1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: tip is to enjoy your forgotten things. Many of us 4 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: have things in our life that we have mostly forgotten about, 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: but they might still provide some enjoyment, especially if we 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: can make them seem new again. So around the beginning 7 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: of May each year, I bring my sweaters to the cleaners. 8 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: After they clean them, they pack them up and give 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: them back to me in bags, which I then put 10 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: into my closet. I do not open these bags again 11 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: until sometime in November, when it is officially sweater weather. 12 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: Then each year, the next week or two are quite 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: fun as I discover sweater after sweater. Now I don't 14 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: have a ton of them, maybe eight total, but I 15 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: have mostly forgotten exactly what I own over the course 16 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: of six months. Unwrapping each parcel is like getting a 17 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: new sweater all over again. I am guessing that many 18 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: of us have things in our lives that we aren't 19 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: actively thinking about. Maybe it is books on the shelves. 20 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: Maybe it is music or movies that we haven't enjoyed 21 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: in a while. I save old magazines, particularly December issues 22 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: because I eventually forget what is in there. When I 23 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: pull out a magazine from let's say twenty sixteen, it 24 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: is like getting a new magazine in the mail all 25 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: over again. But since I already own, I don't have 26 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: to buy anything. Of course, one reason these sweaters and 27 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: the December magazines feel exciting is that I have put 28 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: them away for a while. They aren't really options for 29 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: me for big chunks of the year. If you have 30 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: older items you'd like to enjoy as if they were 31 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: new again, it might help to put them somewhere that 32 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: you won't be accessing. Maybe you only pull out certain 33 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: summer movies while you are on summer vacation, that sort 34 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: of thing. But in many cases things wind up being 35 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: forgotten about just because well, they aren't in front of 36 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: us all the time. So if you are looking for 37 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: a little extra enjoyment today, try finding something forgotten and 38 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: enjoying it for a little bit. Pull a favorite book 39 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: off a top shelf and read a few pages. Go 40 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: through the rec room closet and pull out that card 41 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: game that you and your spouse liked playing a few 42 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: years ago. See if you can remember what television shows 43 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: you enjoyed watching a decade ago and find an old 44 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: episode or two somewhere. Everything seems to be streamed somewhere 45 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: these days, and if it is old episodes of What 46 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: Not to Wear that floats your boat, well that was 47 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 1: great television. Some stuff deserves to be forgotten. My sweaters 48 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: are reasonably classic shapes, but something that was very trendy 49 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen maybe should stay put away or, better yet, 50 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: get donated. But most of us have some time to 51 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: fill and some need to wear things before buying something 52 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: new to fill that need. It might be worth seeing 53 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: if there is anything around the house that you have 54 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: just forgotten about. It might bring a little enjoyment to 55 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: your life, and even a few minutes of joy can 56 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: be a bonus in an otherwise normal day. In the meantime, 57 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 58 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 59 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 60 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast 61 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 62 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you 63 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.