WEBVTT - Second Cup: Find a place to belong

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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 find a place to belong. Become a

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<v Speaker 1>member at a local destination you enjoy, and you will

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<v Speaker 1>be able to give yourself and your family an appealing

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<v Speaker 1>entertainment option for even short periods of time. On my

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<v Speaker 1>other podcast, Best of Both Worlds, my co-host Sarah and

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<v Speaker 1>I recently shared what we called a long weekend with

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<v Speaker 1>little kids survival guide. One of the tips was that

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<v Speaker 1>being a member at a fun local place can make

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<v Speaker 1>weekends easier. Not so much that you plan a trip

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<v Speaker 1>to the local children's museum as your big adventure for

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<v Speaker 1>the day, though of course you could. It's more that

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<v Speaker 1>being a member makes the marginal cost of going zero.

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<v Speaker 1>you aren't going to pay an admissions fee for that

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<v Speaker 1>particular trip. So you are more likely to go, even

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't have much time, or there is a

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<v Speaker 1>high possibility that your visit will be cut short. You

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<v Speaker 1>can see how this plays out. If you are paying

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<v Speaker 1>$ 120 to take your family to the zoo, you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to want to stay there all day. You are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be upset. if your kids start screaming that

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<v Speaker 1>they hate the zoo 15 minutes in and just won't stop. This,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, being the kid who absolutely loved the zoo

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<v Speaker 1>the last time you went. But if you are a member,

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<v Speaker 1>the extra cost to go for a visit is nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>So you could go for a short time. Let's say

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<v Speaker 1>your kid wakes up from their nap at 3 p.m.

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<v Speaker 1>and the zoo closes at 5 p.m. Not a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your snack, get in the car, and enjoy your

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<v Speaker 1>hour-long visit. Even if you didn't get there until 4.15,

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<v Speaker 1>it would probably be fine. You could see two exhibits

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<v Speaker 1>and leave. Given how important it is to have something

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<v Speaker 1>interesting and fun in that post-nap slot, this can be

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<v Speaker 1>a very useful thing indeed. Or if you are a

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<v Speaker 1>member at the Children's Museum and your kid has a

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<v Speaker 1>total meltdown ten minutes into a visit, you can follow

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<v Speaker 1>through on that threat to leave. There is no marginal

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<v Speaker 1>extra cost to that visit, so why not? Even for adults,

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<v Speaker 1>it is nice to have a membership. You can see

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<v Speaker 1>a single exhibit at an art museum on a lunch break,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, rather than thinking you should stay at the

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<v Speaker 1>museum for hours, as you might if you were paying

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<v Speaker 1>for admission. When you want to get your money's worth,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't go for a short period of time. But

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<v Speaker 1>that might mean that you won't go at all. Better

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<v Speaker 1>to pay the money up front and then go in

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<v Speaker 1>the little marginal bits of time. Now, obviously a membership

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<v Speaker 1>tends to be a little more expensive than a single visit,

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<v Speaker 1>though it might not be much more expensive than two visits.

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<v Speaker 1>So with the holidays coming up, you could be strategic

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<v Speaker 1>and ask for memberships to places as gifts. If grandparents

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<v Speaker 1>are looking to give your family something, a zoo pass

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<v Speaker 1>and an aquarium pass, might fill a lot of weekends,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas a toy might get discarded after an hour. When

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<v Speaker 1>you have somewhere you belong, it makes weekend fun free, easy,

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<v Speaker 1>and reliably appealing. So find somewhere to belong, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will probably enjoy that place more. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at laura at lauravandercam.com. Before Breakfast is a production

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