WEBVTT - Invite your future self to have fun

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to keep track of fun things that

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<v Speaker 1>you could do in the future and remind yourself of

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<v Speaker 1>these opportunities at the right moment, or, to put it differently,

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<v Speaker 1>invite your future self to have fun. It is easy

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<v Speaker 1>to get caught up in the business of day to

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<v Speaker 1>day life and not have as much fun and variety

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<v Speaker 1>as we would like. That's why I always suggest planning

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<v Speaker 1>adventures into the schedule. As we think about our fun portfolio,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd suggest investing time in planning the really grand adventures,

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<v Speaker 1>like getting tickets to Hamilton's, growing a reservation at a

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant that is impossible to get into, booking a weekend

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<v Speaker 1>trip with your college best friends, or any other activity

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<v Speaker 1>that you need to schedule far in advance. On the

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<v Speaker 1>other end of the fun spectrum are things you can

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<v Speaker 1>do whenever you want, decorating cookies, watching a documentary you've

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<v Speaker 1>been meaning to see, needle point. It is a great

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<v Speaker 1>idea to keep an any time fun list for these

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<v Speaker 1>so you can do them whenever you have some free time.

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<v Speaker 1>So that is the big stuff and the little stuff. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's think about the middle. There are lots of activities

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't have to plan way in advance, but

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<v Speaker 1>you also can't just do any time. For these, I

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<v Speaker 1>find it's helpful to invite your future self to participate.

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<v Speaker 1>I think things like picking apples in September, going to

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<v Speaker 1>New England to see the changing leaves in October, build

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<v Speaker 1>gingerbread houses in December. For activities like these, people who

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<v Speaker 1>use electronic calendars can create calendar items inviting their future

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<v Speaker 1>selves to participate. For example, you could create a calendar

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<v Speaker 1>invite for August seven, saying want to pick apples sometime soon.

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<v Speaker 1>A calendar invite for September might ask leaf peeping day

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<v Speaker 1>trip next month and invite on December three might ask

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd like to make gingerbread houses soon. By using

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<v Speaker 1>calendar invites to invite your future self to do something fun,

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<v Speaker 1>you are able to keep track of your ideas for

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<v Speaker 1>things you could do and revisit them in the future

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<v Speaker 1>at a time when you will be able to make

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<v Speaker 1>specific plans. It's okay if your future self occasionally declines

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<v Speaker 1>your invitations, but more often the invitations may prompt you

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<v Speaker 1>to have fun that otherwise might have passed you by.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, you don't have to use an electronic calendar

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<v Speaker 1>to do any of this. You can just put notes

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<v Speaker 1>on a paper calendar for upcoming fun. Right schedule leaf

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<v Speaker 1>peeping day trip on your calendar for a day in

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<v Speaker 1>September when you're doing your planning. I always use Fridays

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<v Speaker 1>for this, and you will see the note and consider

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<v Speaker 1>when to put your fun. You can even do this

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<v Speaker 1>for annual things. If you go to a music festival

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<v Speaker 1>and have a ton of fun, go ahead and put

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<v Speaker 1>a note on your calendar for early summer next year,

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<v Speaker 1>inviting yourself to consider going again. It is easy to

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<v Speaker 1>forget about fun things that don't have to happen and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe remember them after the fact, But by inviting your

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<v Speaker 1>future self to have fun, you are less likely to

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<v Speaker 1>forget and more likely to remember when the time is

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<v Speaker 1>right to act. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks

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

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