1 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,166 (upbeat music) 2 01:00:01,250 --> 01:00:02,166 Good morning. 3 01:00:04,041 --> 01:00:06,125 And welcome to Morning Cereal. 4 01:00:11,958 --> 01:00:12,916 Okay, good morning 5 01:00:12,916 --> 01:00:14,333 and welcome to Tuesday. 6 01:00:14,625 --> 01:00:16,708 You've already survived a Monday, 7 01:00:16,708 --> 01:00:17,875 the hardest part of the week. 8 01:00:18,291 --> 01:00:20,875 Well, today is powered by caffeine, hope, 9 01:00:20,875 --> 01:00:22,625 and the promise of maybe 10 01:00:22,625 --> 01:00:24,291 going to bed earlier tonight, 11 01:00:24,791 --> 01:00:25,708 even though we all know 12 01:00:25,708 --> 01:00:27,041 that's just not gonna happen. 13 01:00:27,500 --> 01:00:28,625 Well, let's roll into 14 01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:29,791 the day with our quote 15 01:00:30,916 --> 01:00:31,875 who said, quote, 16 01:00:32,208 --> 01:00:34,166 "If you really love something, 17 01:00:34,375 --> 01:00:36,416 "you should try to preserve it the best 18 01:00:36,416 --> 01:00:37,625 you can," end quote. 19 01:00:38,125 --> 01:00:39,041 Now this is simple, 20 01:00:39,041 --> 01:00:40,333 it's soft, and it's true. 21 01:00:40,791 --> 01:00:41,666 Whether it's a talent 22 01:00:41,666 --> 01:00:43,000 of yours, a relationship, 23 01:00:43,583 --> 01:00:45,125 or maybe just your sanity, 24 01:00:45,625 --> 01:00:47,000 take care of what matters 25 01:00:47,208 --> 01:00:49,166 before life distracts 26 01:00:49,166 --> 01:00:50,375 you into forgetting it. 27 01:00:50,791 --> 01:00:52,541 All right, here are your four moments 28 01:00:52,541 --> 01:00:55,000 that matter for December 2nd. 29 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:55,791 Starting at number one 30 01:00:55,791 --> 01:00:57,125 here and back in 1982, 31 01:00:57,666 --> 01:00:58,458 doctors at the 32 01:00:58,458 --> 01:01:00,458 University of Utah Medical Center 33 01:01:00,791 --> 01:01:01,625 well, they implanted 34 01:01:01,625 --> 01:01:03,208 the very first permanent 35 01:01:03,541 --> 01:01:04,791 artificial heart in the 36 01:01:04,791 --> 01:01:06,041 chest of retired dentist, 37 01:01:06,458 --> 01:01:07,875 Dr. Barney Clark, who 38 01:01:07,875 --> 01:01:10,083 lived 112 days with the device. 39 01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:11,333 All right, number two, 40 01:01:11,708 --> 01:01:14,333 today is World Pollution Prevention Day. 41 01:01:14,708 --> 01:01:15,583 So what can you do? 42 01:01:15,583 --> 01:01:16,708 You can plant a tree, 43 01:01:16,708 --> 01:01:17,833 maybe do some recycling, 44 01:01:18,208 --> 01:01:19,458 but it's important that 45 01:01:19,458 --> 01:01:20,791 we hand this planet off 46 01:01:20,791 --> 01:01:21,916 to the next generation 47 01:01:21,916 --> 01:01:23,875 in a better shape, right? 48 01:01:23,875 --> 01:01:24,416 Not worse. 49 01:01:25,333 --> 01:01:26,125 All right, number three, 50 01:01:26,208 --> 01:01:27,333 the number one song on 51 01:01:27,333 --> 01:01:29,458 this date back in 1988 was 52 01:01:29,833 --> 01:01:32,291 "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. 53 01:01:32,666 --> 01:01:34,208 Has this not already been on? 54 01:01:34,208 --> 01:01:35,083 I mean, holy cow. 55 01:01:35,500 --> 01:01:36,916 All right, now I know you know this song. 56 01:01:36,916 --> 01:01:38,416 This is the main theme love 57 01:01:38,416 --> 01:01:39,833 song from the movie Titanic, 58 01:01:40,458 --> 01:01:41,708 and it is hard to beat. 59 01:01:42,125 --> 01:01:43,458 I love my Celine. 