1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that you are someone's after It's easy 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: to take aspects of our lives for granted, but remembering 5 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: how much of a goal parts of your life would 6 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: be for other people can make day to day life 7 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: feel a lot better. In a recent Before Breakfast episode, 8 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: I talked about understanding your jealousy. Many of us have 9 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: certain kinds of social media posts that make us feel 10 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: worse than others. When we can nail down why that is, 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: we can make changes in our lives to address at 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: least some of these pain points. But as we think 13 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: about this, I think it's also worth asking why we're 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: more likely to compare up then compare down. We compare 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: ourselves to the mansions or fancy vacations of Instagram and 16 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: feel lacking. We don't compare ourselves to the billions of 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: people worldwide with far fewer resources. That may be human nature, 18 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: but it doesn't have to be a given. We also 19 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: don't even need to think about obviously terrible situations like 20 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: war or famine to be reminded of how much we 21 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: have to be grateful for I am willing to bet 22 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: that there is some aspect of your life that you 23 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: don't think about much that would absolutely be a goal 24 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: for someone else. You are someone's after, the state they 25 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: are working hard to achieve. Per apps. For instance, you 26 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: are in the happy place of adding to your net worth. 27 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: It's not millions, but it is in the positive number territory. 28 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: That is a goal for millions of people who are 29 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: trying to get out of debt. You already are the 30 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: financial after, or maybe you are pretty happy with your job. 31 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: You like your coworkers, you get to work on interesting problems, 32 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: you have a reasonable work life balance, and you get 33 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: paid well. Wonderful. There are all sorts of people who 34 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: are spending years and enduring much anxiety as they try 35 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: to change careers to get to that same place of contentment. 36 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: You are already the career after, or maybe you exercise regularly. 37 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: As such, you take certain things for granted, like being 38 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: able to run a mile or being able to touch 39 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: your toes. Plenty of people who are just starting out 40 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: on their fitness journeys would love to be there already. 41 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: This is true whether any of us look like the 42 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: photos in those traditional aftershots or not. The point is 43 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: to think about your life and think about how many 44 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: good things don't really even register just because they are 45 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: so ingrained that they seem easy for many people. They 46 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: are not easy. When you remember that you are someone's after, 47 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: you can approach daily life with a far more abundant 48 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: sense of gratitude. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks 49 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. 50 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: M Hey everybody, I'd love to hear from you. 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