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 to consider last minute get togethers. It is
Speaker 1: not always necessary to plan far in advance. Sometimes you
Speaker 1: can rally friends and family to gather spontaneously. So longtime
Speaker 1: listeners know that I fully support planning ahead for things
Speaker 1: that are important to you. For people with busy lives,
Speaker 1: what we plan tends to happen. Well. What we mean
Speaker 1: to do but don't get on the calendar has a
Speaker 1: tendency to remain just a wish. Sometimes, though, an opportunity
Speaker 1: for fun presents itself. When that is the case, there
Speaker 1: is no reason not to act on it right away.
Speaker 1: If you have an idea for a get together, don't
Speaker 1: wait for the perfect day with lots of notice. Just
Speaker 1: try it. For instance, if there is a big blizzard
Speaker 1: and everyone around you is snowbound, make a pot of
Speaker 1: chili and invite your neighbors over for supper. Or if
Speaker 1: you have a great hill in your yard, invite your
Speaker 1: neighbors over for sledding and hot chocolate. If there is
Speaker 1: an unexpectedly beautiful early spring day, text a few friends
Speaker 1: to see if they can come over for a cookout,
Speaker 1: or suggest meeting up at a local park for a walk.
Speaker 1: If you ordered a board game, you don't have to
Speaker 1: schedule a game night three months in advance. When the
Speaker 1: board game arrives, simply text or call a few friends
Speaker 1: to see if they want to come over after kid
Speaker 1: bedtimes and play the game. Maybe you thought you'd be
Speaker 1: away for a work trip but it got canceled the
Speaker 1: day you were supposed to leave. Those nights you thought
Speaker 1: you'd be away, why not try rallying friends to meet
Speaker 1: up for dinner or drinks. You don't have to assume
Speaker 1: that a last minute invitation is hopeless and that no
Speaker 1: one will be free. Sure, some people might be busy,
Speaker 1: which is why it might be worth asking more than
Speaker 1: one person, but when you suggest something fun and immediate,
Speaker 1: people may turn out to be less busy than you think.
Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe somebody else said something canceled too. Are
Speaker 1: they just came off a busy work week and didn't
Speaker 1: have the energy to think through the weekend. But now
Speaker 1: that you have suggested something, hey, that sounds a lot
Speaker 1: better than nothing. And if you extend a last minute
Speaker 1: invitation and no one can come no worries. The people
Speaker 1: you reached out to are highly likely to suggest gathering
Speaker 1: another time, so your invitation may lead to fun and
Speaker 1: interaction after all. So if a gathering sounds like fun
Speaker 1: for you, see if you can make it happen soon.
Speaker 1: Today is good. Last minute can sometimes work, and if
Speaker 1: it does, feel most likely be happy that it did.
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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