1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: tip is to capture vacation memories on your way home, 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: or even while you are still traveling. You might have 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: fewer competing demands for your time and the memories will 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: still be fresh. Being on vacation can be wonderful, but 7 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: even the best vacations only last so long. Fortunately, your 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: memories can last a lot longer, and they will be 9 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: more vivid and accessible if you do something to capture them. 10 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: Of course, that is easier said than done. We have 11 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: probably all had big intentions of writing page upon page 12 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: in a travel journal every night of a trip, or 13 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: making a vacation scrap book after we get back. But 14 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: after a full day of sight seeing you may just 15 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: want to collapse into your hotel bed, and once you 16 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: get home, the mountains of laundry and the backlog of 17 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: email may mean that by the time you have the 18 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: bandwidth to document your memories, the vacation seems like ancient history. 19 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: So here is an alternative. Use the trip home to 20 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: capture your travel memories. You are probably still mostly in 21 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: vacation mode. Everything is still fresh in your mind, and 22 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: if you are on a plane or a train, or 23 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: in the passenger seat of a car, there probably aren't 24 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: as many demands on your time as there will be 25 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: when you are back at your desk. Well maybe not 26 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: if you are entertaining a two year old on a plane, 27 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: but for my listeners without toddlers, this time can work 28 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: quite well. One quick thing you can do is to 29 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 1: go through your photos from the trip. Take a few 30 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: minutes to organize them, deleting the ones where your eyes 31 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: are closed or the weird one of that wall. You 32 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: could mark a few as favorites, or even send them 33 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: to a photo site to get started on an album. 34 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: I like Shutterfly, but there are lots of options. Shutterfly 35 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: will piece together the photos into an album layout, or 36 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: maybe you have an older child who might enjoy this task, 37 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: even if you are not planning to write the next 38 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: under the Tuscan sun. It is also nice to make 39 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: notes to solidify your memories of what you did and 40 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: what you loved. Write a few quick notes in a 41 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: Google doc of travel highlights or in a travel note 42 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: on your phone. This can be just a bulleted list 43 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: of highlights, or it could be something more extensive. Thinking 44 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: through each day and sea sequence can be helpful for 45 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: making sure you don't forget anything. Ask yourself, now, what 46 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: did we do Sunday? What did we do Monday? And 47 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: so forth. If you are having any trouble remembering, look 48 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: back through your phone's photolog or you could log into 49 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: your credit card account as long as you don't think 50 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: that will be too scary post vacation, and you will 51 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: be reminded of what you did. Win. I keep a 52 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: time log so I can just look back on this, 53 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: and my memories tend to bubble up pretty quickly. You 54 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: might decide to document your memories in a way that 55 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: is easily shared, which you could do on a blog 56 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: or on social media. Indeed, you might even start posting 57 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: the highlights before the end of your trip so you 58 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: can document it while it is happening. I know a 59 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: lot of my listeners follow the blogger known as Grateful 60 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: k That's Kae if you want to look it up. 61 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: She blogged about her recent tre to Hawaii while she 62 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: was on vacation. I loved reading about her family's experiences 63 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: chronicled while everything was still fresh. Now, of course, there's 64 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: logistics to think of here. I think she'd often get 65 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: up in the morning and write or take a few 66 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: minutes while people were busy with other things. As a reader, 67 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: of course, I'm glad she was sharing this, but I 68 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: suspect the immediate documentation was also for herself and her family. 69 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: With such an in the moment record, they weren't going 70 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: to forget a single highlight. If you've got a little 71 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: downtime on vacation, you might try to do the same thing. 72 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: Savoring your memories of a vacation can enhance your overall enjoyment, 73 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: but it's hard to savor things that you have forgotten. 74 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: Memories are freshest closest to the fact, So do your 75 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: future self a favor and capture your vacation memories on 76 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: the way home or even while you are traveling. You 77 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: will make the trip seem much more rich, even as 78 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: the time itself ultimately fades into the past. In the meantime, 79 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 80 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:35,799 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast. 81 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 82 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com Before Breakfast 83 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 84 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 85 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.