Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that while results might not be immediate, when
Speaker 1: you do things day after day, they do add up.
Speaker 1: Over time, things will move in the right direction. Today's
Speaker 1: tip comes from an interview James Clear did on Peter
Speaker 1: Attia's podcast. Clear, who is the author of Atomic Habits,
Speaker 1: said that over long time horizons, your results tend to
Speaker 1: bend in the direction of your habits. I think this
Speaker 1: phrase is an encouraging one because the words long time
Speaker 1: horizon and tend make it clear what we are up against.
Speaker 1: Change can take a lot long time. These words normalize
Speaker 1: that results are not guaranteed to be immediate. Sadly, you
Speaker 1: can't take one day off from drinking soda or alcohol
Speaker 1: and expect your entire life to change. There are no
Speaker 1: promises of seeing results in seven days or even seven months.
Speaker 1: Tend to bend also means that not all movement will
Speaker 1: be in the direction of their desired results. You can
Speaker 1: definitely see setbacks. You might be trying to build more
Speaker 1: local friendships, so you put a lot of time into
Speaker 1: cultivating a friendship with someone local and then she moves.
Speaker 1: You put a lot of effort into starting a running habit,
Speaker 1: and then you get injured. These things can be incredibly discouraging,
Speaker 1: but if you keep at it, most likely you will
Speaker 1: eventually move in the right direction. You just need to
Speaker 1: stick with it. Personally, I'm trying to build the habit
Speaker 1: of strength training as a forty somethingter woman with a
Speaker 1: history of back issues, I know I need to build
Speaker 1: my muscle strength to avoid pain and injury. In twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, I started doing a weekly strength session with
Speaker 1: a virtual trainer. I usually repeat what we do together
Speaker 1: in another session or two on my own each week.
Speaker 1: Trust me, I do not love it. Alert listeners might
Speaker 1: also remember that I had a massive back pain episode
Speaker 1: in early twenty twenty four, which was one year into
Speaker 1: serious strength training. This was discouraging for sure, but over
Speaker 1: time one does get stronger. I've noticed that I am
Speaker 1: able to pick up my five year old more easily
Speaker 1: these days, even as he gets bigger. Results tend to
Speaker 1: bend in the direction of your habits. So if there
Speaker 1: is a result you want in your life, identify wi
Speaker 1: fie little ways you could move yourself in that direction,
Speaker 1: and then just be patient, notice little changes if you
Speaker 1: possibly can. Maybe they won't happen today, probably not tomorrow either,
Speaker 1: but eventually the movement will be clear. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach
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