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 that a one night getaway is still worth doing. Yes,
Speaker 1: you might do a lot of planning for the amount
Speaker 1: of time you get, but making memories requires intensity, not duration.
Speaker 1: If you've got a busy life, multiple one night getaways
Speaker 1: might be the best way to have a lot of adventures.
Speaker 1: For many years, The New York Times has run a
Speaker 1: series called thirty six Hours, as in thirty six hours
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia or thirty six Hours in London. The idea
Speaker 1: is that even if you don't have days off work,
Speaker 1: you can fit in a lot during a trip to
Speaker 1: a destination. Fly somewhere two hours away on Friday night,
Speaker 1: fly back on Sunday, and you can still have quite
Speaker 1: an adventure. This is true, and you can experience quite
Speaker 1: a bit in twenty four hours two Now, I'm not
Speaker 1: sure i'd fly too far for a twenty four hour trip,
Speaker 1: though I sometimes do for my speeches. But even if
Speaker 1: you're just flying one to two hours or driving three
Speaker 1: to four there are probably a reasonable number of destinations
Speaker 1: within that radius for you. You might know some people
Speaker 1: within that radius you'd like to see. And the upside
Speaker 1: of a one night getaway is that it can fit
Speaker 1: in a lot more places in a schedule than a
Speaker 1: longer stay or even a two nights day can. After all,
Speaker 1: for a one night getaway, you wouldn't have to rush
Speaker 1: home Friday after work. You could have a leisurely family
Speaker 1: dinner and relax after a busy week. Just make sure
Speaker 1: to throw a few things in a suitcase. Then you
Speaker 1: get up on time on Saturday, drive three hours, and
Speaker 1: by noon you could be somewhere, going on a hike
Speaker 1: or seeing a museum, or swimming by a friend's lake house.
Speaker 1: Enjoy dinner somewhere, or go to a show, stay up
Speaker 1: late chatting. Then the next morning you have a leisurely
Speaker 1: breakfast and just be sure to get on the road
Speaker 1: by late morning. You'd get home in time to have
Speaker 1: a lazy late afternoon into Sunday evening. You've made memories
Speaker 1: but still had a lot of weekend downtime. Indeed, because
Speaker 1: you had a reasonable amount of downtime on Friday night
Speaker 1: and Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, you could even repeat
Speaker 1: this somewhere else the next weekend. Coordinating vacation time with
Speaker 1: everyone's schedules can be challenging. But with one night away,
Speaker 1: when you don't even have to take time off work
Speaker 1: or school, this can be much easier. And here's the
Speaker 1: thing about a one night getaway. If you go somewhere
Speaker 1: you don't go frequently, you will remember this trip when
Speaker 1: I look at my time logs. If there's a trip
Speaker 1: somewhere I've only been a few times, I definitely remember it.
Speaker 1: That memory is still there, whereas much of a normal
Speaker 1: summer just isn't now. Flying places and staying in hotels
Speaker 1: can add up driving and staying with friends is generally cheaper.
Speaker 1: See you might do a mix, but look at the
Speaker 1: next few months and see where this might make sense.
Speaker 1: Maybe you've been saying you want summer to feel more
Speaker 1: like summer. Doing something memorable with the weekend will help
Speaker 1: with that. It will make the summer feel richer and longer.
Speaker 1: And since it's only one night, you could aim for
Speaker 1: several and still have life go along as it normally does.
Speaker 1: In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to before breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback.
Speaker 1: You can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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