WEBVTT - Second Cup: Something active, something creative

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to always have an athletic and a

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<v Speaker 2>creative interest in your life. Doing so will give you

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<v Speaker 2>more energy and make life feel more rich. So today's

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<v Speaker 2>tip was inspired by a rule I have for my

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<v Speaker 2>own five kids past mid elementary school or so. The

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<v Speaker 2>children need to do something physical and something musical. You

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<v Speaker 2>can do more, and they often do, but as they

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<v Speaker 2>create their activity portfolio, they need to do some sport

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<v Speaker 2>or physical activity at all times, and they need to

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<v Speaker 2>play a musical instrument or sing in some sort of ensemble.

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<v Speaker 2>I figure that this rule will help them be well

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<v Speaker 2>rounded and build their skills and stay healthy. This rule

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<v Speaker 2>also just helps me as a management matter. With five kids,

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<v Speaker 2>that can be easy to lose sight of whether any

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<v Speaker 2>individual child is appropriately active and social. But as long

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<v Speaker 2>as every kid is doing something physical and something musical,

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<v Speaker 2>then we should be good. Anyway, as I was describing

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<v Speaker 2>this household rule to someone, I had an epiphany. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a pretty good rule for adults too. We should

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<v Speaker 2>all do something physical just for general health and energy reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand not everyone is into music. But if we

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<v Speaker 2>broaden that part of the rule to doing something artistic

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<v Speaker 2>or otherwise creative, that seems like a reasonable goal too.

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<v Speaker 2>We can all look at our lives in the portfolio

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<v Speaker 2>of our leisure hours to make sure we are doing

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<v Speaker 2>something active and something creative. The active could be anything

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<v Speaker 2>walking or running with a friend, swimming laps, taking an

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<v Speaker 2>exercise class, lifting weights under the guidance of a trainer,

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<v Speaker 2>playing on a softball team. The creative part might require

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<v Speaker 2>a little more thought, as fewer adults build such things

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<v Speaker 2>into their lives on a regular basis. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>set this rule for yourself, it might nudge you to

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<v Speaker 2>think through a creative hobby. You could journal, You could

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<v Speaker 2>write stories, you could write poems. You could do needlework

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<v Speaker 2>or woodworking. You could design a garden. You could paint

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<v Speaker 2>or sketch. If you don't know how to do something

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<v Speaker 2>creative but have always been interested, you are in luck,

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<v Speaker 2>as there are hosts of YouTube video demonstrating every skill

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<v Speaker 2>and technique you can think of, plus ones you probably

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<v Speaker 2>haven't thought of. Either. You could find a local studio

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<v Speaker 2>or school and start taking classes. If you used to

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<v Speaker 2>play an instrument, you might be able to rent that instrument,

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<v Speaker 2>just like kids in school bands do, and start playing

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<v Speaker 2>it again. Electronic keyboards are reasonably affordable if you played

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<v Speaker 2>the piano at one time but don't have room for

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<v Speaker 2>a grand in your apartment. Most reasonably sized cities have

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<v Speaker 2>community choruses, or if you attend a house of worship,

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<v Speaker 2>you might look into the offerings there. In any case,

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<v Speaker 2>setting the goal of something active and something creative will

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<v Speaker 2>help you think about nurturing these parts of you. Adults

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<v Speaker 2>tend to spend most of our time working or caring

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<v Speaker 2>for family members, with some leisure like watching TV thrown

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<v Speaker 2>into the mix. Setting a goal of doing something active

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<v Speaker 2>and something creative encourages healthy choices we all need to move,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will also make life more interesting. If a

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<v Speaker 2>colleague asks on Monday morning what you did over the weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>you might think that the answer is often nothing. But

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<v Speaker 2>if you went on a group bike ride on Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>morning and played in your string quartet on Sunday, well

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<v Speaker 2>that is a different matter entirely. You just have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more to think about and talk about. If you

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<v Speaker 2>have something active and something creative in your life at

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<v Speaker 2>all times. I'd love to hear about it. You can

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<v Speaker 2>tell me about it at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 2>here's to making the most.

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