Have fun without the fuss

Find ways to enjoy yourself without the hassle

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Episode Transcript

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 aim for fun without the fuss. You
don't have to do everything the hard way. If there's

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a short cut to fun, take it. Long Time listeners
know that I have a lot of kids and have
therefore been in charge of a lot of birthday parties
over the years. I am a big fan of hosting
birthday parties somewhere other than my house. It's fun for
the kids and easier for me. The people at the

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trampoline park, Chuck E Cheese, or the Paint your Own
Pottery studio are literally pros at throwing kid parties, so
I leave the fuss to them and just show up
with my family and my credit card for the fun.
There are many times in life when you can opt
for fun without the fuss. People sometimes see the need

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to plan as a barrier to fun, and then they
miss out on fun as a result, But there are
plenty of ways to minimize the details. You can meet
up at a park or the children's museum for a
playdate instead of at your home. No need to tidy
up or provide snacks. You just show up. You don't

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have to cook and host holiday meals at home. You
can go to a restaurant with extended family for a
holiday meal, or meet up at a resort, hotel or
vacation rental house at another location. Or if you find
your home more relaxing, you can order in food for
everyone and book a visit from the cleaning service right
before and the next day after your event. If it

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is not fun for you to make Halloween costumes, just
buy them. If finding a real Christmas tree at the lot,
hauling at home and stringing lights on it isn't worth
it to you, buy a prelit artificial one. There are
some pretty amazingly beautiful ones available these days. You could
do a Rhodes scholar or national geographic trip instead of
planning everything yourself. Maybe for years everyone in your book

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club has taken turns hosting the group and providing appetizers
and drinks, but you're in a season of life when
that has become cumbersome. Maybe you transition to meeting at
a bar and just chatting about life. No need to
involve books at all. If planning or preparation is part
of the fun for you, that is wonderful. But if

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it is not, you can often enjoy the fun part
with fewer transaction costs. So if you want more fun
in your life but can't bear to add one more
thing to your to do list, then make fun without
the fuss your philosophy, Skip the hassle, go straight to

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the happiness. If you have fun without fuss, I'd love
to hear how you do it. You can reach me
at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 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.

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If you've got questions, ideas, 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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