WEBVTT - Sometimes, slow down

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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 slowing down sometimes, particularly if your

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<v Speaker 1>default mode is fast. Going deliberately slow can make time

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<v Speaker 1>feel more abundant. So as you might imagine, I generally

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<v Speaker 1>like to do things pretty quickly. I try to minimize

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<v Speaker 1>transition times so I can spend more time on the

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<v Speaker 1>things I care about. But occasionally, when I've got a

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<v Speaker 1>lighter day, I like to slow things down a little.

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<v Speaker 1>While emptying the dishwasher the other morning, I decided to

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<v Speaker 1>carry just two mugs at a time over to the

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<v Speaker 1>mug cupboard, because well, I didn't have anything I needed

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<v Speaker 1>to do urgently afterwards. I didn't need to try to

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<v Speaker 1>hoist four mugs over there and each load. Now, perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>this might have felt inefficient, and on some level it was,

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<v Speaker 1>But on another level, this slowness changed my perception of time.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt a little more open and expansive. Look at

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<v Speaker 1>me emptying the dishwasher inefficiently, I must have all the

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<v Speaker 1>time in the world. None of us has all the

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<v Speaker 1>time in the world, of course, but it can be

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<v Speaker 1>fun to feel that way. For the price of a

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<v Speaker 1>few extra seconds. So think if there is a situation

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<v Speaker 1>where you normally move fast where it might be possible

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<v Speaker 1>to move slow. Maybe it's staying an extra minute in

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<v Speaker 1>the shower. Maybe it's sitting for five extra minutes at lunch.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's not trying to get through the grocery store

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<v Speaker 1>as quickly as possible if you don't have anything you

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<v Speaker 1>immediately need to do. It' be fun to take things

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<v Speaker 1>a little slower, thinking about meal possibilities and seeing what

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<v Speaker 1>the grocery store has new this week. It might seem

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<v Speaker 1>obvious that it's fun to slow pleasant things down. I

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<v Speaker 1>read about a study once where people were told to

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<v Speaker 1>max out their enjoyment of a cookie. Almost universally, they

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<v Speaker 1>slowed down from a normal eating pace. That's straightforward. Making

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<v Speaker 1>the cookie last longer means more time is spent in

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<v Speaker 1>the enjoyment of that cookie. But I would argue that

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes even vaguely tedious things can benefit from a slow down.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because much of time is mental. It is not

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<v Speaker 1>that I want to spend more time in life emptying

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<v Speaker 1>the dishwasher. It's just that by demonstrating to myself that

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<v Speaker 1>I can slow down, if I want to I change

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<v Speaker 1>my perception of time. I am in control of it

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<v Speaker 1>and I have a lot of it so much I

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<v Speaker 1>can just throw it around. Those are generally good ways

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<v Speaker 1>to feel now. There is no need to go overboard

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<v Speaker 1>with this. Making quick transitions and doing things efficiently is

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<v Speaker 1>partly what makes my life with five kids and two

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<v Speaker 1>working parents possible. So that's why this episode is called

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes slow down, not all the time, but sometimes because

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit can go a long way 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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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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