WEBVTT - Go outside for the sunset

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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 to go outside for the sunset. Getting outside

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<v Speaker 1>in the evening is a great way to make any

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<v Speaker 1>evening feel more memorable, and seeing a sunset is an

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<v Speaker 1>easy way to add more awe into everyday life. This

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<v Speaker 1>is free entertainment, so to speak, that nature provides on

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<v Speaker 1>the regular, so we may as well take advantage of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Longtime listeners know that I am a big fan of

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<v Speaker 1>what in my family we call toad time. That is

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<v Speaker 1>time outside after dinner. If the double time in that

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<v Speaker 1>acronym bothers, you call it together outside after dinner time.

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<v Speaker 1>This is hard to pull off in winter, but after

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<v Speaker 1>the March time change, it's light outside until at least

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<v Speaker 1>seven pm, and soon much later the weather starts getting nicer.

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<v Speaker 1>By the end of March and into April, going outside

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<v Speaker 1>at night becomes more appealing. Nature also puts on a

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<v Speaker 1>spectacular show twice a day with the sunrise and sunset.

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<v Speaker 1>I am often up getting kids ready and see the

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<v Speaker 1>sunrise out my kitchen window, but in the rush of

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<v Speaker 1>the morning routine it's a bit more challenging to get

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<v Speaker 1>out there and savor it. In the evening, though there's

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<v Speaker 1>often a little bit less going on, there's less rushing,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people aren't doing that much, say seven

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<v Speaker 1>thirty p m. Committing to going outside to see the

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<v Speaker 1>sunset will both nunte you to get some fresh air

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<v Speaker 1>and probably introduce some spectacular beauty into an evening that

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<v Speaker 1>might not have had so much of it otherwise. Ideally,

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<v Speaker 1>this could become a regular thing. There is a sunset

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<v Speaker 1>every day, and when it is a regular thing, than

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<v Speaker 1>the benefits start to stack up. To know when the

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<v Speaker 1>sunset is you have to look at a time or

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<v Speaker 1>weather app for your area. Then you have to think

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<v Speaker 1>about your evening, what is going on around the time

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<v Speaker 1>that the sun is setting. That question will nudge you

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<v Speaker 1>to think through your evening. If we finish dinner at seven,

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<v Speaker 1>we could go play outside in the backyard for thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>right and then we could watch the sunset. Or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be getting out of swim practice at seven fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>and the sun is setting at seven twenty, so maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we can drive two minutes away to a park with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of open space so we can see the

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<v Speaker 1>sun going down. That will make for a little adventure,

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<v Speaker 1>which right there could make an evening more memorable. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously this isn't always going to work. Some days are

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<v Speaker 1>stormy and there isn't much of a show. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>are doing other wonderful things that preclude watching the sunset.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are listening to an orchestra perform from let's

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<v Speaker 1>say seven to eight thirty pm, you will probably emerge

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<v Speaker 1>to darkness, and that is okay. I know that during

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<v Speaker 1>certain windows of the year, perhaps young kids' bedtimes will

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<v Speaker 1>exactly correlate with the sunset, and that is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>But as I study people's evenings, I know that many

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<v Speaker 1>people do not use evenings particularly well. We don't have

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<v Speaker 1>much energy. It's hard to be intentional. Choosing to go

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<v Speaker 1>outside to see the sunset is a very low energy

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<v Speaker 1>intention that it would not be hard to add into life.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you see these spectacular oranges and pinks on

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<v Speaker 1>the clouds and feel the spring breeze on your face,

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<v Speaker 1>the payoff is going to be pretty good. 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>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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