Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that your remembering self will thank you for
Speaker 1: the good memories you create, Even if creating memories can
Speaker 1: be a hassle. Once you are on the other side,
Speaker 1: there is a good chance you will be glad that
Speaker 1: you did. I am writing this episode about a week
Speaker 1: after my family returned from an epic trip to Ecuador
Speaker 1: and the Galapagos Islands. Making this trip had been on
Speaker 1: my list of one hundred dreams, and I was excited
Speaker 1: to see this amazing landscape and the animals that inspired
Speaker 1: Charles Darwin and changed people's understanding of the natural world.
Speaker 1: It was also not a low stress trip. Traveling with
Speaker 1: seven people internationally is never easy, nor is getting to
Speaker 1: remote islands in the Pacific, or living out of a
Speaker 1: small suitcase for nine days, or even dealing with logistics
Speaker 1: of needing to brush your teeth with bottled water and
Speaker 1: the like. On the other hand, we saw some amazing wildlife.
Speaker 1: I was able to be quite close to giant Galapagos tortoises.
Speaker 1: I kayaked right over white tipped reef sharks. I saw Iguanas,
Speaker 1: sea lions, blue footed boobies, amazingly colorful crabs, and of
Speaker 1: course those finches with their famously changing beaks. Now that
Speaker 1: I am home and on the other side and sleeping
Speaker 1: in my own bed, I'm happy I did it. Even
Speaker 1: if there was a fair amount of anxiety before and
Speaker 1: during the trip, My remembering self is happy we did
Speaker 1: the Galapagos adventure. Waking up at three am in Kito
Speaker 1: to catch a flight back to Miami is just a
Speaker 1: blip in the memory. And I love seeing my photos
Speaker 1: of those tortoises. So it goes with many things. While
Speaker 1: big chosen adventures are often challenging in the moment and
Speaker 1: can inspire some anxiety beforehand, once you are on the
Speaker 1: other side, you will probably be happy to have done them.
Speaker 1: So as you are considering things that are slightly outside
Speaker 1: your comfort zone, you might try thinking about your remembering self.
Speaker 1: Picture yourself on the other side of this adventure. You
Speaker 1: have given that speech to a giant audience. You have
Speaker 1: done a live interview on national TV. You have taken
Speaker 1: five children on an international trip. Picture yourself looking back
Speaker 1: on the memories. You are looking through your photos. You
Speaker 1: are telling people about the adventure. You are back in
Speaker 1: your comfort zone now, having stepped outside it earlier, because
Speaker 1: guess what what eventually you will be to that place.
Speaker 1: Time keeps passing no matter what we do. I knew
Speaker 1: during my Ecuador and Galopagos trip that in a certain
Speaker 1: number of days I would most likely be back home.
Speaker 1: I would be sleeping in my own bed and brushing
Speaker 1: my teeth with tap water. It was just up to
Speaker 1: me to make memories in the meantime that my future
Speaker 1: self could look back on. So I did, and now
Speaker 1: I can recount them in life. It is easier to
Speaker 1: give a lot of consideration to our experiencing selves whatever
Speaker 1: it is we are doing in the moment. A trip
Speaker 1: like my Galapagos one is a lot more stressful for
Speaker 1: an experiencing self than say, going to stay at a
Speaker 1: hotel in Florida for a few days, and that trip
Speaker 1: would be more stressful than staying at home and relaxing.
Speaker 1: But while relaxing is nice, it doesn't tend to generate
Speaker 1: as many memories. The days since I came home for
Speaker 1: my trip have gone so much far faster than my
Speaker 1: time on the trip. As I write this, I'm like, Wow,
Speaker 1: it's already been a week. Making memories expands time and
Speaker 1: doing things outside our comfort zones is one way to
Speaker 1: create memories. So think about your remembering self, not just
Speaker 1: your experiencing self. If your experiencing self can get your
Speaker 1: head around doing cool things, your remembering self well. Thank
Speaker 1: you looking back on the memories you created in the meantime.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
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