WEBVTT - Care packages aren’t just for kids 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I 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 care packages to people you

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<v Speaker 1>love just for fun. No need to wait for your

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<v Speaker 1>kids to go to summer camp to get creative about

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<v Speaker 1>putting together care packages. Instead, send packages anytime as a

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<v Speaker 1>way to stay connected to friends and family of any age.

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<v Speaker 1>As people have physically distanced and spent less time in

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<v Speaker 1>person with friends and family over the past year, care

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<v Speaker 1>packages and shipped happies have proliferated. There are lots of

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<v Speaker 1>subscription kits out there, or of course, just mailing cookies

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<v Speaker 1>or something else you've made to someone. The mail can

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<v Speaker 1>be a great way to stay connected as life slowly

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to normal. Some of this impulse may disappear.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can see your friend in person, will you

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<v Speaker 1>mail something to her? Well? Why not do? Both? Relationships

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<v Speaker 1>can thrive on small, thoughtful gestures. So think about the

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<v Speaker 1>people in your life you'd like to celebrate, and then

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<v Speaker 1>think about what care packages might really perk them up.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything local from a place that's meaningful to you and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe the recipient would be great. I think a rub

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<v Speaker 1>from your local barbecue, a bariable from a local potter,

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<v Speaker 1>a jar of honey from a local beekeeping farm. Supporting

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<v Speaker 1>small businesses feels good, and many of them might have

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<v Speaker 1>great ideas too. Your local independent bookstore can probably put

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<v Speaker 1>together a care package of books for a friend if

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<v Speaker 1>you tell them what she likes. Of course, the concept

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<v Speaker 1>of a care package has a strong do it yourself element,

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<v Speaker 1>so you might put together your own box based on

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<v Speaker 1>conversations you have with people. If you're recently retired, father

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<v Speaker 1>is loving time in his vegetable garden but complains about

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<v Speaker 1>getting sunburned, send him a wide brimmed hat to wear

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<v Speaker 1>when he works outside, plus some sunscreen and maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>gardening trinket or two. It is really not that complicated

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the post office with a box and

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<v Speaker 1>mail it. If you don't have boxes, they can sell

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<v Speaker 1>you one there. Or of course, you can order a

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<v Speaker 1>group of objects at the same time from an online

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<v Speaker 1>retailer and arranged to have them come in one box.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe even wrapped presents aren't just for birthdays. There for

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<v Speaker 1>any time you'd like to let someone know you are

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about them. Now, you don't have to do this

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, not by any means. Well, you might

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<v Speaker 1>send a package a week to a kid at camp.

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<v Speaker 1>This rhythm would be pretty hard to maintain for other

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<v Speaker 1>people in your life. Part of the fun of adult

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<v Speaker 1>care packages is that they are unexpected, So just aiming

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<v Speaker 1>to send one a month to someone in your life

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<v Speaker 1>would let you reach out to six people twice a

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<v Speaker 1>year or twelve people once a year. That's not too

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<v Speaker 1>much of a burden in terms of time or money. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if this doesn't come intuitively, maybe make a note on

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<v Speaker 1>your calendar for I don't know, the twelfth of the month.

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<v Speaker 1>On that day each month, take thirty minutes to think

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<v Speaker 1>up a care package and order the items or make

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<v Speaker 1>a list for when you shop next. It is a

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<v Speaker 1>small investment, but the payoff and good feelings will be huge.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever send care packages? I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about it. You can email me at Laura at Laura

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<v Speaker 1>Vanderkim dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening. Here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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