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Terms apply. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning, this is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that when you are trying out a new habit or routine, develop a spirit of iteration.
Don't assume that if things go wrong, you have to quit.
It may be that with a few tweaks or a new approach, your routine might work after all.
Today's tip comes from Sarah Hart Unger who is the co -host on my other podcast, Best of Both Worlds.
When Sarah was a guest on a long -form episode of this podcast, she suggested that new habits should be approached with a spirit of iteration.
Don't assume that a habit will work perfectly the first time around.
You may need to experiment to find the best way to make it work for you.
So, for example, maybe you have read somewhere that family meals are supposed to be good for kids, so you decide your family is going to have dinner together every night.
You cook a nice dinner on Monday, which your kids promptly reject and demand grapes and string cheese instead.
You could give up and announce that family dinner isn't for you.
But maybe you can approach this situation with a spirit of iteration.
Maybe family dinner doesn't mean that everyone has the same dinner.
Maybe you serve everything family -style and people choose what they want and skip what they don't.
Or maybe you cook for you and your appreciative partner and the kid with the adventurous taste buds and let the others eat buttered noodles and sliced apples every night.
Even if your plates look different, you are still eating together.
Or you can adopt my mantra that three times a week is a habit.
You eat together three times a week, understanding that family meals don't always have to be dinner.
You can have pizza on Friday night, which everyone likes, plus pancakes Sunday morning, and dinner Wednesday night out at that restaurant that has the buffet everyone can tolerate.
You are still eating together, and maybe this routine can work for you after all.
Of course, you may discover some habits don't actually work in real life, and that's fine.
But it's wise to invest a little time in trial and error before you write things off altogether.
Having a spirit of iteration also means noticing when a habit that has been great for you isn't anymore.
The Monday morning run with your neighbor that has been an anchor of your week for years may not be so great when you get a new job with a 30 -minute commute.
After three Mondays in a row of scrambling to get out the door on time, you may realize that what is supposed to be a grounding, enjoyable start to the week just isn't anymore.
So you need to adjust.
Maybe you start your run 15 minutes earlier or run a shorter route.
Or maybe you run Sunday mornings instead of Mondays.
Or maybe you decide to have a quick coffee Monday mornings instead.
Just remember that a habit that worked for a while can change when necessary.
You can iterate. Tweaks to habits and routines may be especially needed after changes to your schedule, like if you move or your kids go to a new school with a different start time.
But even if your schedule stays the same, routines may need to adjust if your priorities change.
We probably aren't the same people we were five years ago, and our routines can evolve too.
In general, developing a spirit of iteration means you are expecting your life to be dynamic, not static.
You are curious and open to change.
Ultimately, that means things are more likely to eventually work.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's 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 .lauravandercam .com.
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