1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 3: Today's tip is that routines are like rose gardens. Even 4 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 3: the best routines need tending from time to time, so 5 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 3: it is best not to expect that you can ever. 6 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 2: Set it and forget it. This episode is first airing 7 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: in the middle of summer, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, 8 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: and it's a time when for many of us our 9 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: routines look a little different. Sometimes that's great, and sometimes 10 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: it's more frustrating. If you had a great routine of 11 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: exercising after your kid got on the school bus in 12 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: the morning, now she's in a camp where you need 13 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: to drive her each day. It changes the routine. Even 14 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: if you enjoy the time with your kid, it was 15 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: probably not easy to build that exercise routine. Seeing it 16 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: disappear can make you worry if you'll ever be able 17 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: to take it back up again. I know I have 18 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: struggled with this. My work routines involved mostly doing focused 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 2: work when the kids are out of the house, which 20 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: they were for many hours during the school year. Not 21 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 2: everyone is in camp every week during the summer. And 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: so I have to rethink what is possible to do 23 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: with more people around. So it goes. I love reading 24 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: about routines and studying the routines of successful people, but 25 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: every time I read about some great routine, I have 26 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: to remember that this is just a snapshot in time. 27 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: Very few people can maintain the exact same routine every day, 28 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: or even five days a week for long stretches of time. 29 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: People change jobs or move to different homes. They have 30 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: new babies, or see babies grow up and graduate, kids 31 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,839 Speaker 2: change schools, or decide to start or end different activities. 32 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: You can have a great routine working out with a friend, 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: and then that friend unfortunately moves nor gets injured. Since 34 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: all of these changes are to some degree inevitable, it 35 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: is best to view routines more like we view a 36 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: rose garden. We have some beautiful roses blooming all summer 37 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: by my house. Planting them and getting them to grow 38 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: requires a reasonable amount of work. After that, it's more 39 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: pruning and watering. But again it's not nothing. No one 40 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: plants a garden and says, hey, good, I'll never have 41 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: to touch that thing again. Instead, the regular tending is 42 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: part of the process. You don't need to plant a 43 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: new garden every day by any means. Even after the winter, 44 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: there's a lot that's still there that you can work with. 45 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 2: But you do have to do a little work here 46 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 2: and there to make sure that things still bloom, and 47 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: you need to replace the occasional plant. If animals are 48 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: drought or anything else has worked. 49 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 3: Its mischief. 50 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: When you expect routines to change over time, you can 51 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: simply appreciate them while they are working. Then when they 52 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: stop working, or when life forces a change, you can 53 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 2: simply acknowledge that such change is inevitable. It is not 54 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: that anything was wrong. Something worked for a while, and 55 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: now you do something else. The roses will still be beautiful. 56 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: They just need some effort from time to time. In 57 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: the meantime. This is Laura. 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