WEBVTT - Make it a stop on the way home

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

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<v Speaker 2>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 that if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to have a little adventure on a weekday evening,

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<v Speaker 2>you might be best off making it a stop on

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<v Speaker 2>the way home. It can be hard to get out

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<v Speaker 2>the door again after a long day of work, but

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<v Speaker 2>it might not be as hard to add something on

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<v Speaker 2>to an end of day commute or pick up run.

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<v Speaker 2>Longtime listeners know that one of my favorite time management

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<v Speaker 2>tips is to plan one big adventure and one little

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<v Speaker 2>adventure each week. A little adventure can be pretty short,

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<v Speaker 2>less than an hour, which means it is doable on

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<v Speaker 2>a weekday evening. I also like the idea of taking

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<v Speaker 2>one night for you, doing something that is not work

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<v Speaker 2>and not caring for family. This might be a good

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<v Speaker 2>weekday evening activity as well. Many people agree with me

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<v Speaker 2>in theory, but one key stumbling block is that a

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<v Speaker 2>weekday adventure or going to something regularly like an exercise

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<v Speaker 2>class or a choir practice, means you might have to

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<v Speaker 2>go back out again after coming home from work or

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<v Speaker 2>picking up kids, especially when it is dark and cold

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<v Speaker 2>after dinner. People often want to hibernate. That trip to

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<v Speaker 2>a local gallery with evening hours. That sounded good in

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<v Speaker 2>theory doesn't sound quite so good when you are tired

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<v Speaker 2>after a long day and realize you could be putting

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<v Speaker 2>on your sweatpants and sitting on the couch.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it. I like my sweatpants too, But almost

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<v Speaker 1>always after I have had a little adventure, I am

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<v Speaker 1>glad I have done it. I usually enjoy myself as

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<v Speaker 1>I am doing it too. That is the point of

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<v Speaker 1>having an adventure or a hobby. Now, you could try

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<v Speaker 1>telling yourself that your future self will thank you. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just one night. Every other night you can get straight

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<v Speaker 1>into your pajamas. But if that doesn't work, here is

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<v Speaker 1>a practical strategy. Make it a stop on the way home.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard this recently from someone who really didn't like

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of heading back out after commuting home after

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<v Speaker 1>a long day, but she signed up for music lessons

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<v Speaker 1>every other week that involves stopping at the studio on

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<v Speaker 1>her way home from work. She didn't have to motivate

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<v Speaker 1>herself to leave again because she was already out, and

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<v Speaker 1>she got her hobby. Very smart, right, I can think

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<v Speaker 1>of lots of ways this could play out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the obvious one is stopping at the gym

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<v Speaker 2>on the way home from work, though I do realize

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<v Speaker 2>that that is when it is most crowded. But when

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<v Speaker 2>the weather is nice, you could pack running clothes and

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<v Speaker 2>change at work and stop at a park on the

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<v Speaker 2>way home. Once a week or so, you could sign

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<v Speaker 2>up for lessons at six pm somewhere, or take a

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<v Speaker 2>six thirty art class and decide to grab a sandwich

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<v Speaker 2>on the way there. If you leave work at five

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<v Speaker 2>point thirty. If something starts later in the evening, you

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<v Speaker 2>could pack yourself a sandwich and work a little later

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<v Speaker 2>that night. If that is a possibility, to fill the

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<v Speaker 2>time and tell your activity and then leave earlier some

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<v Speaker 2>other day or come in later now. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>responsible for other people in the evening, then this could

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<v Speaker 2>be a little more complicated, but maybe not. If you

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<v Speaker 2>are picking your kids up at daycare, maybe bring a

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<v Speaker 2>snack that is substantial enough to fill them and have

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<v Speaker 2>a little adventure to gather. We are only talking one

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<v Speaker 2>night a week can be okay to bust up the

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<v Speaker 2>routine once, or you can trade off with your partner.

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<v Speaker 2>Each of you gets one night where you stop to

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<v Speaker 2>do your hobby or adventure on the way home from work,

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<v Speaker 2>and the other takes the kids during that time. If

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<v Speaker 2>you have a sitter, maybe this person could work until

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<v Speaker 2>an hour later one night. It would be harder to

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<v Speaker 2>arrange for other childcare to come after this person is

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<v Speaker 2>left anyway, so this might be your best bet for

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<v Speaker 2>making a little adventure happen. Because it is hard to

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<v Speaker 2>head back out after you've gotten home, even if you're

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<v Speaker 2>planning to do something fun, it can still feel like

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<v Speaker 2>a bit of an imposition. But if you haven't gotten

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<v Speaker 2>home yet, then you don't have that problem. So figure

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<v Speaker 2>out what logistics would need to happen and what you

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<v Speaker 2>would like to do one night a week, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you could make it work. Just because it

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<v Speaker 1>is hibernation weather doesn't mean our remembering selves will have

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<v Speaker 1>wanted us to do that every night. Best to give

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<v Speaker 1>our remembering selves something to actually remember 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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