WEBVTT - Curate your Netflix queue

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to curate your Netflix cue. You can watch

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<v Speaker 1>shows and movies more mindfully when you actually think through

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<v Speaker 1>what you would like to see. So today's tip comes

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<v Speaker 1>from a participant In my recent Evening Hours Challenge. I

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<v Speaker 1>taught participants strategies for making the most of the golden

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<v Speaker 1>hours between the end of the workday and bedtime. Tips

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<v Speaker 1>I will share in a book I am currently writing.

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<v Speaker 1>So many people are tired at the end of the

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<v Speaker 1>day and write off this time, but I believe that

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<v Speaker 1>with a little intentionality, evenings can be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most enjoyable times of the day. One participant in the

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<v Speaker 1>Evening Hour's Challenge was inspired to create a Netflix watch list.

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<v Speaker 1>As she explained, with the watch list, she could consciously

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<v Speaker 1>work through things she really enjoys watching rather than whatever

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<v Speaker 1>is in the current top ten. What a great idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Why let Netflix or another streaming service determine what you

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<v Speaker 1>watch when you can identify shows you really care about instead.

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<v Speaker 1>Listeners of a certain age may remember when Netflix was

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<v Speaker 1>brand new and you built a queue of movies that

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to see. Then DVDs would show up in

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<v Speaker 1>your mailbox and you got to watch your way through

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<v Speaker 1>the movies on your list. I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people enjoyed making the cue as much as watching the movies.

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<v Speaker 1>It is fun to create a watch list based on

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<v Speaker 1>recommendations from friends, reviews, you've read, best of movie and

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<v Speaker 1>TV show lists, oscar an Emmy winner, and movies or

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<v Speaker 1>shows with your favorite actors or directors. And it's much

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<v Speaker 1>more fun to watch movies and series you actually want

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<v Speaker 1>to see rather than whatever some algorithm thinks you might like.

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<v Speaker 1>So the next time you are about to mindlessly turn

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<v Speaker 1>on the TV, instead, log onto Netflix or whatever streaming

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<v Speaker 1>service you have and use the list feature to create

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<v Speaker 1>a watch list of movies and series. Or and this

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<v Speaker 1>might be more fun, make a list somewhere else of

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<v Speaker 1>what you'd like to see. This could be a page

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<v Speaker 1>in your planner or a document on your computer or

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<v Speaker 1>phone where you keep track of what you want to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Call it a list of one hundred movie dreams. A

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<v Speaker 1>benefit of keeping your watch list outside of Netflix is

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<v Speaker 1>that then you can keep track of who recommended each

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<v Speaker 1>movie or show. That way, you can let them know

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<v Speaker 1>when you watch it and compare thoughts. Curating your Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>queue or creating a watch list can help you be

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<v Speaker 1>more intentional about your viewing. Instead of zoning out in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the screen and watching whatever your streaming service

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<v Speaker 1>feeds you, you can watch shows and movies you have

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<v Speaker 1>thought about and are anticipating that can make your screen

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<v Speaker 1>time feel more special and fun. If you create a

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<v Speaker 1>watch list, you can let me know how it goes

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<v Speaker 1>at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>have other tips for making your TV watching more mindful,

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<v Speaker 1>you can send those my way as well. 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. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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