WEBVTT - Plan a great staycation

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to plan a great staycation.

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<v Speaker 1>Travel can be awesome, but sometimes it's not the best

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<v Speaker 1>solution for your vacation days. Maybe you've been traveling a

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<v Speaker 1>lot for work and you have zero desire to sit

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<v Speaker 1>on a plane again. Maybe your budget is stretched, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you live somewhere amazing in its own right, or there

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<v Speaker 1>can be other considerations. My family didn't travel over Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>this year because of our new baby's impending arrival in January.

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<v Speaker 1>In any case, a staycation can be a ton of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>The key is to make sure that it actually feels

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<v Speaker 1>like a vacation, which, like most things, involves a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of planning ahead. The first step is to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>your main intentions for the staycation. Is it to spend

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<v Speaker 1>time with your family, to explore your own city, to relax.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's to get caught up in all your house

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<v Speaker 1>projects from the past year, well, best to acknowledge that

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<v Speaker 1>and be honest about it. And yes, you can want

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<v Speaker 1>to do all these things, but they may suggest different approaches.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got small kids, for instance, taking a few

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<v Speaker 1>days off work and then staying home with them gives

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<v Speaker 1>you the life that stay at home parents experience all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Most of them don't describe this as relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>so if relaxation is your goal for your staycation, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>need to trade off with your partner or use whatever

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<v Speaker 1>child care you've got for some of the time. As

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<v Speaker 1>with any vacation, I also suggest planning one anchor event

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<v Speaker 1>per day. This is something pleasurable or adventurous that will

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<v Speaker 1>give the day a bit of structure. Over Christmas, our

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<v Speaker 1>goal was to spend a lot of family time together

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<v Speaker 1>before our family became bigger, so we got tickets for

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<v Speaker 1>one event per day that we could all go to,

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<v Speaker 1>such as a light show at the zoo or else

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<v Speaker 1>we plan to go to one party or event. This

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<v Speaker 1>made us feel like we were celebrating the season and

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<v Speaker 1>seeing the major attractions in our area. It's still left

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of downtime. As for that downtime, the problem of

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<v Speaker 1>staying in your house on a staycation is that your

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<v Speaker 1>two dues can follow you around. Indeed, they can expand

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<v Speaker 1>to fill the available space. If you're at work and

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<v Speaker 1>the floor is dirty in the middle of the day

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<v Speaker 1>you don't see it. If you're home, you do, and

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<v Speaker 1>so you spend more time cleaning. This is why some

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<v Speaker 1>people actually rent an air b and b in their

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<v Speaker 1>hometown or stay in a hotel where they aren't going

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<v Speaker 1>to let you clean the kitchen. But I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>you have to be this extreme. The key is to

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<v Speaker 1>compress and minimize all have to do. Give yourself half

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<v Speaker 1>an hour to check email. Give yourself one hour for

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<v Speaker 1>any chores or errands. If it doesn't happen in that time,

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't that important. You can spend the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>your time in vacation mode. If you plan to get

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<v Speaker 1>through bigger house projects, make a list and pledge to

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<v Speaker 1>tackle a reasonable number, say three, in the course of

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<v Speaker 1>the week. If you've got more time and you've got

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<v Speaker 1>more energy, well great, But limiting your ambitions will keep

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<v Speaker 1>you from feeling like you're pulled in multiple directions when

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to watch a movie with your family, but

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<v Speaker 1>you could theoretically be cleaning out the garage. Finally, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do want to be a hometown tourist, it might

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<v Speaker 1>help to get in the right frame of mind. Check

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<v Speaker 1>out a guidebook from the library or peruse a local

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<v Speaker 1>travel site. There's often all kinds of things that we

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know exist. The upside of travel is that

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<v Speaker 1>it can expand your mind, and so can a staycation.

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<v Speaker 1>But you might have to go looking for at least

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<v Speaker 1>some adventures. If you've taken a great staycation, I'd love

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<v Speaker 1>to hear about it. You can email me at Before

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<v Speaker 1>Breakfast podcast at i heeart media dot com. 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. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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