WEBVTT - What's your next cool thing?

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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 have something exciting you are focused

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<v Speaker 2>on besides work and family. Even if you have a

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<v Speaker 2>demanding job, child rearing, or elder care responsibilities, it feels

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<v Speaker 2>great to have something else going on in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>It just has to be one thing, but even one

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<v Speaker 2>thing gives you a lot more to think and talk

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<v Speaker 2>about and balances any woes in the other categories. So

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<v Speaker 2>we are all busy these days, and if you are

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<v Speaker 2>like my average listener, the bulk of your time is

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<v Speaker 2>spent doing your paid job and handling family and how

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<v Speaker 2>household responsibilities. But even if we spend a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>time on those things, we don't have to spend one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent of our time on those things. Focusing just

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<v Speaker 2>a few of the other hours on one particular project

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<v Speaker 2>means that work and family stop feeling like the only

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<v Speaker 2>things going on in your life. You can see how

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<v Speaker 2>this would play out. Someone asks what you are up to,

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<v Speaker 2>and you could say, same stuff, work, kids, or you

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<v Speaker 2>could mention that you are brushing up on French in

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<v Speaker 2>preparation for next year's biking trip in the Loire Valley,

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<v Speaker 2>or perhaps you mention that you are looking forward to

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<v Speaker 2>starting a term as the president of your local Friends

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<v Speaker 2>of the Library group. That is a very different conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a different life too. I am not talking

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<v Speaker 2>about being over committed, frazzled and taking on everything that

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<v Speaker 2>you might possibly take on. You are busy, but having

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<v Speaker 2>one thing is different. During the school year, I sing

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<v Speaker 2>in my church choir, and so I know that whatever

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<v Speaker 2>else is going on in life, on Thursday nights and

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday mornings, I will be singing. Maybe for you, it's

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<v Speaker 2>that you go on a long hike every Saturday with

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<v Speaker 2>the goal of hiking the twenty five best trails in

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<v Speaker 2>your area over the next six months. No matter what

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<v Speaker 2>else happens, you won't be finding yourself in your pajamas

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<v Speaker 2>at four pm on a Saturday wondering where the day went.

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<v Speaker 2>An added bonus of having varied pursuits in your life

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<v Speaker 2>is that it makes you more resilient when things aren't

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<v Speaker 2>going well in other spheres. People who are fully defined

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<v Speaker 2>by their work can feel devastated if they don't get

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<v Speaker 2>a promotion. People who are fully defined by their family

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<v Speaker 2>can feel devastated when a kid is going through a

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<v Speaker 2>rough and perhaps public problem. But even if work is

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<v Speaker 2>terrible or home life is tense, that French class or

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<v Speaker 2>library volunteer gig can still be awesome. Those people know

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<v Speaker 2>you apart from whatever is going on at work or

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<v Speaker 2>at home. So if you don't have something cool already,

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<v Speaker 2>spend some time over the next few weeks considering what

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<v Speaker 2>will be your next cool thing. What would you like

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<v Speaker 2>to focus on in addition to work and family for

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<v Speaker 2>at least the next few months. Is there a volunteer

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<v Speaker 2>gig you feel passionate about. Would you like to launch

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<v Speaker 2>a book club or neighborhood association, make a quilt for

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<v Speaker 2>each of your grandchildren, or make a quilt to enter

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<v Speaker 2>in a local crafts contest. Would you like to construct

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<v Speaker 2>a native plant garden or read all the Works of Shakes.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't need to be a lot of things, And

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<v Speaker 2>indeed I would caution you not to choose a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things. You aren't going to do all those things

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<v Speaker 2>that I just listed, But whatever you've got going on

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<v Speaker 2>at work or at home, I am guessing that you

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<v Speaker 2>could do one of them. Choose one, go all in

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<v Speaker 2>and be prepared for life to feel more balanced and fun.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your next cool thing? I'd love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 2>You can reach me 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 of our time.

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