Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to use the occasion of a time
Speaker 1: change to rethink your habits and switch up when things happen.
Speaker 1: This tip was sent in by Before Breakfast listener Amber, who,
Speaker 1: like many people with busy lives, was trying to find
Speaker 1: time to exercise. I'm not a morning person, she writes,
Speaker 1: so I tried to work out after the kids went
Speaker 1: to bed at PM, and that was successful for maybe
Speaker 1: two nights. But then last year around this time, Amber
Speaker 1: says she had an epiphany. The time change. In much
Speaker 1: of the United States, we reset our clocks back an
Speaker 1: hour at the beginning of November. Other countries move at
Speaker 1: different times, but it's a widespread phenomenon. In any case,
Speaker 1: Amber thought, with the time change, what if I just
Speaker 1: continue to get up at my normal time, My seven
Speaker 1: am wake up would suddenly be a six am wake up.
Speaker 1: My body would not know the difference. I would magically
Speaker 1: gain an hour in the morning for working out. Well,
Speaker 1: she'd gain an hour on the first day at least,
Speaker 1: but she writes that's what she did, and it's been
Speaker 1: sustainable for a year now. Amber says it's been one
Speaker 1: of the most intelligent things I've ever done, and that's
Speaker 1: saying something. Since Amber has a PhD, so I encourage
Speaker 1: your listeners to try it, she says, especially those with
Speaker 1: young kids and a treadmiller waits in the basement. She
Speaker 1: generally got the workout in before the kids woke up,
Speaker 1: but even if they got up, that wasn't a deal killer.
Speaker 1: Her three year old sometimes came down to watch Mommy
Speaker 1: on the treadmill, but it still went mostly okay. I
Speaker 1: think this is a wonderful IDEA long time before breakfast,
Speaker 1: listeners know that mornings are a great time for getting
Speaker 1: stuff done, but going to bed earlier and getting up
Speaker 1: earlier can be challenging. Many people feel groggy for days
Speaker 1: after international trips as they try to change their body schedules. Physically,
Speaker 1: we don't always handle this well. The one hour time
Speaker 1: shift that is the one where we fall back, introduces
Speaker 1: a relatively painless way to start getting up earlier on
Speaker 1: the first day, which is usually the hardest day. You
Speaker 1: don't have to change anything about your sleep time or
Speaker 1: bedtime at all. Since you get an extra hour, you
Speaker 1: can accomplish something in the morning without having given anything up. Now.
Speaker 1: The next night might be somewhat more challenging, as you
Speaker 1: will actually have to go to bed earlier in order
Speaker 1: to sustain the practice at least what looks like earlier
Speaker 1: on the clock. But moving half an hour just costs
Speaker 1: you half an hour of sleep, and the next night
Speaker 1: you can shift it completely. Exercising in that early morning
Speaker 1: hour is a great idea, but you could also use
Speaker 1: it to do something creative, like right or paint. You
Speaker 1: could use this time to connect with your spouse before
Speaker 1: you go your separate ways. If you want to start
Speaker 1: a side hustle or a hobby, you could use this
Speaker 1: time for that. But the point is like amber, to
Speaker 1: use the occasion of an external time change to change
Speaker 1: your habits and doing so as hard, but occasionally we
Speaker 1: get handed opportunities to make it a little less hard.
Speaker 1: I don't think a true night owl is going to
Speaker 1: become a morning person, but most of us are somewhere
Speaker 1: in the middle. The time change makes change a little
Speaker 1: more possible in the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
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