WEBVTT - Give it 3-6 months

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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 try things for three to six months.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are not sure about something, aim to do

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<v Speaker 1>it for a trial period and see how it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>Few things have to be done forever, but you also

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<v Speaker 1>want to give things enough runway that they can take

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<v Speaker 1>off if they are going to in big time. My

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<v Speaker 1>new book about time management, I talk about being open

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<v Speaker 1>to serendipity. Creating a rich and full life means being

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<v Speaker 1>open to new opportunities and adventures and relationships, some of

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<v Speaker 1>which could turn out to be fantastic. Of course, it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to know what will be a good use of

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<v Speaker 1>your time and what won't be. You might join a

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<v Speaker 1>volunteer group looking to make more friends and find it

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<v Speaker 1>tough going. You may take a pottery class and feel

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<v Speaker 1>frustrated with the work. You might start a newsletter hoping

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<v Speaker 1>to build a platform about a book idea, but it

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<v Speaker 1>can feel like a slog. You don't really know if

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<v Speaker 1>something is the right thing to do or not, so

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<v Speaker 1>why not try it as an experiment. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>give things enough time to get somewhere, But you also

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to feel oppressed that you're going to have

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<v Speaker 1>to do something forever. You should feel free to pull

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<v Speaker 1>the plug if you want after enough time, so give

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<v Speaker 1>things three to six months. When you start new projects,

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<v Speaker 1>you can explicitly say to yourself that you will go

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<v Speaker 1>all in for three to six months, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>will evaluate is anyone reading your newsletter or perhaps the

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<v Speaker 1>overall readership isn't great, but certain posts get a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of engagement. This is good information to know, too, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't a waste of time to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 1>If you decide to try running, you could try running

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<v Speaker 1>for six months and see how it goes. It definitely

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<v Speaker 1>takes a few weeks for running to feel comfortable, but

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<v Speaker 1>by six months in you will be over a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of that and regularly running a few miles at a

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<v Speaker 1>time if you want. At that point you can evaluate

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<v Speaker 1>if you enjoy it more than other forms of exercise,

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<v Speaker 1>or if all things considered, you'd like to keep doing

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<v Speaker 1>pilates classes instead. I find three to six months is

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<v Speaker 1>a long enough period of time that you can really

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<v Speaker 1>try things out. Some stuff takes longer and some probably

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<v Speaker 1>takes less, but this is a good enough amount of

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<v Speaker 1>time that daily mishaps are absorbed into the overall experience.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other hand, you can see the finish line.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't feel infinite. If you really find yourself not

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<v Speaker 1>happy with how things are going, you can decide that

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<v Speaker 1>come December you will stop doing the thing guilt free.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be December before long. In many cases, people

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<v Speaker 1>quit things that could have worked out if they'd stuck

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<v Speaker 1>with it. In many cases, a little bit more resilience

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<v Speaker 1>and discipline would be wise. There are good returns to

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<v Speaker 1>not getting distracted too early. On the other hand, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to stick with things forever. So if there

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<v Speaker 1>is something you are thinking of trying, see if you

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<v Speaker 1>can structure the project to do it for three to

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<v Speaker 1>six months, you will learn a lot and may have

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<v Speaker 1>something new and wonderful in your life. Or if not,

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't wasted much time and you have probably learned something.

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<v Speaker 1>If you pay attention, like at least what you don't like.

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<v Speaker 1>Often that is worth knowing too. In the meantime, this

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

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas or feedback. You can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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