Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to enjoy your library. While the official
Speaker 1: National Library Week happens in late April, you could plan
Speaker 1: to make next week your own personal library week and
Speaker 1: come up with some new ways to enjoy the space.
Speaker 1: When most people think of the library, they think of
Speaker 1: checking out books. Instead of buying a particular book you
Speaker 1: want to read, you get it from the library and
Speaker 1: thus save a few dollars. That is certainly a worthwhile endeavor,
Speaker 1: but libraries offer a lot more. As you plan your
Speaker 1: upcoming week, you might want to build in a visit,
Speaker 1: even if that current bestseller has a really long hold list.
Speaker 1: One good reason to visit is to actually discover what
Speaker 1: you might wish to read next. Libraries are often much
Speaker 1: like bookstores in that books near the front are displayed
Speaker 1: in attractive ways that make you want to scoop them up.
Speaker 1: Some of these displays will focus on new acquisitions, just
Speaker 1: as a bookstore would, but some will be different. Given
Speaker 1: the nature of a library, the librarians may have pulled
Speaker 1: together a display on the same topic as a local
Speaker 1: museum exhibit with titles that have been published over the
Speaker 1: past twenty years, or maybe there will be a display
Speaker 1: on the history of a sport that your local team
Speaker 1: excels at. You will find intriguing stuff you hadn't considered
Speaker 1: reading before, and the upside of a library is that
Speaker 1: there is zero financial trade off involved in taking a risk.
Speaker 1: You could also visit to figure out what to cook
Speaker 1: for dinner for the next few weeks. It is hard
Speaker 1: to know from the get go if you will use
Speaker 1: a cookbook over and over again or if it will
Speaker 1: just sit on your shelf taking up space, so why
Speaker 1: not try it out from the library first. It's like
Speaker 1: a recipe app but without the fees. You can also
Speaker 1: visit to get some cheap visual inspiration decorating in art
Speaker 1: books tend to be very pricey when you buy them new,
Speaker 1: and if you're like me, you might only look through
Speaker 1: them once or twice, so by all means, by your
Speaker 1: favorite artists collection, but for everyone else, you can get
Speaker 1: the benefit of flipping through them without putting out the cash.
Speaker 1: Just go to your library. I often visit the library
Speaker 1: to figure out little local adventures. When you stop in
Speaker 1: some time next week, look at the community bulletin board.
Speaker 1: A lot of local libraries have them. You can see
Speaker 1: who's doing a concert in a nearby coffee shop, and
Speaker 1: if there will be a craft fair in a nearby park,
Speaker 1: someone might be offering a free group uku lately lesson
Speaker 1: I mean, you really just never know until you study
Speaker 1: all those bright pieces of paper. Libraries themselves often offer activities.
Speaker 1: My toddler is a regular at story time and music class.
Speaker 1: You might stop by a library branch during evening hours
Speaker 1: to take in the art exhibit in their upstairs community space.
Speaker 1: That could be a little adventure right there, a sophisticated
Speaker 1: evening at a not so sophisticated rice. You can also
Speaker 1: work at the library. Indeed, it is the most affordable
Speaker 1: coworking space in town for those who work from home regularly.
Speaker 1: You could take some time this week to make your
Speaker 1: library your second workspace. If you are stumped on something
Speaker 1: or having trouble concentrating, maybe your library could get the
Speaker 1: creative juices flowing. At least, it will be a change
Speaker 1: of scenery, and unlike a coffee shop, you don't have
Speaker 1: to buy anything to take a spot at a table. Finally,
Speaker 1: you don't actually even have to visit your library to
Speaker 1: use it. My current little library hack using the Libby
Speaker 1: app to borrow library ebooks and then reading them right
Speaker 1: there on my phone. Sometimes, if I am stuck waiting
Speaker 1: in my hadler's room for him to fall asleep, I
Speaker 1: will borrow a handful of magazines through the Libby app
Speaker 1: and flip through them and return them an hour later.
Speaker 1: It feels just a little bit nicer than scrolling through Twitter,
Speaker 1: but it doesn't take any real effort or cash. So
Speaker 1: as you plan your upcoming week this Friday, as I
Speaker 1: know my listeners, do, think about when you could enjoy
Speaker 1: your local library. Maybe schedule a leisure visit for reading
Speaker 1: and then work visits on work from home days. Challenge
Speaker 1: yourself to find a community adventure for the weekend on
Speaker 1: the bulletin board and then download something fun at night.
Speaker 1: I think you will find yourself amazed at all the
Speaker 1: possibilities in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the moose of our ties. Hey, everybody,
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