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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that you can cultivate a Saturday vibe any

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Speaker 1: day of the week. It's good to feel relaxed, no

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Speaker 1: matter what else is going on. Indeed, a little relaxation

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Speaker 1: might actually make you more creative if you leave yourself

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Speaker 1: open to that possibility. So most June's I have used

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Speaker 1: the phrase that June is the Friday night of summer,

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Speaker 1: all is new and the future is full of possibility,

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Speaker 1: but I had never really continued with that metaphor. If

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Speaker 1: June is Friday, then July is Saturday. I think a

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Speaker 1: Saturday mindset sounds like a positive thing. If you picture

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Speaker 1: a typical Saturday, there is probably some stuff you need

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Speaker 1: to do, but you are also trying to relax, to connect,

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Speaker 1: and to have some fun as well. I think it

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Speaker 1: is possible to cultivate a Saturday vibe any day of

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Speaker 1: the week. I have certainly been trying to do that

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Speaker 1: this summer. Since my kids' camps start a little later

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Speaker 1: than school, I've been enjoying setting my alarm a little

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Speaker 1: later too, but not so much later that I can't

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Speaker 1: get up and enjoy a quiet cup of coffee off

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Speaker 1: and outside before my workday begins. I've been taking the

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Speaker 1: kids in the pool most nights. An evening activity makes

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Speaker 1: any day feel like a weekend, even if it really isn't.

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Speaker 1: As for work, I've been allowing myself to work at

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Speaker 1: what I consider a relaxed pace. Now, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 1: the same amount of stuff still needs to get done

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Speaker 1: as it does any other time of year. But I

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Speaker 1: have found that by creating a limited to do list

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Speaker 1: for any given day and then actually getting all of

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Speaker 1: it done, time can feel more spacious. I can go

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Speaker 1: find other things to do when I finish, and I

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Speaker 1: often do, but it all feels like a bonus. How

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Speaker 1: productive we feel is almost always more about mindset than

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Speaker 1: anything else. Perhaps you too, might try to cultivate a

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Speaker 1: Saturday vibe. Can you ease into your day? That might

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Speaker 1: involve waking up a little bit earlier, but sometimes that's

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Speaker 1: all right, especially if you get to bed on time.

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Speaker 1: Can you limit what makes it onto your calendar each day?

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Speaker 1: Probably maybe one of those meetings as in adding a

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Speaker 1: whole lot of value. Perhaps it can go. Maybe you

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Speaker 1: can put a little bit more thought into dinner like

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Speaker 1: you might on a weekend and have a relaxed meal

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Speaker 1: at night. The party can't go on too long if

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Speaker 1: you have worked the next day, but having some intention

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Speaker 1: for the evening makes any evening feel more festive. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's a walk around the neighborhood. Maybe it's visiting that

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Speaker 1: new gelato place. Maybe it's having the neighbors over to

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Speaker 1: chat on the porch. If you've got little kids, make

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Speaker 1: sure you have at least a little bit of time

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Speaker 1: where you don't need to be on constant vigilance. Trade

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Speaker 1: off with your partner, or go for a fifteen minute

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Speaker 1: walk after work and before you pick them up from

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Speaker 1: day care, or at least really note how much time

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Speaker 1: you have after they go to bed, and before you do,

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Speaker 1: celebrate that time like you would a Saturday night party.

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Speaker 1: It's good to feel relaxed. Certainly, it's better than feeling

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Speaker 1: like a giant ball of stress. And curiously, I find

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Speaker 1: that when I am relaxed, I'm more creative. I entertain

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Speaker 1: ideas as they come without worrying about whether I have

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Speaker 1: the right one. I do a little bit here and there,

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Speaker 1: and it all adds up to something. There's some neuroscience

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Speaker 1: research to back this up. When the mind is relaxed,

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Speaker 1: that's when it tends to piece things together and sort

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Speaker 1: through problems. Stress narrows your vision, Relaxation opens things up.

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Speaker 1: So why not cultivate a Saturday vibe even if it's Monday.

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Speaker 1: There is no reason to be stressed out. Not all

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Speaker 1: days can be Saturday, but perhaps they can feel like

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Speaker 1: it in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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