Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura.
Speaker 2: Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that creating a full and wonderful life
Speaker 1: takes work. Good things can magically land in our laps,
Speaker 1: but they often don't, so there is no point begrudging
Speaker 1: the time it takes to create fun experiences or enjoy
Speaker 1: other people.
Speaker 2: Best to just repeat this phrase, life is worth the bother.
Speaker 2: You will be able to enjoy the life that bother
Speaker 2: creates a whole lot more. Longtime listeners have often heard
Speaker 2: me say that people are a good use of time.
Speaker 2: No matter how busy you are, you are probably not
Speaker 2: going to regret having gone to a family friend's birthday party,
Speaker 2: or spending an hour catching up with your college roommates
Speaker 2: by phone, or going out to dinner with your spouse.
Speaker 2: In the abstract, we can all appreciate that where people
Speaker 2: get tripped up, though, is with the time and effort
Speaker 2: it takes to make experiences like these happen. Getting to
Speaker 2: the family friend's party may take an hour or more
Speaker 2: of travel time, Arranging a single group call for four
Speaker 2: people requires twenty texts to the group thread, and going
Speaker 2: out with your spouse means getting a babysitter and arranging
Speaker 2: a reservation and dealing with the fact that there's traffic
Speaker 2: and that it's hard to park and it's raining, and
Speaker 2: you can see where this is going. Life can be
Speaker 2: a real bother sometimes, but so what life is worth
Speaker 2: the bother? Twenty texts to have a beautiful group call
Speaker 2: is a good investment. Bring an umbrella and you know
Speaker 2: you will be in that warm restaurant eventually. Don't let
Speaker 2: the time and effort required to see your friends and
Speaker 2: family keep you from getting together. I mean, after all,
Speaker 2: what are we saving our energy for. I don't picture
Speaker 2: most of us getting to the end of our lives
Speaker 2: and thinking, well, thank goodness, I didn't do anything. What
Speaker 2: a pain that would have been. People are worth the
Speaker 2: bother and fun is worth the bother too. If you
Speaker 2: want to have more fun in your life, you are
Speaker 2: going to have to invest time and effort in making
Speaker 2: it happen. Want to do a painting class, That means
Speaker 2: finding a class, registering, buying the supplies, and getting yourself
Speaker 2: there even if it's rainy or cold. Maybe you keep
Speaker 2: thinking it would be fun to go canoeing, but then
Speaker 2: that means figuring out where you can rent a canoe
Speaker 2: and how to get there, and where you can park,
Speaker 2: and if they take credit cards, And it is enough
Speaker 2: to make you think twice.
Speaker 1: But if you do want to do something, most likely
Speaker 1: you'll be happy to have done it.
Speaker 2: You just have to get through a little bother to
Speaker 2: make it happen. So keep repeating this phrase to yourself.
Speaker 2: Life is worth the bother. There is no reason to
Speaker 2: let a little time and effort deter you from something
Speaker 2: that sounds like fun, or from enjoying your relationships. These
Speaker 2: are the things that make.
Speaker 1: A good life, so it is worth making them happen.
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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