WEBVTT - You need a streak freeze

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my 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 make the most of the motivation

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<v Speaker 1>that comes from having a streak, but also to give

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<v Speaker 1>yourself grace when you need to take a day off.

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<v Speaker 1>Long time listeners may have heard me mention my running streak,

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<v Speaker 1>which lasted from late until late December, which is not

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<v Speaker 1>coincidentally when my youngest child was born. I ran at

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<v Speaker 1>least a mile every day for more than days. Maintaining

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<v Speaker 1>this streak helped get me running on days when it

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<v Speaker 1>would have been easier not to, whether because of bad weather,

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<v Speaker 1>an early flight, family commitments, or just not feeling excited

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<v Speaker 1>about running every day, I assumed I would run, so

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<v Speaker 1>I just asked myself when and if I ever contemplated

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<v Speaker 1>skipping a day. Well, I had a really long streak

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<v Speaker 1>on the line, so I ran, and of course, once

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<v Speaker 1>I got moving, running felt great. I'm glad I did

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<v Speaker 1>the streak, even if I elected not to restart it

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<v Speaker 1>after my baby was a few weeks old. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are interested in really making a habit of something, a

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<v Speaker 1>streak might be a good idea for you too. Sometimes though,

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<v Speaker 1>maintaining a streak every single day just asn't doable. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are spending half an hour outside every day, your

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<v Speaker 1>streak might be able to withstand busy weeks at work,

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<v Speaker 1>the stomach flu snowstorms, but maybe not a flight to Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are exercising every day, an injury may bent

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<v Speaker 1>you for a day or two. If you are reading

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<v Speaker 1>every day, a kid emergency requiring a late night trip

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<v Speaker 1>to the e R may mean the day passes and

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't read. And sometimes there are days when you

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<v Speaker 1>could theoretically maintain your streak, but life is hard enough anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>When that happens, you don't have to abandon your streak

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<v Speaker 1>and your momentum altogether. You can just declare a streak freeze. Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>I am borrowing this term from the Duolingo app. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>to my daughters one seventy five days Spanish learning streak,

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<v Speaker 1>I learned that Duolingo allows users to buy a streak freeze.

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<v Speaker 1>Duo Lingo keeps track of how many consecutive days you

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<v Speaker 1>have practiced your language skills. If you buy a streak freeze,

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<v Speaker 1>the number of days in your streak says the same

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<v Speaker 1>if you miss one day. Say you've reached forty five

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<v Speaker 1>days in your streak and then you miss a day,

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<v Speaker 1>The streak freeze will keep your tally frozen at forty

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<v Speaker 1>five days. The mist day isn't the forty six day

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<v Speaker 1>in your streak, but the next day you practice, you

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<v Speaker 1>won't start back at one. I think this is brilliant

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<v Speaker 1>both for duo lingos business model, but also for life

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<v Speaker 1>in general. A streak freeze lets you maintain the momentum

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<v Speaker 1>of your streak while accounting for the fact that life happens.

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<v Speaker 1>If you decide to start a streak of doing something

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<v Speaker 1>every day, you can decide what your rules will be

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<v Speaker 1>for buying a streak freeze. Of course, you could buy

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<v Speaker 1>streak freezes with money given to a random charity or

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<v Speaker 1>put into a savings account, but I think it's more

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<v Speaker 1>meaningful if the payment for the freeze is somehow related

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<v Speaker 1>to the streak itself. For instance, if you have a

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<v Speaker 1>running streak, maybe you get a one day streak freeze

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<v Speaker 1>for doing an additional form of exercise like cycling or

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<v Speaker 1>zoomba on a day you also ran for a reading streak.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps you earn a streak freeze for each book you finish.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have a meditation streak, you could earn a

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<v Speaker 1>streak freeze by going for a silent solo walk, no companion,

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<v Speaker 1>no headphones, or maybe by taking a yoga class. Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>the nature of your streak and the price of your

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<v Speaker 1>streak freeze. On the rare occasions when you can't literally

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<v Speaker 1>continue your streak, the streak freeze preserves the momentum you have,

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<v Speaker 1>so the next day you can continue your streak rather

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<v Speaker 1>than dwelling on losing it. If you decide to buy

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<v Speaker 1>yourself a streak freeze, I'd love to hear about the

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<v Speaker 1>price you set. You can reach me at Laura at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura Vanderkamp dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of

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