WEBVTT - Plan a Monday adventure

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to plan a Monday adventure. Start the work

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<v Speaker 1>week off with something to look forward to. This will

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<v Speaker 1>help you beat the Sunday scaries and set yourself up

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<v Speaker 1>for a productive week. So I recently ran an evening

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<v Speaker 1>Hour's challenge where I helped hundreds of participants make the

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<v Speaker 1>most of what I like to call the golden hours,

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<v Speaker 1>that is the time between the end of the workday

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<v Speaker 1>and bedtime. I love teaching participants my strategies for making

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<v Speaker 1>evenings meaningful. I also love learning from the participants about

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<v Speaker 1>what they do and what makes their evenings great. One

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<v Speaker 1>participant mentioned that she always plans something to look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to on Monday evening. I love that idea. Plenty of

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<v Speaker 1>people find Mondays stressful and exhausting. Maybe you don't sleep

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<v Speaker 1>enough on Sunday night, and then you have to shift

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<v Speaker 1>gears into work and activities. There might not be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot to look forward to. But if you plan an

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<v Speaker 1>adventure for Monday night, the day feels less like a slog. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that might not sound immediately promising, but When

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<v Speaker 1>I say adventure, I mean something you are genuinely looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to. Maybe that's meeting up with a friend for

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<v Speaker 1>a drink, or going to a yoga class with your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite teacher, or taking your kids out for a treat

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<v Speaker 1>after school. Even if work is intense on Monday, you

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<v Speaker 1>have something refreshing to look forward to. Your life isn't

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<v Speaker 1>all meetings and email. There is fun and variety too.

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<v Speaker 1>In addition, because you want to make sure you have

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<v Speaker 1>time for the special experience Monday evening, you may also

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<v Speaker 1>work more efficiently during the day so that you can

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<v Speaker 1>leave work at the time you planned. Even Sunday nights

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<v Speaker 1>may be better when there is a Monday adventure on

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<v Speaker 1>the horizon. You won't tell yourself a story that life

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<v Speaker 1>is all work in exhaustion until the next weekend, when

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<v Speaker 1>you know that in less than twenty four hours you

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be doing something fun. Now you may

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<v Speaker 1>be wondering if this can work practically, but if you're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do something social, I think the logistics of

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<v Speaker 1>Mondays might actually be easier than other days. Most people

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<v Speaker 1>tend not to schedule as much for Mondays and Tuesdays

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<v Speaker 1>as later in the week, which means that if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to get together with someone, there is a good

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<v Speaker 1>chance that they are free. So why not try planning

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<v Speaker 1>a Monday adventure as you do your weekly planning this week,

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<v Speaker 1>try creating space for something a little different Monday night.

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<v Speaker 1>If you plan something and decide afterwards that it is

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<v Speaker 1>just not for you, that is fine. But my guess

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<v Speaker 1>is that when you are enjoying yourself in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the Monday adventure, you will realize that Mondays aren't

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<v Speaker 1>all that bad and that is a great way to

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<v Speaker 1>start the week. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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