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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is about one way to spend less time worrying. Recall how many problems

you are past self-worried about that are no longer problems.

You have solved plenty of challenges in your life or at least you have outlived them.

So most likely you will deal with whatever problem is vexing you now.

I was thinking the other day of the year I spent living in Washington, D.C. right after college.

I was doing a year-long internship which resulted in some pretty cool professional opportunities.

In terms of time, I had more freedom than I have ever had since.

I used it to explore the city, go to a lot of museums,

read through a list of the greatest novels of the 20th century, and so forth.

In retrospect, that all sounds pretty idyllic.

But as I think more carefully about it now, I recall that I had plenty of angst at the time.

For one thing, my take home pay was $1,200 a month and I am not that old.

So I was thinking about money or more specifically my lack of it a lot.

I was single at the time and went on a lot of dates but many were quite terrible.

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