WEBVTT - Revisit those New Year's resolutions

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I 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 keep yourself on track for your

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<v Speaker 1>long term goals by revisiting your New Year's resolutions. Lots

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<v Speaker 1>of people make resolutions in January. If you believe the articles,

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<v Speaker 1>the vast majority of people have fallen off the wagon

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<v Speaker 1>by about February three. Long term change is hard. In general,

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<v Speaker 1>people are better off structuring their lives to make good

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<v Speaker 1>choices easy than they are relying on willpower. You can

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<v Speaker 1>hope you'll find time to walk for thirty minutes a day,

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<v Speaker 1>or you could pay for a regular parking spot at

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<v Speaker 1>a garage that's a fifteen minute walk from your office.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you'll find yourself walking thirty minutes daily, regardless of

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<v Speaker 1>what you do. In any case, there's nothing magical about

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<v Speaker 1>January to inspire change. The new year suggests a fresh start,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can create a fresh start anytime you want.

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<v Speaker 1>We are now about halfway through the year. This episode

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<v Speaker 1>is first launching near the beginning of July, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of the third quarter of the year. If

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<v Speaker 1>you made New Year's resolutions, can you remember what they were.

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<v Speaker 1>If so, great, If not, ask your friends and family

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<v Speaker 1>or hunt through old social media posts. Try to list

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<v Speaker 1>the resolution or two you felt most excited about. Now

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<v Speaker 1>ask yourself, is this still something i'd value for my life?

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<v Speaker 1>It's possible the answer is no. Maybe you wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>take on a big professional project and then you switched jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you're dealing with a family situation that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>preclude big new undertakings. Life happens. This is fine. Our

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<v Speaker 1>current selves don't need to carry our past selves burdens.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe your resolutions are still relevant. You'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>give yourself a bedtime. You'd like to walk at lunch

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<v Speaker 1>three days a week. These ideas are as smart in

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<v Speaker 1>July as they are in January. If the resolution still

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<v Speaker 1>works for your life, then here's my challenge to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Put this resolution into your life this week. Don't say forever,

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<v Speaker 1>aim for just this week. See how it goes. See

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<v Speaker 1>if it works for you. If it doesn't, ask why.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't manage to walk at lunch, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>not because you're a horrible and undisciplined person. A more

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<v Speaker 1>likely explanation is that you're eleven am meetings. Keep running over,

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<v Speaker 1>or your colleagues ask you to grab lunch with them,

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<v Speaker 1>and you value building relationships. That's great. So maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>need to walk later in the day or before work,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe you need to have a conversation with the

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<v Speaker 1>person who runs those eleven am meetings on setting agendas.

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<v Speaker 1>See what you can do, and then you can try

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<v Speaker 1>again next week. But there's no reason to wait until

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<v Speaker 1>January to try anything you think would improve your life.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are a lot of reasons not to wait.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a big one. There's still a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>before January. You can do a lot of things in

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<v Speaker 1>six months. The popular couch to five k running program,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, takes nine weeks. That means that if you

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<v Speaker 1>start now when this show first airs, you could run

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<v Speaker 1>a five k by mid September, And with that base,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing you'd be able to run a ten k

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<v Speaker 1>by December. Anyone able to do that is definitely winning

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<v Speaker 1>in the fitness department. Likewise, if you start setting a

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<v Speaker 1>bedtime now, it would be a strong habit by December.

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<v Speaker 1>Think of all the many many mornings you'll wake up

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<v Speaker 1>well rested before then. Starting now is a gift to

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<v Speaker 1>your future self. While January would have been a great

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<v Speaker 1>time to start. If you didn't, that's all done. July

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<v Speaker 1>is a great time to start too. I love that

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<v Speaker 1>proverb that the best time to plant a tree was

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years ago. The second best time is now. And

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<v Speaker 1>just a note for people pondering future New Year's resolutions,

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<v Speaker 1>I like to take some of the pressure off January.

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<v Speaker 1>Each year I make quarterly goals rather than New Year's resolutions.

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<v Speaker 1>For each quarter, I make a goal in three categories career, relationships, self.

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<v Speaker 1>That way I can set intentions for the whole year,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve of them spread across all spheres of life. I

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<v Speaker 1>get lots of fresh starts, and even better, if I

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<v Speaker 1>know a goal is set for Q three, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to think about it until then. I know I'll

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<v Speaker 1>do it, but I can focus on other things until

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<v Speaker 1>we get there. So what were your resolutions last January?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you give yourself the fresh start of the second

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<v Speaker 1>half of the year. Let me know how it goes

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<v Speaker 1>at Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart Media dot com. In

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