1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: tip is that anniversaries aren't just for romance. Sure, you 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: want to mark the date that you met or married 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: your partner, but you can celebrate other special, personal or 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: professional dates too. Doing so is a great way to 7 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: show that something is important and to mark how far 8 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: you've come. My family moved into our new house in 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: early January of twenty twenty two. This was after a 10 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: year long renovation project, so we had anticipated this move 11 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: for a long time. I remember that first night in 12 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: the new house as being kind of challenging. Most of 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: our furniture wasn't here yet, but it was the start 14 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: of a new chapter in our lives. We ate pizza 15 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: on the floor and got to know the new place. 16 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: I now note the anniversary every year, how much the 17 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: house has changed, and how we've made memories here too. 18 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Life features lots of anniversaries. This April, I will be 19 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: celebrating nine years of tracking my time, so I plan 20 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: to note a time tracking anniversary. I will record my 21 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: celebration and my time log. Of course, I bet you 22 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: can recall lots of non romantic anniversaries too, perhaps when 23 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,919 Speaker 1: you started running on Sunday mornings with your exercise buddy, 24 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: or when you drank your last diet coke before going 25 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: soda free. Every year, there's the anniversary of the date 26 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: you closed on your new home, when you met your 27 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: best friend, or got your cat. All these moments are 28 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: worthy of celebration. While you probably remember the actual date 29 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: you got married, you may be a bit fuzzier on 30 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: other anniversaries, but with some work, you can probably figure 31 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: out the specific date that important things started. For instance, 32 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: you may know that your first Sunday morning run with 33 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: your running buddy was the first Sunday of twenty fourteen. 34 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: You can easily figure out that date with an online calendar. 35 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: Maybe your first soda free day was ash Wednesday of 36 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. That is an easy calendar find as well. 37 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: Plenty of paperwork will tell you the date you closed 38 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: on your home. Other moments, though, may be murkier. You 39 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: may know you met your best friend at a yoga 40 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: class sometime in May of twenty eighteen, or that you 41 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: got your cat on a snowy day on New Years 42 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty, but you may not know exactly when, 43 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: and that is okay. Just choose an approximate date to 44 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: mark the anniversary. No one is fact checking you. If 45 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: you would like to declare that January fifth is your 46 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: cat's homecoming anniversary, you can go ahead and mark that 47 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: and celebrate it with certainty. Now, of course, once we 48 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: are celebrating lots of anniversaries, friendships, job milestones, pets, moving habits. 49 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: The individual celebrations probably aren't going to be huge, but 50 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: it's nice to do a little something. Perhaps in keeping 51 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: with the theme of the event you are celebrating. You 52 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: and your running buddy could reenact your first run, same 53 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: length and location, or just go out for coffee after 54 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: the run nearest your anniversary to celebrate. Give your friend 55 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: a card to celebrate the anniversary of meeting, saying how 56 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: much she means to you. You can mark years in 57 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: a home by planting something new. Life happens continuously. It 58 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: keeps passing, whether we think about it or not. Noting 59 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: anniversaries helps us pause and reflect. We can honor time 60 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: as it passes all the things we have stuck with, 61 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: and that helps shape who we are. Our romantic relationships 62 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: shape us, of course, But so do many other things. 63 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: It's good to celebrate all of it. In the meantime, 64 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 65 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 66 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 67 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast 68 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 69 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 70 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.