WEBVTT - Pastimes not passing time

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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 aim for past times, not passing time.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, use your leisure time for hobbies you love,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than passive activities like watching t V, scrolling social

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<v Speaker 1>media or the internet, which just fill the time. Time

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<v Speaker 1>passes while you're watching TV or looking at your friends

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<v Speaker 1>postings on social media, and you may not feel bored

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<v Speaker 1>or restless while doing these things, but a few hours later,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like they never happened. You haven't had new ideas

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe emotions. Nothing is that different in your life

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<v Speaker 1>because of that time. So instead of just passing the time,

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<v Speaker 1>develop pastimes, active hobbies that you enjoy pursuing in your

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<v Speaker 1>leisure time. It might be knitting or playing cards, cooking,

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<v Speaker 1>playing pickleball, reading, writing, poetry, woodworking. Of course, at its

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<v Speaker 1>linguistic roots, a pastime is an activity that you guessed

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<v Speaker 1>it passes the time. But a pastime is really more

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<v Speaker 1>than just that. You build your knowledge and skills, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you even have something tangible to show for your time,

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<v Speaker 1>like mittens knitted or a warming stew that you made.

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<v Speaker 1>These hobbies tend to be more satisfying than passive leisure,

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<v Speaker 1>at least if you look at surveys of moment by

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<v Speaker 1>moment happiness. They often allow for flow, that happy state

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<v Speaker 1>of absorption where time seems to stand still. They are also,

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<v Speaker 1>interestingly the things people often claim to have no time for.

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<v Speaker 1>This is rarely actually true. Anyone who looks at a

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook account has time to read, even on the same

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<v Speaker 1>device if you use the Kindle app to read e

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<v Speaker 1>books or something like that. Time spent channel surfing could

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<v Speaker 1>be spent doing a crossroad puzzle or a jigsaw puzzle.

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<v Speaker 1>I would even say that time spent picking up stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that will just come out again the next morning is

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<v Speaker 1>quite possibly wasted and less satisfying than scrap booking or

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<v Speaker 1>painting landscapes. Long time listeners will have heard me encourage

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<v Speaker 1>doing effortful fun before effortless fun. As we all know

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<v Speaker 1>from experience, you are unlikely to pick up a book

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<v Speaker 1>after you've sat down in front of the t V.

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<v Speaker 1>You are probably not going to grab your own needle

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<v Speaker 1>point work after you've picked up your phone and started

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<v Speaker 1>looking at other people's needle point projects on Instagram. So

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<v Speaker 1>instead it's wise to do some effortful fun before the effortless,

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<v Speaker 1>more passive fun. Pastimes are a form of effortful fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, there are their forms of effortful fund, like

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<v Speaker 1>hosting a dinner party, you're packing up your family to

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<v Speaker 1>go ice skating. These are great, too, but you can't

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<v Speaker 1>always go ice skating. The rink isn't open twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>hours a day. Some of your leisure time also comes

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<v Speaker 1>while the kids are asleep. This year, we've realized that

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<v Speaker 1>external conditions can change a lot. Maybe that crowded ice

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<v Speaker 1>rink doesn't seem like such a great idea these days.

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<v Speaker 1>An advantage of having past times is that there are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of effortful fund that you can do pretty much anytime.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't require a lot of advance planning in most cases,

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<v Speaker 1>and they are less dependent upon external conditions. I am

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<v Speaker 1>highly unlikely to organize a group zoom in a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes I have between children's bedtimes, but I can do

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<v Speaker 1>a few pieces in a one piece puzzle in that

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<v Speaker 1>space just as easily as I can scroll Instagram. So

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<v Speaker 1>this year aimed to find a new pastime or to

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<v Speaker 1>pick back up a pastime you enjoyed in the past.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop telling yourself that you have no time for it. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>get the materials and then challenge yourself to do just

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen minutes of it. When you have a block of

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<v Speaker 1>open time, you can always pick up the phone and

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<v Speaker 1>go on a Twitter binge after that. But my guess

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<v Speaker 1>is that you get so absorbed in your puzzle or

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<v Speaker 1>knitting or building your ship in the bottle that you

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<v Speaker 1>won't want to and then you can post your awesome

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<v Speaker 1>ship in a bottle on Instagram when you're done. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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

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