WEBVTT - This is resolution preseason

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

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<v Speaker 2>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 2>tip is that the next few weeks are the preseason

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<v Speaker 2>for resolutions. If you get a lot of New Year,

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<v Speaker 2>New Ye sorts of energy, consciously using the next few

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<v Speaker 2>weeks to practice your goals will get you in shape

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<v Speaker 2>to start the New year strong. So I love self

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<v Speaker 2>improvement in general, of course, which means I am fascinated

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<v Speaker 2>by the concept of New Year's resolutions. The traditional and

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps jaded thinking is that most of them fail, but

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the concept. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>I just think most people do it wrong. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of delusional thinking out there. Sometimes people set goals

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<v Speaker 2>that they don't actually want to do. Sometimes people haven't

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<v Speaker 2>thought through the constituent steps of their goals and the

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<v Speaker 2>logistics required to fit those steps into their lives. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes we believe that we will become entirely different people

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<v Speaker 2>on January first, somehow capable of doing feats that seemed

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<v Speaker 2>hard before. As someone who has kept a number of

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<v Speaker 2>New Year's resolutions, I do think it's quite possible to

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<v Speaker 2>set goals and follow through. But and this is a

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<v Speaker 2>big bud, we have to be realistic. New habits often

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<v Speaker 2>take a lot of practice, figuring out what works, what

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<v Speaker 2>is compelling, what fits with life, and doing these things

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<v Speaker 2>over and over again until they seem more rote. You

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<v Speaker 2>can ramp that up on January first, but if you'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to start out strong in the new year, another

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<v Speaker 2>option is to use these next few weeks as practice time.

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<v Speaker 2>For lots of sports, the official season is preceded by

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<v Speaker 2>a preseason. The teams practice and sometimes do some competitions

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<v Speaker 2>that don't officially count. The purpose of all of this

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<v Speaker 2>is to get in shape for the actual season by

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<v Speaker 2>approximating a lot of what happens when it's game time.

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<v Speaker 2>We can do this for resolutions as well. What could

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<v Speaker 2>you do in the next few weeks to get in

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<v Speaker 2>shape for your goals? How can you engage in the

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<v Speaker 2>behavior you are hoping.

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<v Speaker 1>To adopt in a low key way. One of my

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<v Speaker 1>goals for twenty twenty four is to listen to all

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<v Speaker 1>the works of Bach. So these days I am creating

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<v Speaker 1>a calendar of what I need to listen to each day,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm also experimenting with how the listening will fit

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<v Speaker 1>in my life, when can I listen to thirty to

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<v Speaker 1>forty minutes of Bach each day? I have started listening

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<v Speaker 1>to a few pieces while driving around or while doing

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<v Speaker 1>my daily stretching. I'm practicing what it will be like

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<v Speaker 1>to truly move forward with this resolution. Likewise, I am

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<v Speaker 1>resolving to do my back exercises every day in order

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<v Speaker 1>to strengthen my core in my back and hopefully solve

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<v Speaker 1>some back pain that I have been experiencing. So since

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<v Speaker 1>I know that is my resolution, I have gone ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and started it. Now, doing ten to fifteen minutes of

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<v Speaker 1>exercises and stretches each day, I see where it can

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<v Speaker 1>fit in. I have learned to put it on my

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<v Speaker 1>daily to do list so I don't forget it. By

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<v Speaker 1>the time New Year's Day rolls around, I will have

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<v Speaker 1>been doing these stretches for approximately six weeks in a row,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that turning it into a New Year's resolution

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<v Speaker 1>will mostly be about continuing the habit. How might you

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<v Speaker 1>treat the next few weeks as goals preseason? How could

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<v Speaker 1>you practice your resolutions so that come January first you

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<v Speaker 1>will be well positioned for success. There's absolutely nothing magical

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<v Speaker 1>about January first, but there also is something magical about January. First,

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<v Speaker 1>that said, it won't be magical if you don't set

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<v Speaker 1>yourself up to succeed. Treating the next few weeks as

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<v Speaker 1>your resolution preseason just might get you in the right mindset.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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