1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: Today's tip involves improving your life by asking a deceptively 4 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: simple question, would you choose to live today over again? 5 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: So I live in Pennsylvania, which is also the home 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: of a famous groundhog known as Punksitani Phil, and this 7 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: episode is first airing shortly after February two. Each year. 8 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: On that day, a huge crowd gathers to see if 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: Phil will see his shadow or not. This augurs whether 10 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: there will be six more weeks of winter or something 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: like that. Groundhog Day is a rather silly holiday, but 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: a few decades ago it became the title of a 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: movie based on a fascinating premise. Phil Connors, a not 14 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: terribly pleasant TV personality, visiting the Groundhog Day festivities, get 15 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: stuck living Groundhog Day over and over again. At first, 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: he is defiant about the whole time warp, but eventually 17 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: he decides that if this is the day he has, 18 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: he is going to live it right. And this premise 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: gets at an old existential question, how would we live 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: if we were sentenced to live any given period of 21 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: time over and over? Again, I imagine we have different answers, 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: but there are probably certain things we do. We wouldn't 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: fly off the handle about silly things. We wouldn't make 24 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: choices that we knew would make us feel bad later. 25 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: We would spend time with people who energize us and 26 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: make us feel good about life. We would spend less 27 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: time with people who don't meet those criteria, And I'd 28 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: like to think we'd spend less time on things that 29 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: are all about filling time. Scrolling through tweeted insults feels 30 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: pretty pointless the first time around. Multiplying that by eternity 31 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: is mind boggling. Of course, we are not actually going 32 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: to live today over and over again, but I think 33 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: this is a good question to ask, as we're looking 34 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: back over any given day, what aspects of the day 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: would we not mind reliving and what do we really 36 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: wish to consign to the past. Asking this question can 37 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: help us think through what the good life would look like. 38 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: A day I'd live over and over again probably wouldn't 39 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: involve waiting for a groundhog to pop up, but I 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: would like to savor a good cup of coffee, run 41 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: somewhere beautiful, and snuggle with my kids. I don't think 42 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: those things would ever get old. How about you? What 43 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: would your answers be In the meantime, This is Laura. 44 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 45 00:02:54,520 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: our time. 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