WEBVTT - Second Cup: Try something bucket list adjacent

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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 try something bucket list adjacent. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have big dreams that are hard to pull off in

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<v Speaker 1>the near term, you can keep yourself dreaming by doing

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<v Speaker 1>things that are related. These little adventures can be fun

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<v Speaker 1>and are worth prioritizing over other things. So longtime listeners

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<v Speaker 1>know that I am always encouraging people to make lists

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<v Speaker 1>of dreams and goals. I also know that when many

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<v Speaker 1>people construct their bucket lists, the fun can be tinged

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<v Speaker 1>with some frustration. After all, you might like to visit Thailand,

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<v Speaker 1>or hike the Appalachian Trail, or singing Carnegie Hall, or

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<v Speaker 1>something along those lines, but most of those are not

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<v Speaker 1>easy to pull off in the near term. I, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>keep putting on my bucket list that I want to

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<v Speaker 1>sing in a performance of Box B Minor Mass. But

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<v Speaker 1>while you can buy a plane ticket somewhere you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to go, it is a little harder to arrange

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<v Speaker 1>for the performance of a large scale choral work with

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<v Speaker 1>an orchestra. I have gotten close a few times, like

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<v Speaker 1>when the choir I regularly sing with was scheduled to

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<v Speaker 1>perform the B Minor Mass in the spring of twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can guess what happened with that. Anyway. I

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<v Speaker 1>am hoping to sing the Mass at some point, but

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime, choirs and orchestras do perform the B

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<v Speaker 1>Minor Mass from time to time, and if those performances

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<v Speaker 1>happen within two hours or so of my house, I

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<v Speaker 1>can get a ticket and go. I went to one

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<v Speaker 1>performance a few weeks before this episode aired, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was a great way to stay familiar with the piece

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<v Speaker 1>As I followed along in my score. I wasn't singing

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<v Speaker 1>it myself, but I was experiencing the mass. It was

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<v Speaker 1>bucket list adjacent. Maybe you too have goals that are

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<v Speaker 1>hard to pull off in the near term. You'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to visit Thailand, but the travel budget isn't there, Or

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<v Speaker 1>you have little kids and don't relish the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>taking them on a twelve hour flight. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>are planning to go out for a date night dinner

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<v Speaker 1>with your partner at some point, maybe you could go

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<v Speaker 1>to a Thai restaurant if there's one within an hour

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<v Speaker 1>or so of your house. You could stream a movie

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<v Speaker 1>or documentary set in Thailand that night, and check out

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<v Speaker 1>some photo books about Thailand from your library. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>going to Thailand, for sure, but it's Thailand adjacent. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think this is settling, really, it's more about helping

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<v Speaker 1>with the anticipation. If something is truly a life goal,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be able to pull it off at some point,

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<v Speaker 1>and the more you can do in the meantime, the

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<v Speaker 1>more excited you will be when it happens. You might

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<v Speaker 1>learn more about yourself and your dream too. For instance,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps you've put hike the Appalachian Trail on your bucket list. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it is a long trail going through lots of states,

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<v Speaker 1>but that means you could definitely hike two to three

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<v Speaker 1>days of it at some point in the next year

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<v Speaker 1>or two. Try it out, see how it goes. Talk

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<v Speaker 1>to some through hikers if you meet them on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you will get more excited. Or maybe you will realize,

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<v Speaker 1>as it is rainy and you are hiking on some

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<v Speaker 1>really muddy and rocky terrain, that this isn't as great

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<v Speaker 1>as you thought it would be, and so you won't

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<v Speaker 1>need to waste energy thinking about this bucket list item

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<v Speaker 1>that you no longer want to have on your bucket list.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows how it will all turn out. What I

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<v Speaker 1>do know is that doing things that our bucket list

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<v Speaker 1>adjacent can help you learn what you like and what

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<v Speaker 1>you don't like. We all want to have little adventures

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<v Speaker 1>in our lives from time to time. Things that are

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<v Speaker 1>pieces of big adventures can make excellent small adventures because

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<v Speaker 1>there are probably elements that are really appealing to you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can get some of the feeling of the big

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<v Speaker 1>adventure even as you are just living your normal life.

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<v Speaker 1>So make a bucket list and then look for little

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<v Speaker 1>adventures that our bucket list adjacent. You will make life

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting and maybe boost anticipation for future adventures. Or

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<v Speaker 1>you'll come to see which big adventures you'd truly enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>and which you wouldn't. 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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