1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to look backwards often. Studying records of 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: our past selves can offer clues to things we'd enjoy 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: now and give us ideas that we know will probably work. 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: We can all find ourselves in a rut from time 7 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: to time. At work, we're doing projects that don't particularly 8 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: excite us. In our personal lives, we tend to do 9 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: the same things over and over again because it takes 10 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: effort to come up with new stuff, and who has 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: time for that. But we don't have to reinvent the 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: wheel every day. Various records from the past can remind 13 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: us of things we liked or found exciting and that 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: might be worth another try. For instance, what about your 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: old calendars or planners. Hopefully you've kept some of these 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: for the memories. Memories don't have to stay in the drawer. 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: Look back through what occupied you in times past. Maybe 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,199 Speaker 1: a short weekend trip with a lot of fun. Maybe 19 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: you enjoyed a particular plateate quite a bit. Maybe you 20 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: met a friend for lunch at a restaurant you really liked. 21 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: All of these are great ideas for repeating in your 22 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: life over the next few weeks. Same with work. Look 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: back through your old meetings and appointments. Names will probably 24 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: jump out at you that you haven't thought about for 25 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: a while. If anyone sparks a pleasant memory or a smile, well, 26 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: time to reach out again. Just a thinking of you 27 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: email or call will suffice. Maybe there will be an 28 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: occasion to work together again in or maybe it will 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: just be nice to relive the memory, but either way 30 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: there is no harm in reconnecting. You might also see 31 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: the kinds of projects that you really liked. When you 32 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: see a handful of meetings about a past project that 33 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: you remember really enjoying. Well again, this is important knowledge. 34 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: You can start thinking about what exactly you liked so 35 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: much and how you can incorporate these aspects into your 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: current working life. Now you might be thinking, well, of 37 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: course I would remember all of this, but life gets busy. 38 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: We're managing lots of other details, and it's easy to 39 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: fill our time with whatever is right in front of us. 40 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: While that strawberry picking trip was fun and we liked 41 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: a restaurant on a different occasion that's near the strawberry farm, 42 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: it takes a bit of thought to piece this together 43 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: and say, hey, that would make for a fun Saturday, 44 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: particularly if we invite our old neighbors who the kids 45 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: used to love playing with. But when you nudge these 46 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: memories back up to the top, you remember what you 47 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: enjoyed and you come up with new ways to combine 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: these things. This can lead to a lot more fun times, 49 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: not just in the past, but now so today. Try 50 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: hunting through old calendars and planners or any other past 51 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: artifacts you might have. All of them can offer clues. 52 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: It's the best way to get out of your rut now. 53 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 54 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 55 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. 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