1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: tip is to start your weekend early. By treating the 4 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: entire day of Friday as part of the weekend, at 5 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: least mentally, you might be able to make this day 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: feel more special and more fun. So I tend to 7 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: be responsible for making the weekend schedule in my family. 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: On a recent weekend, I saw that Saturday and Sunday 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: involved a lot of driving kids around and not a 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: whole lot of things that were going to be fun 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: for me. Sometimes that is just life. But then, before 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: I started feeling sorry for myself, I looked at what 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: was happening Friday and remembered that I was meeting a 14 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 1: friend for lunch, and I had scheduled a massage right 15 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: before the usual end of my workday. Saturday and Sunday 16 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: weren't going to be particularly amazing. Indeed, I was going 17 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: to be working for about two hours on Sunday afternoon, 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: but I was certainly having some fun. I was just 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: starting my weekend fun early. Now I realized that some 20 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: people don't have any flexibility during their Friday work schedules, 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: though a lot of people listening to this podcast probably do. 22 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: Even if you need to be at your workplace all day, though, 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: you might try thinking that the weekend starts on Friday 24 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: and think about what that might inspire. For instance, you 25 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: might ask a work friend to go to lunch with you. 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: You might deliberately leave some open space to work on 27 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: your favorite projects. Maybe you would choose upbeat music or 28 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: a favorite funny podcast to listen to on your commute. 29 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: Both ways, you might choose more fun activities for your breaks, 30 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: reading a good book instead of scrolling around online. You 31 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: are cultivating a weekend vibe early. If you work at 32 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: home on Fridays, which post pandemic I know a lot 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: of people do, then you have more options. Think about 34 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: what could make the day feel special and a little 35 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: more fun. Maybe you plan to stop working around four 36 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: pm to go for a run or a walk. You 37 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: could take a shorter lunch break to make that possible. 38 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: Or you could work three to five pm but take 39 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: a longer lunch break. Go have a little adventure, go 40 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: peru as a bookstore, take a favorite midday exercise class. 41 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: If your spouse is also working from home, have lunch together, 42 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: or if your kids are taking the bus home, you 43 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: could both stop at four and have a happy hour 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: drink together, especially if your weekend features a lot of 45 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: have to dos. Starting the weekend vibe on Friday during 46 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: the workday can make life feel a lot more in joyable. 47 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: If you have kids, your kids are probably somewhere else, 48 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: whether at school or daycare or with the sitter, so 49 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: you might actually have more flexibility for your personal fun 50 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: on Friday than you would on Saturday or Sunday. And 51 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: even if you don't have young kids, there is something 52 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: different about Fridays. People who travel for work are often 53 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: back on Fridays, and in the office, people who work 54 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: later Monday through Thursday often work shorter hours on Friday. 55 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: I have seen that in my time dairy studies from 56 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: casual Fridays to work from home Fridays. Many workplaces already 57 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: treat Friday as a separate matter from the usual Monday 58 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: to Thursday routine, So why not acknowledge that think about 59 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: what you could do to make Friday during the day 60 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: feel more like the weekend, even if you are working 61 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: a full day. If you do that, you'll have more 62 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: fun in your life the weekend will feel longer and 63 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: that is rarely a bad thing. In the meantime, this 64 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the 65 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 66 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 67 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast 68 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 69 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 70 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.