1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 2: Good Morning. 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: tip is to be done by Thursday. If you work 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: from Monday to Friday work week, aiming to be done 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: with most of your work duties by the end of 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: Thursday will buy you breathing room for things to go 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: wrong or to go very right. Longtime listeners know that, 9 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: at least for information type jobs, I advocate keeping Friday 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: as open as possible. This isn't so you can take 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: a long weekend, though of course that's nice from time 12 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: to time too. The idea is that most of us 13 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: benefit from having open space in our schedules. We don't 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: know on Monday all the things we will need to 15 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: do by the end of the week. If every minute 16 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: is already spoken for, then there is no place to 17 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: put anything new that comes up. That means not scheduling 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: meetings for Friday until you get to Friday and find 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: you really need to have them, But it also means 20 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: not having a full plate of things to get caught 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: up on. Some work duties are time specific. If you 22 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: have to file something daily, then obviously you can't do 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: it on Thursday for Friday, but some things are not 24 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: time specific. Ideally, you should construct your work schedule so 25 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: that everything that is not time specific is done by 26 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: the end of Thursday. So if you have to write 27 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: a report every week, get it done by the end 28 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: of Thursday. If you need to check in with your 29 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: clients once a week, do that by the end of Thursday. 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: Anything that you have to do regularly should be finished 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: by the time you end work Thursday afternoon or evening. 32 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: That way, Friday is actually really open. This habit does 33 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: a few things. First, you have a buffer if any 34 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: of your regular work duties take longer than usual, when 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: enough time is built in to do it by the 36 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: end of Thursday. Then if it takes longer, you still 37 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: have Friday to deal with it. If something big comes 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 1: up during the week, you also have time to deal 39 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: with it and your regular work duties. The big thing 40 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: might have displaced something from earlier in the week, but 41 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: there is space to get caught up on Friday. You 42 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: weren't counting on having that Friday for anything else. That 43 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: big thing could be a problem, an emergency you have 44 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: to deal with, but it could also be something really cool. 45 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: Maybe you get an inquiry about a really exciting new project, 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: or a client announces she'll be in town and. 47 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: Wants to meet. You can say yes, knowing that any 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: regular work duties that are displayed can be dealt with 49 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: on Friday without borrowing time from the next week, which 50 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: will no doubt have crises of its own. Getting it 51 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: done by Thursday also means that you have more mental 52 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 2: space on Friday. Many of us claim we'd like to 53 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: have more time to think. Friday can be that time 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 2: you can come up with ideas or think about how 55 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: you'd like to do things better. You can reach out 56 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: to people or maybe read that email a little closer 57 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: and see that the person is suggesting something that might 58 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: actually be really cool. You follow up and it leads 59 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: to an opportunity. In a world where people feel starved 60 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: for time, having some open space can make time feel luxurious. 61 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: We feel time rich. But all it really takes to 62 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 2: get to that state is making sure that whatever has 63 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: to happen has a time to happen earlier in the week. 64 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: Get it done by Thursday, and you'll find your work 65 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: life in general feeling more productive and less stressful. In 66 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: the meantime. This is Laura Thanks for listening, and here's 67 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: to making the most of our time. 68 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, 69 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura 70 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: vandercam dot com. 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