WEBVTT - Second Cup: Changing your clocks Change your habits

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to use the occasion of a time change

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<v Speaker 1>to rethink your habits and switch up when things happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This tip was sent in by Before Breakfast listener Amber, who,

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<v Speaker 1>like many people with busy lives, was trying to find

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<v Speaker 1>time to exercise. I'm not a morning person, she writes,

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<v Speaker 1>so I tried to work out after the kids went

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<v Speaker 1>to bed at nine thirty PM, and that was successful

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<v Speaker 1>for maybe two nights. But then last year around this time,

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<v Speaker 1>Amber says she had an epiphany. The time change. In

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<v Speaker 1>much of the United States, we reset our clocks back

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<v Speaker 1>an hour at the beginning of November. Other countries move

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<v Speaker 1>at different times, but it's a widespread phenomenon. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>Amber thought, with the time time change, what if I

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<v Speaker 1>just continue to get up at my normal time, My

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<v Speaker 1>seven am wake up would suddenly be a six am

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<v Speaker 1>wake up. My body would not know the difference. I

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<v Speaker 1>would magically gain an hour in the morning for working out. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>she'd gain an hour on the first day at least,

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<v Speaker 1>but she writes that's what she did and it's been

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<v Speaker 1>sustainable for a year now. Amber says it's been one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most intelligent things I've ever done, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>saying something. Since Amber has a PhD. So I encourage

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<v Speaker 1>your listeners to try it, she says, especially those with

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<v Speaker 1>young kids and a treadmiller waits in the basement. She

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<v Speaker 1>generally got the workout in before the kids woke up,

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<v Speaker 1>but even if they got up, that wasn't a deal killer.

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<v Speaker 1>Her three year old sometimes came down to watch Mommy

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<v Speaker 1>on the treadmill, but it still went mostly okay. I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is a wonderful IDEA long time before Breakfast,

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<v Speaker 1>listeners know that mornings are a great time for getting

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<v Speaker 1>stuff done, but going to bed earlier and getting up

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<v Speaker 1>up earlier can be challenging. Many people feel groggy for

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<v Speaker 1>days after international trips as they try to change their

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<v Speaker 1>body's schedules. Physically, we don't always handle this well. The

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<v Speaker 1>one hour time shift that is the one where we

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<v Speaker 1>fall back, introduces a relatively painless way to start getting

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<v Speaker 1>up earlier on the first day, which is usually the

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<v Speaker 1>hardest day. You don't have to change anything about your

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<v Speaker 1>sleep time or bedtime at all. Since you get an

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<v Speaker 1>extra hour, you can accomplish something in the morning without

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<v Speaker 1>having given anything up. Now. The next night might be

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat more challenging, as you will actually have to go

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<v Speaker 1>to bed earlier in order to sustain the practice at

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<v Speaker 1>least what looks like earlier on the clock. But moving

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<v Speaker 1>half an hour just costs you half an hour of sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>and the next night you can shift it completely. Exercising

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<v Speaker 1>in that early morning hour is a great idea, but

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<v Speaker 1>you could also use it to do something creative like

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<v Speaker 1>write or paint. You could use this time to connect

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<v Speaker 1>with your spouse before you go your separate ways. If

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<v Speaker 1>you want to start a side hustle or a hobby,

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<v Speaker 1>you could use this time for that. But the point

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<v Speaker 1>is like amber, to use the occasion of an external

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<v Speaker 1>time change to change your habits, and doing so is hard,

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<v Speaker 1>but occasionally we get handed opportunities to make it a

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<v Speaker 1>little less hard. I don't think a true night owl

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<v Speaker 1>is going to become a morning person, but most of

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<v Speaker 1>us are somewhere in the middle. The time change makes

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<v Speaker 1>change a little more possible in the meantime. This is Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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