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 whenever you are going somewhere new or
Speaker 1: that you don't go too often, see what's nearby. Perhaps
Speaker 1: you'll find something else that you would like to visit
Speaker 1: as well. So I was recently heading to Florida for
Speaker 1: a speaking engagement. The conference planners had made a hotel
Speaker 1: reservation for me, and as I was preparing for my trip,
Speaker 1: I looked at Google Maps to see where my hotel
Speaker 1: was located. It turned out that it was less than
Speaker 1: a ten minute walk from the beach. Now this wasn't
Speaker 1: exactly a beach vacation. I was there for a very
Speaker 1: short time and working for most of it. But because
Speaker 1: I had looked to see what was near the hotel,
Speaker 1: I decided to pack my running clothes. I was able
Speaker 1: to get in an early morning run on the beach
Speaker 1: while I was there, which was a real treat for me.
Speaker 1: If I hadn't looked at the map, I probably wouldn't
Speaker 1: have done that, So I was glad I did. I
Speaker 1: think it's a great idea to use a map app
Speaker 1: to see what's nearby anytime you are out of your
Speaker 1: usual orbit, so you can make the most of your
Speaker 1: time in a different place. Even in your own town.
Speaker 1: This could be helpful. You may only go to your
Speaker 1: dentist twice a year, but if you look it up,
Speaker 1: you may realize the office is near a Trader Joe's.
Speaker 1: What a great opportunity to get some special treats from there,
Speaker 1: even if it is not your usual grocery store. Your
Speaker 1: kid's allergist might not be far from an Italian ice
Speaker 1: spot that you have read about and wanted to try.
Speaker 1: You might have work meeting near your favorite interior design
Speaker 1: consignment shop during your weekly planning or just when you're
Speaker 1: passing the time waiting for a call to start map
Speaker 1: your upcoming appointments and see if there is a fun
Speaker 1: destination he'd like to bundle with a trip. With things
Speaker 1: we do over and over again, like maybe meeting a
Speaker 1: friend for lunch, we can fall into the trap of
Speaker 1: always doing the same thing, and it is absolutely great
Speaker 1: to become a regular at that awesome Italian place you
Speaker 1: often go to. But if the lunch routine is feeling
Speaker 1: a little stale, just put your lunch mate's office address
Speaker 1: into a map ap and search for restaurants nearby. Maybe
Speaker 1: you'll find out that there's a great Ethiopian place hidden
Speaker 1: around the corner. It's worth checking out, And now that
Speaker 1: you've searched for what's nearby, you will I have even
Speaker 1: started doing this when I am driving kids to lessons
Speaker 1: or parties. My nine year old is old enough that
Speaker 1: I don't need to hover near him at a friend's
Speaker 1: birthday party. But if I have driven twenty minutes to
Speaker 1: get there, I'm not going to go home just for
Speaker 1: an hour in the middle, So I search nearby and
Speaker 1: see what might work. Occasionally there's a cool looking coffee shop,
Speaker 1: for a store, or even a library branch. All can
Speaker 1: work for getting some work done or experiencing something new.
Speaker 1: If you try using a map app to search nearby
Speaker 1: and make the most of your time in a different place,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear about it. You can reach me
Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach
Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast
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