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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that every other year works too. Traditions can

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Speaker 1: still be a part of your life even if you

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Speaker 1: don't always make time for them. Today's tip was inspired

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Speaker 1: by some conversations I had while working on my annual

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Speaker 1: holiday fun list. Each year, I make a list of

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Speaker 1: things I would like to do over the holidays to

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Speaker 1: make memories and have fun. Of course, December is always

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Speaker 1: a busy time with kid performances, and this year I

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Speaker 1: am singing in two choirs. Thanksgiving was also really late

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Speaker 1: this year, so there is just a limited volume of days,

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Speaker 1: and particularly weekend days for Christmas. That means we may

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Speaker 1: not make it to all our usual spots, but that's okay.

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Speaker 1: Just because something is gone for one year doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: it has gone forever. Every other year works as well.

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Speaker 1: You can keep things feeling new while still having them

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Speaker 1: feel familiar by striking a good balance. For instance, we

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Speaker 1: went to see the Roquettes in New York City last year,

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Speaker 1: and we are going to go this year, but it

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Speaker 1: is possible that next year we will be traveling more

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Speaker 1: in December and we won't prioritize it, but we might

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Speaker 1: go again the next year, since then we will be

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Speaker 1: feeling more like we are missing it. Same thing with

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Speaker 1: performances such as the Nutcracker. If you are not a

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Speaker 1: regular patron of the ballet, going to the Nutcracker every

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Speaker 1: year can feel like a lot of ballet. But every

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Speaker 1: other year means you are still seeing a lot of

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Speaker 1: the Nutcracker in life, and it will probably feel more

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Speaker 1: fresh each time. Maybe one year you drive to a

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Speaker 1: light display that's forty five minutes away in one direction,

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Speaker 1: and the next year you prioritize a different one in

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Speaker 1: the other direction. You can switch it again the next

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Speaker 1: few years and still get to see both regularly. I

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Speaker 1: think this is a good mindset because sometimes when something

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Speaker 1: that has been an annual tradition can't happen in a

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Speaker 1: particular year, we can get upset about it. Maybe we

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Speaker 1: should never travel over Christmas, or we can lament that

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Speaker 1: time is passing it's the end of an era. But

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Speaker 1: it doesn't actually have to be the end of an era.

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Speaker 1: An era can encompass more than one year. This year

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Speaker 1: we go, next year, we don't the year after we

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Speaker 1: do it. Again, and so forth. When you look back

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Speaker 1: on your life, seeing the Nutcracker twenty five times or

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Speaker 1: forty times might not really make that big a difference

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Speaker 1: in your fond memories of the Nutcracker. It is still

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Speaker 1: a good show either way. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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