WEBVTT - Anniversaries aren't just for romance

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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 that anniversaries aren't just for romance. Sure, you

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<v Speaker 1>want to mark the date that you met or married

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<v Speaker 1>your partner, but you can celebrate other special, personal or

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<v Speaker 1>professional dates too. Doing so is a great way to

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<v Speaker 1>show that something is important and to mark how far

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<v Speaker 1>you've come. My family moved into our new house in

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<v Speaker 1>early January of twenty twenty two. This was after a

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<v Speaker 1>year long renovation project, so we had anticipated this move

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time. I remember that first night in

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<v Speaker 1>the new house as being kind of challenging. Most of

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<v Speaker 1>our furniture wasn't here yet, but it was the start

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<v Speaker 1>of a new chapter in our lives. We ate pizza

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor and got to know the new place.

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<v Speaker 1>I now note the anniversary every year, how much the

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<v Speaker 1>house has changed, and how we've made memories here too.

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<v Speaker 1>Life features lots of anniversaries. This April, I will be

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating nine years of tracking my time, so I plan

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<v Speaker 1>to note a time tracking anniversary. I will record my

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<v Speaker 1>celebration and my time log. Of course, I bet you

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<v Speaker 1>can recall lots of non romantic anniversaries too, perhaps when

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<v Speaker 1>you started running on Sunday mornings with your exercise buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>or when you drank your last diet coke before going

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<v Speaker 1>soda free. Every year, there's the anniversary of the date

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<v Speaker 1>you closed on your new home, when you met your

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<v Speaker 1>best friend, or got your cat. All these moments are

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<v Speaker 1>worthy of celebration. While you probably remember the actual date

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<v Speaker 1>you got married, you may be a bit fuzzier on

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<v Speaker 1>other anniversaries, but with some work, you can probably figure

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<v Speaker 1>out the specific date that important things started. For instance,

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<v Speaker 1>you may know that your first Sunday morning run with

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<v Speaker 1>your running buddy was the first Sunday of twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 1>You can easily figure out that date with an online calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe your first soda free day was ash Wednesday of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two. That is an easy calendar find as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Plenty of paperwork will tell you the date you closed

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<v Speaker 1>on your home. Other moments, though, may be murkier. You

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<v Speaker 1>may know you met your best friend at a yoga

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<v Speaker 1>class sometime in May of twenty eighteen, or that you

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<v Speaker 1>got your cat on a snowy day or on New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's of twenty twenty but you may not know exactly when,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is okay. Just choose an approximate date to

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<v Speaker 1>mark the anniversary. No one is fact checking you. If

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to declare that January fifth is your

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<v Speaker 1>cat's homecoming anniversary, you can go ahead and mark that

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<v Speaker 1>and celebrate it with certainty. Now, of course, once we

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<v Speaker 1>are celebrating lots of anniversaries, friendships, job milestones, pets, moving habits.

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<v Speaker 1>The individual celebrations probably aren't going to be huge, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's nice to do a little something. Perhaps in keeping

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<v Speaker 1>with the theme of the event you are celebrating. You

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<v Speaker 1>and your running buddy could reenact your first run, same

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<v Speaker 1>length and location, or just go out for coffee after

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<v Speaker 1>the run nearest your anniversary to celebrate. Give your friend

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<v Speaker 1>a card to celebrate the anniversary of meeting, saying how

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<v Speaker 1>much she means to you. You can mark years in

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<v Speaker 1>a home by planting something new. Life happens continuously. It

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<v Speaker 1>keeps passing, whether we think about it or not. Noting

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<v Speaker 1>anniversaries helps us pause and reflect. We can honor time

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<v Speaker 1>as it passes all the things we have stuck with,

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<v Speaker 1>and that helps shape who we are. Our romantic relationships

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<v Speaker 1>shape us of course, but so do many other things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's good to celebrate all of it. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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