Second Cup: Someday you'll be telling this story

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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This mindset can make a long process less discouraging

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:07.4	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:12.9	Good morning.
0:15.0	This is Laura.
0:17.2	Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
0:25.4	Today's tip is about one way to keep plotting along toward a goal,
0:34.5	even if the process feels discouraging or unpleasant. You can tell yourself that someday you will be telling this story, and all this muddling through will just be the obstacles that the hero had to face on his journey.
0:44.6	The outcome is certain.
0:48.0	What's going on now is just making the plot more interesting.
0:55.3	So not long ago, I had a conversation with a friend who was finding dating incredibly
1:00.7	discouraging. It was all the usual complaints. People weren't who they said they were. People
1:07.9	didn't show up, or they ghosted.
1:17.5	I said something along the lines that dating was terrible until the moment it wasn't.
1:22.1	When you met that person who you could see building a life with.
1:25.6	So how does one get through the rough stuff?
1:31.1	One option is to picture yourself with this future Mr. or Mrs. Wright.
1:37.0	The two of you are deeply in love, sharing a happy moment together.
1:43.0	You are laughing about all the ridiculous dates both of you went on with other people until you met each other.
1:46.1	Someday, you will be telling this story.
1:50.0	All this messiness just becomes material.
1:55.8	Same thing with job hunting.
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