1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: tip is that routines are like rose gardens. Even the 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: best routines need tending from time to time, so it 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: is best not to expect that you can ever set 6 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: it and forget it. This episode is first airing in 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: the middle of summer, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: and it's a time when for many of us our 9 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: routines look a little different. Sometimes that's great, and sometimes 10 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: it's more frustrating. If you had a great routine of 11 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: exercising after your kid got on the school bus in 12 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: the morning, but now she's in a camp where you 13 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: need to drive her each day, it changes the routine. 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: Even if you enjoy the time with your kid, it 15 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: was probably not easy to build that exercise routine. Seeing 16 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: it disappear can make you worry if you'll ever be 17 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: able to take it back up again. I know I 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: have struggled with this. My work routines involved mostly doing 19 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: focused work when the kids are out of the house, 20 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: which they were for many hours during the school year. 21 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: Not everyone is in camp every week during the summer, 22 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: and so I have to rethink what is possible to 23 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: do with more people around. So it goes. I love 24 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: reading about routines and studying the routines of successful people, 25 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: but every time I read about some great routine, I 26 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: have to remember that this is just a snapshot in time. 27 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: Very few people can maintain the exact same routine every day, 28 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: or even five days a week for long stretches of time. 29 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: People change jobs or move to different homes. They have 30 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: new babies, or see babies grow up and graduate, kids 31 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: change schools, or decide to start or end different activities. 32 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: You can have a great routine working out with a friend, 33 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: and then that friend unfortunately moves or gets injured. Since 34 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: all of these changes are to some degree inevitable, it 35 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: is best to view routines more like we view a 36 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: rose garden. We have some beautiful roses blooming all summer 37 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: by my house. Planting them and getting them to grow 38 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: requires a reasonable amount of work. After that, it's more 39 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: pruning and watering. But again it's not nothing. No one 40 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: plants a garden and says, hey, good, I'll never have 41 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: to touch that thing again. Instead, the regular tending is 42 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: part of the process. You don't need to plant a 43 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: new garden every day by any means. Even after the winter, 44 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: there's a lot that's still there that you can work with. 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: But you do have to do a little work here 46 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: and there to make sure that things still bloom, and 47 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: you need to replace the occasional plant if animals are 48 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: drought or anything else has worked its mischief. When you 49 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: expect routines to change over time, you can simply appreciate 50 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: them while they are working. Then when they stop working, 51 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: or when life forces a change, you can simply acknowledge 52 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: that such change is inevitable. It is not that anything 53 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: was wrong. Something worked for a while, and now you 54 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: do something else. The roses will still be beautiful. They 55 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: just need some effort from time to time. In the meantime. 56 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 57 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 58 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: hear from you. 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