Hi I'm Daniel Tosh, host of a new podcast called Tosh Show.

I'll be interviewing people that I find interesting, so not celebrities, and certainly not

comedians. We'll be covering topics like religion, travel, sports, gambling, but mostly it will be about being a working

mother.

If you're looking for a podcast that will educate and inspire or one that will really make

you think, this isn't the one for you.

Listen to Toss Show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to

imagine your best possible self. Write about your ideal vision for your life at some specific point in the future,

and you'll start seeing practical ways to get there.

Today's tip, like several others this week,

comes from Sonia Lubamerski's book, The How of Happiness,

a scientific approach to getting the life you want.

Lubimerski provides several exercises like this best possible selves diary that are designed to boost optimism,

which in turn boosts happiness. Here's why optimism boosts happiness.

First, Lubimirski says,

if you're optimistic about the future, for example, you're confident that you'll be able

to achieve your lifelong goals, you will invest effort in reaching those goals. You will be more persistent

when you face setbacks. Second, Lubomirski writes, optimistic people are good copers.

Even at the worst of times they don't deny the situation

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