Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to be a person who does fun stuff.
Speaker 1: This tip is inspired by one of the participants in
Speaker 1: my Tranquility by Tuesday project, who helped me test out
Speaker 1: the nine time rules that I'll be sharing in my
Speaker 1: forthcoming book of the same name. One of the rules
Speaker 1: is to have one big adventure and one little adventure
Speaker 1: each week. A big adventure might be something like dinner
Speaker 1: and a play with your partner, or a hike with
Speaker 1: your kids, something that takes a few hours and feel
Speaker 1: special and different. A little adventure might be a lunch
Speaker 1: hour trip to an art gallery or participating in a
Speaker 1: webinar on cooking. I'm talking just an hour or so
Speaker 1: doing something a little out of the ordinary besides work, caregiving,
Speaker 1: or life maintenance. After following the rule to have one
Speaker 1: big adventure and one little adventure each week, the Tranquility
Speaker 1: by Tuesday participant who inspired this episode commented that one
Speaker 1: of the biggest changes was in her picture of her
Speaker 1: own life. She now felt like the kind of person
Speaker 1: who did fun stuff. I love that by claiming that
Speaker 1: identity for herself. She no doubt became more confident that
Speaker 1: she could make time for fun even with all her
Speaker 1: other commitments. Because she was the kind of person who
Speaker 1: did fun stuff. She started looking for fun stuff. She
Speaker 1: seized on fun stuff that came into her life. I'd
Speaker 1: say that in general, more fun stuff is better than
Speaker 1: less fun stuff. So let's all aspire to be people
Speaker 1: who do fun stuff. When we use the language of
Speaker 1: identity to remind ourselves who we are, that is, people
Speaker 1: who do fun stuff, then the behavior we want, more
Speaker 1: of having fun we'll follow. Because we are the kind
Speaker 1: of people who do fun stuff, we're more likely to
Speaker 1: say yes to the fun opportunities that come along, perhaps
Speaker 1: the last minute invitation to join a friend at a
Speaker 1: week night pro basketball game, or pulling off the Inner
Speaker 1: State to follow a sign for a roadside attraction. You
Speaker 1: spot a bubble wand at the dollar store and buy it.
Speaker 1: You blow bubbles in the parking lot because that feels
Speaker 1: like something that someone who has fun would do, and
Speaker 1: you are the kind of person who does fun stuff.
Speaker 1: People who do fun stuff are also more likely to
Speaker 1: seek out fun and build in time for it. When
Speaker 1: you are a person who does fun stuff. You will
Speaker 1: expect fun every weekend, and you will be sure to
Speaker 1: make it happen. You will seek out experiences that are
Speaker 1: fun or special or unusual. Instead of letting your weekends
Speaker 1: be consumed by errands and laundry, You'll find room for
Speaker 1: fun stuff during the week. Two. You'll be open to
Speaker 1: quick adventures on your lunch break. You'll look for ways
Speaker 1: to do something on weeknights other than wash dishes, and
Speaker 1: make sure your kids practice their instruments. After all, that's
Speaker 1: what people who do fun stuff do. So try telling yourself,
Speaker 1: I'm the kind of person who does fun stuff. See
Speaker 1: what happens. Let this statement of identity shape how you
Speaker 1: respond to invitations and opportunities and how you plan your time.
Speaker 1: Enjoy having a little more fun in your life and
Speaker 1: thinking of yourself as someone who is definitely not a drudge.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our tat Hey, everybody,
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