1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that the next few weeks are the 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: preseason for resolutions. If you get a lot of New Year, 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: New Ye sorts of energy, consciously using the next few 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: weeks to practice your goals will get you in shape 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: to start the New year strong. So I love self 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: improvement in general, of course, which means I am fascinated 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: by the concept of New Year's resolutions. The traditional and 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: perhaps jaded thinking is that most of them fail, but 11 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the concept. Honestly, 12 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: I just think most people do it wrong. There's a 13 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: lot of delusional thinking out there. Sometimes people set goals 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: that they don't actually want to do. Sometimes people haven't 15 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: thought through the constituent steps of their goals and the 16 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: logistics required to fit those steps into their lives. And 17 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: sometimes we believe that we will become entirely different people 18 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: on January first, somehow capable of doing feats that seemed 19 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: hard before. As someone who has kept a number of 20 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions, I do think it's quite possible to 21 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: set goals and follow through. But and this is a 22 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: big bud, we have to be realistic. New habits often 23 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: take a lot of practice, figuring out what works, what 24 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: is compelling, what fits with life, and doing these things 25 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: over and over again until they seem more rote. You 26 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: can ramp that up on January first, but if you'd 27 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: like to start out strong in the new year, another 28 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: option is to use these next few weeks as practice time. 29 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: For lots of sports, the official season is preceded by 30 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: a preseason. The teams practice and sometimes do some competitions 31 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: that don't officially count. The purpose of all of this 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: is to get in shape for the actual season by 33 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: approximating a lot of what happens when it's game time. 34 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: We can do this for resolutions as well. What could 35 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: you do in the next few weeks to get in 36 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: shape for your goals? How can you engage in the 37 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: behavior you are hoping to adopt in a low key way. 38 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: One of my goals for twenty twenty four is to 39 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: listen to all the works of Bach. So these days 40 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: I am creating a calendar of what I need to 41 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 2: listen to each day, and I'm also experimenting with how 42 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: the listening will fit in my life, when can I 43 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 2: listen to thirty to forty minutes of Bach each day? 44 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 2: I have started listening to a few pieces while driving 45 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: around or while doing my daily stretching. I'm practicing what 46 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 2: it will be like to truly move forward with this resolution. Likewise, 47 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: I am resolving to do my back exercises every day 48 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: in order to strengthen my core in my back and 49 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: hopefully solve some back pain that I have been experiencing. 50 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: So since I know that is my resolution, I have 51 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: gone ahead and started it. Now, doing ten to fifteen 52 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: minutes of exercises and stretches each day, I see where 53 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: it can fit in. I have learned to put it 54 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: on my daily to do list so I don't forget it. 55 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: By the time New Year's Day rolls around, I will 56 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: have been doing these stretches for approximately six weeks in 57 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: a row, which means that turning it into a New 58 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: Year's resolution will mostly be about continuing the habit. How 59 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 2: might you treat the next few weeks as goals preseason? 60 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: How could you practice your resolutions so that come January 61 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 2: first you will be well positioned for success. There's absolutely 62 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: nothing magical about January first, but there also is something 63 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: magical about January. First, that said, it won't be magical 64 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: if you don't set yourself up to succeed. Treating the 65 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 2: next few weeks as your resolution preseason just might get 66 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: you in the right mindset. In the meantime, This is Laura. 67 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 68 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've 69 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at 70 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 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