Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to make mid year resolutions. There is no
Speaker 1: reason to wait for New Years. If you want to
Speaker 1: change something in your life, now is a good time too,
Speaker 1: and in the next six months there is no telling
Speaker 1: what you might accomplish. Lots of people make New Year's
Speaker 1: resolutions around January first, and as we all know, not
Speaker 1: everyone keeps their New Year's resolutions. Life gets complicated and
Speaker 1: change can be hard, and sometimes people don't know how
Speaker 1: to make resolutions that actual work. As we talked about
Speaker 1: in a previous episode this week, it can be wiser
Speaker 1: to focus on processed goals rather than outcome goals. A
Speaker 1: process goal focuses on the frequent, small actions that might
Speaker 1: add up to the desired outcome, but are generally good
Speaker 1: in their own right and help us maintain a sense
Speaker 1: of agency. But regardless, there is nothing magical about January first.
Speaker 1: If we make New Year's resolutions, we can equally make
Speaker 1: mid year resolutions. The second half of the year begins
Speaker 1: on July first, So what would you like to focus on.
Speaker 1: If things are going well, your mid year resolutions might
Speaker 1: be to continue or finish your new year's resolutions, as
Speaker 1: we talked about this week, I set a goal to
Speaker 1: read all the works of Jane Austen this year. I've
Speaker 1: read a bit over half in the first half of
Speaker 1: the year, so my resolution for the second half is
Speaker 1: to complete that project. I began doing strength training regularly
Speaker 1: with a trainer early in the year, and so my
Speaker 1: mid year resolution is to continue that. But maybe life
Speaker 1: has changed or things haven't gone quite as intended. If
Speaker 1: that is the case, would you like to refocus on
Speaker 1: any of your New Year's goals now, or maybe you'd
Speaker 1: like to set some entirely new ones. The marathon training
Speaker 1: plan didn't quite work out, but you could run too
Speaker 1: local five k's with your family in the second half
Speaker 1: of the year. Maybe you wanted to get a promotion
Speaker 1: but your entire department was laid off. You could now
Speaker 1: focus on spending a certain amount of time, like two
Speaker 1: to three hours per day on your job search and
Speaker 1: then relaxing and trying to enjoy life the rest of
Speaker 1: the time. Or maybe you decided that your New year's
Speaker 1: goals weren't ambitious enough. In the second half of the year,
Speaker 1: you could ramp things up, adding an extra workout per week,
Speaker 1: or finishing that draft of your novel when you had
Speaker 1: just hope to get started. Life always benefits from reflection.
Speaker 1: We naturally do this at the end of the year
Speaker 1: and the start of the new one, but three hundred
Speaker 1: and sixty five days is a long time we forget
Speaker 1: about things or we fail to redirect our motivation. By
Speaker 1: setting mid year goals, we can continue what has gone
Speaker 1: well and change what needs to be changed, and make
Speaker 1: the most of the six months to come. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our times. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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