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How to Make a Staycation Your Best Vacation Ever - YouTube
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(upbeat music)
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- With everything going
on in the world right now,
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summer might look a little
different this year.
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Canceled trips, not being able
to visit friends and family
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we were counting on seeing,
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but it's still so important,
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maybe now more than ever,
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to find some way to
disconnect and recharge.
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That brings us to the topic
of this video, the staycation.
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When my manager first said
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that I should take some time off,
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my reaction was, "Well,
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"I'd rather wait to see
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"if things somewhat get back
to normal so I can travel."
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Took a couple days
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for the constant desire to
check Slack to die down,
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but in the end she was right.
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I needed a break,
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and that wasn't a waste
of my vacation days.
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With a little planning,
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a staycation can be a
budget friendly luxury.
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Slow mornings, delicious food,
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creating new memories with your family.
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So in this video,
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I'm gonna give you a few ideas.
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And then on Friday,
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Hannah will be back to
share even more ideas.
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This is our first theme
week on the channel
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and we're really excited.
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Okay, before I get into the ideas,
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a quick word about planning.
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I don't mean you have
to get out your calendar
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and schedule every hour
of your staycation,
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but I know from experience,
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it's easy to fall back
into checking work emails
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or get distracted by house chores.
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A little intention will help the days
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from blending into each other,
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and you'll really feel
like you made the most
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of your time off.
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Idea number one,
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take a trip without leaving home.
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We might not be able to fly
across the world right now,
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but we can bring some of the
joys of travel to our home.
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For our wedding anniversary next month,
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we had originally planned
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on visiting Rome for the first time.
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That's no longer happening,
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but that doesn't mean
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I can't bring a little
bit of Italy to Virginia.
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For our anniversary dinner,
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my plan is to try my hand
at making homemade pasta,
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and Jer is going to attempt tiramisu.
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So if you have any good recipes,
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please let me know.
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And other than going on
a culinary adventure,
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here are a few other ways
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you can travel without leaving the house.
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Try a virtual tour.
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I have found so many amazing ones,
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museums, gardens from around the world.
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Dylan at YNAB sent me a
virtual walking tour in Japan.
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And I started watching it last night
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and kinda felt like I was there,
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and it really made me want to visit.
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Also, you can choose books and movies
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that will transport you
to a new destination.
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And on my walk the other week,
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one of my neighbors back there,
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they were completely
turning their living room
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into a beach complete with beach towels,
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netting, beach balls.
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So if your kids are sad
because you've had to cancel
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your annual trip to the outer banks,
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you can bring the beach to them.
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Idea number two,
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create your own summer camp.
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If you're looking for
something fun to do with kids
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during a staycation,
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build your own summer camp.
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Even me, not the most outdoorsy of people,
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I loved summer camp growing up.
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So think back right now,
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are there any activities you really enjoy
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that would be easy to put together?
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Backyard scavenger hunts,
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DIY bird feeders,
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one woman I follow on Instagram
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has been having water Wednesdays.
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Her kids can wear their swimsuits all day,
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she sets out a sprinkler
and has water guns,
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water in general is a lot of fun.
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At our camp,
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we had a very makeshift
ratty slip and slide
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on this giant hill,
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and the camp councilors would
prime it with dish soap.
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So you would fly.
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And the other day,
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I was randomly targeted in
an ad for solar oven s'mores
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that you make the oven out of a pizza box.
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And it looked like a lot of fun,
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so I'll have those instructions
in the description box.
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And then for rainy days,
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I mean, friendship bracelets, puzzles.
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You could paint rocks,
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and then when the weather gets nice,
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hide them around the neighborhood.
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Ben B, who you might know from
some of our video courses,
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he set up this experiment with his son
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with cups of water and food
coloring and paper towels
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so you can watch it go and
turn into different colors.
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Idea number three,
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embrace the slower pace of summer.
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With a little intention and
some of life's simple pleasures,
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we can get ourselves into a
more relaxed summer mindset.
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Last week, I saw my good friend Ashley
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for the first time since all this started.
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We were catching up and she was telling me
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about what she had been up to,
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growing her own herbs and vegetables
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and making homemade popsicles.
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Watermelon, mint, lime,
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if that doesn't sound
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like the most perfect summertime treat,
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I don't know what does.
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She shared the recipe with me,
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so I'll share it with you,
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but think about it.
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What are some other foods
of summer you could enjoy?
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For a lot of us,
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maybe iced coffee.
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After my morning walk,
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I grab my journal and a
big glass of iced coffee
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to enjoy before the day really gets going.
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And Sarah at YNAB
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recently switched from a French press
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to something called a rumble jar,
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which I've never heard of before.
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Very interested because
she said it's really helped
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to up her cold brew game.
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If your town's big summer
celebrations got canceled,
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doesn't mean you can't enjoy
grilling out on your own.
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That's what we did on
Monday earlier this week.
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We had burgers,
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corn on the cob,
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chips and watermelon.
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It made a regular weekday night
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feel a little bit extra
special and summery.
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While I am a homebody,
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after all these months I would
love a change of scenery.
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Next best thing,
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freshen up your house.
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Throw open windows,
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light a tropical candle.
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If there's room in the budget,
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switch up your decor.
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Put together a playlist of
all your favorite summer hits
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from past years and
blast it in the kitchen.
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And place some of your
favorite vacation photos
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around the house.
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That's something important
I wanted to mention,
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document your staycation.
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Cement these new memories
with photos and videos.
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A family movie night,
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a candle lit dinner,
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the new garden you've started tending.
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Capture it all.
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So, yes, this summer might
not be the one we had planned,
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but with a little creativity,
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we can still make it
memorable and enjoyable.
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I hope this video gave you a few ideas
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and don't forget to come back on Friday
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for more staycation
inspiration from Hannah.
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