WEBVTT - It might be easy 

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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 recognize that sometimes things are easier

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<v Speaker 1>than you think. Sometimes, of course, they are harder, harder

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<v Speaker 1>than you imagined. But when we guess wrong, sometimes we

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<v Speaker 1>guess in ways that make things seem more difficult than

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<v Speaker 1>they turn out to be, and so we can maintain

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<v Speaker 1>some optimism because we won't know how hard they are

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<v Speaker 1>until we try. At some point this fall, I realized

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<v Speaker 1>after some research that the chronic sore throats and congestion

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<v Speaker 1>I've been experiencing might be a reaction to dairy products.

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<v Speaker 1>So I thought I would try cutting them out for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. And some parts of that seemed easy. I

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<v Speaker 1>like yogurt a lot, but there are other x I

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<v Speaker 1>like cereal with milk, but there are other breakfasts. My

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<v Speaker 1>morning coffee ritual, on the other hand, was an entirely

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<v Speaker 1>different matter. I have been putting milk in my coffee

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<v Speaker 1>since I began drinking coffee at age fifteen, which was

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<v Speaker 1>a while ago. A few years ago, I upgraded this

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<v Speaker 1>ritual to putting real cream in my coffee that thick,

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<v Speaker 1>rich cream in my coffee was what got me up

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning through some hard early years of children

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<v Speaker 1>who didn't really sleep. So I was wondering how on

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<v Speaker 1>earth I was going to change that ingrained habit. But

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<v Speaker 1>I tried drinking my coffee black one morning, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, it was fine. I did it the next morning,

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<v Speaker 1>also fine, And just like that, I realized that changing

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<v Speaker 1>this twenty seven year daily habit was going to be way,

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<v Speaker 1>way easier than I thought. Now it helped that I

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<v Speaker 1>actually did start to physically feel better. Pain turns out

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<v Speaker 1>to be a powerful motivator for habit change. But a

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<v Speaker 1>few months in I haven't been tempted to explore the

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<v Speaker 1>plethora of non dairy alternatives. Black coffee is great. What

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was a deeply ingreened habit was just something

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<v Speaker 1>I chose randomly at age fifteen and then never questioned.

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<v Speaker 1>Some things are hard, this was easy. Maybe you too

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<v Speaker 1>are thinking of making a big change. Maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 1>dietary change, or maybe it's shifting your sleeping schedule to

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<v Speaker 1>go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>giving up the snooze button or sugar in your coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's starting a new calendar process or a new workflow.

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<v Speaker 1>All of these things would be difficult. They could be

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<v Speaker 1>very difficult, But on the other hand, they might also

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<v Speaker 1>be not that hard. The truth is, you just don't

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<v Speaker 1>know until you try, and if you've never tried, you

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<v Speaker 1>won't know. If you don't try because you think this

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<v Speaker 1>will be hard, you'll never know how easy a change

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<v Speaker 1>might have been. I am not saying it will be,

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<v Speaker 1>but if I was able to stop drinking cream in

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<v Speaker 1>my coffee overnight after twenty seven years, then there might

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<v Speaker 1>be hope. This realization has given me a nudge to

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<v Speaker 1>look at other things that I just might be able

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<v Speaker 1>to change if I tried. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to or from you.

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