WEBVTT - Find a starting point 

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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 about what to do when you're feeling

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<v Speaker 1>frazzled or dissatisfied with some part of your life. Find

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<v Speaker 1>a starting point for improvement and go from there. Many

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<v Speaker 1>of us have had our routines disrupted over the past

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<v Speaker 1>few months. That regiment of healthy eating has been hard

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain when you're working five feet from your snack

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<v Speaker 1>stocked pantry. You worked hard to establish a three times

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<v Speaker 1>a week jim habit, and then you're gym closed. Even

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<v Speaker 1>in the best of times, circumstances are ever changing, and

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<v Speaker 1>what worked in the past doesn't anymore. We find ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>feeling overwhelmed and feeling like big chunks of our lives

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<v Speaker 1>need to make over. When that happens, it's easy to

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<v Speaker 1>identify endless overhauls and then feel paralyzed because there's so

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<v Speaker 1>much we could do. The best approach overcome the paralysis

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<v Speaker 1>by finding one starting point and getting to work. Choose

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<v Speaker 1>one thing in your life that's not working right now

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<v Speaker 1>and find the specific way to start improving it. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>there are tons of issues and tons of ways to

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<v Speaker 1>address each issue, but just pick one to start, ideally,

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<v Speaker 1>one that feels doable and that's likely to yield at

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<v Speaker 1>least some results. For example, if you're not eating as

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<v Speaker 1>healthfully as you'd like, and trust me, I sympathize, you

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<v Speaker 1>might decide that you're going to start by winning at breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you decide you'll have a scrambled egg and fruit

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<v Speaker 1>every morning. Don't worry about lunch or snacks or dinner

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<v Speaker 1>for a while. Just keep up your mindless but healthy

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<v Speaker 1>breakfast routine until it becomes easy. Then, once you're consistently

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<v Speaker 1>winning at breakfast, maybe you decide you'll have a salad

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<v Speaker 1>with dinner every night. The point is to do something,

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<v Speaker 1>even something small, and start noticing improvement, rather than getting

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<v Speaker 1>stuck ruminating over all the changes you could make without

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<v Speaker 1>making any of them. The same thought process works for

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<v Speaker 1>any frustration we're experiencing. For instance, a normally neat home

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<v Speaker 1>becomes less neat with seven people living in it. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no getting around this. But rather than spend hours

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<v Speaker 1>in fruitless tidying, maybe choose one space to clear up

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<v Speaker 1>that will deliver a big mental and organizational payoff. I

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<v Speaker 1>like a clear kitchen island. The rest of the house

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<v Speaker 1>can fall apart. But if that looks clear, life feels doable.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the starting point. Maybe the male pile will

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<v Speaker 1>sort itself in the future, but for now, oh well.

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<v Speaker 1>I love a whole life makeover, our whole house makeover

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<v Speaker 1>as much as the next person. But the mistake isn't

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<v Speaker 1>waiting until all of that can be tackled to make

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<v Speaker 1>any improvements. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of

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<v Speaker 1>the good. When you're faced with a huge challenge, don't

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<v Speaker 1>worry about the master plan. Just find a starting point,

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<v Speaker 1>make some progress, maintain that progress, and go from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a nagging issue that you want to address,

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<v Speaker 1>What will your starting point be? You can tell me

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<v Speaker 1>about it at Before Breakfast Podcast at iHeart media dot com.

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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. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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<v Speaker 1>your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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<v Speaker 1>that's B the number four then Breakfast p o D.

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