WEBVTT - Second Cup: Make mid-year resolutions

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to make mid year resolutions. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>reason to wait for New Years. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>change something in your life, now is a good time too,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the next six months there is no telling

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<v Speaker 1>what you might accomplish. Lots of people make New Year's

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<v Speaker 1>resolutions around January first, and as we all know, not

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<v Speaker 1>everyone keeps their New Year's resolutions. Life gets complicated and

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<v Speaker 1>change can be hard, and sometimes people don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>to make resolutions that actual work. As we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>in a previous episode this week, it can be wiser

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<v Speaker 1>to focus on processed goals rather than outcome goals. A

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<v Speaker 1>process goal focuses on the frequent, small actions that might

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<v Speaker 1>add up to the desired outcome, but are generally good

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<v Speaker 1>in their own right and help us maintain a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of agency. But regardless, there is nothing magical about January first.

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<v Speaker 1>If we make New Year's resolutions, we can equally make

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<v Speaker 1>mid year resolutions. The second half of the year begins

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<v Speaker 1>on July first, So what would you like to focus on.

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<v Speaker 1>If things are going well, your mid year resolutions might

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<v Speaker 1>be to continue or finish your new year's resolutions, as

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about this week, I set a goal to

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<v Speaker 1>read all the works of Jane Austen this year. I've

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<v Speaker 1>read a bit over half in the first half of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, so my resolution for the second half is

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<v Speaker 1>to complete that project. I began doing strength training regularly

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<v Speaker 1>with a trainer early in the year, and so my

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<v Speaker 1>mid year resolution is to continue that. But maybe life

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<v Speaker 1>has changed or things haven't gone quite as intended. If

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<v Speaker 1>that is the case, would you like to refocus on

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<v Speaker 1>any of your New Year's goals now, or maybe you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to set some entirely new ones. The marathon training

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<v Speaker 1>plan didn't quite work out, but you could run too

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<v Speaker 1>local five k's with your family in the second half

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<v Speaker 1>of the year. Maybe you wanted to get a promotion

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<v Speaker 1>but your entire department was laid off. You could now

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<v Speaker 1>focus on spending a certain amount of time, like two

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<v Speaker 1>to three hours per day on your job search and

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<v Speaker 1>then relaxing and trying to enjoy life the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Or maybe you decided that your New year's

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<v Speaker 1>goals weren't ambitious enough. In the second half of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>you could ramp things up, adding an extra workout per week,

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<v Speaker 1>or finishing that draft of your novel when you had

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<v Speaker 1>just hope to get started. Life always benefits from reflection.

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<v Speaker 1>We naturally do this at the end of the year

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<v Speaker 1>and the start of the new one, but three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty five days is a long time we forget

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<v Speaker 1>about things or we fail to redirect our motivation. By

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<v Speaker 1>setting mid year goals, we can continue what has gone

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<v Speaker 1>well and change what needs to be changed, and make

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<v Speaker 1>the most of the six months to come. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our times. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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