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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to say yes while on vacation. It can

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Speaker 1: be fun to try the unexpected for a little while

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Speaker 1: and to experience things that you probably wouldn't otherwise. So

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Speaker 1: I know that most people listening to this podcast are

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Speaker 1: the responsible sort. We have our rituals and routines, and

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Speaker 1: we have generally thought through what we are doing. This

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Speaker 1: tends to mean that the default mindset is no to

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Speaker 1: anything that is not part of the well thought through routine,

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Speaker 1: and there is a good reason for that. No, I

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Speaker 1: am not going to drive to Atlantic City overnight to

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Speaker 1: gamble away thousands of dollars because my kids and my

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Speaker 1: mortgage are sitting right here. But it can be fun

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Speaker 1: to change the default mindset from time to time and

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Speaker 1: under certain circumstances. I know many people read and enjoyed

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Speaker 1: Shonda Rhime's book The Year of Yes. Perhaps you might

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Speaker 1: like to try a day or two of yes, saying

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Speaker 1: yes to random things unless there is a truly good

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Speaker 1: reason not to. Vacations can provide that opportunity, So the

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Speaker 1: next time you go somewhere for a few days, or

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Speaker 1: perhaps have a day off work. Try defaulting to yes

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Speaker 1: to that expensive tasting menu when you normally order the

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Speaker 1: cheapest thing. If it looks fun, you can try it

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Speaker 1: to going down the twisty water slide. Even those strangers

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Speaker 1: might be staring. Well, why not to try and karaoke

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Speaker 1: since it looks like other people are having fun? Absolutely

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Speaker 1: to driving an hour to track down the gorgeous waterfall

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Speaker 1: your waiter told you about. Well, you're going to be

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Speaker 1: doing some sight seeing, so why not that You can

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Speaker 1: say yes to your kids on vacation too, fruit loops

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Speaker 1: instead of cheerios, dessert every night, staying up late, buying

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Speaker 1: a foam statue of Liberty headband? Sure, why not? Some

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Speaker 1: of the things that we might initially write off is

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Speaker 1: too silly, or too expensive or too unhealthy may not

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Speaker 1: be what any of us would choose for everyday life,

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Speaker 1: But for vacation they can add fun and variety. They

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Speaker 1: can make the time special and different. Of course, you

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Speaker 1: don't want to do anything that will cause lasting harm,

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Speaker 1: whether through a serious injury or a credit card bill

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Speaker 1: that necessitates having no fun next month. But if it

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Speaker 1: is not elite goal or immoral, and it's within the

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Speaker 1: realm of normal discretionary spending. Then a yes on vacation

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean you'll have to say yes forever. You are

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Speaker 1: just saying yes on vacation, and that can be an

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Speaker 1: entirely different mindset, one that is fun to adopt from

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Speaker 1: time to time. What have you said yes too lately?

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Speaker 1: You can let me know at Laura at Laura vandercam

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Speaker 1: dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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