Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to plan your exit, I mean your
Speaker 1: actual physical exit from things, though we'll discuss the importance
Speaker 1: of planning endings in general in future episodes. I know
Speaker 1: as I'm recording this that many of us haven't gone
Speaker 1: to big events in a while, but someday we will.
Speaker 1: By thinking through the logistics of leaving, you can save
Speaker 1: yourself all kinds of time. I tracked my time, and
Speaker 1: I've realized over the years that I have spent some
Speaker 1: non zero quantity of time stuck in the parking lot
Speaker 1: by the Eagle Stadium. A few years ago, on an
Speaker 1: early May Day, my husband and I parked there to
Speaker 1: run the Broad Street ten mile race. Afterwards, the reality
Speaker 1: of many thousands of runners running with us meant that
Speaker 1: we spent longer trying to leave the parking than we
Speaker 1: did running. And we're not that fast. My ten year
Speaker 1: old son has asked for Eagles tickets for the past
Speaker 1: few years for his birthday. Let's just say that you
Speaker 1: either need to leave at halftime or plan on leaving
Speaker 1: at least ninety minutes after the event, because otherwise you
Speaker 1: will go nowhere fast, or at least you might go
Speaker 1: newhere fast, but not if you take before breakfast listener
Speaker 1: Lisa's Advice. Lisa wrote in that when I have a
Speaker 1: choice at events, I plan my exit. If I'm going
Speaker 1: to a concert, large event, grocery shopping, I do not
Speaker 1: take the first available space. I keep driving, noticing the
Speaker 1: exit signs, and park in a spot that is heading
Speaker 1: in the right direction and in front of everyone else
Speaker 1: that will be leaving at the same time. This has
Speaker 1: saved so much time after events. She's absolutely right, and
Speaker 1: also right that most of us don't think about this.
Speaker 1: When we go to big events were likely running late.
Speaker 1: We're eager to find parking, so we take whatever spot
Speaker 1: we see. We feel excited if it looks like we're
Speaker 1: relatively close to the venue. We don't even think about
Speaker 1: the direction of traffic or of heading over to the
Speaker 1: downside of the parking garage. And then when we leave,
Speaker 1: with tens of thousands of other people, we learned that
Speaker 1: we'll be looping around the lot or the garage, or
Speaker 1: having to turn left or something else that will add
Speaker 1: a frustratingly long block of time At the end. That's
Speaker 1: especially annoying when all you want to do is go
Speaker 1: home parked by the exit, and this won't be the case.
Speaker 1: Or you could be really smart about your exits by
Speaker 1: skipping the parking altogether. We finally solve the issue of
Speaker 1: epic exits at Eagles games by taking uber to the stadium,
Speaker 1: catching the subway after the game to head a few
Speaker 1: stops farther north, then catching an uber there in some
Speaker 1: other neighborhood, far away from the crowds. This past fall,
Speaker 1: my son and I were home in less time than
Speaker 1: it took us to travel one hundred yards in our
Speaker 1: car the year before. We were feeling very good that
Speaker 1: we'd planned our exit. I know that many people aren't
Speaker 1: going many places these days, especially not places with crowds.
Speaker 1: But the next time in the future, when you do
Speaker 1: go somewhere with lots of other people, really think through
Speaker 1: the exit situation. What choices will enable you to leave quickly?
Speaker 1: A little thought can save you ours. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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