1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to let other people know when you're 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: thinking of them. This is a very easy way to 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: spread some cheer in the world to other people and 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: to yourself. Two a dozen times a week or maybe 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: even more. You probably think of a friend or family 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: member that you don't see often. Maybe you go BlackBerry 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: picking and think about your parents neighbor who let you 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: pick berries in her yard every summer as your kids 11 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: hunt easter eggs. Do you remember the year you had 12 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: chicken pox and couldn't go to the community easter egg 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: hunt and your best friend put a basket with eggs 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: she'd found on your front doorstep, so you feel included. 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: Rather than just let this thought pass, you buy why 16 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: not reach out to the other person sees these thoughts 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: as a chance to reconnect to that person or even 18 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: to others who know that person. This is pretty straightforward. 19 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: If you are friends with your parents neighbor on Facebook, 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: and come on, you know you probably are. Just send 21 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: a message. Just went BlackBerry picking and I'm remembering lots 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: of summer fun in your backyard. Thanks for the memories. 23 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: You could message your siblings too about these memories, or 24 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: your parents or any other neighborhood kids now grown up 25 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: who joined in the berry picking fun. If you've got 26 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: your old Easter egg finding friends email or cell phone number, 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: won't email or text about your memory of that Easter 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: egg hunt. I loved getting the basket that year. I 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: remember how special it made me feel. Thank you for that. 30 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: These chances for memory and reconnecting are everywhere once you 31 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: start to become aware of them. Seeing your college basketball 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: team play on TV can be a chance to message 33 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: tons of folks who are probably watching the game too. 34 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: Cleaning out your closet and seeing a dress from an 35 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: old formal can be a chance to text friends who 36 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: are there as well. One real upside of this habit 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: is that you are not asking for anything. With this outreach. 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: Your connections don't have to pull out their calendars to 39 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: figure out when they're free for a get together. They 40 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: don't have to weigh whether they can afford to do 41 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: you a favor or anything else. You are just letting 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: them know that you are thinking about them. It's a simple, quick, 43 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: an authentic way of reinforcing your relationships. You brighten other 44 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: people's days. Who wouldn't want to be reminded that they 45 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: did something nice at age ten. You're giving them a 46 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: moment of happiness and then letting them get back to 47 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: whatever they were doing. This spreads cheer in the world, 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: but will also create cheer for you too. Our memories 49 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: are funny things. They become stronger the more we interact 50 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: with them. When you relive a fun memory by sharing 51 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: it with someone else, the memory becomes more vivid for you. 52 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: The more good memories we do this with, the more 53 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: we believe the narrative that we have had a good 54 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: life and most likely we will continue to do so. 55 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: We are creating memories now that can become shared moments 56 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: of recollection in the future. So today, if you find 57 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: yourself thinking of someone fondly tell that person so you'll 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: brighten your day and theirs and feel like the world 59 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: is a smaller and friendlier place. In the meantime, This 60 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: is Laura. 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