Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to decide Saturday by Wednesday. By giving
Speaker 1: a little thought to your weekend a few days early,
Speaker 1: you vastly increase the chances of having well fun. I
Speaker 1: know many people feel so busy during the week that
Speaker 1: it's hard to think about the weekend. Then you get
Speaker 1: to the weekend with the vague hope of relaxing. But
Speaker 1: when you don't think about what you'd like to do
Speaker 1: with your time, time tends to get filled by other
Speaker 1: things chores, Aaron's, random email checks, or you don't take
Speaker 1: advantage of options that might be available, like trading off
Speaker 1: kid free time with your partner that requires making a plan.
Speaker 1: When it doesn't get discussed beforehand, either no one gets
Speaker 1: to do what they want, or people make assumptions and
Speaker 1: one party gets free time and the other gets resentful.
Speaker 1: All of this can be avoided with one simple habit.
Speaker 1: Think about Saturday on Wednesday. Set an alarm or recurring
Speaker 1: calendar reminder for some point on Wednesday. You only need
Speaker 1: a few minutes, and this need not be an ordeal.
Speaker 1: Think about what you'd like to do on the upcoming Saturday.
Speaker 1: Look at your calendar and see if there's anything already
Speaker 1: happening on Saturday that you need to be aware of.
Speaker 1: Then figure out any logistics coordinating with other family members,
Speaker 1: hiring a babysitter or swapping care with another family member,
Speaker 1: calling any friends you hope to see, making reservations for
Speaker 1: that canoe rental or whatever it is. Now. If you want,
Speaker 1: you can do the advanced version and think about Sunday too,
Speaker 1: But I find that if you know you're doing something
Speaker 1: fun on Saturday, then it can okay to let Sunday
Speaker 1: be a bit more free form. Even if you do
Speaker 1: nothing beyond scroll around online, at least Saturday gives you
Speaker 1: some answer to the question of what did you do
Speaker 1: this weekend. You can also do the really advanced version
Speaker 1: and do all your planning on Friday, looking all the
Speaker 1: way to the next weekend. This is what I aim
Speaker 1: to do, but well, it doesn't always happen. Plus stuff
Speaker 1: comes up during the week. Wednesday tends to be the
Speaker 1: sweet spot where you're close enough to the weekend to
Speaker 1: get a good sense of the landscape, but you're far
Speaker 1: enough back that you can probably get reservations or make
Speaker 1: plans with friends without them being booked up. Or you
Speaker 1: could hire a babysitter if you need one. But waiting
Speaker 1: until Saturday to think about Saturday will artificially limit your options.
Speaker 1: Rather than executing on a plan that you've already made,
Speaker 1: you'll have to come up with a plan, and often
Speaker 1: that involves a bit more effort. Then many of us
Speaker 1: can muster on a weekend morning, set a time on
Speaker 1: Wednesday to think through Saturday and you won't have this
Speaker 1: problem in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,
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