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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to make a winter fun list. Many

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Speaker 1: people find the dark, cold days after the holidays to

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Speaker 1: be challenging. Create a list of things to look forward

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Speaker 1: to and you can change your entire perspective on the season.

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Speaker 1: So I really hate being cold. I don't like the

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Speaker 1: darkness that descends around four thirty p m. In the

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Speaker 1: middle of winter here in my corner of Pennsylvania. And

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Speaker 1: yet there are a lot of upsides to living where

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Speaker 1: I do, and so winter is just part of the bargain.

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Speaker 1: Every year I make summer fun lists and holiday fun

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Speaker 1: lists to make sure I have various seasonal adventures. Then

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Speaker 1: a few years ago, I realized that summer was going

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Speaker 1: to be fun anyway. Winter, on the other hand, was

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Speaker 1: crying out for a fun list. How could I make

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Speaker 1: sure that I enjoyed the season rather than wishing time away.

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Speaker 1: Some years, that has meant escaping Yep. I have put

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Speaker 1: Southern California and Florida trips on my winter fun list,

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Speaker 1: and I make no apologies for that, But there are

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Speaker 1: other options. One year, I decided to get outside for

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Speaker 1: at least twenty minutes each day. I upgraded my winter

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Speaker 1: gear and found it a lot more tolerable. We've got

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Speaker 1: a great sledding hill at our new house, and so

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Speaker 1: that is on the winter fun list. I like taking

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Speaker 1: my kids ice skating at an outdoor rink by the

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Speaker 1: river downtown. Back when the Philadelphia Flower Show was held

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Speaker 1: in the winter. That would be a highlight, as what

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Speaker 1: an orchids show at a local botanical garden. Even going

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Speaker 1: to the zoo can be a great way to get

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Speaker 1: a family walk with the chance to warm up it

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Speaker 1: indoor exhibits as the animals. Some places are darker or

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Speaker 1: colder than others. But wherever you are and whatever part

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Speaker 1: of the year is most miserable for you, consider making

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Speaker 1: a seasonal fun list for that time. What would make

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Speaker 1: you feel festive even if the holidays are over. What

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Speaker 1: would make you feel merry and bright. Some things can

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Speaker 1: be escapist, like taking trips. Some things don't have to

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Speaker 1: be seasonal, but would lift your mood, like springing for

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Speaker 1: a massage once a month, or starting up a supper

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Speaker 1: club with some other families. And some things should take

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Speaker 1: advantage of the unique conditions it is hard to ice

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Speaker 1: skate outside when the ice doesn't stay frozen, it's hard

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Speaker 1: to go sledding with no snow, and hot chocolate by

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Speaker 1: the fireplace isn't nearly as fun if there is no

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Speaker 1: reason for the hot chocolate or the fire. Yes, for

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Speaker 1: many of us, a winter fun list will take more

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Speaker 1: effort than a summer fun list, but it is worth

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Speaker 1: that effort. We only have so many years on this planet.

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Speaker 1: Wishing weeks away because they are dark and cold feels

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Speaker 1: like such a miserable bargain. When we know we have

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Speaker 1: many fun things planned, we won't be wishing time away.

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Speaker 1: We will be savoring it will make memories. Those memories,

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Speaker 1: in turn, will change our perspective on the months that,

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Speaker 1: on their own might feel more miserable. That is a

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Speaker 1: change worth orchestrating. So why not come up with a

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Speaker 1: dozen things you'd like to do in the next two

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Speaker 1: to three months. You will enjoy winter or whatever your

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Speaker 1: miserable season is far more In the meantime. This is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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