Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2: Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 3: Today's tip is that when you have decided to do something,
Speaker 3: invite a friend to join you. That way, you'll get
Speaker 3: more social time without adding another commitment to your calendar.
Speaker 3: I hear from lots of people that they wish they
Speaker 3: spend more time with friends. This sentiment is especially common
Speaker 3: among thirty and forty somethings with demanding jobs, active families,
Speaker 3: or both. And it makes sense. We have to do
Speaker 3: our jobs, and we have to take care of our kids.
Speaker 3: Sometimes we even manage to see our spouses or exercise
Speaker 3: to maintain some semblance of health. But friendships are the
Speaker 3: easiest thing to let drop. And that's too bad, because
Speaker 3: friendships can make life a lot more fun. When it
Speaker 3: comes to friends, the game is all about frequency. The
Speaker 3: more contact, the more close you will feel. So one
Speaker 3: of the easiest ways to increase frequency without adding more
Speaker 3: to your calendar is to add friends to any plans
Speaker 3: you already have. For instance, if you wanted to take
Speaker 3: your daughter to see a ballet performance, invite a friend
Speaker 3: who has a kid the same age to join you. Your
Speaker 3: kids can enjoy the show, and you'll get some social time.
Speaker 3: If you plan to go shop for a new work
Speaker 3: outfit at a boutique that just opened, invite a friend
Speaker 3: who also has a similar job to join you. Maybe
Speaker 3: that person will find something stunning, but even if not,
Speaker 3: you'll get some ketchup time while you browse. Going to
Speaker 3: watch your son's play, you and your partner could arrange
Speaker 3: to sit with the parents of another cast member so
Speaker 3: you can chat during scene changes. These might take a
Speaker 3: little bit longer than those on Broadway, so perhaps you'll
Speaker 3: have some time even for mundane tasks. Taking along a
Speaker 3: friend can add fun. This is especially true if there's
Speaker 3: a lot of driving or waiting involved. If you live
Speaker 3: in a remote area, perhaps you and a neighbor could
Speaker 3: coordinate your monthly trips to the big box store that's
Speaker 3: an hour away. Even if you split up when you
Speaker 3: arrive to work your way through your individual shopping lists efficiently,
Speaker 3: you can talk without interruption during the travel time. Likewise,
Speaker 3: if you and a friend both want to go to
Speaker 3: an outlet mall or the ikea half an hour away,
Speaker 3: writing together can add social time without adding yet another.
Speaker 2: Commitment to your calendar. Plus, you will save on gas.
Speaker 2: Longtime listeners know that I advocate planning your up coming
Speaker 2: weeks on Fridays. So this Friday, as you are reviewing
Speaker 2: the week ahead, see whether there is anything on your
Speaker 2: calendar that would lend itself to taking a friend along.
Speaker 2: Are you doing anything fun that a friend could join
Speaker 2: in on, or is there anything necessary that might be
Speaker 2: more enjoyable with a friend you've been dying to see.
Speaker 2: If you're planning on doing something with your family, would
Speaker 2: it makes sense to invite another family. If your family
Speaker 2: adventure for the weekend is trying a new playground, it
Speaker 2: is very easy to text a few other families that
Speaker 2: you will be there and invite them to stop by.
Speaker 2: There is zero commitment or fuss, but you just might
Speaker 2: increase the frequency. Adding a friend or two to an
Speaker 2: activity you are planning to do. Builds in more time
Speaker 2: with people you care about without adding another event to
Speaker 2: your calendar. And that sounds like pretty much edition to me.
Speaker 2: In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 2: here's to making the most of our tap.
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