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Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that just one idea gets you started.
While it can be helpful to brainstorm a long list of ideas of ways to spend your time, even just one idea executed upon can be a proof of concept.
And then you will probably get more ideas as you do your one.
Today's tip was inspired by my recent September Reset project.
During the month of September I had lots of people track their time and then try some of my favorite time management rules.
As longtime listeners may have guessed, one of those rules was to plan one big adventure and one little adventure into life each week.
Adventures make life memorable and more fun.
Planning in one big adventure about half a weekend day and a little adventure which could be less than an hour tends to be a good cadence.
It's enough to make the week feel different, but not enough to upset the good routines that already exist.
Some people were intrigued by this concept and dove in, but others were stumped.
What would be interesting to do?
What kind of adventures would fit in life?
Were they supposed to come up with something new every week?
Maybe this sounded like just more work.
I get it, and I don't want to make anyone's mental load heavier.
I do think that brainstorming adventures can be fun and can be helpful, because when you have a long list, then each week you can just pick one that feels fresh or works, based on the weather and time available.
A family with young kids might have a list that includes the zoo, the aquarium, the children's museum, a farm with hay rides, a science museum, doing scooters on a nearby trail, visiting an indoor bouncy place, and so forth.
For someone else, adventures might include a longer hike or kayaking, or going for a bike ride on a different trail somewhere a little farther away, or trying a new cuisine, or ice skating, or going to a design museum one town over or anything like that.
Now, maybe these ideas are getting you thinking.
But here's the thing.
One idea gets you started.
You don't have to brainstorm 20 adventures you might like to have over the next few months.
If that sounds oppressive, then just brainstorm one adventure you'd like to have this week.
Focus on making that one adventure actually happen.
See how it goes.
My guess is that you will probably Enjoy yourself.
And in the course of having that adventure you will start to have a good sense of other adventures that could work in your life.
If you go drive to a trail and go for a bike ride and enjoy it, you'll look for other trails within an hour or so of your house.
Those could be adventures for other weekends.
Or maybe you'll drive through a little town on your way to the trail and see a banner advertising a carnival coming next weekend.
That could be an upcoming adventure too.
Or you will stop at a little sandwich shop for lunch.
And you'll realize that you haven't been to that fondue place your family loves in over a year.
Maybe an adventure could be built around that some weekend as well.
Just one idea gets you started.
You see what it's like to do things and you start to think of other things that might be doable too.
So if you like lists, by all means, make a list.
I like lists.
I'm brainstorming potential goals for next year and items for my holiday and winter fun lists and so forth right now.
But not everyone does like lists.
And sometimes list making feels like one more thing to do.
So just come up with one idea.
Do that one idea.
See what happens.
My guess is it will generally be a positive thing in your life and get you started on a lot more fun things to come.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
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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