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

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is about one upside of daily habits that are truly daily.

You know that even if you do nothing else on any particular day, you will have done your daily habits.

If you choose these habits well, that can make for a reasonably

productive day. So like everyone, I have days that feel frustrating. Sometimes this is because I

lack energy to do anything of consequence. Sometimes it's because of other circumstances. There was one particular

day recently that prompted this episode when I had a number of important conversations scheduled,

and all of them got canceled or didn't feature everyone they should have to make a decision,

because of various illnesses and such things

going around. Like I said, frustrating. But I do have a few things I do every single day as steps

toward long-term goals. I read a little bit in my year-long reading project. This year, it's all the works of Jane Austen.

And I write a little bit in my year-long writing project.

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