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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to take a few moments every Monday

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Speaker 1: morning to review the week that just ended. By thinking

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Speaker 1: about what happened, you can cement memories, feel gratitude, or

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Speaker 1: make changes if that's what needs to happen. Long time

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Speaker 1: Before Breakfast listeners know that I have been tracking my

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Speaker 1: time for over six years now. I use weekly spreadsheets

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Speaker 1: with half hour blocks that go from five am Monday

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Speaker 1: to four thirty am Sunday, well really early Monday morning.

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Speaker 1: Every Monday morning, I finished the time log from the

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Speaker 1: previous week, that is filling in how I spent the

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Speaker 1: latter half of day for the most part, and then

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Speaker 1: I archived the log and open a new one. I

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Speaker 1: used to do this in a fairly utilitarian fashion, but

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Speaker 1: as this ritual has become more ingrained over the years,

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Speaker 1: I've decided to become a bit more mindful about it. Now.

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Speaker 1: Before I archive the week's log, I look it over.

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Speaker 1: I look at what I did. I think about high

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Speaker 1: moments and the memories I'd most like to take with

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Speaker 1: me from the week. I also sometimes let myself be

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Speaker 1: reminded of all that can fit in a hundred sixty

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Speaker 1: eight hours. It is important to me to be a

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Speaker 1: good steward of time, and so I look to make

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Speaker 1: sure that I am following my own time advice. Am

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Speaker 1: I building in at least one big adventure and one

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Speaker 1: little adventury tweak? Am I taking a few hours away

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Speaker 1: from work and family to do something that's important for me?

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Speaker 1: Am I getting some physical activity each day? Am I

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Speaker 1: spending some time with each of my kids when it's

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Speaker 1: a good week. The answer to these questions is yes.

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Speaker 1: I archived a week this morning that featured three runs

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Speaker 1: on local trails, which is great in crisp fall weather,

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Speaker 1: plus a hike around a gorgeous lake and upstate New York,

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Speaker 1: where we traveled for the weekend. There was apple picking.

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Speaker 1: I read an entire chapter book with my six year

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Speaker 1: old during his bedtimes, I sang with my choir. I

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Speaker 1: pause to think about these things, and this provides motivation

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Speaker 1: to keep making these things happen in future weeks. And

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Speaker 1: if there is something that I don't like, well, I

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Speaker 1: can think about how I can change that in the future.

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Speaker 1: I know that most people don't track their time, though,

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Speaker 1: I think that most people should try. Knowing where the

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Speaker 1: time goes gives us a lot of insight about our

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Speaker 1: time and our lives. However, even if you don't keep

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Speaker 1: a time log, you probably do have a calendar of

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Speaker 1: some sort. You can look back over your calendar for

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Speaker 1: the past week and see what made it on there.

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Speaker 1: If you have a planner, you can look at that

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Speaker 1: and see what happened. If you keep any sort of journal,

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Speaker 1: you could look at that, or you could crowdsource your memories.

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Speaker 1: You might take a few minutes over breakfast on Monday

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Speaker 1: to chat with family members about highlights from the previous week. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I am suggesting an actual breakfast on Monday morning. Couple

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Speaker 1: it with some chat about what you're looking forward to

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Speaker 1: during the coming week, and you'll have a wonderful ritual

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Speaker 1: to launch everyone off into their separate days. Absent that,

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Speaker 1: you can even just pause for a few moments on

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Speaker 1: Monday morning to think about what happened during the previous week.

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Speaker 1: Memories do disappear at some point, like water under the bridge,

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Speaker 1: but they might still be fresh from the previous sixty

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Speaker 1: eight hours. This little ritual will give you a chance

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Speaker 1: to make these memories a little deeper so they won't

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Speaker 1: float away quite so fast. Now, I do know that

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Speaker 1: not all time is blissful. Sometimes thinking about the previous

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Speaker 1: week will drudge up some unpleasant memories. But it's best

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Speaker 1: to approach this realization with a spirit of curiosity. What

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Speaker 1: is done is done. What matters now is what you

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Speaker 1: learned from it. So if there is a stretch of

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Speaker 1: time or a series of activities that didn't go so

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Speaker 1: well during the previous week, ask what could happen differently

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Speaker 1: next time. If there is an answer, then the disappointment

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Speaker 1: served as a lesson. So it is quite useful in

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Speaker 1: that way. When we review the week that was, we

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Speaker 1: can make changes if we need to and feel great

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Speaker 1: full for what goes well. That is a lot of

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Speaker 1: payoff for a few minutes, so why not give it

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Speaker 1: a try. In the meantime, This is Laura, Thanks for listening,

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

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