WEBVTT - Have fun without the fuss

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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 aim for fun without the fuss. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to do everything the hard way. If there's

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<v Speaker 1>a short cut to fun, take it. Long Time listeners

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<v Speaker 1>know that I have a lot of kids and have

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<v Speaker 1>therefore been in charge of a lot of birthday parties

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<v Speaker 1>over the years. I am a big fan of hosting

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<v Speaker 1>birthday parties somewhere other than my house. It's fun for

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<v Speaker 1>the kids and easier for me. The people at the

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<v Speaker 1>trampoline park, Chuck E Cheese, or the Paint your Own

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<v Speaker 1>Pottery studio are literally pros at throwing kid parties, so

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<v Speaker 1>I leave the fuss to them and just show up

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<v Speaker 1>with my family and my credit card for the fun.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many times in life when you can opt

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<v Speaker 1>for fun without the fuss. People sometimes see the need

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<v Speaker 1>to plan as a barrier to fun, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>miss out on fun as a result, But there are

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of ways to minimize the details. You can meet

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<v Speaker 1>up at a park or the children's museum for a

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<v Speaker 1>playdate instead of at your home. No need to tidy

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<v Speaker 1>up or provide snacks. You just show up. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to cook and host holiday meals at home. You

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<v Speaker 1>can go to a restaurant with extended family for a

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<v Speaker 1>holiday meal, or meet up at a resort, hotel or

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<v Speaker 1>vacation rental house at another location. Or if you find

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<v Speaker 1>your home more relaxing, you can order in food for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone and book a visit from the cleaning service right

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<v Speaker 1>before and the next day after your event. If it

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<v Speaker 1>is not fun for you to make Halloween costumes, just

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<v Speaker 1>buy them. If finding a real Christmas tree at the lot,

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<v Speaker 1>hauling at home and stringing lights on it isn't worth

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<v Speaker 1>it to you, buy a prelit artificial one. There are

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty amazingly beautiful ones available these days. You could

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<v Speaker 1>do a Rhodes scholar or national geographic trip instead of

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<v Speaker 1>planning everything yourself. Maybe for years everyone in your book

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<v Speaker 1>club has taken turns hosting the group and providing appetizers

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<v Speaker 1>and drinks, but you're in a season of life when

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<v Speaker 1>that has become cumbersome. Maybe you transition to meeting at

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<v Speaker 1>a bar and just chatting about life. No need to

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<v Speaker 1>involve books at all. If planning or preparation is part

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<v Speaker 1>of the fun for you, that is wonderful. But if

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<v Speaker 1>it is not, you can often enjoy the fun part

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<v Speaker 1>with fewer transaction costs. So if you want more fun

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<v Speaker 1>in your life but can't bear to add one more

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<v Speaker 1>thing to your to do list, then make fun without

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<v Speaker 1>the fuss your philosophy, Skip the hassle, go straight to

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<v Speaker 1>the happiness. If you have fun without fuss, I'd love

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<v Speaker 1>to hear how you do it. You can reach me

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<v Speaker 1>at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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