Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to find your favorite ways of saying hip,
Speaker 1: hip hooray. Just like cheerleaders, teachers, and camp counselors all
Speaker 1: have a repertoire of cheers, we need ready little ways
Speaker 1: to celebrate the good things in our lives. Today's tip
Speaker 1: comes from Ingrid Fatel Lee, author of the book Joyful
Speaker 1: and blogger at esthetics of joy dot com. It is
Speaker 1: no secret that burnout has been on the rise of late.
Speaker 1: Many folks have focused on reducing the stresses that lead
Speaker 1: to burnout, which is a good idea, but sometimes we
Speaker 1: can't change things immediately, so Lee points out that creating
Speaker 1: what she calls micro moments of joy can also help.
Speaker 1: If you are experiencing more joy, even about little things,
Speaker 1: burnout may become less of a threat. In order to notice, savor,
Speaker 1: and extend the good feelings from these micro moments of joy,
Speaker 1: Lee suggests building a repertoire of what she calls hip
Speaker 1: hip hoor rays. These are little things you can easily
Speaker 1: do to celebrate good news or good moments. So, for instance,
Speaker 1: you can make a habit of taking a selfie when
Speaker 1: you get good news. Then you can share this selfie
Speaker 1: and reap more comments from supporters in your life. You
Speaker 1: can let the person who has good news to share
Speaker 1: choose what's for dinner. If the person is part of
Speaker 1: your family, of course, you can go out for ice cream.
Speaker 1: You can have a happy dance that you do. If
Speaker 1: your coworker is sharing good news, you could decorate her
Speaker 1: desk with a glittery garland. You can play a happy song.
Speaker 1: You can text or email someone who loves you and
Speaker 1: we'll share in your celebration. Indeed, you might even form
Speaker 1: a group text of folks who will share winds and
Speaker 1: cheer for each other. You can start a hip hip
Speaker 1: parade journal to record your successes and good news. You
Speaker 1: can spell out the good news and magnet letters on
Speaker 1: your fridge. You can do an elaborate series of high
Speaker 1: fives that your family develops. You can toast with whatever
Speaker 1: you are drinking. Juice and water are totally fine. The
Speaker 1: point is to mark whatever good moments we can. It
Speaker 1: is so easy for something good to happen and then
Speaker 1: to blow past it on the way to the next thing.
Speaker 1: We noticed the bad stuff, because the bad stuff tends
Speaker 1: to force us to set up and pay attention. People
Speaker 1: tend not to notice how wonderful it is that a
Speaker 1: table for four opened up just as you walked into
Speaker 1: that busy restaurant, or that your neighbor has the exact
Speaker 1: piece of equipment you need to borrow, or that your
Speaker 1: boss mentioned something positive about you in that last meeting.
Speaker 1: But all of that is definitely worth noticing. Savoring good
Speaker 1: news cannot only make us feel great, it can fortify
Speaker 1: us against all the bad stuff. So figure out your
Speaker 1: list of hip hip raise. When something good happens, you
Speaker 1: will know what to do, so you will mark the
Speaker 1: occasion as it deserves to be marked. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our top Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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