WEBVTT - Second Cup: Get outside for 20 minutes

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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 about one of the best New Year's resolutions

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<v Speaker 1>you can make. It's to get outside for twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>a day. Unlike plenty of other resolutions, this one will

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<v Speaker 1>probably put you in a better mood, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>live somewhere cold, dark and gloomy, it can make winter

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<v Speaker 1>seem more doable. I first came across this idea for

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<v Speaker 1>this resolution via the Humans Outside Project. This is run

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<v Speaker 1>by a woman named Amy Bouschatz who lives in Alaska

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<v Speaker 1>with her family. Now Alaska might not seem like the

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<v Speaker 1>best place to get outside for twenty minutes a day,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in say January, but Amy has committed to doing

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<v Speaker 1>it and to enjoying what the natural world has to offer.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes with the natural world has to offer is absolutely spectacular.

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<v Speaker 1>And sometimes being outside for twenty minutes a day means

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<v Speaker 1>a quick walk outside the airport before a long day

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<v Speaker 1>of flying. But either way, fresh air is a known

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<v Speaker 1>mood booster. Even cold, sleety conditions can make you feel

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<v Speaker 1>more energized by the time you go back inside, so

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<v Speaker 1>I decided to adopt this as one of my quarterly

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<v Speaker 1>resolutions during a recent winter, and I have to say

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<v Speaker 1>I am a big fan. Pennsylvania, where I live isn't Alaska,

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<v Speaker 1>but still winter can be cold, icy, and generally not

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<v Speaker 1>that pleasant. There's always a tendency to hibernate, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>the sun sets at four thirty pm around the solstice.

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<v Speaker 1>But committing to get outside for twenty minutes a day

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<v Speaker 1>changed my relationship with winter. Because I knew I would

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<v Speaker 1>be outside, I decided to get better outdoor gear. I

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<v Speaker 1>finally bought waterproof boots so I could wait around outside

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<v Speaker 1>the slush, and shockingly, I became much more willing to

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<v Speaker 1>do so. I bought a long coat that kept the

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<v Speaker 1>chill off my legs. I also made a choice to

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<v Speaker 1>buy good winter running gear so I could run outside

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<v Speaker 1>instead of on the treadmill as long as conditions were

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<v Speaker 1>safe to do so. I vastly prefer the outside scenery

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<v Speaker 1>to a boring treadmill, so this improved my mood right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Since it's generally better to get outside during daylight hours,

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<v Speaker 1>setting this intention forced me to look at my schedule

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<v Speaker 1>each day and figure out when I could take a break.

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<v Speaker 1>In summer, you could go outside after work, but if

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<v Speaker 1>it's only light from seven thirty am to four thirty pm,

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<v Speaker 1>that might not be the case. But it's the rare

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<v Speaker 1>work day that wouldn't be improved by a quick jaunt outside.

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<v Speaker 1>I made sure to put on my boots and do

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<v Speaker 1>this occasionally, and even on challenging days, the commitment to

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<v Speaker 1>get outside forced me to pay attention to the winter

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<v Speaker 1>landscape and it's beauties. One day, I had to get

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<v Speaker 1>my minutes in by walking around the airport parking garage

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<v Speaker 1>at the Philadelphia Airport, but the sky was actually quite

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful as the winter sun was setting over I ninety five. Now, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I might have been happier to see a tropical sunset

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<v Speaker 1>on a beach, but hey, winter beauty is beauty all

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<v Speaker 1>the same. Now, if you live somewhere tropical, you probably

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to set a resolution to get outside for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes a day, but for the rest of us,

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<v Speaker 1>i'd encourage the idea. That's why I'm setting this as

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<v Speaker 1>a quarterly goal again this year. Well, possibly the day

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in the hospital delivering my baby. I might not

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<v Speaker 1>make it outside for twenty minutes, but the other days. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>why not? Getting outside can help us experience winter in

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<v Speaker 1>a whole new way. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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