WEBVTT - Changing your clocks? Change your habits

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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 to use the occasion of a time

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<v Speaker 1>change to rethink your habits and switch up when things happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This tip was sent in by Before Breakfast listener Amber, who,

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<v Speaker 1>like many people with busy lives, was trying to find

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<v Speaker 1>time to exercise. I'm not a morning person, she writes,

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<v Speaker 1>so I tried to work out after the kids went

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<v Speaker 1>to bed at PM, and that was successful for maybe

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<v Speaker 1>two nights. But then last year around this time, Amber

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<v Speaker 1>says she had an epiphany. The time change. In much

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, we reset our clocks back an

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<v Speaker 1>hour at the beginning of November. Other countries move at

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<v Speaker 1>different times, but it's a widespread phenomenon. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>Amber thought, with the time change, what if I just

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<v Speaker 1>continue to get up at my normal time, My seven

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<v Speaker 1>am wake up would suddenly be a six am wake up.

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<v Speaker 1>My body would not know the difference. I would magically

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<v Speaker 1>gain an hour in the morning for working out. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>she'd gain an hour on the first day at least,

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<v Speaker 1>but she writes that's what she did, and it's been

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<v Speaker 1>sustainable for a year now. Amber says it's been one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most intelligent things I've ever done, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>saying something. Since Amber has a PhD, so I encourage

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<v Speaker 1>your listeners to try it, she says, especially those with

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<v Speaker 1>young kids and a treadmiller waits in the basement. She

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<v Speaker 1>generally got the workout in before the kids woke up,

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<v Speaker 1>but even if they got up, that wasn't a deal killer.

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<v Speaker 1>Her three year old sometimes came down to watch Mommy

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<v Speaker 1>on the treadmill, but it still went mostly okay. I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is a wonderful IDEA long time before breakfast,

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<v Speaker 1>listeners know that mornings are a great time for getting

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<v Speaker 1>stuff done, but going to bed earlier and getting up

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<v Speaker 1>earlier can be challenging. Many people feel groggy for days

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<v Speaker 1>after international trips as they try to change their body schedules. Physically,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't always handle this well. The one hour time

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<v Speaker 1>shift that is the one where we fall back, introduces

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<v Speaker 1>a relatively painless way to start getting up earlier on

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<v Speaker 1>the first day, which is usually the hardest day. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to change anything about your sleep time or

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<v Speaker 1>bedtime at all. Since you get an extra hour, you

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<v Speaker 1>can accomplish something in the morning without having given anything up. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>The next night might be somewhat more challenging, as you

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<v Speaker 1>will actually have to go to bed earlier in order

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<v Speaker 1>to sustain the practice at least what looks like earlier

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<v Speaker 1>on the clock. But moving half an hour just costs

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<v Speaker 1>you half an hour of sleep, and the next night

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<v Speaker 1>you can shift it completely. Exercising in that early morning

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<v Speaker 1>hour is a great idea, but you could also use

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<v Speaker 1>it to do something creative, like right or paint. You

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<v Speaker 1>could use this time to connect with your spouse before

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<v Speaker 1>you go your separate ways. If you want to start

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<v Speaker 1>a side hustle or a hobby, you could use this

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<v Speaker 1>time for that. But the point is like amber, to

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<v Speaker 1>use the occasion of an external time change to change

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<v Speaker 1>your habits and doing so as hard, but occasionally we

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<v Speaker 1>get handed opportunities to make it a little less hard.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think a true night owl is going to

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<v Speaker 1>become a morning person, but most of us are somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle. The time change makes change a little

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<v Speaker 1>more possible 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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