Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to think about what you want to see
Speaker 1: when you look back on this year, then do what
Speaker 1: you can now to bring that vision to life. So
Speaker 1: when this episode first airs it is the beginning of November,
Speaker 1: a lot of the year has already happened. I hope
Speaker 1: that many of your dreams and plans for the year
Speaker 1: have become reality. But the beginning of November is not,
Speaker 1: in fact the end of the year. There is still
Speaker 1: time to make memories you will be happy to recall
Speaker 1: on January first. So imagine yourself on New Year's Day.
Speaker 1: Maybe you are having a chill brunch with your roommates
Speaker 1: after a late night spent celebrating. Maybe you and your
Speaker 1: family have a tradition of going for a hike on
Speaker 1: New Year's Day. Maybe on New Year's Day you sleep
Speaker 1: in and then spend some time journaling by a fire
Speaker 1: with a cup of tea. Or maybe your baby is
Speaker 1: screaming for you at six a m as she does
Speaker 1: every morning. Little kids don't really get the idea of holidays.
Speaker 1: I get it, but whatever the context you are almost
Speaker 1: sure to reflect on the year that just ended. What
Speaker 1: memories do you want to have made, What do you
Speaker 1: want to have accomplished? What do you hope is better
Speaker 1: on January first of next year as compared to January
Speaker 1: first of this past year. Perhaps you want to look
Speaker 1: back on a Christmas that is joyful for everyone in
Speaker 1: your family, even for you. That might mean spending some
Speaker 1: time deciding which holiday experiences you'd like to get on
Speaker 1: the calendar and which festive recipes you would like to make.
Speaker 1: It might involve a few hours of ordering thoughtful gifts
Speaker 1: now so you avoid the stress of holiday shopping with
Speaker 1: the crowds. You might also decide on things you are
Speaker 1: not doing so you can leave time for what matters
Speaker 1: most to you and the people you care about. Or
Speaker 1: maybe you want to get a new job this year.
Speaker 1: It's not necessarily an easy time to be job seeking,
Speaker 1: but if you want to look back on getting a
Speaker 1: new job this year, well, the only way that is
Speaker 1: going to happen is if you have some conversations and
Speaker 1: send out some feelers and resumes now, so why not
Speaker 1: get to it. You might want to look back on
Speaker 1: finally dealing with a project that you have been putting
Speaker 1: off writing a will, toilet training a child who is
Speaker 1: perfectly content in diapers, replacing an atrocious light fixture in
Speaker 1: your kitchen. It's time to get started. You might have
Speaker 1: some ideas for self improvement. Maybe you want a consistent
Speaker 1: routine for your own bedtime and waking time, or maybe
Speaker 1: you want to get back into running so you can
Speaker 1: run a New Year's Day five k. It is not
Speaker 1: too late at all, but you don't have endless time
Speaker 1: to burn, so get going now is good. I've noticed
Speaker 1: that people tend to overestimate what they can do in
Speaker 1: an hour and underestimate what they can do in a year.
Speaker 1: You can do a lot in a year, and even
Speaker 1: though it is already November, you can still do a
Speaker 1: lot between now and January first. The year you look
Speaker 1: back on is not etched in star. There is still
Speaker 1: room to sculpted into what you want. And I'd note
Speaker 1: that this exercise of thinking about what you want to
Speaker 1: look back on is useful as you set your goals
Speaker 1: for the next year too. You can picture yourself about
Speaker 1: fourteen months from now with some fantastic accomplishments that you
Speaker 1: are looking back on. What are those when we think
Speaker 1: about what we want to look back on. We think
Speaker 1: about what could matter most. Then we can spend our
Speaker 1: time on those things as top priorities, because truly they are.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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