WEBVTT - Find new ways to do nothing

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

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to find new ways to do nothing. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>assume that TV and social media are the only doable

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<v Speaker 1>activities when you are worn out. Try asking what your

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<v Speaker 1>body or your mind truly needs. As longtime listeners know,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in making the most of our leisure time.

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<v Speaker 1>Our evenings and weekends are too precious to fritter away.

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<v Speaker 1>But with work, family, and other commitments, sometimes you may

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<v Speaker 1>be too exhausted for various adventures to sound appealing. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>you may not feel like doing much of anything. I

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<v Speaker 1>often hear from people that they want to do nothing

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<v Speaker 1>in the evenings or on the weekends, and I get

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<v Speaker 1>the sense of exhaustion. The issue is that for a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people, doing nothing actually means watching TV or

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<v Speaker 1>scrolling through social media, but that isn't nothing. With a

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<v Speaker 1>little thought, you might be able to identify more satisfying

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<v Speaker 1>ways of getting the rest that your body and brain

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<v Speaker 1>are craving. For instance, sometimes when you want to do nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>your brain may be done for the day. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to figure out anything else or make any more decisions,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe it is that you are done with people

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<v Speaker 1>for the day. You may not be able to tolerate

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<v Speaker 1>another conversation or email exchange. If that is the case,

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<v Speaker 1>then maybe paging through a magazine in silence somewhere will

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<v Speaker 1>feel better than scrolling around online. Or perhaps you might

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<v Speaker 1>go for a quiet walk somewhere to recharge. No one

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<v Speaker 1>will be talking to you but the birds, and that

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<v Speaker 1>can be great. If your body is tired, then maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you could sit outside and watch the leaves, or take

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<v Speaker 1>a bubble bath inside, or you can snuggle up with

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<v Speaker 1>a pet and read a book. You could look through

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<v Speaker 1>old photos or flip through a coffee table book. I

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<v Speaker 1>grab some of those when I go to the library

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<v Speaker 1>for just this reason. All of those activities will allow

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<v Speaker 1>you to be mindfully still. Or if you do want

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<v Speaker 1>to scroll around online, consider making a list of favorite

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<v Speaker 1>blogs you can check when you are tired. Or here's

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<v Speaker 1>an idea, take a nap. If you are tired because

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<v Speaker 1>you are sleep deprived, getting a nap might help you

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<v Speaker 1>feel a lot more energetic afterwards. The point is that

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<v Speaker 1>even nothing means doing something, so you want to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that whatever something you are doing is actually helping

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<v Speaker 1>with your sense of exhaustion. Refreshing political headlines or looking

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<v Speaker 1>at advertisements on social media sites is probably not going

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, So find new ways to do nothing

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<v Speaker 1>and you might actually get the relaxation that you are

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<v Speaker 1>craving in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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