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Welcome to Before Breakfast,

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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that if you are trying

to regain a past level of performance,

consider when you were last there.

If it has been a minute,

consider whether the goal is still attainable.

It might be if you recreate those conditions,

or you might need to adjust it.

But either way, that is good to know.

So oftentimes, people set goals to do something

that they used to be able to do.

For instance, someone who used to run

and has been out of running for a while,

might set a goal to run a 5K again.

Or perhaps the goal is even more ambitious.

The person wants to run a 25 minute 5K,

which is their own personal best.

You might have put on a few pounds

and want to get back to what you think of yourself as weighing.

You might feel perpetually behind on life management tasks,

and you recall that a few years ago,

you seemed to have good systems for all these things.

If you are thinking about any of these goals,

it is wise to ask when you were last there.

If you achieved something in the past,

what did life look like then?

Did you last weigh 130 pounds, six years,

and three children ago?

Did you last feel caught up

with a particular set of systems three years ago

before your big promotion?

Have you run at your goal rate

since you tore your miniscus a few years ago?

It's easy to assume that if you met a goal once,

you can meet it again.

And I do think it's likely that a skill

or activity you used to do faithfully

is one you can get back into.

If you recreate the conditions,

I've been thrilled to see that I've been able to get back

into singing like I did in college

by practicing as much now as I did in college.

I may even be better at sight reading than I used to be

since I have more years of experience now.

But the key here is that I am practicing as much as I was then.

I sang in a choir for two hours, three times a week in college,

and I now sing on Monday nights,

Thursday nights, and Sunday mornings with various groups.

Plus other time practicing on my own.

Now that would not have been possible

when my kids were littler.

It would not have been realistic to have a goal

to do as much singing back then.

Likewise, when you think about when you last hit a goal,

you may see that it would be wiser to modify the goal

or perhaps set a different one.

I mean, it could still be a cool goal.

You might set a goal to win an age group award

in a local 5K.

But if you are 49 years old,

you are probably not going to win the race outright,

even if you could have done it when you were 25.

Best to set a goal that is achievable in life as it is.

And if the goal is going to require time,

think about how much time you actually have.

Can you replicate the amount of time you put into your goal

in a different phase of life?

You might get there again.

Lots of people rediscover hobbies

once their kids are in school

or are able to entertain themselves

or perhaps even stay home by themselves.

Time starts to open up.

Not all goals need to be relics of the past.

But it's important to know which ones are

and which ones aren't.

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.

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