60 01:01:43,916 --> 01:01:44,708 All right, number four, 61 01:01:44,708 --> 01:01:45,750 happy birthday to you if 62 01:01:45,750 --> 01:01:46,708 today is your birthday. 63 01:01:47,125 --> 01:01:49,125 You share it with singer, songwriter, 64 01:01:49,208 --> 01:01:50,208 and someone with 65 01:01:50,208 --> 01:01:51,791 perfect pitch, Charlie Puth, 66 01:01:51,791 --> 01:01:53,250 he's just 34 today. 67 01:01:53,791 --> 01:01:56,208 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he's 42 today. 68 01:01:56,708 --> 01:01:57,708 Pop icon and cultural 69 01:01:57,708 --> 01:02:00,500 phenomenon, Britney Spears, 44 today. 70 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:01,791 Singer and songwriter, 71 01:02:02,041 --> 01:02:03,750 Nellie Furtado, she's 46 today. 72 01:02:04,250 --> 01:02:05,375 And actress and producer, 73 01:02:05,583 --> 01:02:08,000 Lucy Liu, she's 56 today. 74 01:02:08,625 --> 01:02:10,708 Well, let's jump into our book review now 75 01:02:10,708 --> 01:02:13,125 in today's chapter from Mel Robbins, 76 01:02:13,125 --> 01:02:14,541 the Let Them Theory, it's 77 01:02:14,541 --> 01:02:15,500 gonna hit home with you. 78 01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:17,583 We are in the sub-chapter, 79 01:02:17,958 --> 01:02:19,833 "The Great Scattering," okay? 80 01:02:20,500 --> 01:02:21,375 Robbins describes 81 01:02:21,375 --> 01:02:23,000 that moment in adulthood 82 01:02:23,291 --> 01:02:24,250 when friendships, when 83 01:02:24,250 --> 01:02:26,458 routines and familiar rhythms, 84 01:02:26,458 --> 01:02:28,041 they start spreading out 85 01:02:28,041 --> 01:02:29,625 like confetti in the wind. 86 01:02:30,041 --> 01:02:30,875 She writes, quote, 87 01:02:31,083 --> 01:02:32,666 "Everyone you love gets scattered 88 01:02:32,666 --> 01:02:35,000 by jobs, moves, marriages, 89 01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,125 kids, stress, and life choices, 90 01:02:37,416 --> 01:02:40,000 and you never saw it coming," end quote. 91 01:02:40,500 --> 01:02:42,000 Now, this isn't a tragedy. 92 01:02:42,333 --> 01:02:44,708 It's simply what adulthood does. 93 01:02:44,708 --> 01:02:45,458 We're growing up. 94 01:02:46,041 --> 01:02:47,208 Robbins paints this 95 01:02:47,208 --> 01:02:48,458 picture with compassion, 96 01:02:48,875 --> 01:02:50,041 noting how we often 97 01:02:50,041 --> 01:02:52,041 panic or blame ourselves 98 01:02:52,333 --> 01:02:55,250 when friends drift, when circles change, 99 01:02:55,250 --> 01:02:57,541 or when the people we once saw daily 100 01:02:57,625 --> 01:02:59,958 simply become harder to reach, right? 101 01:03:00,291 --> 01:03:02,000 What's the key insight here? 102 01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:03,291 Well, she says, quote, 103 01:03:03,291 --> 01:03:04,291 "The scattering doesn't 104 01:03:04,291 --> 01:03:05,625 mean anyone loves you less. 105 01:03:05,875 --> 01:03:08,500 It means life has expanded," end quote. 106 01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:10,833 Now, Robbins reminds us that friendships, 107 01:03:11,166 --> 01:03:13,208 they don't vanish, they reshape 108 01:03:13,208 --> 01:03:14,250 themselves, they stretch, 109 01:03:14,583 --> 01:03:15,500 they adjust to the 110 01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:16,750 realities of adulthood, 111 01:03:16,750 --> 01:03:18,041 which is full of 112 01:03:18,041 --> 01:03:19,541 competing priorities, right? 