Where plus who

Make memories by combining special experiences with special people

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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 that meaningful moments often include a special experience
and a special companion. Think where plus who for truly

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making memories. If you've been listening to this podcast for
a while, you know that I am always recommending doing
one big adventure and one little adventure each week. I
find this is a good cadence that lets you maintain
good routines but make memories. This isn't a week just

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like any other. This is the week I went to
see the roses at the Botanical Garden. Having adventures also
helps us develop identities as people who do cool things.
It is absolutely possible to do adventures on your own.
If you've got an adventure in mind and don't have

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someone readily available to do it with you, don't let
that stop you. But if you have an adventure in mind,
you can make the experience slightly more memorable by bringing
someone along. The botanical garden with a friend or with
that new colleague is going to be a different memory

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than that trip solo, and can offer the chance for
making the memory even more special. I am a big
fan of bringing people along for many reasons, one of
which is efficiency. Many of us would like to spend
more time with friends and family members, and so it's
good not to have to find time for adventures and

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people when the two can be combined. Adventures also become
more memorable with another person because you can talk about
the adventure while it is happening, and then you can
reflect on it with the person later. When you and
your new colleague are talking about your lunchtime trip to
the botanical garden before your next staff meeting and are

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recounting your favorite roses, it is going to make that
experience feel bigger in your mind. You didn't just experience
it once, You're experiencing some of it again in the
retelling now. Obviously, some people are more intuitively social than
others and are always thinking about where plus who, But

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there are a few ways to nudge yourself to add
a who to your adventures. One is to buy an
extra ticket, which can then force yourself to pass it along.
I have done this with concerts. I can I always
try to drag my husband or a kid, but it
can also nudge me to tell people I have an

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extra spot if they want to go. Guest passes are
good too, because it makes it more frictionless to bring
someone along. You can also decide to do adventures when
you know that other people might be doing them. If
a friend will be in a different location for a while,
you could offer to go visit them there. That would

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be an adventure. If a friend posts that they will
be at an event on social media, post that you
will go too, and see if anyone else in the
comments wants to join you. When you pair friends and
family with an appealing event or experience, you get more
time with friends and you tend to enjoy the event

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more than you would if your loved ones weren't there.
So think where plus who, and any given event might
just be more fun. In the meantime, This is Laura.
Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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