1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: tip is that you can always quit tomorrow. If there 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: is a new commitment, goal, or habit that you thought 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: you wanted to pursue but now feel inclined to abandon, 6 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: consider staying with it one more day. You can always 7 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: quit tomorrow, but if you stick with it today, you 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: might find you can stick with it for the long haul. 9 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: When a habit, routine, or commitment is fairly new, it 10 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: can feel hard to keep going. You haven't figured out 11 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: all the logistics, you can't necessarily get in the flow. 12 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: Maybe you wanted to work out in the mornings, but 13 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: every morning it is a struggle to get out of bed, 14 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: and it's a struggle to breathe ten minutes into your 15 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: spin class. Or maybe you wanted to read Shakespeare every 16 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: day and get through all his plays by the end 17 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: of the year, But by the time the kids are 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: in bed and the dishes are done, all you want 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: to do is veg on the couch with your partner. 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: In moments like these, when your new commitment seems hard, 21 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: you may be tempted to give up. After all, you 22 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: haven't been going that long anyway, Who cares if you 23 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: abandon a routine that isn't actually established. But maybe you 24 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: can hang on one more day. Tomorrow you can curl 25 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: up on the couch and watch Netflix if you really 26 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: want to. But tonight you have a date with William Shakespeare. 27 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: You are not going to stand him up. By delaying 28 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: quitting by one day. You give yourself one more chance 29 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: to figure out how to make your new commitment work. 30 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: You develop a little more momentum. Maybe you will decide 31 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: to quit the next day, But maybe tomorrow you will 32 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: decide to defer the decision to quit for another day again, 33 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: And some days you won't even consider quitting. After more 34 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: and more practice, you may begin to feel like your 35 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: new habit, or your goal pursuit isn't that hard. Now, 36 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: it is possible that you will eventually decide to quit 37 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: or modify the goal. Basically, everything does end in time. 38 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: But it is also possible that you will fulfill the 39 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: commitment one more time, day after day, until you have 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: forgotten about your desire to quit. You will have built 41 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: the strategies and momentum to sustain your habit for the 42 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: long term. I will admit that I sometimes feel like 43 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: quitting while building new habits. I just got through a 44 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: busy weekend and it was hard to carve out a 45 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: few minutes to read my ten pages of Jane Austen. 46 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: One day. In particular, I couldn't get to it until nighttime, 47 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: even though this is technically supposed to be part of 48 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: my morning routine, and alas the first page I was 49 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: reading wasn't one of Austin's best, I started bargaining with myself, 50 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: maybe just one page or two that keeps the streak 51 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: going at least, right, and it would, But after reading 52 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: two or three pages, I figured, well, this is only 53 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: going to take me a few more minutes. I may 54 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: as well keep reading. I can just read today and 55 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: maybe tomorrow will be better. And you know what it was, 56 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: and so I am still going with the habit. You 57 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: can always quit tomorrow, and if you keep thinking that, 58 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: you'll get through a lot of tomorrow's and maybe not 59 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: quit anytime soon after all. In the meantime, this is Laura. 60 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 61 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: our time. 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