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 buy yourself some flowers. A cheerful
Speaker 1: bouquet is quite possibly the quickest way to make yourself
Speaker 1: more cheerful, and your happiness is worth a few bucks.
Speaker 1: I am writing this episode as much for me as
Speaker 1: for anyone else. I love bouquets of flowers, probably most
Speaker 1: people do, and yet I almost never buy them. Spending
Speaker 1: money on such things seems like a waste. The flowers
Speaker 1: will die, I don't need them, and so I don't
Speaker 1: buy them. I guess I could pride myself on being
Speaker 1: thrifty there, but a little inquiry would show that I
Speaker 1: am hardly consistent. I waste money on all sorts of
Speaker 1: other things that would bring me a lot less pleasure
Speaker 1: over time. Usually there is some practical purpose to those purchases.
Speaker 1: I need to eat or wear clothes, or at least
Speaker 1: the thing is supposed to be permanent, like a lamp,
Speaker 1: for instance. But with the flowers, I am actively choosing
Speaker 1: to spend money on something that is solely for pleasure
Speaker 1: and that will not last for whatever reason. That idea
Speaker 1: seems to be problematic. Perhaps you are vexed by the
Speaker 1: same mental block. If that's the case, let's make a
Speaker 1: pact together, particularly during this bleak time of year. Let's
Speaker 1: buy ourselves flowers on at least three occasions before spring.
Speaker 1: By deciding to do this three times, we are limiting
Speaker 1: the damage. If you buy three grocery store or bouquets,
Speaker 1: he might spend around thirty dollars total. Maybe that's really
Speaker 1: not that much. Each bouquet might last one to two weeks,
Speaker 1: so that will get us through the darkest days of winter.
Speaker 1: Then come spring we can clip flowers from our yards
Speaker 1: and enjoy the freebies. Three bouquets of flowers are like
Speaker 1: a mini vacation, only much much cheaper. If you love
Speaker 1: flowers but still aren't sure, here's an idea. Team up
Speaker 1: with a friend and by each other flowers three times
Speaker 1: this winter. That way, it's sort of like a gift,
Speaker 1: which feels less fraught, and it will also be a
Speaker 1: surprise what kind of flowers show up. That will make
Speaker 1: the little splurge feel even more exciting. In any case,
Speaker 1: just get the flowers in your door and then put
Speaker 1: them somewhere you can see and enjoy them frequently on
Speaker 1: the kitchen table, on your home office desk, on the
Speaker 1: night stand next to your bed, Pause and savor them
Speaker 1: each time you see them. If we do this, we
Speaker 1: will definitely get our money's worth out of those flowers,
Speaker 1: even if they don't last. Really nothing does. It's just
Speaker 1: sometimes a little less obvious how impermanent everything truly is.
Speaker 1: In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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