WEBVTT - Send those holiday cards

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my 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 send those holiday cards. Yes, it

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<v Speaker 1>takes time and effort to mail real cards with handwritten notes,

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<v Speaker 1>but this is honestly one of the best investments of

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<v Speaker 1>time you can make. I love receiving holiday cards. It's

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<v Speaker 1>fun to see people smiling kids and cute pets and

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<v Speaker 1>see how much everyone has grown since last year. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also a big holiday card sender. We book family photos

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<v Speaker 1>sometime in the fall and make our Shutterfly cards with

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<v Speaker 1>those pictures. I know a lot of people just do

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<v Speaker 1>the postcard style photo cards, but we do ones that

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<v Speaker 1>open and have space to write a note, which I

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<v Speaker 1>do for everyone I send a card to. Why Well,

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, it's the compiling and addressing of cards

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<v Speaker 1>that takes the most time. By the time you're already

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<v Speaker 1>doing that, it doesn't take much more time. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>literally just six sconds per card to write something like

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<v Speaker 1>hey Dave, so great to see you in the family

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<v Speaker 1>this summer, wishing you all the best for a happy

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<v Speaker 1>holiday season and a joyous If you're sending sixty cards,

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<v Speaker 1>this is an extra hour to an hour and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're sending two hundred cards, it's a maximum of

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<v Speaker 1>five hours. Now this isn't nothing, But if you're the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of person who is sending two hundred cards, you

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<v Speaker 1>may have someone helping you with the compiling and addressing anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know the power of a robust network. This

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<v Speaker 1>network is built by treating everyone in it as an

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<v Speaker 1>individual that you care about. A handwritten note makes that

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<v Speaker 1>clear and almost new time. It's a great touch point.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes a lot less time than meeting each of

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<v Speaker 1>those two people for coffee. Your handwritten notes go out

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<v Speaker 1>into the world where they do some good things. First,

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<v Speaker 1>they remind people that you exist. Second, they generally make

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<v Speaker 1>people feel closer to you. I've gotten some really lovely

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<v Speaker 1>emails from people who have received my holiday cards and

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<v Speaker 1>appreciated getting a handwritten note. I can't stress enough how

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<v Speaker 1>few people bother to do this and how much you

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<v Speaker 1>will stand out if you do. This is an incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>easy way to strengthen a relationship. But even if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't bother with notes, there are upsides to making the

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<v Speaker 1>cards and getting them out soon. First, people have your

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<v Speaker 1>mailing address, which means you'll get more cards from people

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<v Speaker 1>with cute baby and dog photos. Isn't it great when

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<v Speaker 1>the mail isn't just ads and bills? And if you

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<v Speaker 1>make a photo card, this will either require you to

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<v Speaker 1>take photos or to look through your existing ones. These

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<v Speaker 1>are both great ways to spend time. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who says, geez, I wish I had taken fewer

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<v Speaker 1>photos of my family. There are lots of ways to

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<v Speaker 1>save time over the holidays, and we'll cover plenty of

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<v Speaker 1>them in upcoming episodes of Before Breakfast, But skipping the

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<v Speaker 1>holiday cards are skimping on them amounts to being penny

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<v Speaker 1>wise and pound foolish. I promise that your investment of

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<v Speaker 1>time here will be paid back to you in the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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