Put good things on repeat

Create days that you would want to live over and over again

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is to put good things on repeat. If you
enjoy something, notice that and figure out how to build

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it into your life frequently. That way, normal everyday time
can be as enjoyable as possible. So this episode is
first airing around Groundhog's Day, a somewhat made up holiday
in the US where we see whether there will be
six more weeks of winter based on whether a groundhog

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here in Pennsylvania sees his shadow. All very silly, however,
Groundhog Day was also a famous movie about a not
so nice gentleman forced to live the same day over
and over again. The question the movie poses, in its
own way, is how one should live if you were
going to live a day on repeat. Longtime listeners know

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that I like this question, which is why I do
an episode just about every Groundhog's Day. On this topic,
I love putting.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Big bucket list type activities like traveling to the Galopagos
into my schedule. But much of our happiness in life
is determined by how we are spending the hours on
a normal day. If we can figure out how to
upgrade these everyday minutes and hours, then life will be
more enjoyable. Basically, we want to create normal days that

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we could live over and over again and that would
continue to make us happy as we did so. So
today's tip is to figure out what small things create
bits of joy in your schedule, and then figure out
how you can make them happen a little more often.
For instance, and it's on a recent weekend day, I

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invited one of my kids to go to our local
Panera with me to work. It was a snowy day
and our local Panera has a nice fireplace. I got
some work done, my kid got some studying done, and
we spent time together.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
I enjoyed it. This is something I can probably do
with some of my older kids more frequently. A friend
and I have enjoyed hiking together on a local trail,
so now we aim to do this most weeks. It's
good to catch up, get some exercise, and spend time outside.

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I have also had some success squeezing bits of pleasure
and two kid activities. When I take my daughter to tennis,
there's a lovely little neighborhood nearby that I can walk
or run around. If I am picking my six year
old up at choir. I can stock buy the library
near there and have enough good books to make my
reading life better. If I turn on the gas fireplace

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in my office, I can make my work hours a
way little more cozy and pleasant. What little things do
you enjoy? Think back to the last few days, or
the last week or two. Was there anything that stood
out as pleasant? Was there anything that made you smile?
I think it is also worth experimenting with things, trying

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new stuff out to see what you like. If you
have never tried that deli that is slightly farther away
from your office, you might not know that this is
the perfect place for you and your best work friend
to start getting lunch every Thursday. But if you try
something like that and enjoy it, you can start to
make a habit of it. It can become a part

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of your groundhog day life, or at least your groundhog week.
How would you structure a week that you would want
to live over and over again? I don't know, but
asking the question might make a better life possible. In
the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening
to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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