WEBVTT - Routines are like a rose garden

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

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that routines are like rose gardens. Even the

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<v Speaker 1>best routines need tending from time to time, so it

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<v Speaker 1>is best not to expect that you can ever set

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<v Speaker 1>it and forget it. This episode is first airing in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of summer, at least in the Northern Hemisphere,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a time when for many of us our

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<v Speaker 1>routines look a little different. Sometimes that's great, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it's more frustrating. If you had a great routine of

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<v Speaker 1>exercising after your kid got on the school bus in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning, but now she's in a camp where you

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<v Speaker 1>need to drive her each day, it changes the routine.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you enjoy the time with your kid, it

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<v Speaker 1>was probably not easy to build that exercise routine. Seeing

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<v Speaker 1>it disappear can make you worry if you'll ever be

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<v Speaker 1>able to take it back up again. I know I

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<v Speaker 1>have struggled with this. My work routines involved mostly doing

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<v Speaker 1>focused work when the kids are out of the house,

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<v Speaker 1>which they were for many hours during the school year.

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<v Speaker 1>Not everyone is in camp every week during the summer,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I have to rethink what is possible to

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<v Speaker 1>do with more people around. So it goes. I love

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<v Speaker 1>reading about routines and studying the routines of successful people,

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<v Speaker 1>but every time I read about some great routine, I

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<v Speaker 1>have to remember that this is just a snapshot in time.

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<v Speaker 1>Very few people can maintain the exact same routine every day,

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<v Speaker 1>or even five days a week for long stretches of time.

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<v Speaker 1>People change jobs or move to different homes. They have

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<v Speaker 1>new babies, or see babies grow up and graduate, kids

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<v Speaker 1>change schools, or decide to start or end different activities.

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<v Speaker 1>You can have a great routine working out with a friend,

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<v Speaker 1>and then that friend unfortunately moves or gets injured. Since

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<v Speaker 1>all of these changes are to some degree inevitable, it

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<v Speaker 1>is best to view routines more like we view a

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<v Speaker 1>rose garden. We have some beautiful roses blooming all summer

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<v Speaker 1>by my house. Planting them and getting them to grow

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<v Speaker 1>requires a reasonable amount of work. After that, it's more

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<v Speaker 1>pruning and watering. But again it's not nothing. No one

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<v Speaker 1>plants a garden and says, hey, good, I'll never have

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<v Speaker 1>to touch that thing again. Instead, the regular tending is

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<v Speaker 1>part of the process. You don't need to plant a

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<v Speaker 1>new garden every day by any means. Even after the winter,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot that's still there that you can work with.

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<v Speaker 1>But you do have to do a little work here

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<v Speaker 1>and there to make sure that things still bloom, and

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<v Speaker 1>you need to replace the occasional plant if animals are

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<v Speaker 1>drought or anything else has worked its mischief. When you

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<v Speaker 1>expect routines to change over time, you can simply appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>them while they are working. Then when they stop working,

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<v Speaker 1>or when life forces a change, you can simply acknowledge

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<v Speaker 1>that such change is inevitable. It is not that anything

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<v Speaker 1>was wrong. Something worked for a while, and now you

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<v Speaker 1>do something else. The roses will still be beautiful. They

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<v Speaker 1>just need some effort from time to time. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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