WEBVTT - Second Cup: This is resolution preseason

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is that the next few weeks are the

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<v Speaker 1>preseason for resolutions. If you get a lot of New Year,

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<v Speaker 1>New Ye sorts of energy, consciously using the next few

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<v Speaker 1>weeks to practice your goals will get you in shape

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<v Speaker 1>to start the New year strong. So I love self

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<v Speaker 1>improvement in general, of course, which means I am fascinated

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<v Speaker 1>by the concept of New Year's resolutions. The traditional and

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps jaded thinking is that most of them fail, but

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the concept. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I just think most people do it wrong. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of delusional thinking out there. Sometimes people set goals

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<v Speaker 1>that they don't actually want to do. Sometimes people haven't

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<v Speaker 1>thought through the constituent steps of their goals and the

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<v Speaker 1>logistics required to fit those steps into their lives. And

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes we believe that we will become entirely different people

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<v Speaker 1>on January first, somehow capable of doing feats that seemed

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<v Speaker 1>hard before. As someone who has kept a number of

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's resolutions, I do think it's quite possible to

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<v Speaker 1>set goals and follow through. But and this is a

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<v Speaker 1>big bud, we have to be realistic. New habits often

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<v Speaker 1>take a lot of practice, figuring out what works, what

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<v Speaker 1>is compelling, what fits with life, and doing these things

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again until they seem more rote. You

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<v Speaker 1>can ramp that up on January first, but if you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to start out strong in the new year, another

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<v Speaker 1>option is to use these next few weeks as practice time.

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<v Speaker 1>For lots of sports, the official season is preceded by

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<v Speaker 1>a preseason. The teams practice and sometimes do some competitions

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<v Speaker 1>that don't officially count. The purpose of all of this

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<v Speaker 1>is to get in shape for the actual season by

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<v Speaker 1>approximating a lot of what happens when it's game time.

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<v Speaker 1>We can do this for resolutions as well. What could

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<v Speaker 1>you do in the next few weeks to get in

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<v Speaker 1>shape for your goals? How can you engage in the

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<v Speaker 1>behavior you are hoping to adopt in a low key way.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my goals for twenty twenty four is to

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<v Speaker 2>listen to all the works of Bach. So these days

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<v Speaker 2>I am creating a calendar of what I need to

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<v Speaker 2>listen to each day, and I'm also experimenting with how

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<v Speaker 2>the listening will fit in my life, when can I

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<v Speaker 2>listen to thirty to forty minutes of Bach each day?

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<v Speaker 2>I have started listening to a few pieces while driving

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<v Speaker 2>around or while doing my daily stretching. I'm practicing what

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<v Speaker 2>it will be like to truly move forward with this resolution. Likewise,

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<v Speaker 2>I am resolving to do my back exercises every day

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<v Speaker 2>in order to strengthen my core in my back and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully solve some back pain that I have been experiencing.

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<v Speaker 2>So since I know that is my resolution, I have

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<v Speaker 2>gone ahead and started it. Now, doing ten to fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>minutes of exercises and stretches each day, I see where

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<v Speaker 2>it can fit in. I have learned to put it

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<v Speaker 2>on my daily to do list so I don't forget it.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time New Year's Day rolls around, I will

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<v Speaker 2>have been doing these stretches for approximately six weeks in

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<v Speaker 2>a row, which means that turning it into a New

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<v Speaker 2>Year's resolution will mostly be about continuing the habit. How

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<v Speaker 2>might you treat the next few weeks as goals preseason?

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<v Speaker 2>How could you practice your resolutions so that come January

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<v Speaker 2>first you will be well positioned for success. There's absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>nothing magical about January first, but there also is something

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<v Speaker 2>magical about January. First, that said, it won't be magical

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't set yourself up to succeed. Treating the

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<v Speaker 2>next few weeks as your resolution preseason just might get

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<v Speaker 2>you in the right mindset. In the meantime, This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 2>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 2>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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