Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that every other year works too. Traditions can
Speaker 1: still be a part of your life even if you
Speaker 1: don't always make time for them. Today's tip was inspired
Speaker 1: by some conversations I had while working on my annual
Speaker 1: holiday fun list. Each year, I make a list of
Speaker 1: things I would like to do over the holidays to
Speaker 1: make memories and have fun. Of course, December is always
Speaker 1: a busy time with kid performances, and this year I
Speaker 1: am singing in two choirs. Thanksgiving was also really late
Speaker 1: this year, so there is just a limited volume of days,
Speaker 1: and particularly weekend days for Christmas. That means we may
Speaker 1: not make it to all our usual spots, but that's okay.
Speaker 1: Just because something is gone for one year doesn't mean
Speaker 1: it has gone forever. Every other year works as well.
Speaker 1: You can keep things feeling new while still having them
Speaker 1: feel familiar by striking a good balance. For instance, we
Speaker 1: went to see the Roquettes in New York City last year,
Speaker 1: and we are going to go this year, but it
Speaker 1: is possible that next year we will be traveling more
Speaker 1: in December and we won't prioritize it, but we might
Speaker 1: go again the next year, since then we will be
Speaker 1: feeling more like we are missing it. Same thing with
Speaker 1: performances such as the Nutcracker. If you are not a
Speaker 1: regular patron of the ballet, going to the Nutcracker every
Speaker 1: year can feel like a lot of ballet. But every
Speaker 1: other year means you are still seeing a lot of
Speaker 1: the Nutcracker in life, and it will probably feel more
Speaker 1: fresh each time. Maybe one year you drive to a
Speaker 1: light display that's forty five minutes away in one direction,
Speaker 1: and the next year you prioritize a different one in
Speaker 1: the other direction. You can switch it again the next
Speaker 1: few years and still get to see both regularly. I
Speaker 1: think this is a good mindset because sometimes when something
Speaker 1: that has been an annual tradition can't happen in a
Speaker 1: particular year, we can get upset about it. Maybe we
Speaker 1: should never travel over Christmas, or we can lament that
Speaker 1: time is passing it's the end of an era. But
Speaker 1: it doesn't actually have to be the end of an era.
Speaker 1: An era can encompass more than one year. This year
Speaker 1: we go, next year, we don't the year after we
Speaker 1: do it. Again, and so forth. When you look back
Speaker 1: on your life, seeing the Nutcracker twenty five times or
Speaker 1: forty times might not really make that big a difference
Speaker 1: in your fond memories of the Nutcracker. It is still
Speaker 1: a good show either way. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
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