Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that if there is something you generally like
Speaker 1: but it's starting to feel stale, try keeping the concept
Speaker 1: but adding a twist. With a little variation, you might
Speaker 1: be able to keep the upsides of an old favorite
Speaker 1: rather than having to rethink it entirely. So there is
Speaker 1: a lot to be said for finding something you like
Speaker 1: and sticking with it. Taco Tuesday monthly book club, it
Speaker 1: is great not to have to think about certain choices,
Speaker 1: but the problem is that sometimes everyone gets sick of
Speaker 1: tacos and then you wind up throwing the whole thing out.
Speaker 1: You lose the upside, which was that on Tuesdays no
Speaker 1: one had to think about and argue about what's for dinner.
Speaker 1: So what if you just broaden the concept a little.
Speaker 1: Maybe Tuesday becomes Mexican Night for a while, you do
Speaker 1: fajitas one week and caesity as another order from a
Speaker 1: Mexican place twice a month, Or you recognize that tacos
Speaker 1: are a handheld food that you can customize, so you
Speaker 1: choose other things in that category for other Tuesdays. Perhaps
Speaker 1: Asian let us wraps one Tuesday instead of the usual tacos.
Speaker 1: Or maybe your monthly book club struggles to read the
Speaker 1: book for the December meeting every year because people get
Speaker 1: so busy around the holidays. You could decide to skip
Speaker 1: the December meeting, but then people might start drifting away
Speaker 1: and the book club might end. Or maybe you decide
Speaker 1: that for December you will watch and discuss a Ted
Speaker 1: talk instead. Like always, you all consume the same media
Speaker 1: and discuss it, but the format changes and it fits
Speaker 1: more easily into a full time of year. I am
Speaker 1: sure you can think of all sorts of ways to
Speaker 1: keep the concept and add a twist. Family movie night
Speaker 1: can become family activity night of any sort. Fried eggs
Speaker 1: over toast can become fried eggs on anything, roasted potatoes, polenta,
Speaker 1: et cetera. Christmas cards become Valentine's Day greetings. As we
Speaker 1: discussed in another recent episode, sometimes people don't want to
Speaker 1: change things. I am sure my kids will be fine
Speaker 1: with pasta night until the end of time. If you
Speaker 1: suggested that we do Asian lettuce wraps instead of time
Speaker 1: some night, they would not be happy. But if you
Speaker 1: and your crew worry that repeating old favorites eventually means
Speaker 1: they're no fun. Then consider adding a twist. Starting from
Speaker 1: what works and varying it just a little can be
Speaker 1: a way to stick with something that's a hit while
Speaker 1: adding some variety as well. In the meantime, this is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our tasks. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
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Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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