Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to leave the party while you are still
Speaker 1: having fun. This is good advice for literal parties and
Speaker 1: for other circumstances when it is wise not to stick
Speaker 1: around until something that has been great becomes wearying. So
Speaker 1: there is an interesting phenomenon called recency bias. Whatever has
Speaker 1: happened most recently sticks out in the brain more. This
Speaker 1: means that if you were bored at the end of
Speaker 1: what was mostly a good party, you will remember the
Speaker 1: mostly good party as boring. This isn't really fair on
Speaker 1: the part of your brain, but it is true Personally.
Speaker 1: I prefer to have better memories of things, so best
Speaker 1: to leave the party while you are still having fun.
Speaker 1: That way, you will remember the party as fun, and
Speaker 1: as a plus, you might be able to go to
Speaker 1: bed within an hour of your usual bedtime. The idea
Speaker 1: to leave the party while you are still having fun
Speaker 1: works for literal parties and other experiences as well. So
Speaker 1: for instance, don't continue in a job or volunteer role
Speaker 1: until you hate it while you are still enjoying the role,
Speaker 1: but are just beginning to feel a little bored or irritated,
Speaker 1: start considering new opportunities. You can do the same with
Speaker 1: regular social engagements. If your Saturday morning manicure with your
Speaker 1: aunt has been great for the last two years, celebrate
Speaker 1: that and feel free to invite her over for family
Speaker 1: dinner on Sundays and sunset the manicure ritual while you
Speaker 1: are still at least somewhat enjoying it. If seeing bowling
Speaker 1: a league on your calendar doesn't make you quite as
Speaker 1: excited as it used to, consider whether there are other
Speaker 1: ways that you could stay connected with your friends while
Speaker 1: you still have happy memories of time at the bowling alley.
Speaker 1: Consider letting your kids leave while they are still having
Speaker 1: fun too, Instead of requiring them to try one more
Speaker 1: semester of gymnastics. Before you let them quit, you might
Speaker 1: reflect on whether they could quit now and remember enjoying gymnastics.
Speaker 1: If they quit a semester from now, they might remember
Speaker 1: hating it and being forced to do it, and you
Speaker 1: might have four months of frequent battles about going to gymnastics.
Speaker 1: In the meantime. Most good things do come to an
Speaker 1: end eventually. Sometimes that end happens because of circumstance. But
Speaker 1: sometimes things stop being good because we've done enough of them,
Speaker 1: or we become different people, and that is okay. You
Speaker 1: don't have to fight it. If you leave the party
Speaker 1: while you are still having fun, you will often have
Speaker 1: good memories rather than bad feelings about something that went
Speaker 1: on a little too long. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
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Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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