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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to go outside for the sunset.
Getting outside in the evening is a great way to make any evening feel more memorable.
And seeing a sunset is an easy way to add more awe into everyday life.
This is free entertainment, so to speak, that nature provides on the regular.
So we may as well take advantage of it.
Long-time listeners know that I am a big fan of what in my family we call toad time.
That is, time outside after dinner.
If the double time in that acronym bothers you, call it together outside after dinner time.
This is hard to pull off in winter, but after the March time change it's light outside until at least 7 pm and soon much later.
The weather starts getting nicer by the end of March and into April.
Going outside at night becomes more appealing.
Nature also puts on a spectacular show twice a day with the sunrise and sunset.
I am often up getting kids ready and see the sunrise out my kitchen window.
But in the rush of the morning routine, it's a bit more challenging to get out there and savor it.
In the evening, though, there's often a little bit less going on.
There's less rushing.
A lot of people aren't doing that much at, say, 7.30 p.m.
Committing to going outside to see the sunset will both nudge you to get some fresh air and probably introduce some spectacular beauty into an evening that might not have had so much of it otherwise.
Ideally, this could become a regular thing.
There is a sunset every day.
And when it is a regular thing, then the benefits start to stack up.
To know when the sunset is, you have to look at a time or weather app for your area.
Then you have to think about your evening.
What is going on around the time that the sun is setting?
That question will nudge you to think through your evening.
If we finished dinner at 7, we could go play outside in the backyard for 30 minutes, right?
And then we could watch the sunset.
Or maybe we'll be getting out of swim practice at 715 and the sun is setting at 720, so maybe we can drive two minutes away to a park with a lot of open space so we can see the sun going down.
That will make for a little adventure, which right there could make an evening more memorable.
Now, obviously, this isn't always going to work.
Some days are stormy, and there isn't much of a show.
Sometimes you are doing other wonderful things that preclude watching the sunset.
If you are listening to an orchestra perform from, let's say, 7 to 830pm, you will probably emerge to darkness.
And that is okay.
I know that during certain windows of the year perhaps young kids' bedtimes will exactly correlate with the sunset.
And that is what it is.
But as I study people's evenings, I know that many people do not use evenings particularly well.
We don't have much energy.
It's hard to be intentional.
Choosing to go outside to see the sunset is a very low energy intention that it would not be hard to add into life.
But when you see these spectacular oranges and pinks on the clouds and feel the spring breeze on your face, the payoff is going to be pretty good.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com.
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