Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of My Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that you don't have to like it.
Speaker 1: You can do whatever you decide is worth doing, whether
Speaker 1: you particularly enjoy it or not. Getting over this one
Speaker 1: mental hurdle can open up all sorts of possibilities. By
Speaker 1: bedtime each night, I am usually crashing. I have often
Speaker 1: been up early in the morning with my toddler and
Speaker 1: my six year olds. Bedtime routine can be long and involved.
Speaker 1: I aim to be getting ready for bed around ten
Speaker 1: fift I managed to brush my teeth and take out
Speaker 1: my contacts without drama. But for whatever reason, washing my
Speaker 1: face brings out my inner rebel. I don't like getting
Speaker 1: my face wet and soapy. I just don't want to
Speaker 1: do it. And I know this sounds ridiculous. It sounds
Speaker 1: ridiculous to me too as I'm saying it. I have
Speaker 1: explored all sorts of ways to make this chore more pleasant.
Speaker 1: I have some lovely smelling, luxurious face soaps. I have
Speaker 1: tried various sorts of cleansing pads so I don't have
Speaker 1: to actually get my face wet. But tend not to
Speaker 1: get all my makeup off, so not working so well
Speaker 1: in any case. A while ago I had a realization
Speaker 1: I was never going to enjoy washing my face at night.
Speaker 1: But you know what, it didn't matter. I could just
Speaker 1: do it anyway. I could do it every single night.
Speaker 1: I could tell my whiny inner voice to just be
Speaker 1: quiet because the ordeal would be over in thirty seconds.
Speaker 1: And so every night, when I start thinking I don't
Speaker 1: want to, I just do it. And I haven't missed
Speaker 1: a night since I had this revelation. I do it,
Speaker 1: not liking it, but I do it. Maybe you too
Speaker 1: have some good for you habit that you keep resisting.
Speaker 1: Lots of people resist exercise. People come up with all
Speaker 1: sorts of elaborate reasons about why they just can't eat
Speaker 1: their vegetables. Flossing falls in this category for many folks too.
Speaker 1: Or maybe it's getting regular health checkups. And sure, there
Speaker 1: are various ways to make any of these habits more pleasant.
Speaker 1: Exercise doesn't have to be a scary group fitness class
Speaker 1: or running sprints. It can be a pleasant walk with
Speaker 1: a friend. Some vegetables are far more accessible than others.
Speaker 1: Something like honey glazed carrots may as well be candy,
Speaker 1: which makes them go down pretty easy. Some flosses slide
Speaker 1: in a lot better than others, which could make a
Speaker 1: thing pretty satisfying. That said, even if people don't particularly
Speaker 1: enjoy walking or eating their veggies or anything like that,
Speaker 1: it just doesn't matter. We don't get a pass on
Speaker 1: these things just because we don't like them. You can
Speaker 1: just decide to walk for twenty minutes a day even
Speaker 1: if you really don't like to walk for twenty minutes
Speaker 1: a day. Instead of using the mental energy to come
Speaker 1: up with reasons for why you don't want to do X,
Speaker 1: Y or z and why it makes sense that you
Speaker 1: don't want to do X, Y or z, just do it.
Speaker 1: Not all of life has to be fun. Of course,
Speaker 1: I do recognize that it may be easier for some
Speaker 1: people to feel this way than others. If you are
Speaker 1: in an exciting, well paid job and have a lot
Speaker 1: of fun with your loving friends and family, well a
Speaker 1: few moments of not so fun stuff, I just really
Speaker 1: no big deal. If all of life feels not fun,
Speaker 1: well that is a different matter. But if you are
Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, I am guessing that you have
Speaker 1: the power to make a lot of life pretty enjoyable.
Speaker 1: With some strategic job crafting, you can spend lots of
Speaker 1: your work hours on really cool things. With some strategic planning.
Speaker 1: In your personal life, you can have big adventures than
Speaker 1: little adventures, and time for your own pursuits. When you
Speaker 1: do these things well, the little bit of time it
Speaker 1: takes to do something good for you but not so
Speaker 1: fun can stay in perspective. At least that's what I've
Speaker 1: been telling myself. I am pretty sure I am never
Speaker 1: going to love washing my face, but I can still
Speaker 1: be the sort of person who washes my face every night,
Speaker 1: regardless you don't have to like it. Realizing this can
Speaker 1: change so much about how we approach life. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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