WEBVTT - How to savor

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about practical things you can do to

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<v Speaker 1>make good times seem to move as slowly as boring

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<v Speaker 1>or bad times. Here's a universal truth. All time passes.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes this is a blessing. If you're experiencing, say a

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<v Speaker 1>night in the e r are, a miserably bumpy flight,

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<v Speaker 1>or a painful dental procedure. Eventually you will be on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of these things. The flip side of

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<v Speaker 1>this is that good times passed quickly to Every Christmas morning,

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<v Speaker 1>after we have emerged from the frenzy of opening gifts,

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<v Speaker 1>one of my children will note that, oh, it's over, unspoken.

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<v Speaker 1>They have been looking forward to this for weeks, yet

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<v Speaker 1>in a few hours it's on to the next year.

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<v Speaker 1>All time passes, and a corollary, all time passes at

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<v Speaker 1>the same pace. Yet that's sixty minutes with the dentist's

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<v Speaker 1>hands in your mouth, or sixty minutes stuck in a

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<v Speaker 1>maddening traffic jam pass at a very different pace than

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<v Speaker 1>sixty minutes spent grabbing lunch with an old friend. The

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<v Speaker 1>first two can feel like they take a lifetime. The

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<v Speaker 1>latter goes faster than the blink of an eye. It

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<v Speaker 1>raises the question is it possible to make the good

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<v Speaker 1>times move as slowly as the boring or bad ones?

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<v Speaker 1>And the short answer is no. However, it is possible

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<v Speaker 1>to stretch good experiences to make them seem richer and longer.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about savoring in the past on this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>but as the holiday season comes and goes, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's good to have a refresher. To savor is to

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<v Speaker 1>feel pleasure, and to realize that you are feeling pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>It deepens the feeling by adding a second layer of acknowledgement.

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<v Speaker 1>It means consciously moving slower and trying to make an

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<v Speaker 1>experience richer. Subjects in a lab told to max out

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<v Speaker 1>their enjoyment of a chocolate chip cookie almost universally slow

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<v Speaker 1>down from a normal eating pace. They take in everything

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<v Speaker 1>they can with all their senses and all their focus.

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<v Speaker 1>We can do the same thing and make smart choices

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<v Speaker 1>with our schedules too. The first step in stretching out

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<v Speaker 1>good experiences is to look forward to them. Study your calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you excited about if you don't have anything

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<v Speaker 1>on there, We'll put something on there. The post holiday

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<v Speaker 1>slump can be tough, so make plans to get together

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<v Speaker 1>with friends, to try a new restaurant, to go to

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<v Speaker 1>a concert, take a midwinter vacation, or get tickets to

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite sports teams game. The further in the few

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<v Speaker 1>ture you plan these things, the longer you can savor

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<v Speaker 1>your anticipation. During the event itself, try to be fully present,

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<v Speaker 1>slow down, note what you can site, sounds, smells, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're with other people, talk about how much you're enjoying yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes just saying those words forces our brains to pay attention.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, after the event, find some way to commemorate it.

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<v Speaker 1>Print up pictures or by that concert t shirt, write

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<v Speaker 1>about the event in your journal or post to write

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<v Speaker 1>up on a blog or on social media. Get together

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<v Speaker 1>with the people who were with you and recount your

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<v Speaker 1>experiences again. All this helps cement the memory, and when

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<v Speaker 1>memories are vivid, they appear to take up more space.

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you that getting to feed an actual

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<v Speaker 1>rhino at the San Diego Zoos Safari Park in January

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<v Speaker 1>of this year took less time than making myself coffee

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday morning. But it seems a lot more vivid because

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<v Speaker 1>of what I did and have done to stretch out

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<v Speaker 1>that experience. Time moves at the same pace, but that

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<v Speaker 1>good time slow down a lot. So today, think about

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<v Speaker 1>what upcoming experiences you might be able to save her,

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<v Speaker 1>make a plan for interacting with time to help it

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<v Speaker 1>seem to move slower, and then prepared to revisit your

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<v Speaker 1>memories afterwards. You just might make yourself feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>have all the time in the world. In the meantime,

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

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

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