WEBVTT - When you look back on this year

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to think about what you want to see

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<v Speaker 1>when you look back on this year, then do what

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<v Speaker 1>you can now to bring that vision to life. So

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<v Speaker 1>when this episode first airs it is the beginning of November,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the year has already happened. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>that many of your dreams and plans for the year

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<v Speaker 1>have become reality. But the beginning of November is not,

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<v Speaker 1>in fact the end of the year. There is still

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<v Speaker 1>time to make memories you will be happy to recall

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<v Speaker 1>on January first. So imagine yourself on New Year's Day.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you are having a chill brunch with your roommates

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<v Speaker 1>after a late night spent celebrating. Maybe you and your

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<v Speaker 1>family have a tradition of going for a hike on

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's Day. Maybe on New Year's Day you sleep

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<v Speaker 1>in and then spend some time journaling by a fire

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<v Speaker 1>with a cup of tea. Or maybe your baby is

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<v Speaker 1>screaming for you at six a m as she does

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<v Speaker 1>every morning. Little kids don't really get the idea of holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it, but whatever the context you are almost

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<v Speaker 1>sure to reflect on the year that just ended. What

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<v Speaker 1>memories do you want to have made, What do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to have accomplished? What do you hope is better

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<v Speaker 1>on January first of next year as compared to January

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<v Speaker 1>first of this past year. Perhaps you want to look

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<v Speaker 1>back on a Christmas that is joyful for everyone in

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<v Speaker 1>your family, even for you. That might mean spending some

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<v Speaker 1>time deciding which holiday experiences you'd like to get on

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar and which festive recipes you would like to make.

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<v Speaker 1>It might involve a few hours of ordering thoughtful gifts

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<v Speaker 1>now so you avoid the stress of holiday shopping with

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<v Speaker 1>the crowds. You might also decide on things you are

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<v Speaker 1>not doing so you can leave time for what matters

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<v Speaker 1>most to you and the people you care about. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you want to get a new job this year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not necessarily an easy time to be job seeking,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you want to look back on getting a

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<v Speaker 1>new job this year, well, the only way that is

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen is if you have some conversations and

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<v Speaker 1>send out some feelers and resumes now, so why not

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<v Speaker 1>get to it. You might want to look back on

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<v Speaker 1>finally dealing with a project that you have been putting

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<v Speaker 1>off writing a will, toilet training a child who is

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly content in diapers, replacing an atrocious light fixture in

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<v Speaker 1>your kitchen. It's time to get started. You might have

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<v Speaker 1>some ideas for self improvement. Maybe you want a consistent

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<v Speaker 1>routine for your own bedtime and waking time, or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you want to get back into running so you can

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<v Speaker 1>run a New Year's Day five k. It is not

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<v Speaker 1>too late at all, but you don't have endless time

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<v Speaker 1>to burn, so get going now is good. I've noticed

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<v Speaker 1>that people tend to overestimate what they can do in

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<v Speaker 1>an hour and underestimate what they can do in a year.

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<v Speaker 1>You can do a lot in a year, and even

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<v Speaker 1>though it is already November, you can still do a

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<v Speaker 1>lot between now and January first. The year you look

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<v Speaker 1>back on is not etched in star. There is still

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<v Speaker 1>room to sculpted into what you want. And I'd note

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<v Speaker 1>that this exercise of thinking about what you want to

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<v Speaker 1>look back on is useful as you set your goals

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<v Speaker 1>for the next year too. You can picture yourself about

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen months from now with some fantastic accomplishments that you

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<v Speaker 1>are looking back on. What are those when we think

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<v Speaker 1>about what we want to look back on. We think

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<v Speaker 1>about what could matter most. Then we can spend our

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<v Speaker 1>time on those things as top priorities, because truly they are.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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