WEBVTT - Look backwards 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of My 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 look backwards often. Studying records of

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<v Speaker 1>our past selves can offer clues to things we'd enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>now and give us ideas that we know will probably work.

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<v Speaker 1>We can all find ourselves in a rut from time

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<v Speaker 1>to time. At work, we're doing projects that don't particularly

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<v Speaker 1>excite us. In our personal lives, we tend to do

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<v Speaker 1>the same things over and over again because it takes

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<v Speaker 1>effort to come up with new stuff, and who has

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<v Speaker 1>time for that. But we don't have to reinvent the

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<v Speaker 1>wheel every day. Various records from the past can remind

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<v Speaker 1>us of things we liked or found exciting and that

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<v Speaker 1>might be worth another try. For instance, what about your

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<v Speaker 1>old calendars or planners. Hopefully you've kept some of these

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<v Speaker 1>for the memories. Memories don't have to stay in the drawer.

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<v Speaker 1>Look back through what occupied you in times past. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a short weekend trip with a lot of fun. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoyed a particular plateate quite a bit. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>met a friend for lunch at a restaurant you really liked.

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<v Speaker 1>All of these are great ideas for repeating in your

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<v Speaker 1>life over the next few weeks. Same with work. Look

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<v Speaker 1>back through your old meetings and appointments. Names will probably

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<v Speaker 1>jump out at you that you haven't thought about for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. If anyone sparks a pleasant memory or a smile, well,

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<v Speaker 1>time to reach out again. Just a thinking of you

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<v Speaker 1>email or call will suffice. Maybe there will be an

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<v Speaker 1>occasion to work together again in or maybe it will

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<v Speaker 1>just be nice to relive the memory, but either way

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<v Speaker 1>there is no harm in reconnecting. You might also see

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<v Speaker 1>the kinds of projects that you really liked. When you

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<v Speaker 1>see a handful of meetings about a past project that

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<v Speaker 1>you remember really enjoying. Well again, this is important knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>You can start thinking about what exactly you liked so

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<v Speaker 1>much and how you can incorporate these aspects into your

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<v Speaker 1>current working life. Now you might be thinking, well, of

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<v Speaker 1>course I would remember all of this, but life gets busy.

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<v Speaker 1>We're managing lots of other details, and it's easy to

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<v Speaker 1>fill our time with whatever is right in front of us.

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<v Speaker 1>While that strawberry picking trip was fun and we liked

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<v Speaker 1>a restaurant on a different occasion that's near the strawberry farm,

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<v Speaker 1>it takes a bit of thought to piece this together

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<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, that would make for a fun Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly if we invite our old neighbors who the kids

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<v Speaker 1>used to love playing with. But when you nudge these

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<v Speaker 1>memories back up to the top, you remember what you

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed and you come up with new ways to combine

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<v Speaker 1>these things. This can lead to a lot more fun times,

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<v Speaker 1>not just in the past, but now so today. Try

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<v Speaker 1>hunting through old calendars and planners or any other past

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<v Speaker 1>artifacts you might have. All of them can offer clues.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the best way to get out of your rut now.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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