WEBVTT - Daydreaming is productive 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to spend some time purposefully imagining happy

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<v Speaker 1>future activities. It's easy to spend time worrying, but daydreaming

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<v Speaker 1>is a more productive use of time. If you're like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people my age, as a teenager, you

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<v Speaker 1>may have spent hours poring over those thick, glossy brochures

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<v Speaker 1>that college is sent in the mail. I remember imagining

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<v Speaker 1>myself on various grassy quads, always engaged in deep conversations.

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<v Speaker 1>My life could go in so many directions. I imagine

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<v Speaker 1>during my babysitting years what my own family would look like.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine the book side right. Does life look exactly

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<v Speaker 1>like I thought it would? Well, of course not. But

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<v Speaker 1>picturing a positive future gave me something to look forward to.

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<v Speaker 1>And it turns out that daydreaming hits the spot now too,

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<v Speaker 1>Even though I have a lot less of life to

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<v Speaker 1>go than I did in tenth grade. Some things are

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<v Speaker 1>less in the realm of possibility, but some things still are.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm picturing the trips I'll take when travel restrictions are

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<v Speaker 1>lifted and I'm picturing the quiet in my house during

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<v Speaker 1>the day when my kids are all back in school.

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<v Speaker 1>If life happens to feel challenging in a moment, daydreaming

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<v Speaker 1>raises the possibility of enjoyment. So today, if you find

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<v Speaker 1>yourself daydreaming, embrace it. If you find yourself sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>your backyard and thinking about how much you'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>have a garden, well really indulge this thought. Get out

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<v Speaker 1>a sketch pad and a tape measure and draw what

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<v Speaker 1>your garden would look like. Peruse a coffee table home

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<v Speaker 1>design book and dream up ways of redecorating your home.

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<v Speaker 1>You could plan guest lists and try out recipes for

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<v Speaker 1>casual get togethers you'd like to host some day. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you want to plan a dream vacation. Get a

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<v Speaker 1>Lonely Planet ey'd for your favorite destination and go online

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<v Speaker 1>to read about sites you'd like to see. If there's

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<v Speaker 1>a restaurant you're dying to try or to return to

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<v Speaker 1>after so long away, view the menu online and imagine

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<v Speaker 1>what you'll order. You might consider who will accompany you,

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<v Speaker 1>and even what you'll wear. Dreaming about our futures takes

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<v Speaker 1>us out of the sometimes disappointing present. It also nudges

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<v Speaker 1>us to start planning, which makes it more possible to

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<v Speaker 1>put these dreams into action. And here's a little secret.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some research finding that anticipation accounts for the lion's

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<v Speaker 1>share of the happiness associated with any event. The dream

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<v Speaker 1>vacation will be great, but at some point during it,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be jet lagged, you'll desperately need a restroom in

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<v Speaker 1>a museum without one, and you won't be able to

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<v Speaker 1>understand the conductor on your train so you'll miss your stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Day dreams feature none of this, so we may as

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<v Speaker 1>well enjoy these rare spots of perfect blitz 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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