WEBVTT - Track your media

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 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 to choose and track your media. As with

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<v Speaker 1>so many aspects of life, mindfulness can make our leisure

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<v Speaker 1>time feel much better. So with a lot of media consumption,

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<v Speaker 1>we wind up being fairly passive. We see what headlines

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<v Speaker 1>catch our eyes or what comes up on a social

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<v Speaker 1>media feed. Even with old fashioned television, people often scroll

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<v Speaker 1>around to see what's there. And that is fine, except

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<v Speaker 1>there are so many options out there in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>and while I believe we have a fair amount of

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<v Speaker 1>leisure time in our lives, we don't have infinite amounts.

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<v Speaker 1>If leisure time is supposed to be fun, then in

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<v Speaker 1>in general, we are better off making sure that whatever

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<v Speaker 1>media we consume during this time is in fact going

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<v Speaker 1>to be fun. So be a thoughtful consumer. Curate your

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<v Speaker 1>podcast library so that it only contains episodes you are

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<v Speaker 1>really interested in listening. To keep your bedside tables stocked

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<v Speaker 1>with books you really want to read, create a queue

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<v Speaker 1>of shows and movies you want to watch. Go through

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<v Speaker 1>your newsletters and social media feeds, and make sure you're

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<v Speaker 1>prioritizing accounts with interesting content you want to consume. Being

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<v Speaker 1>intentional about the content you take in is important for everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>but it may be especially important if you are in

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<v Speaker 1>a chapter of your life when you may not have

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<v Speaker 1>much time to travel for pleasure, attend live performances, or

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<v Speaker 1>see friends. What you read and watch is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a big chunk of the way you learn about

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<v Speaker 1>the world. However, even if you have limited time, you

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<v Speaker 1>probably have some time, and that's why I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>especially important to track your media. Maintain records of what

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<v Speaker 1>you have read, heard and watched, what you thought about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and the insights you took away. The goal is to

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<v Speaker 1>remember what you have consumed. There are lots of ways

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<v Speaker 1>to do this. I know of one avid reader who

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<v Speaker 1>writes the title and author of each book she reads

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<v Speaker 1>on an index card, plus a sentence or two about

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<v Speaker 1>her thoughts. Then she punches a hole in the card

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<v Speaker 1>and puts it on a loose leaf ring that she

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<v Speaker 1>keeps by her reading chair. It is a fun way

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<v Speaker 1>for her to be able to remind herself of what

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<v Speaker 1>she has read. You might prefer logging and sharing what

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<v Speaker 1>you read on Goodreads or books to gram for movies, podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or any sort of media. You could keep a list

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<v Speaker 1>of what you have consumed in a print or digital

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<v Speaker 1>journal or on a spreadsheet. Yes, you can record newsletters

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<v Speaker 1>and social media on there too. I know it might

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<v Speaker 1>not be quite so granular, but you could indeed write

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<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes of Instagram after work on Thursday, mostly looking

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<v Speaker 1>at interior design pictures. From time to time, you can

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<v Speaker 1>review this list and see what it is that you

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<v Speaker 1>always love, or if there's anything that is no longer

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<v Speaker 1>worth your time. When you know you are going to

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<v Speaker 1>log the media you consume, you may feel a nudge

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<v Speaker 1>to choose something worth your time. You may not want

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<v Speaker 1>to write down that you spent three hours watching YouTube shorts,

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<v Speaker 1>and so you choose to do something else. But even

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<v Speaker 1>more important, when you start to see your list of books, movies,

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<v Speaker 1>podcasts and so forth grow, you may start to realize

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<v Speaker 1>that you do have more leisure time than you thought,

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<v Speaker 1>and you may start telling yourself a happier story about

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<v Speaker 1>how you spend your time. So as we look ahead

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<v Speaker 1>to summer and perhaps a little more leisure time than

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<v Speaker 1>during other parts of the year, it's a great time

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<v Speaker 1>to get intentional about what you consume and to consider

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<v Speaker 1>tracking the content you took in. You will get more

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<v Speaker 1>out of your media and maybe feel better about your

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<v Speaker 1>time overall. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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