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 to curate your Netflix cue. You can watch
Speaker 1: shows and movies more mindfully when you actually think through
Speaker 1: what you would like to see. So today's tip comes
Speaker 1: from a participant In my recent Evening Hours Challenge. I
Speaker 1: taught participants strategies for making the most of the golden
Speaker 1: hours between the end of the workday and bedtime. Tips
Speaker 1: I will share in a book I am currently writing.
Speaker 1: So many people are tired at the end of the
Speaker 1: day and write off this time, but I believe that
Speaker 1: with a little intentionality, evenings can be one of the
Speaker 1: most enjoyable times of the day. One participant in the
Speaker 1: Evening Hour's Challenge was inspired to create a Netflix watch list.
Speaker 1: As she explained, with the watch list, she could consciously
Speaker 1: work through things she really enjoys watching rather than whatever
Speaker 1: is in the current top ten. What a great idea.
Speaker 1: Why let Netflix or another streaming service determine what you
Speaker 1: watch when you can identify shows you really care about instead.
Speaker 1: Listeners of a certain age may remember when Netflix was
Speaker 1: brand new and you built a queue of movies that
Speaker 1: you wanted to see. Then DVDs would show up in
Speaker 1: your mailbox and you got to watch your way through
Speaker 1: the movies on your list. I think a lot of
Speaker 1: people enjoyed making the cue as much as watching the movies.
Speaker 1: It is fun to create a watch list based on
Speaker 1: recommendations from friends, reviews, you've read, best of movie and
Speaker 1: TV show lists, oscar an Emmy winner, and movies or
Speaker 1: shows with your favorite actors or directors. And it's much
Speaker 1: more fun to watch movies and series you actually want
Speaker 1: to see rather than whatever some algorithm thinks you might like.
Speaker 1: So the next time you are about to mindlessly turn
Speaker 1: on the TV, instead, log onto Netflix or whatever streaming
Speaker 1: service you have and use the list feature to create
Speaker 1: a watch list of movies and series. Or and this
Speaker 1: might be more fun, make a list somewhere else of
Speaker 1: what you'd like to see. This could be a page
Speaker 1: in your planner or a document on your computer or
Speaker 1: phone where you keep track of what you want to watch.
Speaker 1: Call it a list of one hundred movie dreams. A
Speaker 1: benefit of keeping your watch list outside of Netflix is
Speaker 1: that then you can keep track of who recommended each
Speaker 1: movie or show. That way, you can let them know
Speaker 1: when you watch it and compare thoughts. Curating your Netflix
Speaker 1: queue or creating a watch list can help you be
Speaker 1: more intentional about your viewing. Instead of zoning out in
Speaker 1: front of the screen and watching whatever your streaming service
Speaker 1: feeds you, you can watch shows and movies you have
Speaker 1: thought about and are anticipating that can make your screen
Speaker 1: time feel more special and fun. If you create a
Speaker 1: watch list, you can let me know how it goes
Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. And if you
Speaker 1: have other tips for making your TV watching more mindful,
Speaker 1: you can send those my way as well. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach
Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast
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