1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that if there is something you want 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: to do, don't just intend to do it sometime. Get 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: it on the calendar for a specific time. That way 6 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: you will make sure it actually happens. If you're like 7 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: a lot of people I hear from, you probably have 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: museums or restaurants or hiking trails in your town that 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: you have been meaning to go to for ages and 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: you just haven't. Or maybe you have an old friend 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: who lives just a few hours away and you keep 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: meaning to go see her for a weekend, but here 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: the years are ticking by. Call it the paradox of availability. 14 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: When we could go to a museum or a hiking 15 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: trail or a nearby friends home anytime we don't schedule 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: the experience, we figure we'll do it sometime. If that 17 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: museum fifteen minutes from your house is open from ten 18 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: to five every Tuesday through Saturday, why would you possibly 19 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: need to put it on your calendar. Here's why. If 20 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: it's on your calendar, you will go. You, like many 21 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: busy people, probably live by your calendar. So take advantage 22 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: of that truth to use your calendar to build a 23 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: full life schedule specific times for the things you've been 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 1: meaning to do. That way, they will actually happen. During 25 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: the worst days of the pandemic, when everywhere from children's 26 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: museums to botanical gardens to ice skating required time tickets 27 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: because of social distancing, a lot of people actually found 28 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: it easier to have the experience as they wanted. Why 29 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: because they had to make reservations, and then the reservations 30 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: became entries on their calendars. By and large, what's on 31 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: our calendars we do. Even now that timed tickets aren't 32 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: required as often as they used to be, timed plans 33 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: can still be valuable. Things that are theoretically as easy 34 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: to do as hiking on a trail a mile from 35 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: your house can wind up never happening when life's various 36 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: crises and distractions intervene. So get the intention out of 37 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: your head, hold a space for it, and let the 38 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: business fall in place around it. Even when it's not 39 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: necessary to plan ahead for external reasons like time to 40 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: tickets or reservations, it can be really helpful for internal reasons. 41 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: This is true for museum exhibits, you want to go 42 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: to restaurants, you want to try, friends you want to 43 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: have over, folks within driving distance, you want to visit, 44 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: and more. If you want these things to happen, get 45 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: them on the calendar for a specific time instead of 46 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: nursing the vague intention to do them sometime. When you 47 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: know they're coming up, you'll be able to anticipate them, 48 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: and the odds of them actually happening will rise considerably. 49 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 50 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 51 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 52 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 53 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod 54 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: that's b E the number four, then Breakfast p o D. 55 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 56 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: Podcasts at iHeartMedia dot com. 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