WEBVTT - Practice your resolutions

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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 practice your New Year's resolutions before

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<v Speaker 1>the new year begins. By trying your resolutions out now

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<v Speaker 1>and troubleshooting problems, you increase the chances that you'll feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a pro when New Year's rolls around. So there's

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<v Speaker 1>a funny prayer attributed to Saint Augustine, Lord, grant me

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<v Speaker 1>chastity and countenance, But not yet. I think many of

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<v Speaker 1>us approach New Year's resolutions the same way. Since we

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<v Speaker 1>intend to eat healthily come January first, well, it's okay

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<v Speaker 1>to indulge a lot over the holidays. We plan to

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<v Speaker 1>start waking up early to exercise in the new years,

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<v Speaker 1>so best to sleep in now so we're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>rested for all that exercise that's going to take place.

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<v Speaker 1>But believe it or not, eating lots of desserts now

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<v Speaker 1>will not make it easier to transition to egg white

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<v Speaker 1>omelets in January. Nor will hitting snooze now set you

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<v Speaker 1>up for a sustainable early morning exercise routine in the

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<v Speaker 1>new year. You are not going to be a different

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<v Speaker 1>person in the new Year, you are not going to

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<v Speaker 1>have new fonts of willpower or new troubleshooting capabilities. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>you can set yourself up for success with your New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's resolutions by practicing those habits now. Think about how

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<v Speaker 1>basketball players do shooting drills right before a game begins,

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<v Speaker 1>and how baseball players throw and catch during their pregame

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<v Speaker 1>warm up. The athletes are getting in the groove so

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<v Speaker 1>that once play begins they're ready to play at their best.

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<v Speaker 1>In a similar vein whatever your intended habit is, start

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<v Speaker 1>practicing it now so that you're ready to succeed and

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<v Speaker 1>aren't starting from zero on January first. You have a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of momentum. You also have a sense of what

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<v Speaker 1>might go wrong, so you can make adjustments. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>it may take a few attempts to figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>time you need to get up to exercise before work,

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<v Speaker 1>taking into account travel time to and from the gym

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<v Speaker 1>and time for showering. Or if you've resolved to have

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<v Speaker 1>family dinners several nights each week, it may take a

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<v Speaker 1>little trial and error to figure out when together at

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<v Speaker 1>the table, considering everyone's afternoons and their bedtimes. You may

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<v Speaker 1>also want to experiment with when you start cooking and

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<v Speaker 1>your expectations for dinner time behavior. What's your response if

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<v Speaker 1>a kid asks to be excused five minutes after sitting down.

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<v Speaker 1>There are lots of great approaches to family dinner, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you figure out an approach or several approaches that

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<v Speaker 1>work for your family this year, you'll be ready to

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<v Speaker 1>rock family dinners in the new year. If you don't

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<v Speaker 1>practice your resolution before the new year and run into

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<v Speaker 1>issues during the first week of the new year, it's

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<v Speaker 1>easy to get to scouraged and abandon the whole attempt.

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<v Speaker 1>But by practicing your resolutions now, you can work out

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<v Speaker 1>any kinks before it counts, at least in the common

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<v Speaker 1>mental model. You start in a lower stakes model and

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<v Speaker 1>then ramp up, which by the way, is probably how

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's resolutions should start anyway, even if you do

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<v Speaker 1>start them on January one. But that said, I know

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<v Speaker 1>the fresh start effect is strong, so if you are

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to take advantage of this strong start, then do

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<v Speaker 1>your ramp up before like right now, now is always

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<v Speaker 1>a great time to start. 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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