113 01:03:19,541 --> 01:03:20,541 We all know what those are. 114 01:03:21,083 --> 01:03:23,166 So instead of fighting the scattering, 115 01:03:23,708 --> 01:03:25,333 she urges us to honor it. 116 01:03:25,666 --> 01:03:26,708 It's an invitation to 117 01:03:26,708 --> 01:03:28,208 grow ourselves too, right? 118 01:03:28,333 --> 01:03:31,000 To find new circles, new support, 119 01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,000 and new layers to our identity. 120 01:03:33,583 --> 01:03:34,791 Now, one of her most 121 01:03:34,791 --> 01:03:36,291 powerful lines in this section 122 01:03:36,500 --> 01:03:39,291 is this, quote, "You don't lose people, 123 01:03:39,541 --> 01:03:41,458 you evolve alongside them, 124 01:03:41,458 --> 01:03:42,833 even when your paths 125 01:03:42,833 --> 01:03:44,916 aren't parallel," end quote. 126 01:03:45,458 --> 01:03:47,458 Now, this chapter is a deep breath. 127 01:03:47,833 --> 01:03:49,083 It gives us permission to 128 01:03:49,083 --> 01:03:50,666 stop resenting the distance 129 01:03:50,875 --> 01:03:52,083 and start appreciating 130 01:03:52,083 --> 01:03:53,500 the moments that we do get. 131 01:03:53,875 --> 01:03:55,875 Okay, here is your Tuesday takeaway. 132 01:03:56,458 --> 01:03:59,166 The great scattering, it isn't personal. 133 01:03:59,541 --> 01:04:00,958 It's part of growing up. 134 01:04:01,333 --> 01:04:02,916 So let people expand 135 01:04:02,916 --> 01:04:04,708 without taking it as a loss. 136 01:04:05,333 --> 01:04:07,041 All right, well, let's let Tuesday 137 01:04:07,041 --> 01:04:08,458 scatter in the best way. 138 01:04:08,833 --> 01:04:10,375 Let the good moments find you 139 01:04:10,375 --> 01:04:11,583 and let the stressful moments 140 01:04:11,583 --> 01:04:13,500 just drift out like confetti. 141 01:04:14,125 --> 01:04:16,000 We will see you back here tomorrow for 142 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,166 more morning cereal. 143 01:04:17,500 --> 01:04:18,583 Thanks for joining us today. 144 01:04:18,666 --> 01:04:21,291 And until then, have a fantastic day. 145 01:04:22,708 --> 01:04:24,291 Don't forget to follow and subscribe 146 01:04:24,291 --> 01:04:25,791 to the morning cereal podcast 147 01:04:25,791 --> 01:04:27,708 on the One Life Live It channel. 148 01:04:28,291 --> 01:04:29,958 You can find more episodes and videos 149 01:04:29,958 --> 01:04:31,416 by visiting our YouTube channel 150 01:04:31,583 --> 01:04:32,666 and the website at 151 01:04:32,666 --> 01:04:35,250 seaningless and at seaningless.com, 152 01:04:35,541 --> 01:04:36,375 where you can also 153 01:04:36,375 --> 01:04:37,833 follow our other podcasts, 154 01:04:38,125 --> 01:04:39,333 the Mr. and Mrs. English podcast 155 01:04:39,833 --> 01:04:41,041 and the Life Happens podcast. 156 01:04:41,875 --> 01:04:44,000 And these other podcasts will dive deeper 157 01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:44,916 into everyday issues, 158 01:04:45,208 --> 01:04:46,416 self-improvement and well-being, 159 01:04:46,625 --> 01:04:47,500 business and finance, 160 01:04:48,041 --> 01:04:49,750 and we welcome special guests too. 161 01:04:50,208 --> 01:04:51,000 So join us. 162 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,250 It will be a good time, I promise. 163 01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:53,875 Thanks again for listening. 164 01:04:54,041 --> 01:04:55,625 Have a fantastic day and 165 01:04:55,625 --> 01:04:56,166 we'll see you tomorrow.