WEBVTT - Go on a lunchtime adventure

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to go on a lunchtime adventure, particularly as

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<v Speaker 1>it starts getting darker Earlier. Adventures might be harder to

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<v Speaker 1>have after work than, say, during the summer, but if

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<v Speaker 1>you have a little bit of autonomous time in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the day, you might be able to use

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<v Speaker 1>it for all kinds of interesting things. So in some

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of jobs, breaks are formalized and many others they aren't,

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<v Speaker 1>but most people take some breaks for no other reason

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<v Speaker 1>than that people need to use the restroom or procure

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<v Speaker 1>things to eat. Handled right, breaks can make you more

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<v Speaker 1>energized for the work ahead, so there are big productivity

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<v Speaker 1>breakthroughs to be had by taking breaks intentionally and actively

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<v Speaker 1>choosing activities for those breaks that boost mood and energy levels.

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<v Speaker 1>If you aren't taking regular lunch breaks, commit this week

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<v Speaker 1>to doing so. Then, once you are regularly stepping away

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<v Speaker 1>from your workspace for at least a few minutes in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the day, see if you can increase

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<v Speaker 1>the fun factor by going on at least one lunchtime

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<v Speaker 1>adventure a week. A lunchtime adventure is obviously going to

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<v Speaker 1>be short. Most people aren't going to take more than

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<v Speaker 1>thirty to forty five minutes or so away from their desks.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you have your food ready to go, then

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need to spend time standing in line to

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<v Speaker 1>buy it, and you can do something else with these minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps you can do something really interesting. It's worth a shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing so could make a random work day far more memorable.

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<v Speaker 1>So wherever you work, look around at places you could

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<v Speaker 1>get to in a very short walk, or, if it's

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of place, a quick drive. Make a list

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<v Speaker 1>of potential options. Maybe there are some interesting stores a

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<v Speaker 1>few blocks away that would be fun to peruse. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>there's an indoor garden in the lobby of a nearby

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<v Speaker 1>office building. Maybe there are a few food trucks parked

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<v Speaker 1>in a parking lot that's a three minute drive from

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<v Speaker 1>your office. If you hauled yourself over there, you'd get

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<v Speaker 1>something more interesting than your cafeteria fair. Maybe there's a

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<v Speaker 1>trail nearby you can walk. Maybe there's an actual destination,

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<v Speaker 1>like a museum. Most people won't go to a history

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<v Speaker 1>museum for just twenty minutes, but if you get a membership,

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<v Speaker 1>you could come back once every week or so and

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<v Speaker 1>see a lot of it. If you have more control

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<v Speaker 1>of your time, then there are lots of other options.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my favorite lunchtime adventures is to go over

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<v Speaker 1>to Chanticleer, a botanical garden that is about a twenty

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<v Speaker 1>minute drive from my house. I have to plan this

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<v Speaker 1>out since I'm usually gone about an hour and fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>minutes on days I do that, but once every two

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<v Speaker 1>to three weeks during the spring, summer, and fall is

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<v Speaker 1>good for seeing something beautiful. If I check the traffic,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes it's only about twenty minutes to the Philadelphia Art

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<v Speaker 1>Museum in the middle of the day. If I go

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<v Speaker 1>for less than an hour, my parking is free. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't do that every day, but can I do it

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<v Speaker 1>once a month. Absolutely. The point here is to shift

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<v Speaker 1>a few mindsets. First, there is the story that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't do anything that is not work during work hours.

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<v Speaker 1>The truth is that people do things that aren't work

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<v Speaker 1>during work hours. All the time we eat, we go

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<v Speaker 1>to the bathroom. Often people read headlines or answer texts

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<v Speaker 1>that are not required for their work. The breakthrough is

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<v Speaker 1>to decide that since there is going to be time

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<v Speaker 1>spent not working during work hours. It's best to use

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<v Speaker 1>this time intentionally to rejuvenate. This actually allows you to

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<v Speaker 1>get more done. Here's another mindset shift. You can do

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<v Speaker 1>something occasionally and have it be a fun part of

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<v Speaker 1>your life without trying to do things every day. Will

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<v Speaker 1>you go on a lunchtime adventure daily? Probably not. If

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<v Speaker 1>you look at your schedule. Could you try to do

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<v Speaker 1>something fun and interesting at lunch once a week? You

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<v Speaker 1>probably can. These things are not either or. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of us are walking around with

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<v Speaker 1>the story that we can't do things, so we don't

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<v Speaker 1>do things. But what if you told yourself the story

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<v Speaker 1>that you could get outside and see the fall color

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<v Speaker 1>and see the sunshine in the middle of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>Probably at least one day during the next week or two,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be just puttering around during a thirty minute chunk

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of your work day. Probably one day

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<v Speaker 1>in the next week or two, you could make something

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<v Speaker 1>interesting happen, and then you have an entirely different story.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not starve for time, I am not put upon.

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<v Speaker 1>I am the kind of person who can go browse

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<v Speaker 1>that cool comic bookshop in the middle of the workday.

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<v Speaker 1>It opens up all sorts of possibilities. So look at

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<v Speaker 1>your schedule, look at when you take breaks, Think about

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<v Speaker 1>what sort of lunchtime adventures might be possible for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose a day over the next week to try one.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose a backup slot in case the first time is

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<v Speaker 1>taken away from you. I'm guessing if you do all that,

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<v Speaker 1>you can make it happen and that workday won't be forgotten.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't ask where did the time go when we

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<v Speaker 1>remember where the time went in the meantime. This is

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<v Speaker 1>low Biah. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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