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 that meaningful moments often include a special experience
Speaker 1: and a special companion. Think where plus who for truly
Speaker 1: making memories. If you've been listening to this podcast for
Speaker 1: a while, you know that I am always recommending doing
Speaker 1: one big adventure and one little adventure each week. I
Speaker 1: find this is a good cadence that lets you maintain
Speaker 1: good routines but make memories. This isn't a week just
Speaker 1: like any other. This is the week I went to
Speaker 1: see the roses at the Botanical Garden. Having adventures also
Speaker 1: helps us develop identities as people who do cool things.
Speaker 1: It is absolutely possible to do adventures on your own.
Speaker 1: If you've got an adventure in mind and don't have
Speaker 1: someone readily available to do it with you, don't let
Speaker 1: that stop you. But if you have an adventure in mind,
Speaker 1: you can make the experience slightly more memorable by bringing
Speaker 1: someone along. The botanical garden with a friend or with
Speaker 1: that new colleague is going to be a different memory
Speaker 1: than that trip solo, and can offer the chance for
Speaker 1: making the memory even more special. I am a big
Speaker 1: fan of bringing people along for many reasons, one of
Speaker 1: which is efficiency. Many of us would like to spend
Speaker 1: more time with friends and family members, and so it's
Speaker 1: good not to have to find time for adventures and
Speaker 1: people when the two can be combined. Adventures also become
Speaker 1: more memorable with another person because you can talk about
Speaker 1: the adventure while it is happening, and then you can
Speaker 1: reflect on it with the person later. When you and
Speaker 1: your new colleague are talking about your lunchtime trip to
Speaker 1: the botanical garden before your next staff meeting and are
Speaker 1: recounting your favorite roses, it is going to make that
Speaker 1: experience feel bigger in your mind. You didn't just experience
Speaker 1: it once, You're experiencing some of it again in the
Speaker 1: retelling now. Obviously, some people are more intuitively social than
Speaker 1: others and are always thinking about where plus who, But
Speaker 1: there are a few ways to nudge yourself to add
Speaker 1: a who to your adventures. One is to buy an
Speaker 1: extra ticket, which can then force yourself to pass it along.
Speaker 1: I have done this with concerts. I can I always
Speaker 1: try to drag my husband or a kid, but it
Speaker 1: can also nudge me to tell people I have an
Speaker 1: extra spot if they want to go. Guest passes are
Speaker 1: good too, because it makes it more frictionless to bring
Speaker 1: someone along. You can also decide to do adventures when
Speaker 1: you know that other people might be doing them. If
Speaker 1: a friend will be in a different location for a while,
Speaker 1: you could offer to go visit them there. That would
Speaker 1: be an adventure. If a friend posts that they will
Speaker 1: be at an event on social media, post that you
Speaker 1: will go too, and see if anyone else in the
Speaker 1: comments wants to join you. When you pair friends and
Speaker 1: family with an appealing event or experience, you get more
Speaker 1: time with friends and you tend to enjoy the event
Speaker 1: more than you would if your loved ones weren't there.
Speaker 1: So think where plus who, and any given event might
Speaker 1: just be more fun. In the meantime, This is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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