WEBVTT - Update your 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 update your New Year's resolutions. Take

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<v Speaker 1>a moment in the middle of the year to see

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<v Speaker 1>what is working and what is not and what could

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<v Speaker 1>be better with changes. Doing this increases the chances that

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<v Speaker 1>you achieve the goals you want to achieve. So I

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<v Speaker 1>love New Year's resolutions. I know some people find them pointless,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know that every February there are slews of

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<v Speaker 1>articles about how people don't keep them. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>that when they are approached in the right spirit, they

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<v Speaker 1>can help shape life in a positive way. It's important

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<v Speaker 1>that they be well thought through and realistic any to

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<v Speaker 1>want to do them, and they need to be sustainable.

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<v Speaker 1>Do all that, though, and you can make big things

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<v Speaker 1>happen over time. For instance, this year, I decided to

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<v Speaker 1>read through all the works of Shakespeare as a New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's resolution. To make that happen, I found a calendar

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<v Speaker 1>that other people had used, suggesting in order and dates

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<v Speaker 1>in which to read each play or set of poems.

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<v Speaker 1>The schedule only requires reading about three to four pages

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<v Speaker 1>per day. In my illustrated Shakespeare. So that is quite doable,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I do it every day. If I had

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<v Speaker 1>resolved to read all the works of Shakespeare, but just

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<v Speaker 1>picked up my book from time to time and read

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<v Speaker 1>wherever and wildly different amounts each time, there is just

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<v Speaker 1>no way I would stick with it. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>If you did make New Year's resolutions, now halfway through

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<v Speaker 1>the year is a great time to check in on them.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully some you remember quite well because they are informing

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<v Speaker 1>your daily life, like my reading project. But if that

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<v Speaker 1>is not the case, then go find the list you

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<v Speaker 1>made somewhere ask yourself how it's all going. The point

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<v Speaker 1>of this exercise is not self flagellation. It's curiosity. Presumably

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<v Speaker 1>you are living your life in a way that makes

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<v Speaker 1>sense for you right now. So if you have not

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<v Speaker 1>done anything related to one of your resolutions, the most

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<v Speaker 1>likely explanation is that it doesn't fit with your current life,

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<v Speaker 1>or it simply is in a priority. That's good to know.

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<v Speaker 1>Self knowledge is helpful. If you would like, feel free

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<v Speaker 1>to let the resolution go entirely. It is not the

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<v Speaker 1>right thing for you, not right now. But maybe some

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<v Speaker 1>resolutions feel feasible or like you're making some progress us,

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<v Speaker 1>if not as much as you'd planned. If that is

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<v Speaker 1>the case, ask if you can update the resolution to

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<v Speaker 1>make more sense. May be resolved to exercise every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe exercise in your mind means an hour long boot

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<v Speaker 1>camp leaving you drenched and sweat afterwards. That has happened

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<v Speaker 1>once a week or so over the last six months,

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<v Speaker 1>and so you feel like you are not keeping your resolution.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's actually no reason you have to feel that way.

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<v Speaker 1>How about updating the resolution to simply mean you will

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<v Speaker 1>move your body for ten minutes every day. A walk

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<v Speaker 1>totally counts, and then you also plan to do a

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<v Speaker 1>full formal workout once a week. That's your boot camp. Voila.

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<v Speaker 1>Just like that, you are on track to make this

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<v Speaker 1>unachievable goal. Or maybe resolved to cook at home more.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a very nebul list resolution. What does more mean?

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<v Speaker 1>How much were you doing it before? Unless you tracked

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<v Speaker 1>meals over the previous year, you probably have no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>So why not update this resolution to be specific and doable.

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<v Speaker 1>You resolve to cook three meals per week at home

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<v Speaker 1>unless you are traveling. Now you've got your marching orders

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<v Speaker 1>in the kitchen for the rest of the year. In

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<v Speaker 1>the future, I'd suggest that it is not a bad

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<v Speaker 1>idea to check in on your goals and intentions even

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<v Speaker 1>more frequently, like every month. Indeed, they can inform your

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<v Speaker 1>weekly plans if you would like. But if that is

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<v Speaker 1>not what has happened, at least used the midway point

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<v Speaker 1>of the year as an opportunity to see what is

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<v Speaker 1>working and what isn't in your life. A little course

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<v Speaker 1>correction can often make big things possible. 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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