1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to maintain a sense of perspective about 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: minor annoyances for a lot of foibles. We can remind 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: ourselves that if that is the worst thing that happens today, 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: it will have been a good day. If you are 7 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, my guess is that you value 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: smooth operations. I know I do, but sometimes the world 9 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: does not deliver on these things. Road repairs mean a 10 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: delivery truck can't come during a scheduled window. A last 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: minute virtual learning day means that a quiet work from 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: home schedule is not going to be so quiet. The 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: store is out cream cheese, which is the only reason 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: you went to that particular store. It is easy to 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: get annoyed at situations like this, and they are indeed annoying, 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: and there might be obvious solutions. Perhaps in time people 17 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: will see those solutions or take your suggestions, but in 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: the meantime, there is no point getting riled up. Getting 19 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: into an agitated state tends not to be a lot 20 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: of fun. Foul moods linger even into situations that are 21 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: objectively amazing. Are you seriously going to head into that 22 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: leisurely baking session in a snit? Because you have to 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: pivot on a recipe, So when something non tragic happens, 24 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: that is a good time to pull out this pocket phrase, 25 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: if that's the worst thing that happens to me today, 26 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: I'll be all right. Or you could try one of 27 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: the other flavor verse, such as, if that's the worst 28 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: thing that happens to me today, it will be a 29 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: good day. Or if that's the worst thing that happens 30 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: to me today, I'll be pretty lucky in the grand 31 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: scheme of things. Because all of these statements are true, 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: the lives of most of us listening to this podcast 33 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: are incredibly good compared to what they could be. The 34 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: store is out of cream cheese, but the store has 35 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: a lot of other edible food that we can afford 36 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: to buy. Our homes have refrigerators to store whatever we purchase, 37 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: and that is just the start of the list of blessings. 38 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: Things could always be worse, and if they aren't great, 39 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: using this phrase, if that's the worst thing that happens 40 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: to me today, acknowledges that whatever happened was an ideal 41 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: but it's about not letting this annoyance have much power 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: over us. We can acknowledge the annoyance and then let 43 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: it go. I find this phrase is also helpful when 44 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: we are the subject of someone else's ire. Maybe a 45 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: colleague is unhappy over a small issue, or a driver 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: honks because you didn't run that yellow light. You can 47 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: remind yourself that the irritated driver is going to get 48 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: to his destination a mere sixty seconds later, and if 49 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: that is the worst thing that happens to him today, 50 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: he is going to be all right too. No reason 51 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: for anyone to get worked up. I mean, he might 52 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: be worked up, but you certainly don't need to be. 53 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: When the worst thing is just not that bad, it's 54 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: time to rejoice. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks 55 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 56 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 57 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 58 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod 59 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: that's b E the number four then Breakfast p o D. 60 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 61 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: Podcast at i heeart media dot com that before Breakfast 62 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much, 63 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: I look forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is 64 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: a production of I heart Radio. 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