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 when you are looking for an activity
Speaker 1: for your leisure time browse for a project, you may
Speaker 1: be surprised to find something fun that you didn't really
Speaker 1: even know you were looking for. So, if you are
Speaker 1: a reader, you are probably used to going to a
Speaker 1: bookstore or a library to browse. You might be reminded
Speaker 1: of a book you've been meaning to read for a while,
Speaker 1: or something new might catch your eye, but you are
Speaker 1: unlikely to leave without finding something you want to read.
Speaker 1: For other forms of leisure, too, browsing can be a
Speaker 1: great way to spark your thinking about how you'd like
Speaker 1: to spend your time. For instance, if you'd like to
Speaker 1: work your create of muscles, you could go to a
Speaker 1: craft store like Michael's and just go see what catches
Speaker 1: your eye. Maybe you'll get some moregami paper and in
Speaker 1: the weekend with some fantastic boots. You could grab scrap
Speaker 1: booking supplies and make a scrap book about your kid's
Speaker 1: first few weeks of kindergarten. You could get paper, stickers
Speaker 1: and markers and make a card for your friend who
Speaker 1: just got a new job. I have no idea what
Speaker 1: you will find, but if you give yourself a little
Speaker 1: time to wander around, no doubt something we'll catch your eye.
Speaker 1: Or maybe you're leaning more toward a gardening project. Head
Speaker 1: to a nursery and meander admiring all the interesting plants
Speaker 1: until you spot something that is perfect for that corner
Speaker 1: of your garden that you keep meaning to address. Or
Speaker 1: perhaps you love puzzles or legos. I know I do,
Speaker 1: so I like to browse the puzzle table of a
Speaker 1: bookstore or the lego aisle of Target. I know some
Speaker 1: parents who take their kids to hobby Lobby or Target,
Speaker 1: give them a ten dollar or even twenty dollars bill
Speaker 1: and invite them to buy what they'd like to make
Speaker 1: the afternoon or weekend enjoyable. Adults can browse for a
Speaker 1: project just for fun too. Now, maybe this all sounds
Speaker 1: a little strange to you. You are thinking, Laura, I
Speaker 1: do not have time to meander around a store, let
Speaker 1: alone spend several evening or weekend hours pursuing a project.
Speaker 1: And maybe that's true, But are you sure I remember
Speaker 1: that In the first days of COVID stores sold out
Speaker 1: of Legos because everyone suddenly discovered some font of free time. Well,
Speaker 1: a day still has twenty four hours. Many other things
Speaker 1: turned out to be optional. Or you might try looking
Speaker 1: at the screen time function on your phone. If you
Speaker 1: have an hour a day browse the web, you probably
Speaker 1: have thirty minutes to wander around a store in two hours,
Speaker 1: some time to get in touch with your project making self.
Speaker 1: So the next time you recognize that you do have
Speaker 1: some leisure time but also have no particular ideas of
Speaker 1: how you'd like to spend it, take yourself to a
Speaker 1: store you enjoy browse for a project. Who knows what
Speaker 1: fun way you'll find to pass the time 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.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach
Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast
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