WEBVTT - Pick your long weekend leisure

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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 pick your long weekend a leisure. Before

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<v Speaker 1>you go into a long weekend, more so, even than

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<v Speaker 1>just a regular weekend, make sure that you have a

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<v Speaker 1>first choice for how to spend your downtime. This increases

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<v Speaker 1>the chances that you'll spend time on that and less

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<v Speaker 1>time on other things. Today's tip is first airing right

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<v Speaker 1>around the fourth of July in the United States. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a national holiday, and this year it happens to

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<v Speaker 1>fall on a Friday, which is pretty exciting. We have

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<v Speaker 1>a ready made long weekend. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>folks are taking advantage of that to get to the beach,

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<v Speaker 1>or go see family, or go to an amusement park

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<v Speaker 1>or watch some great fireworks. Even in a weekend with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff going on, there is always some downtime,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully more than a little. The problem is we don't

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<v Speaker 1>always think about exactly when this leisure is going to happen,

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<v Speaker 1>or perhaps we just don't know. You're hanging out at

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<v Speaker 1>Grandma's and no one is up, or you didn't go

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<v Speaker 1>on that group boat ride at the lake, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>late coming back, and you're sitting around in the quiet.

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<v Speaker 1>Now what the easiest thing, as usual is to pick

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<v Speaker 1>up the phone. But then precious leisure time is spent

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<v Speaker 1>looking at influencers you don't even know. It doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>all that rejuvenating. So instead, going into any long weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>figure out what your first choice leisure activity is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be. For a lot of people, that might mean

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<v Speaker 1>reading a really good book. So you need to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you have that really good book. Go get it

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<v Speaker 1>from the library, or go visit the library if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what you want to read, and see what

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<v Speaker 1>looks alluring. If you don't always win at the library

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<v Speaker 1>and I get it it happens, go to a bookstore.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes the newer stuff is more readily available there. Books

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<v Speaker 1>are cheap as entertainment goes. Whatever it is, though, make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you are really looking forward to reading this book,

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<v Speaker 1>because then you will pick it up as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>you realize that no one else is up at Grandma's

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<v Speaker 1>or the boat is coming back later than you thought

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. Of course, books aren't the only option, or

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<v Speaker 1>you might need a break from reading. I love doing

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand piece puzzles, so before any long weekend, I

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<v Speaker 1>make sure I have a new one ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Puzzles are pretty cheap entertainment, just like books. Twenty dollars

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<v Speaker 1>for something that often takes me at least ten to

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen hours. But you could swap some puzzles with friends

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<v Speaker 1>if you're looking to save cash there too. You might

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<v Speaker 1>buy a new crossword puzzle book or get a new

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<v Speaker 1>cross stitch pattern. You could buy a new art kit

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<v Speaker 1>or set yourself a goal like sketching three different kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of wildflowers the course of the weekend. Even if your

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<v Speaker 1>chosen leisure is screen time, I still think it is

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<v Speaker 1>helpful to figure out exactly what this is so you

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<v Speaker 1>know what to seek out and you know what you

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<v Speaker 1>are excited about. Maybe you download a new game and

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<v Speaker 1>decide to play that, or set up an online tournament

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<v Speaker 1>with friends. You wait to stream the next season of

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<v Speaker 1>a favorite show and tell it's the long weekend so

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<v Speaker 1>you can really savor it. During that time, you and

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<v Speaker 1>your spouse decide to go to a movie marathon based

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<v Speaker 1>on a particular actor's work. Or maybe your favorite baseball

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<v Speaker 1>team has three games over the holiday weekend. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can go to one and make watching the other two

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<v Speaker 1>on TV into an event. The point is you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to have some leisure time, even if it's not

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<v Speaker 1>as much as you want. You will be more likely

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<v Speaker 1>to notice that this time is happening and really savor

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<v Speaker 1>it if this downtime is intentional. When you finish a

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<v Speaker 1>fun summer read by the end of a long weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's hard to tell yourself the story that you

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<v Speaker 1>have zero time. When you are halfway through a one

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<v Speaker 1>thousand piece puzzle by the end of a long weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>it is hard to tell yourself the story that you

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<v Speaker 1>have zero time, because in general we do have time.

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<v Speaker 1>Time is big enough for all sorts of things, so

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<v Speaker 1>it is good to make sure that the long weekend

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<v Speaker 1>helps paint an accurate picture of life in the meantime.

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

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<v Speaker 1>the 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 Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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