1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to keep track of fun things that 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: you could do in the future and remind yourself of 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: these opportunities at the right moment, or, to put it differently, 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: invite your future self to have fun. It is easy 7 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: to get caught up in the business of day to 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: day life and not have as much fun and variety 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: as we would like. That's why I always suggest planning 10 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: adventures into the schedule. As we think about our fun portfolio, 11 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: I'd suggest investing time in planning the really grand adventures, 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: like getting tickets to Hamilton's, growing a reservation at a 13 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 1: restaurant that is impossible to get into, booking a weekend 14 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: trip with your college best friends, or any other activity 15 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: that you need to schedule far in advance. On the 16 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: other end of the fun spectrum are things you can 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: do whenever you want, decorating cookies, watching a documentary you've 18 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: been meaning to see, needle point. It is a great 19 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: idea to keep an any time fun list for these 20 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: so you can do them whenever you have some free time. 21 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: So that is the big stuff and the little stuff. Now, 22 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: let's think about the middle. There are lots of activities 23 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: that you don't have to plan way in advance, but 24 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: you also can't just do any time. For these, I 25 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: find it's helpful to invite your future self to participate. 26 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: I think things like picking apples in September, going to 27 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: New England to see the changing leaves in October, build 28 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: gingerbread houses in December. For activities like these, people who 29 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: use electronic calendars can create calendar items inviting their future 30 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: selves to participate. For example, you could create a calendar 31 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: invite for August seven, saying want to pick apples sometime soon. 32 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: A calendar invite for September might ask leaf peeping day 33 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: trip next month and invite on December three might ask 34 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: if you'd like to make gingerbread houses soon. By using 35 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: calendar invites to invite your future self to do something fun, 36 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: you are able to keep track of your ideas for 37 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: things you could do and revisit them in the future 38 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: at a time when you will be able to make 39 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: specific plans. It's okay if your future self occasionally declines 40 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: your invitations, but more often the invitations may prompt you 41 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: to have fun that otherwise might have passed you by. 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: Of course, you don't have to use an electronic calendar 43 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: to do any of this. You can just put notes 44 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: on a paper calendar for upcoming fun. Right schedule leaf 45 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: peeping day trip on your calendar for a day in 46 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: September when you're doing your planning. I always use Fridays 47 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: for this, and you will see the note and consider 48 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: when to put your fun. You can even do this 49 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: for annual things. If you go to a music festival 50 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: and have a ton of fun, go ahead and put 51 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: a note on your calendar for early summer next year, 52 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: inviting yourself to consider going again. It is easy to 53 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: forget about fun things that don't have to happen and 54 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: maybe remember them after the fact, But by inviting your 55 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: future self to have fun, you are less likely to 56 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: forget and more likely to remember when the time is 57 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: right to act. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks 58 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 59 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 60 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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