WEBVTT - Get outside for 20 minutes

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about one of the best New Year's

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<v Speaker 1>resolutions you can make. It's to get outside for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes a day. Unlike plenty of other resolutions, this one

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<v Speaker 1>will probably put you in a better mood, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you live somewhere cold, dark and gloomy, it can make

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<v Speaker 1>winter seem more doable. I first came across this idea

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<v Speaker 1>for this resolution via the Humans Outside Project. This is

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<v Speaker 1>run by a woman named Amy Bouschatz who lives in

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<v Speaker 1>Alaska with her family. Now Alaska might not seem like

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<v Speaker 1>the best place to get outside for twenty minutes a day,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in say January, but Amy has committed to doing

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<v Speaker 1>it and to enjoying what the natural world has to offer.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes what the natural world has to offer is absolutely spectacular,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes being outside for twenty minutes a day means

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<v Speaker 1>a quick walk outside the airport before a long day

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<v Speaker 1>of flying. But either way, fresh air is a known

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<v Speaker 1>mood booster. Even cold, sleety conditions can make you feel

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<v Speaker 1>more energized by the time you go back inside, so

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<v Speaker 1>I decided to adopt this as one of my quarterly

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<v Speaker 1>resolutions during a recent winter, and I have to say

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<v Speaker 1>I am a big fan. Pennsylvania, where I live isn't Alaska,

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<v Speaker 1>but still winter can be cold, icy, and generally not

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<v Speaker 1>that pleasant. There's always a tendency to hibernate, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>the sun sets at four thirty pm around the solstice.

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<v Speaker 1>But committing to get outside for twenty minutes a day

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<v Speaker 1>changed my relationship with winter. Because I knew I would

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<v Speaker 1>be outside, I decided to get better outdoor gear. I

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<v Speaker 1>finally bought waterproof boots so I could wait around outside

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<v Speaker 1>in the slush, and shockingly, I became much more willing

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<v Speaker 1>to do so. I bought a long coat that kept

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<v Speaker 1>the chill off my legs. I also made a choice

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<v Speaker 1>to buy good winter running gear so I could run

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<v Speaker 1>outside instead of on the treadmill as long as conditions

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<v Speaker 1>were safe to do so. I vastly prefer the outside

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<v Speaker 1>scenery to a boring treadmill, so this improved my mood

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<v Speaker 1>right there. Since it's generally better to get outside during

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<v Speaker 1>daylight hours, setting this intention forced me to look at

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<v Speaker 1>my schedule each day and figure out when I could

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<v Speaker 1>take a break. In summer, you could go outside after work,

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<v Speaker 1>but if it's only light from seven thirty am to

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<v Speaker 1>four thirty pm, that might not be the case. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's the rare work day that wouldn't be improved by

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<v Speaker 1>a quick jaunt outside. I made sure to put on

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<v Speaker 1>my boots and do this occasionally, and even on challenging days,

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<v Speaker 1>the commitment to get outside forced me to pay attention

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<v Speaker 1>to the winter landscape and it's old beauties. One day,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to get my minutes in by walking around

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<v Speaker 1>the airport parking garage at the Philadelphia Airport, but the

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<v Speaker 1>sky was actually quite beautiful as the winter sun was

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<v Speaker 1>setting over. Now, yes, I might have been happier to

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<v Speaker 1>see a tropical sunset on a beach, but hey, winter

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<v Speaker 1>beauty is beauty all the same. Now, if you live

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere tropical, you probably don't need to set a resolution

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<v Speaker 1>to get outside for twenty minutes a day, but for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of us, i'd encourage the idea. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>I'm setting this as a quarterly goal again this year. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly the day I'm in the hospital delivering my baby,

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<v Speaker 1>I might not make it outside for twenty minutes, but

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<v Speaker 1>the other days sure why not getting outside can help

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<v Speaker 1>us experience winter in a whole new way. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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