WEBVTT - Where will you be next year?

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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 to become more intentional about your time

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<v Speaker 1>by thinking about what you would like life to look

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<v Speaker 1>like at this time next year. I always love those

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<v Speaker 1>best of the Year lists that come out in the

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<v Speaker 1>last few weeks of December, and I love using this

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<v Speaker 1>time to reflect on the past twelve months. Twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>has brought all kinds of wonderful things to my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Like this podcast, I hope that as you reflect on

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<v Speaker 1>the last twelve months, you also have much to be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for. But as you're thinking of the past, I

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<v Speaker 1>find it's helpful to spend a little bit of time

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about the future too. No one is guaranteed tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>but most likely twelve months from now, you will be

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<v Speaker 1>reflecting on another year come and gone. So take a

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<v Speaker 1>few moments today amid any New Year's festivities, to picture

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<v Speaker 1>future you. Let's say future you is quite happy with life.

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<v Speaker 1>He or she is in a celebratory mood, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is partly because future you has successfully dealt with whatever

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<v Speaker 1>is weighing on current you. Right now, Think about how

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<v Speaker 1>you might tell this story of your current problems with

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<v Speaker 1>their happy resolutions. Maybe current you is feeling overwhelmed with work,

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<v Speaker 1>but future you, on New Year's Eve next year is

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<v Speaker 1>feeling far more in control. Why is that, Well, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you hired a great new assistant. Or maybe you raised

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<v Speaker 1>your rates and moved on from clients who weren't worth

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<v Speaker 1>your time. Maybe you've got a different job. I have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea how you resolved this particular situation. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you picture the story you might tell, you can

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<v Speaker 1>start to see potential solutions that you can work on now.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also start to plan in what will become

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<v Speaker 1>the year's highlights. Maybe future you is happy because he

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<v Speaker 1>or she is more energetic than current you. Why is

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<v Speaker 1>future you so energetic? Maybe it's thanks to those twice

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<v Speaker 1>weekly early morning workouts that you've done consistently. As you

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<v Speaker 1>picture your future self reaping the rewards of your choices,

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<v Speaker 1>you become more motivated to talk with your family members

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<v Speaker 1>or tweak your work schedule to make those workouts a reality. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>In any case, one way or another, time will pass.

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<v Speaker 1>The new year is starting now, but eventually it will end,

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<v Speaker 1>as all years have ended. Most likely you will be

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<v Speaker 1>looking back on your life twelve months from now. Those

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<v Speaker 1>twelve months will be filled with something, but right now

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<v Speaker 1>they are completely blank. What they are filled with is

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<v Speaker 1>up to you. So what will fill this time? If

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<v Speaker 1>you were to really feel like popping the champagne corks

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<v Speaker 1>next New Year's what would you have done in this time?

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<v Speaker 1>Picture this a happy future you and you can spend

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<v Speaker 1>the next twelve months helping to make this a reality.

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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