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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to enjoy your library. While the official National

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Speaker 1: Library Week happens in late April, you could plan to

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Speaker 1: make next week your own personal library week and come

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Speaker 1: up with some new ways to enjoy the space. When

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Speaker 1: most people think of the library, they think of checking

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Speaker 1: out books. Instead of buying a particular book you want

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Speaker 1: to read, you get it from the library and thus

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Speaker 1: save a few dollars. That is certainly a worthwhile endeavor,

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Speaker 1: but libraries offer a lot more. As you plan your

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Speaker 1: upcoming week, you might want to build in a visit,

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Speaker 1: even if that current bestseller has a really long hold list.

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Speaker 1: One good reason to visit is to actually discover what

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Speaker 1: you might wish to read next. Libraries are often much

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Speaker 1: like bookstores in that books near the front are displayed

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Speaker 1: in attractive ways that make you want to scoop them up.

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Speaker 1: Some of these displays will focus on new acquisitions, just

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Speaker 1: as a bookstore would, but some will be different. Given

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Speaker 1: the nature of a library, the librarians may have pulled

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Speaker 1: together a display on the same topic as a local

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Speaker 1: museum exhibit with titles that have been published over the

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Speaker 1: past twenty years, or maybe there will be a display

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Speaker 1: on the history of a sport that your local team

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Speaker 1: excels at. You will find intriguing stuff you hadn't considered

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Speaker 1: reading before, and the upside of a library is that

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Speaker 1: there is zero financial trade off involved in taking a risk.

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Speaker 1: You could also visit to figure out what to cook

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Speaker 1: for dinner for the next few weeks. It is hard

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Speaker 1: to know from the get go if you will use

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Speaker 1: a cookbook over and over again or if it will

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Speaker 1: just sit on your shelf taking up space, so why

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Speaker 1: not try it out from the library first. It's like

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Speaker 1: a recipe app but without the fees. You can also

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Speaker 1: visit to get some cheap visual inspiration decorating in art

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Speaker 1: books tend to be very pricey when you buy them new,

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Speaker 1: and if you're like me, you might only look through

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Speaker 1: them once or twice, so by all means, by your

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Speaker 1: favorite artists collection, but for everyone else, you can get

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Speaker 1: the benefit of flipping through them without putting out the cash.

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Speaker 1: Just go to your library. I often visit the library

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Speaker 1: to figure out little local adventures. When you stop in

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Speaker 1: sometime next week, look at the community bulletin board. A

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Speaker 1: lot of local libraries have them. You can see who's

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Speaker 1: doing a concert in a nearby coffee shop, and if

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Speaker 1: there will be a craft fair in a nearby park,

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Speaker 1: someone might be offering a free group ukulele lesson. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you really just never know until you study all those

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Speaker 1: bright pieces of paper. Libraries themselves often offer activities. My

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Speaker 1: toddler is a regular at story time and music class.

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Speaker 1: You might stop by a library branch during evening hours

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Speaker 1: to take in the art exhibit in their upstairs community space.

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Speaker 1: That could be a little adventure right there, a sophisticated

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Speaker 1: evening at a not so sophisticated p You can also

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Speaker 1: work at the library. Indeed, it is the most affordable

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Speaker 1: coworking space in town for those who work from home regularly.

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Speaker 1: You could take some time this week to make your

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Speaker 1: library your second workspace. If you are stumped on something

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Speaker 1: or having trouble concentrating, maybe your library could get the

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Speaker 1: creative juice is flowing. At least, it will be a

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Speaker 1: change of scenery, and unlike a coffee shop, you don't

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Speaker 1: have to buy anything to take a spot at a table. Finally,

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Speaker 1: you don't actually even have to visit your library to

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Speaker 1: use it. My current little library hack using the Libby

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Speaker 1: app to borrow library ebooks and then reading them right

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Speaker 1: there on my phone. Sometimes, if I am stuck waiting

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Speaker 1: in my time toddler's room for him to fall asleep,

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Speaker 1: I will borrow a handful of magazines through the Libby

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Speaker 1: app and flip through them and return them an hour later.

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Speaker 1: It feels just a little bit nicer than scrolling through Twitter,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't take any real effort or cash. So

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Speaker 1: as you plan your upcoming week this Friday, as I

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Speaker 1: know my listeners, do, think about when you could enjoy

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Speaker 1: your local library. Maybe schedule a leisure visit for reading

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Speaker 1: and then work visits on work from home days. Challenge

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Speaker 1: yourself to find a community adventure for the weekend on

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Speaker 1: the bulletin board and then download something fun at night.

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Speaker 1: I think you will find yourself amazed at all the

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Speaker 1: possibilities in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the moose of our time. Hey everybody,

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