WEBVTT - Review your summer

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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 review your summer.

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<v Speaker 1>Figure out what was fun and what worked and what

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<v Speaker 1>didn't so you can make the next summer even better.

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<v Speaker 1>Every summer, I create a summer fun list. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a list of the various things I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>to make summer feel like summer to me. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to make memories and I don't want to get to

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<v Speaker 1>September and think, wait, we never did that. Creating a

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<v Speaker 1>summer fun list gives direction to this season that feels

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<v Speaker 1>a little different given that I have five school aged kids.

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<v Speaker 1>This summer, like always, I created my list, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>happy to report that I checked most of the things off.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a lot of outdoor music, including Billie, Joel,

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<v Speaker 1>and Fish. I went on some bike rides. I ran

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<v Speaker 1>in the early morning. I did one on one mommy

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<v Speaker 1>days with my older three kids and helped facilitate my

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<v Speaker 1>husband doing Daddy days with the two younger boys. I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Maine and ate lobster. I took a writing

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<v Speaker 1>retreat and completed a draft of a novel. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a good summer. Of course, the summer fun list wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>the only thing going on all summer. My kids went

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<v Speaker 1>to various camps, and there are a lot of camps

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, and so we've talked about which ones

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<v Speaker 1>were hits that we'd like to do again next summer,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've talked about which ones were less fun. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we choose something different next time, or which might

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<v Speaker 1>be repeats but with modifications. In one case, we signed

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<v Speaker 1>up for camp aftercare not because we needed the extra hours,

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<v Speaker 1>but because the car line for regular dismissal was so

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<v Speaker 1>long it was a point of misery for whoever was

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<v Speaker 1>driving and any additional passengers. Since fewer campers were being

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<v Speaker 1>picked up at aftercare, that became less of a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about which weekend activities people liked and which

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<v Speaker 1>were not in fact fun for the whole family. I

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<v Speaker 1>know I would like to repeat a date my husband

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<v Speaker 1>and I went on, involving a ten mile bike ride

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<v Speaker 1>along a trail and then a stop for beers at

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<v Speaker 1>a brewery. Afterwards, we talked about our vacations and which

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<v Speaker 1>parts of which trips worked the best and which parts

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<v Speaker 1>could have been improved upon. Nothing is ever going to

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<v Speaker 1>be perfect, but it is good to know if people

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<v Speaker 1>found certain things more exciting than other things. Also, was

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<v Speaker 1>there anything people missed? Summer is long, but not infinitely long,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't do everything every summer. If there was

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<v Speaker 1>something we didn't do this past summer that people got

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<v Speaker 1>to the end of summer and thought, hmm, I'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to do that again, well, that is good to know.

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<v Speaker 1>You might find a summer debrief helpful too. Those of

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<v Speaker 1>us in the Northern Hemisphere have just finished up this season,

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<v Speaker 1>look back and figure out what worked and what didn't

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<v Speaker 1>or what.

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<v Speaker 2>Could be improved. Those in the Southern Hemisphere can try

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<v Speaker 2>this tip after their summer. A little analysis is always

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<v Speaker 2>helpful whenever it happens. If you need a little help

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<v Speaker 2>remembering what you did, look back through your photos, your calendar,

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<v Speaker 2>your social media posts. What makes you smile, what makes

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<v Speaker 2>you go oh, dear, Remember that thinking about your summer

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<v Speaker 2>is a great way to cement memories and make sure

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<v Speaker 2>you have even more good memories in the future. In

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<v Speaker 2>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 2>to making the most of our text. Hey everybody, I'd

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