WEBVTT - Second Cup: Make a good day (almost) perfect

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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 that you can make what you know will

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<v Speaker 1>be a good day even better by tweaking your schedule

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<v Speaker 1>to add more good things and removing things that you

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<v Speaker 1>won't want to do. These almost perfect days can then

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<v Speaker 1>become deep memories thanks to your careful cultivation. So hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who listens to this podcast knows how important it

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<v Speaker 1>is to plan in things that you are looking forward to.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's tickets to a concert in a few months

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<v Speaker 1>or to an exciting sporting event next week. Positive anticipation

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<v Speaker 1>makes life more exciting and hopeful on a On bad days,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be what makes us get out of bed.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you know something good is coming up, by

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<v Speaker 1>being strategic, you can make the whole day even more exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>We all have some discretion over our schedules and how

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<v Speaker 1>much effort we put into planning good things. I'd argue

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<v Speaker 1>that it can be fun to put even more good

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<v Speaker 1>stuff on an already good day so that you go

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<v Speaker 1>from happiness to happiness all day long. So, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say you get massages every two months or so,

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<v Speaker 1>and you also have tickets to a favorite band on

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<v Speaker 1>a particular night, you could try scheduling your massage for

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<v Speaker 1>the day you have the concert, so as you are

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<v Speaker 1>relaxing on the massage table, you are also excited about

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<v Speaker 1>the concert happening in a few hours. Or maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>that you've got tickets to a football game on Saturday afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Could you have breakfast that morning with a good friend.

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<v Speaker 1>Or perhaps you've scored a coveted reservation at a great

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant for Friday night, could you plan to take a

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<v Speaker 1>longer lunch break and go walk on that gorgeous trail

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<v Speaker 1>that's not too far from your office. By doubling or

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<v Speaker 1>even tripling the number of good things that happen on

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<v Speaker 1>an anticipated day, you can make it even more memorable.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also consciously move some not so fun stuff

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<v Speaker 1>out of the day. Let's say that you normally file

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<v Speaker 1>expense reports on Fridays and you really dislike doing so.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe the week you've got that hot dinner reservation, you

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<v Speaker 1>could file those reports on Thursday, so Friday has more

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<v Speaker 1>space for bliss. Now. Of course, the one caveat here

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<v Speaker 1>is that when you stack up a lot of good

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<v Speaker 1>things on one particular day, you do run the risk

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<v Speaker 1>of something going wrong. If you wind up with the

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<v Speaker 1>flu on the day you have a massage, lunch with

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<v Speaker 1>a good friend, and concert tickets, that is really going

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<v Speaker 1>to be painful. But on the other hand, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have lots of good stuff scheduled and something goes wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with one of the events, say the concert is canceled

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<v Speaker 1>due to rain, you can at least console yourself with

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<v Speaker 1>your lunch and your massage. You won't feel quite so

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<v Speaker 1>disappointed about one thing not happening. In any case, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a fun game to try to tweak a

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<v Speaker 1>schedule for optimal enjoyment. And as we consciously try to

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<v Speaker 1>plan more good stuff into an already good day, we

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<v Speaker 1>can see a certain truth. We have the power to

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<v Speaker 1>make good things happen happen when we try. Maybe that

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<v Speaker 1>can nudge us to try to make good things happen

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<v Speaker 1>more often. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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