WEBVTT - Second Cup: Enjoy your forgotten things

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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 enjoy your forgotten things. Many of us

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<v Speaker 1>have things in our life that we have mostly forgotten about,

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<v Speaker 1>but they might still provide some enjoyment, especially if we

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<v Speaker 1>can make them seem new again. So around the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of May each year, I bring my sweaters to the cleaners.

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<v Speaker 1>After they clean them, they pack them up and give

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<v Speaker 1>them back to me in bags, which I then put

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<v Speaker 1>into my closet. I do not open these bags again

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<v Speaker 1>until sometime in November, when it is officially sweater weather.

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<v Speaker 1>Then each year, the next week or two are quite

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<v Speaker 1>fun as I discover sweater after sweater. Now I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a ton of them, maybe eight total, but I

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<v Speaker 1>have mostly forgotten exactly what I own over the course

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<v Speaker 1>of six months. Unwrapping each parcel is like getting a

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<v Speaker 1>new sweater all over again. I am guessing that many

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<v Speaker 1>of us have things in our lives that we aren't

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<v Speaker 1>actively thinking about. Maybe it is books on the shelves.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it is music or movies that we haven't enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>in a while. I save old magazines, particularly December issues

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<v Speaker 1>because I eventually forget what is in there. When I

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<v Speaker 1>pull out a magazine from let's say twenty sixteen, it

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<v Speaker 1>is like getting a new magazine in the mail all

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<v Speaker 1>over again. But since I already own, I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to buy anything. Of course, one reason these sweaters and

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<v Speaker 1>the December magazines feel exciting is that I have put

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<v Speaker 1>them away for a while. They aren't really options for

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<v Speaker 1>me for big chunks of the year. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>older items you'd like to enjoy as if they were

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<v Speaker 1>new again, it might help to put them somewhere that

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<v Speaker 1>you won't be accessing. Maybe you only pull out certain

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<v Speaker 1>summer movies while you are on summer vacation, that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. But in many cases things wind up being

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten about just because well, they aren't in front of

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<v Speaker 1>us all the time. So if you are looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a little extra enjoyment today, try finding something forgotten and

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<v Speaker 1>enjoying it for a little bit. Pull a favorite book

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<v Speaker 1>off a top shelf and read a few pages. Go

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<v Speaker 1>through the rec room closet and pull out that card

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<v Speaker 1>game that you and your spouse liked playing a few

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. See if you can remember what television shows

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoyed watching a decade ago and find an old

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<v Speaker 1>episode or two somewhere. Everything seems to be streamed somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>these days, and if it is old episodes of What

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<v Speaker 1>Not to Wear that floats your boat, well that was

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<v Speaker 1>great television. Some stuff deserves to be forgotten. My sweaters

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<v Speaker 1>are reasonably classic shapes, but something that was very trendy

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty fifteen maybe should stay put away or, better yet,

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<v Speaker 1>get donated. But most of us have some time to

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<v Speaker 1>fill and some need to wear things before buying something

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<v Speaker 1>new to fill that need. It might be worth seeing

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<v Speaker 1>if there is anything around the house that you have

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<v Speaker 1>just forgotten about. It might bring a little enjoyment to

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<v Speaker 1>your life, and even a few minutes of joy can

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<v Speaker 1>be a bonus in an otherwise normal day. 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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