WEBVTT - Take a daily virtual vacation

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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 to take a daily virtual vacation. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a great way to see the world during times

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<v Speaker 1>of social distancing, but it's also a nice habit to

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<v Speaker 1>keep once life goes back to normal. Throughout the day,

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<v Speaker 1>we all have small bits of time that are hard

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<v Speaker 1>to use. Well, you're waiting for a phone call to start,

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<v Speaker 1>you finish one assignment, and you have stuff to do,

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<v Speaker 1>but you need some mental transition time. You're waiting for

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<v Speaker 1>the pasta to boil as you're cooking dinner. I know

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<v Speaker 1>what we all do with what author Bridget Shalty calls

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<v Speaker 1>time confetti. We pick up our phones and start scrolling

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<v Speaker 1>through social media or these days reading panic inducing headlines.

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<v Speaker 1>It's understandable, but as our worlds have been shrunk down,

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<v Speaker 1>in many cases to the size of our homes or apartments,

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<v Speaker 1>we can use some of this time confetti for dreaming

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<v Speaker 1>bigger dreams. A great way to do that take a

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<v Speaker 1>daily virtual vacation. Start keeping a list of places you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to visit. Maybe you created a list of a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred dreams that really long bucket list we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>in a previous episode, or you can get a book

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<v Speaker 1>such as National Geographics, Journeys of a Lifetime, or one

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<v Speaker 1>Thousand Places to See Before you Die. Start working through

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<v Speaker 1>these lists. Search for photos online of the places you

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<v Speaker 1>want to see. There are plenty of great photo sites,

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<v Speaker 1>but even just searching on Instagram with the hashtag Eiffel

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<v Speaker 1>Tower will give you all sorts of angles on the place.

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<v Speaker 1>Read through luxury hotel descriptions and reviews with a virtual vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter if you can't actually afford at it.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at photos of those first class cabins for international flights.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty swanky and a great diversion from headlines. As you

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<v Speaker 1>get into the habit of taking daily virtual vacations, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>start seeing new ways to engage in these journeys. Lots

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<v Speaker 1>of art museums have photos of their major works online.

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<v Speaker 1>You could visit the Prodo virtually and study a new

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<v Speaker 1>painting each day. Major zoos and aquariums are posting videos

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<v Speaker 1>of animal feedings and the like. You can sort through

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<v Speaker 1>photos and videos of national parks. Reading through travel blogs

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<v Speaker 1>or travel narratives can be fun as well. When you

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<v Speaker 1>do these daily virtual vacations. Take notes on what looks

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<v Speaker 1>really cool, because some of these trips will be doable

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<v Speaker 1>when life goes back to normal. Spend two weeks taking

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<v Speaker 1>a daily virtual vacation to different sites in Yosemite National Park,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, and you'll figure out an itinerary it will

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<v Speaker 1>work when you do visit in another year or two.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll be ahead of the game on travel planning, and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll also build some anticipation into your life. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good thing because one of the hard parts of

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<v Speaker 1>all this social distancing has been seeing fun trips canceled

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<v Speaker 1>and not knowing when we'll be able to plan fun

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<v Speaker 1>stuff in the future. This uncertainty makes it hard to

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<v Speaker 1>anticipate the fun to come, and honestly, anticipating good stuff

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<v Speaker 1>is a big chunk of what keeps humans going. But

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<v Speaker 1>nothing lasts forever, and you can certainly dream up a

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<v Speaker 1>vacation plan and as you look at those soaring mountain vistas,

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<v Speaker 1>this just might make another day cooped up in your

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<v Speaker 1>house feel a little better. In the meantime, this is Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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