WEBVTT - One more day 

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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 that before you quit something you felt

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<v Speaker 1>was important for your life, just try doing it for

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<v Speaker 1>one more day, not for eternity, but just for one

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<v Speaker 1>more day. Often that's all that's required to keep going

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<v Speaker 1>a lot longer. Whenever we attempt something big, it's easy

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<v Speaker 1>to get ahead of ourselves. Maybe you're training for a

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<v Speaker 1>half marathon and are staring down a ten mile run

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<v Speaker 1>a few weeks from now. You're wondering how you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to make it through that. Or maybe you've decided to

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<v Speaker 1>meditate daily, but the idea of daily for the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of your life just seems overwhelming. This can be true

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<v Speaker 1>for any sort of challenging thing. People who are giving

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<v Speaker 1>up drinking or smoking might wonder how on earth they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to deal with years of sobriety or staying away

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<v Speaker 1>from their first choice method of managing stress. But whenever

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<v Speaker 1>a long time frame seems overwhelming, it's helpful too narrow

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<v Speaker 1>the time frame. With abstaining from alcohol, people learn to

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<v Speaker 1>take things one day at a time, don't worry about tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>just don't have a drink tonight. There's some real wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>in this, even for activities that are far less consequential.

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<v Speaker 1>In running, it's one mile at a time. Don't worry

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<v Speaker 1>about the twenty mile run the mile you're in. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>worry about how you'll fit in your meditation sessions six

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<v Speaker 1>months from now, when you can see that life is

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<v Speaker 1>going to get even busier, just figure out today. Who

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<v Speaker 1>knows if you'll feel like doing your daily journaling next week.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can write a few sentences in that journal

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<v Speaker 1>to day, you're good. So if you are feeling resistance

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<v Speaker 1>to some new habit, try focusing just on the next

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hours. Do the habit to day. Whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>minimal amount is required to sustain it. You can quit

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow if you want to. Quitting tomorrow is always an option,

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<v Speaker 1>but give yourself at least a twenty four hour window

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<v Speaker 1>to think about it. The odds are pretty good that

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<v Speaker 1>when you push quitting forward twenty four hours you'll decide

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<v Speaker 1>not to quit. Whatever felt terrible to day won't feel

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<v Speaker 1>so bad tomorrow or tomorrow. Maybe you'll look at what

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<v Speaker 1>you've bitten off and decide that it's still doable. Then too,

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<v Speaker 1>so you push quitting forward another day. Forever is just

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<v Speaker 1>made up of a lot of days strung together. Eventually

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<v Speaker 1>it will all seem easier and thus a new habit

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<v Speaker 1>is born. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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