WEBVTT - Try something bucket list adjacent

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to try something bucket list adjacent.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have.

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<v Speaker 2>Big dreams that are hard to pull off in the

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<v Speaker 2>near term, you can keep yourself dreaming by doing things

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<v Speaker 2>that are related. These little adventures can be fun and

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<v Speaker 2>are worth prioritizing over other things. So longtime listeners know

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<v Speaker 2>that I am always encouraging people to make lists of

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<v Speaker 2>dreams and goals. I also know that when many people

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<v Speaker 2>construct their bucket lists, the fun can be tinged with

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<v Speaker 2>some frustration. After all, you might like to visit Thailand,

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<v Speaker 2>or hike the Appalachian Trail, or singing Carnegie Hall, or

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<v Speaker 2>something along those lines, but most of those are not

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<v Speaker 2>easy to pull off in the near term. I, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>keep putting on my bucket list that I want to

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<v Speaker 2>sing in a performance of Box B Minor Mass. But

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<v Speaker 2>while you can buy a plane ticket somewhere you would

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<v Speaker 2>like to go, it is a little harder to arrange

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<v Speaker 2>for the performance of a large scale choral work with

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<v Speaker 2>an orchestra. I have gotten close a few times, like

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<v Speaker 2>when the choir I regularly sing with was scheduled to

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<v Speaker 2>perform the B Minor Mass in the spring of twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can guess what happened with that. Anyway. I

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<v Speaker 2>am hoping to sing the Mass at some point, but

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<v Speaker 2>in the meantime, choirs and orchestras do perform the B

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<v Speaker 2>Minor Mass from time to time, and if those performances

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<v Speaker 2>happen within two hours or so of my house, I

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<v Speaker 2>can get a ticket and go. I went to one

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<v Speaker 2>performance a few weeks before this episode aired, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was a great way to stay familiar with the piece

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<v Speaker 2>As I followed along in my score. I wasn't singing

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<v Speaker 2>it myself, but I was experiencing the mass. It was

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<v Speaker 2>bucket list adjacent. Maybe you too have goals that are

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<v Speaker 2>hard to pull off in the near term. You'd like

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<v Speaker 2>to visit Thailand, but the travel budget isn't there, Or

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<v Speaker 2>you have little kids and don't relish the idea of

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<v Speaker 2>taking them on a twelve hour flight. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>are planning to go out for a date night dinner

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<v Speaker 2>with your partner at some point, maybe you could go

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<v Speaker 2>to a Thai restaurant if there's one within an hour

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<v Speaker 2>or so of your house. You could stream a movie

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<v Speaker 2>or documentary set in Thailand that night, and check out

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<v Speaker 2>some photo books about Thailand from your library. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to Thailand, for sure, but it's Thailand adjacent. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think this is settling, really, it's more about helping

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<v Speaker 2>with the anticipation. If something is truly a life goal,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be able to pull it off at some point,

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<v Speaker 2>and the more you can do in the meantime, the

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<v Speaker 2>more excited you will be when it happens. You might

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<v Speaker 2>learn more about yourself and your dream too. For instance,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps you've put hike the Appalachian Trail on your bucket list. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it is a long trail going through lots of states,

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<v Speaker 2>but that means you could definitely hike two to three

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<v Speaker 2>days of it at some point in the next year

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<v Speaker 2>or two. Try it out, see how it goes. Talk

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<v Speaker 2>to some through hikers if you meet them on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you will get more excited. Or maybe you will realize,

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<v Speaker 2>as it is rainy and you are hiking on some

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<v Speaker 2>really muddy and rocky terrain, that this isn't as great

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<v Speaker 2>as you thought it would be, and so you won't

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<v Speaker 2>need to waste energy thinking about this bucket list item

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<v Speaker 2>that you you no longer want to have on your

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<v Speaker 2>bucket list. Who knows how it will all turn out.

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<v Speaker 2>What I do know is that doing things that our

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<v Speaker 2>bucket list adjacent can help you learn what you like

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<v Speaker 2>and what you don't like. We all want to have

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<v Speaker 2>little adventures in our lives from time to time. Things

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<v Speaker 2>that are pieces of big adventures can make excellent small

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<v Speaker 2>adventures because there are probably elements that are really appealing

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<v Speaker 2>to you. You can get some of the feeling of

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<v Speaker 2>the big adventure even as you are just living your

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<v Speaker 2>normal life. So make a bucket list and then look

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<v Speaker 2>for little adventures that our bucket list adjacent. You will

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<v Speaker 2>make life more interesting and maybe boost anticipation for future adventures.

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<v Speaker 2>Or you'll come to see which big adventures you'd truly

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy and which you wouldn't. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 2>our time.

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