1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: tip is to plan a Monday adventure. Start the work 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: week off with something to look forward to. This will 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: help you beat the Sunday scaries and set yourself up 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: for a productive week. So I recently ran an evening 7 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Hour's challenge where I helped hundreds of participants make the 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: most of what I like to call the golden hours, 9 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: that is the time between the end of the workday 10 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: and bedtime. I love teaching participants my strategies for making 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: evenings meaningful. I also love learning from the participants about 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: what they do and what makes their evenings great. One 13 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: participant mentioned that she always plans something to look forward 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: to on Monday evening. I love that idea. Plenty of 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: people find Mondays stressful and exhausting. Maybe you don't sleep 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: enough on Sunday night, and then you have to shift 17 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: gears into work and activities. There might not be a 18 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: lot to look forward to. But if you plan an 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 1: adventure for Monday night, the day feels less like a slog. Now. 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: I know that might not sound immediately promising, but When 21 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: I say adventure, I mean something you are genuinely looking 22 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: forward to. Maybe that's meeting up with a friend for 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: a drink, or going to a yoga class with your 24 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: favorite teacher, or taking your kids out for a treat 25 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: after school. Even if work is intense on Monday, you 26 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,919 Speaker 1: have something refreshing to look forward to. Your life isn't 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: all meetings and email. There is fun and variety too. 28 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: In addition, because you want to make sure you have 29 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: time for the special experience Monday evening, you may also 30 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: work more efficiently during the day so that you can 31 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: leave work at the time you planned. Even Sunday nights 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: may be better when there is a Monday adventure on 33 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: the horizon. You won't tell yourself a story that life 34 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: is all work in exhaustion until the next weekend, when 35 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: you know that in less than twenty four hours you 36 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: are going to be doing something fun. Now you may 37 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: be wondering if this can work practically, but if you're 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: trying to do something social, I think the logistics of 39 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: Mondays might actually be easier than other days. Most people 40 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 1: tend not to schedule as much for Mondays and Tuesdays 41 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: as later in the week, which means that if you 42 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: want to get together with someone, there is a good 43 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: chance that they are free. So why not try planning 44 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: a Monday adventure as you do your weekly planning this week, 45 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: try creating space for something a little different Monday night. 46 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: If you plan something and decide afterwards that it is 47 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: just not for you, that is fine. But my guess 48 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: is that when you are enjoying yourself in the middle 49 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: of the Monday adventure, you will realize that Mondays aren't 50 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: all that bad and that is a great way to 51 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: start the week. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks 52 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. 53 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, 54 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura 55 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. 56 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, 57 00:03:51,600 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.