WEBVTT - Life is lived in Tuesdays

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is that life is lived in Tuesdays. As

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<v Speaker 1>you think about changes you can make to your life,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that can make life better on an average Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>will matter more than changes that don't affect the experience

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<v Speaker 1>of an average normal day. Today's tip, like some others

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<v Speaker 1>this week, comes from my new book, Tranquility by Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>which is out this Tuesday. In this book, I show

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<v Speaker 1>what happened when a hundred fifty busy people learned nine

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite time management strategies. Those nine rules helped

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<v Speaker 1>people calm the chaos and make time for what matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Eurs life, it turns out, has lived in hours. This

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<v Speaker 1>is an important realization because when we think about joy

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<v Speaker 1>and happiness, we often think about whether the big pieces

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<v Speaker 1>of a good life or in place. Maybe the prestigious job,

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<v Speaker 1>the loving family, the beautiful home. These things do matter,

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<v Speaker 1>but these things do not automatically translate to your hours

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<v Speaker 1>being spent in joyful ways. If every day looks the same,

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<v Speaker 1>if you feel lethargic from sitting too long, or exhausted

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<v Speaker 1>from sleep, deprivation. If you rarely have time for the

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<v Speaker 1>absorbing work you find meaningful, and if you rarely have

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<v Speaker 1>time for hobbies or to connect with the friends who

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<v Speaker 1>make you laugh, that prestigious job and loving family can

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<v Speaker 1>start to feel like a grind. We can chastise ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>for feeling this way and try to vince ourselves otherwise

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<v Speaker 1>by using the hashtag blessed but resentment Confessed R. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to help people with this predicament. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>most of us just want to enjoy whatever time we

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<v Speaker 1>have on this planet. We want to stop feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>we are either racing against the clock or wishing time away.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we need our minutes to give all that we

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<v Speaker 1>ask of them. But because the plates are not going

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<v Speaker 1>to magically stop spinning, and because we don't truly wish

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<v Speaker 1>for fewer plates, we need to learn to calm the

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<v Speaker 1>chaos and find joy in busy days. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>sense in waiting for vacations, which are hardly relaxing. If

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<v Speaker 1>you've still got your toddler only now he's off his

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<v Speaker 1>usual schedule or some elusive future. Life is not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be less hectic next week. It won't be less

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<v Speaker 1>hectic next year. This is where we need to live life,

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<v Speaker 1>right here now, on a normal Tuesday. So let's figure

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<v Speaker 1>out how to make our Tuesdays as good as possible. Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>there are lots of ways to do this even as

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<v Speaker 1>you're getting the kids on the bus and logging into

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<v Speaker 1>zoom calls. We can establish foundational habits that allow us

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<v Speaker 1>to get enough sleep and regular physical activity. We can

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<v Speaker 1>establish regular planning practices that keep us focused on long

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<v Speaker 1>term goals. We can build open space into our lives

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<v Speaker 1>to account for emergencies and opportunities. We can plan in

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<v Speaker 1>little adventures that make sure we always have something to

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to. We can tweak the old habits of

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<v Speaker 1>leisure time to make more meaningful, rejuvenating leisure time possible.

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<v Speaker 1>For most people listening to this podcast, and for most

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<v Speaker 1>of the people who participated in my Tranquility by Tuesday study,

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<v Speaker 1>the big pieces of life are no doubt already in place.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just about small tweaks that can take a day

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<v Speaker 1>from great too awesome. That is the point of this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and the point of Tranquility by Tuesday as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It is all about mindset hours in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>a busy life should still be enjoyed. Life does not

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<v Speaker 1>need to be a never ending to do list. So

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<v Speaker 1>this Tuesday, I am making time to read. When I've

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<v Speaker 1>got a moment, I will play the piano for ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes rather than doing one more pointless email check. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going for a walk mid day. I'm planning in a

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<v Speaker 1>little adventure, likely treating myself to lunch in a new place.

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<v Speaker 1>Why not. The goal is to make a Tuesday more

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<v Speaker 1>fun and more memorable. Even as we do all the

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<v Speaker 1>things we have to do, life happens on normal Tuesdays.

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<v Speaker 1>So figure out how to make Tuesdays better and life

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<v Speaker 1>as a whole will follow. It really is as simple

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<v Speaker 1>as that. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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