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Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,

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Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the

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Speaker 1: new world of work, where location and hours are more

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Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to find

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Speaker 1: ways to savor your Monday lunch break. Mondays can be hard,

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Speaker 1: but by putting something intentionally enjoyable into the middle of

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Speaker 1: your workday, you make the start of the work week

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Speaker 1: feel far more doable. So if you're working remotely and flexibly,

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Speaker 1: Mondays may feel better now than they did in the past.

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Speaker 1: Part of that Monday morning dread almost always stemmed from

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Speaker 1: a stressful commute. If you're working from home, that's gone.

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Speaker 1: But even without the cold and the rain and the traffic,

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Speaker 1: it can be hard to transition into work mode from

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Speaker 1: a really good weekend break that is, the next weekend

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Speaker 1: can seem a long time in the future. But there's

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Speaker 1: a simple way around this. Plan something fun pretty soon

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Speaker 1: into your Monday workday. Lunch offers a good spot for this.

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Speaker 1: You're only a few hours in, and anyone can make

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Speaker 1: it through a few hours, right. That's a small wait

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Speaker 1: for something you find genuinely enjoyable. There are lots of

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Speaker 1: ways to savor your Monday lunch break. I like to

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Speaker 1: plan a really good meal. We often grill over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: so my Monday lunch will be leftover steak with either

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Speaker 1: veggies or on a salad. A really good grilled steak

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Speaker 1: makes a salad taste a lot more pleasant, so this

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Speaker 1: is a big win in my book. You can order

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Speaker 1: from your favorite restaurant, or if in person dining is available,

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Speaker 1: This can be a great time to go out, maybe

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Speaker 1: with any family members who are also working from home.

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Speaker 1: But good food isn't the only option for savoring. You

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Speaker 1: might intentionally build in a longer break and go for

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Speaker 1: a or walk somewhere lovely near your house. You can

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Speaker 1: carve out twenty minutes to read a good book or

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Speaker 1: enjoy a favorite magazine if you're working from home. Various

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Speaker 1: other options present themselves, too, like taking a twenty minute

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Speaker 1: bubble bath or a nap, Go browse a favorite bookstore

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Speaker 1: or nearby museum. Just choose something you are genuinely going

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Speaker 1: to look forward to. Plan ahead. Don't tell yourself, well,

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Speaker 1: I'll come up with something fun on Monday morning, you

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Speaker 1: won't feel like thinking about it. Planning ahead also allows

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Speaker 1: you to spend more time looking forward to the good

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Speaker 1: stuff On Sunday night, you want to find yourself thinking wow,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait until my Monday lunch break instead of

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Speaker 1: darn Monday again. And then this is key guard this space. Well,

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Speaker 1: it is so easy to give lunch away someone wants

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Speaker 1: to meet, or a project is taking longer than you expected.

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Speaker 1: But if you want to reap the benefits of savoring

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Speaker 1: Monday lunch, you need to trust that you won't just

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Speaker 1: give it away for nothing. You are probably better off

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Speaker 1: working a little later into the evening rather than giving

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Speaker 1: up your planned fun So today and moving forward, think

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Speaker 1: about what would make your Monday lunch break so enjoyable

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Speaker 1: that Monday mornings will start to seem exciting. If you

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Speaker 1: can pull that off, well, you will have a whole

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Speaker 1: lot more happiness in your working life. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to succeeding

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