 53 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: anticipate the fun to come, and honestly, anticipating good stuff 54 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: is a big chunk of what keeps humans going. But 55 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: nothing lasts forever, and you can certainly dream up a 56 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: vacation plan and as you look at those soaring mountain vistas, 57 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: this just might make another day cooped up in your 58 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: house feel a little better. In the meantime, this is Laura, 59 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 60 00:03:54,360 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: our time. M h Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear 61 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: from you. You can send me your tips, your questions, 62 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: or anything else. 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