Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to use the occasion of a time change
Speaker 1: to rethink your habits and switch up when things happen.
Speaker 1: This tip was sent in by Before Breakfast listener Amber, who,
Speaker 1: like many people with busy lives, was trying to find
Speaker 1: time to exercise. I'm not a morning person, she writes,
Speaker 1: so I tried to work out after the kids went
Speaker 1: to bed at nine thirty PM, and that was successful
Speaker 1: for maybe two nights. But then last year around this time,
Speaker 1: Amber says she had an epiphany. The time change. In
Speaker 1: much of the United States, we reset our clocks back
Speaker 1: an hour at the beginning of November. Other countries move
Speaker 1: at different times, but it's a widespread phenomenon. In any case,
Speaker 1: Amber thought, with the time time change, what if I
Speaker 1: just continue to get up at my normal time, My
Speaker 1: seven am wake up would suddenly be a six am
Speaker 1: wake up. My body would not know the difference. I
Speaker 1: would magically gain an hour in the morning for working out. Well,
Speaker 1: she'd gain an hour on the first day at least,
Speaker 1: but she writes that's what she did and it's been
Speaker 1: sustainable for a year now. Amber says it's been one
Speaker 1: of the most intelligent things I've ever done, and that's
Speaker 1: saying something. Since Amber has a PhD. So I encourage
Speaker 1: your listeners to try it, she says, especially those with
Speaker 1: young kids and a treadmiller waits in the basement. She
Speaker 1: generally got the workout in before the kids woke up,
Speaker 1: but even if they got up, that wasn't a deal killer.
Speaker 1: Her three year old sometimes came down to watch Mommy
Speaker 1: on the treadmill, but it still went mostly okay. I
Speaker 1: think this is a wonderful IDEA long time before Breakfast,
Speaker 1: listeners know that mornings are a great time for getting
Speaker 1: stuff done, but going to bed earlier and getting up
Speaker 1: up earlier can be challenging. Many people feel groggy for
Speaker 1: days after international trips as they try to change their
Speaker 1: body's schedules. Physically, we don't always handle this well. The
Speaker 1: one hour time shift that is the one where we
Speaker 1: fall back, introduces a relatively painless way to start getting
Speaker 1: up earlier on the first day, which is usually the
Speaker 1: hardest day. You don't have to change anything about your
Speaker 1: sleep time or bedtime at all. Since you get an
Speaker 1: extra hour, you can accomplish something in the morning without
Speaker 1: having given anything up. Now. The next night might be
Speaker 1: somewhat more challenging, as you will actually have to go
Speaker 1: to bed earlier in order to sustain the practice at
Speaker 1: least what looks like earlier on the clock. But moving
Speaker 1: half an hour just costs you half an hour of sleep,
Speaker 1: and the next night you can shift it completely. Exercising
Speaker 1: in that early morning hour is a great idea, but
Speaker 1: you could also use it to do something creative like
Speaker 1: write or paint. You could use this time to connect
Speaker 1: with your spouse before you go your separate ways. If
Speaker 1: you want to start a side hustle or a hobby,
Speaker 1: you could use this time for that. But the point
Speaker 1: is like amber, to use the occasion of an external
Speaker 1: time change to change your habits, and doing so is hard,
Speaker 1: but occasionally we get handed opportunities to make it a
Speaker 1: little less hard. I don't think a true night owl
Speaker 1: is going to become a morning person, but most of
Speaker 1: us are somewhere in the middle. The time change makes
Speaker 1: change a little more possible in the meantime. This is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody. I'd love to hear from you.
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