1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: tip is to add something to your morning routine. September 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: is a great fresh start time for establishing new routines. 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: If you are getting everyone off to school and work 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: in the morning, Figuring out how to add something positive 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: to the regular run of show can make every day better. 8 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: So this episode is first airing on the Tuesday after 9 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: Labor Day in the United States. Lots of kids will 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: be going back to school today, but even if that 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: is not a part of your life, September can feel 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: like a new beginning. Summer has ended, things are perhaps 13 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: back to their usual pace. Many people use the occasion 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: to rethink their routines. If you've got kids starting in 15 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: new schools, or their schools have new start times, or 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: their buses are coming at different times, things are going 17 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: to have to change. As one example, my fifth grader 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: starts at middle school this year. Last year, the elementary 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: school day started at nine ten, which meant he didn't 20 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: really need to be up and moving until about eight twenty. Yep, 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,919 Speaker 1: believe it or not, but this year, the middle school 22 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: starts at eight. If he takes the bus well, that 23 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: comes around seven twenty, which is a full hour before 24 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: when he even had to be up last year. Clearly, 25 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the morning routine is going to shift, but as it does, 26 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: you can take the occasion to ask yourself if there 27 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: is anything you would like to add. The upside of 28 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: a morning routine is that we do it over and 29 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: over again. It becomes automatic. If you can consciously build 30 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: something fun or meaningful into your mourning, it will become 31 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: a part of your life, benefiting from the compounding that 32 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: comes from repetition. So if you build five minutes of 33 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: journal writing into your morning, most likely journal writing will 34 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: become a habit. If you do twenty pushups and twenty 35 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: setups each morning, you will get stronger. If you snuggle 36 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: with your kid or your partner first thing each morning, 37 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: you will probably feel closer. If you text a friend 38 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: each morning, maybe a different one each morning, but rotating 39 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: through a few, you will probably deepen these friendships through sheer, 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: repetitive connection. The addition doesn't have to be big. If 41 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: you are getting other people ready for the day, it 42 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: probably can't be. Most of us don't have the option 43 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: of doing three hour morning routines that involving ninety minute workout, 44 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: a cold plunge, sixty minutes of meta vitation, or what 45 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: have you. But a few minutes is fine. You can 46 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: do a lot in a few minutes. And if you 47 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: do whatever it is over and over again, you will 48 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: see results. So think about what you would like to 49 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: add to your life. Think about what might be meaningful 50 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: or feel like a good addition to your day. Think 51 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: about the logistics. Where could you find five minutes? Maybe 52 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: you could find ten, or maybe you can only find two. 53 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: But I think you can still find something, and morning 54 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: by morning, life will start to feel full of possibility. 55 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 56 00:03:52,360 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for 57 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, 58 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 59 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. 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