WEBVTT - Plans will change — plan anyway

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to realize that even if plans have

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<v Speaker 1>to change, planning is valuable. It's worth making time for

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<v Speaker 1>whatever life brings. I know a lot of people feel

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<v Speaker 1>burned out by so many plans had to change. Those

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<v Speaker 1>disappointments make people reticent to plan much for the new year.

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<v Speaker 1>Why not just take things as they go? That is

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<v Speaker 1>certainly an option, but I think there is still a

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<v Speaker 1>place for planning in life. For starters, life always changes.

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<v Speaker 1>People lose jobs or find new ones. People have medical emergencies,

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<v Speaker 1>people end old relationship or start new ones. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>can plan exactly when you'll have children, but many of

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<v Speaker 1>us have not had this carefully planned experience. Is the

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<v Speaker 1>first year that your plans had to change, well, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>you have led a fairly unusual life. Instead, planning is

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<v Speaker 1>about asking what you would like your time to look like.

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<v Speaker 1>Time offers no guarantees, but having an idea allows you

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<v Speaker 1>to clarify what you find important and to do your

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<v Speaker 1>best to make those things happen. For instance, if you

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<v Speaker 1>are still thinking about what kind of trips you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to take and what might be possible with various travel restrictions.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you know that travel and the ensuing new experiences

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<v Speaker 1>are really important to you. Thinking about what big projects

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<v Speaker 1>would make you excited to go to work can also

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<v Speaker 1>clarify how you should be spending your work hours. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't guarantee that a given idea for a book might

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<v Speaker 1>work out, but knowing that I want to write books

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<v Speaker 1>has me thinking of ideas with a bigger scope. Even

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of what kinds of things you'd like to do

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<v Speaker 1>with your family clarifies how you envision your communal time.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you drawn to active adventures, cultural activities, cozy cooking

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<v Speaker 1>and puzzles and indoor fun. As you imagine how you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to spend family time in the new year, or

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<v Speaker 1>even just day to day, you strengthen your sense of

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<v Speaker 1>family identity. Now, I will admit that my plans for

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<v Speaker 1>one are a bit looser than some of the ones

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<v Speaker 1>I made. I'm open to more things that might come

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<v Speaker 1>my way, but there are some big plans too. The

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<v Speaker 1>book I'm writing, moving into my new house, hopefully taking

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<v Speaker 1>some of the vacations that didn't happen but sounded pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>When I planned them the first time, which brings me

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<v Speaker 1>to my last point. Life is long. The US Virgin

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<v Speaker 1>Islands aren't going anywhere, and so the plan I had

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<v Speaker 1>to go there can actually be recycled into a future year.

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<v Speaker 1>The time spent planning it wasn't wasted. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>a bit well premature. So if you are reticent to

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<v Speaker 1>plan big things, you might think of it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>You're creating a rough plan that you'll be able to

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<v Speaker 1>use at some point. Plans have to change, but we

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<v Speaker 1>can still plan anyway and reap the benefits. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't already, sit down at some point in the

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<v Speaker 1>next few days and think about how you'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>spend time in the new year. It won't all work

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<v Speaker 1>as planned, but you know what, life never does. At

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<v Speaker 1>least in the world where we plan, we can spend

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<v Speaker 1>some time looking forward to our fund to come. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd

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