WEBVTT - Buy yourself flowers

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to buy yourself some flowers. A cheerful

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<v Speaker 1>bouquet is quite possibly the quickest way to make yourself

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<v Speaker 1>more cheerful, and your happiness is worth a few bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>I am writing this episode as much for me as

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<v Speaker 1>for anyone else. I love bouquets of flowers, probably most

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<v Speaker 1>people do, and yet I almost never buy them. Spending

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<v Speaker 1>money on such things seems like a waste. The flowers

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<v Speaker 1>will die, I don't need them, and so I don't

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<v Speaker 1>buy them. I guess I could pride myself on being

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<v Speaker 1>thrifty there, but a little inquiry would show that I

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<v Speaker 1>am hardly consistent. I waste money on all sorts of

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<v Speaker 1>other things that would bring me a lot less pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>over time. Usually there is some practical purpose to those purchases.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to eat or wear clothes, or at least

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<v Speaker 1>the thing is supposed to be permanent, like a lamp,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance. But with the flowers, I am actively choosing

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<v Speaker 1>to spend money on something that is solely for pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>and that will not last for whatever reason. That idea

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<v Speaker 1>seems to be problematic. Perhaps you are vexed by the

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<v Speaker 1>same mental block. If that's the case, let's make a

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<v Speaker 1>pact together, particularly during this bleak time of year. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>buy ourselves flowers on at least three occasions before spring.

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<v Speaker 1>By deciding to do this three times, we are limiting

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<v Speaker 1>the damage. If you buy three grocery store or bouquets,

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<v Speaker 1>he might spend around thirty dollars total. Maybe that's really

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<v Speaker 1>not that much. Each bouquet might last one to two weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>so that will get us through the darkest days of winter.

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<v Speaker 1>Then come spring we can clip flowers from our yards

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoy the freebies. Three bouquets of flowers are like

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<v Speaker 1>a mini vacation, only much much cheaper. If you love

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<v Speaker 1>flowers but still aren't sure, here's an idea. Team up

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<v Speaker 1>with a friend and by each other flowers three times

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<v Speaker 1>this winter. That way, it's sort of like a gift,

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<v Speaker 1>which feels less fraught, and it will also be a

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<v Speaker 1>surprise what kind of flowers show up. That will make

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<v Speaker 1>the little splurge feel even more exciting. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>just get the flowers in your door and then put

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<v Speaker 1>them somewhere you can see and enjoy them frequently on

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<v Speaker 1>the kitchen table, on your home office desk, on the

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<v Speaker 1>night stand next to your bed, Pause and savor them

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<v Speaker 1>each time you see them. If we do this, we

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<v Speaker 1>will definitely get our money's worth out of those flowers,

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<v Speaker 1>even if they don't last. Really nothing does. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes a little less obvious how impermanent everything truly is.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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