WEBVTT - Celebrate your bucket list wins

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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 celebrate your bucket list wins. We tend

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<v Speaker 1>to write bucket lists looking forward, listing things we still

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<v Speaker 1>want to do in our lives. But you have no

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<v Speaker 1>doubt done cool stuff in your life already. Indeed, you

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<v Speaker 1>have probably done stuff that would go on someone else's

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<v Speaker 1>bucket list, So why not celebrate whatever those adventures happen

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<v Speaker 1>to be. I was thinking of this topic the other

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<v Speaker 1>day because I was reminded that I have not yet

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<v Speaker 1>been to New Zealand. I would love to go. It

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<v Speaker 1>is on my bucket list. I am sure the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>will come up at some point. Maybe someone listening to

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<v Speaker 1>this is hosting a conference in New Zealand that needs

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<v Speaker 1>a keynote speaker to talk about time management. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure when this will all happen. And it is

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<v Speaker 1>easy to get fixated on stuff like this, like will

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<v Speaker 1>I ever make it to New Zealand. But it's not

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<v Speaker 1>like I haven't done some adventurous travel in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I spent four months living in Australia during college, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know that a visit to that country is certainly

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<v Speaker 1>on a great many people's bucket lists. So that inspired

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<v Speaker 1>me to stop ruminating on New Zealand for a while

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<v Speaker 1>and start thinking of other things that I have done

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<v Speaker 1>that might make it onto someone else's bucket list, or

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<v Speaker 1>even might have made it on two past Laura's bucket lists,

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<v Speaker 1>or I'm making such lists at early points in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't gone to New Zealand, but I have toured

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<v Speaker 1>the time Mahal. I haven't gone to New Zealand, but

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<v Speaker 1>I have been on a safari in South Africa. I

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<v Speaker 1>am sure that you likewise have done some fascinating things

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<v Speaker 1>in your life that someone else might set as a

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<v Speaker 1>life goal. Maybe you have visited some really cool national parks.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you've gone to the Louver or seen a Shakespeare

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<v Speaker 1>play at Stratford on Avon. Maybe you've taken a cross

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<v Speaker 1>country road trip or been in a rock band, or

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<v Speaker 1>marched in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Maybe you live

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere like New Zealand, And, so you have seen places

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<v Speaker 1>that are on other people's bucket lists, just in the

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<v Speaker 1>course of normal life. In any case, maybe as a

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<v Speaker 1>journaling prompt or as something to think about during a

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<v Speaker 1>long car trip. Start pondering the things that you have

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<v Speaker 1>done that someone else might set as a life goal.

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<v Speaker 1>What have you done that other people might say, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that is cool. Then, to really enjoy this experience, try

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<v Speaker 1>to pull up some memories from those adventures or accomplishments.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have souvenirs from that Italy trip? What memories

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<v Speaker 1>can you recall from that Rolling Stones concert? What was

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<v Speaker 1>it like to have a picture of your garden in

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<v Speaker 1>a magazine. The world is a big place and there

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<v Speaker 1>are many things one can do in life. Nobody is

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<v Speaker 1>going to do all of them. So if we focus

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<v Speaker 1>exclusively on what we still want to do, it is

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<v Speaker 1>easy to feel like it will never be enough. But

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<v Speaker 1>if we instead remember all that we have done, that

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<v Speaker 1>can produce some feelings of contentment. I do still want

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<v Speaker 1>to make it to New Zealand, and I have hopes

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<v Speaker 1>that I will. But diving on the Great Barrier reef

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<v Speaker 1>and seeing the taj Mahal are pretty cool too. It

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<v Speaker 1>is good to keep these things in context. I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear what you have done that would be

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<v Speaker 1>on someone else's bucket list. Bonus points for cool stories

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<v Speaker 1>you can send those stories to me at Laura at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura vandercam dot com. That is l a U r

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<v Speaker 1>A at l a U r A v A n

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<v Speaker 1>d E r k A m as and Mary dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>I really do read all these emails and I respond

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<v Speaker 1>to the vast majority of them, So send them my

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<v Speaker 1>way and in the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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