WEBVTT - Second Cup: You can always quit tomorrow

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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 that you can always quit tomorrow. If there

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<v Speaker 1>is a new commitment, goal, or habit that you thought

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to pursue but now feel inclined to abandon,

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<v Speaker 1>consider staying with it one more day. You can always

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<v Speaker 1>quit tomorrow, but if you stick with it today, you

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<v Speaker 1>might find you can stick with it for the long haul.

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<v Speaker 1>When a habit, routine, or commitment is fairly new, it

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<v Speaker 1>can feel hard to keep going. You haven't figured out

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<v Speaker 1>all the logistics, you can't necessarily get in the flow.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you wanted to work out in the mornings, but

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<v Speaker 1>every morning it is a struggle to get out of bed,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a struggle to breathe ten minutes into your

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<v Speaker 1>spin class. Or maybe you wanted to read Shakespeare every

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<v Speaker 1>day and get through all his plays by the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, But by the time the kids are

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<v Speaker 1>in bed and the dishes are done, all you want

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<v Speaker 1>to do is veg on the couch with your partner.

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<v Speaker 1>In moments like these, when your new commitment seems hard,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be tempted to give up. After all, you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't been going that long anyway, Who cares if you

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<v Speaker 1>abandon a routine that isn't actually established. But maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can hang on one more day. Tomorrow you can curl

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<v Speaker 1>up on the couch and watch Netflix if you really

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<v Speaker 1>want to. But tonight you have a date with William Shakespeare.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not going to stand him up. By delaying

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<v Speaker 1>quitting by one day. You give yourself one more chance

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out how to make your new commitment work.

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<v Speaker 1>You develop a little more momentum. Maybe you will decide

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<v Speaker 1>to quit the next day, But maybe tomorrow you will

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<v Speaker 1>decide to defer the decision to quit for another day again,

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<v Speaker 1>And some days you won't even consider quitting. After more

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<v Speaker 1>and more practice, you may begin to feel like your

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<v Speaker 1>new habit, or your goal pursuit isn't that hard. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>it is possible that you will eventually decide to quit

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<v Speaker 1>or modify the goal. Basically, everything does end in time.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is also possible that you will fulfill the

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<v Speaker 1>commitment one more time, day after day, until you have

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten about your desire to quit. You will have built

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<v Speaker 1>the strategies and momentum to sustain your habit for the

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<v Speaker 1>long term. I will admit that I sometimes feel like

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<v Speaker 1>quitting while building new habits. I just got through a

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<v Speaker 1>busy weekend and it was hard to carve out a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes to read my ten pages of Jane Austen.

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<v Speaker 1>One day. In particular, I couldn't get to it until nighttime,

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<v Speaker 1>even though this is technically supposed to be part of

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<v Speaker 1>my morning routine, and alas the first page I was

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<v Speaker 1>reading wasn't one of Austin's best, I started bargaining with myself,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe just one page or two that keeps the streak

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<v Speaker 1>going at least, right, and it would, But after reading

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<v Speaker 1>two or three pages, I figured, well, this is only

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<v Speaker 1>going to take me a few more minutes. I may

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<v Speaker 1>as well keep reading. I can just read today and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe tomorrow will be better. And you know what it was,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I am still going with the habit. You

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<v Speaker 1>can always quit tomorrow, and if you keep thinking that,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll get through a lot of tomorrow's and maybe not

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<v Speaker 1>quit anytime soon after all. 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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