Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 2: Today's tip is.
Speaker 1: To be a person who does fun stuff. This tip
Speaker 1: is inspired by one of the participants in my Tranquility
Speaker 1: by Tuesday project, who helped me test out the nine
Speaker 1: time rules that I'll be sharing in my forthcoming book
Speaker 1: of the same name. One of the rules is to
Speaker 1: have one big adventure and one little adventure each week.
Speaker 1: A big adventure might be something like dinner and a
Speaker 1: play with your partner, or a hike with your kids,
Speaker 1: something that takes a few hours and feels special and different.
Speaker 1: A little adventure might be a lunch hour trip to
Speaker 1: an art gallery or participating in a webinar on cooking.
Speaker 1: I'm talking just an hour or so doing something a
Speaker 1: little out of the ordinary besides work, caregiving, or life maintenance.
Speaker 1: After following the rule to have one big adventure and
Speaker 1: one little adventure each week, the Tranquility by Tuesday participant
Speaker 1: who inspired this episode commented that one of the biggest
Speaker 1: changes was in her picture of her own life. She
Speaker 1: now felt like the kind of person who did fun stuff.
Speaker 1: I love that by claiming that identity for herself. She
Speaker 1: no doubt became more confident that she could make time
Speaker 1: for fun even with all her other commitments. Because she
Speaker 1: was the kind of person who did fun stuff. She
Speaker 1: started looking for fun stuff. She seized on fun stuff
Speaker 1: that came into her life. I'd say that in general,
Speaker 1: more fun stuff is better than less fun stuff, So
Speaker 1: let's all aspire to be people who do fun stuff.
Speaker 1: When we use the language of identity to remind ourselves
Speaker 1: who we are, that is, people who do fun stuff,
Speaker 1: then the behavior we want more of having fun will follow.
Speaker 1: Because we are the kind of people who do fun stuff,
Speaker 1: we're more likely to say yes to the fun opportunities
Speaker 1: that come along, perhaps the last minute invitation to join
Speaker 1: a friend at a weeknight pro basketball game, or pulling
Speaker 1: off the interstate to follow a sign for a roadside attraction.
Speaker 1: You spot a bubble wand at the dollar store and
Speaker 1: buy it. You blow bubbles in the parking lot because
Speaker 1: that feels like something that someone who has fun would do,
Speaker 1: and you are the kind of person who does fun stuff.
Speaker 1: People who do fun stuff are also more likely to
Speaker 1: seek out fun and build in time for it. When
Speaker 1: you are a person who does fun stuff. You will
Speaker 1: expect fun every weekend, and you will be sure to
Speaker 1: make it happen. You will seek out experiences that are
Speaker 1: fun or special or unusual, instead of letting your weekends
Speaker 1: be consumed by errands and laundry. You'll find room for
Speaker 1: fun stuff during the week too. You'll be open to
Speaker 1: quick adventures on your lunch break. You'll look for ways
Speaker 1: to do something on week nights other than wash dishes,
Speaker 1: and make sure your kids practice their instruments. After all,
Speaker 1: that's what people who do fun stuff do. So try
Speaker 1: telling yourself, I'm the kind of person who does fun stuff.
Speaker 2: See what happens. Let this statement of identity shape how
Speaker 2: you respond to invitations and opportunities and how you plan
Speaker 2: your time. Enjoy having a little more fun in your
Speaker 2: life and thinking of yourself as someone who is definitely
Speaker 2: not a drudge. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 2: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 2: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
Speaker 2: your tips, your questions, or anything else.
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