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Make it easier to send good wishes

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is to buy a box of birthday cards. You
can celebrate more people in your life by making thoughtfulness

(00:25):
a lot easier. So plenty of people wish their friends
and relations a happy birthday with a text or email,
and there is nothing wrong with that. However, it is
still fun to get a little something in the mail.
It feels slightly more permanent than those disappearing bits of

(00:47):
electronic confetti. If you send holiday cards, then you already
have a lot of people's mailing addresses. If you pay
attention on social media, or even just keep a running
list somewhere, you probably know a lot of people's birthdays.
So theoretically you could send a card a few days

(01:07):
before so it reaches the birthday boy or girl on time.
The problem most people don't have birthday cards sitting around.
They'd need to go to a drug store or target
and wade through the stacks of perhaps not entirely accurate
or appropriate sentiments. That extra bit of friction can prevent

(01:28):
people from following through. But this doesn't need to be
an issue. You can buy boxes of birthday cards online.
Amazon sells a great many, as do other retailers. I
recently purchased a box of one hundred twenty birthday cards
in a variety of designs. The sentiments are either broad

(01:51):
enough to be universal, think best wishes for a great year,
or else the cards are blank. Either works, You add
your own note and can personalize however you would like. Now,
if my kids are going to a birthday party, or
if someone I know is celebrating a birthday, reaching into

(02:11):
the box and writing a card doesn't take much more
effort than writing an email. Texts are fine too, of
course I like birthday texts, but something handwritten can just
be a bonus. So consider buying a box of birthday
cards to make sending birthday wishes easier on yourself. A

(02:32):
big box will likely last you a long time and
generate a lot of fun along the way. 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.

(02:58):
If you've got questions, idea is, or feedback, you can
reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before
Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia,
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