WEBVTT - Make Sundays special not scary

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to avoid the Sunday scaries by giving

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<v Speaker 1>yourself something special to look forward to at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the weekend. This one simple practice can change your

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<v Speaker 1>entire day. If you hate your job, Sunday's can feel awful.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if you love your job, or more likely

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<v Speaker 1>or somewhere in the middle, you might have experienced the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday scaries, that sense of tension and anxiety that can

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<v Speaker 1>descend on Sunday afternoons as you think about the upcoming week.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes the Sunday scaries are made worse because we feel

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't check off all the must do is from

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<v Speaker 1>our weekend task list, or because we feel we did

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<v Speaker 1>nothing but work over the weekend and are exhausted rather

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<v Speaker 1>than refreshed heading into the new week. There are lots

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<v Speaker 1>of ways you could ward off the Sunday scar ese Holistically,

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<v Speaker 1>if you get in the habit of planning the upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>work week on Fridays, then you won't be stressed out

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday night wondering what you are going to do

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<v Speaker 1>when If you create manageable weekend task lists, you won't

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<v Speaker 1>feel behind, and if you plan specific adventures you'll have

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<v Speaker 1>each weekend, you won't hit Sunday night feeling like the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend never happened. But even if you haven't developed these habits,

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<v Speaker 1>here's one you can do anyway. Plan in a fun

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<v Speaker 1>activity on Sunday evening so you can spend your Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon anticipating that rather the dreading Monday. Your Sunday fund

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be elaborate. It just has to be

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<v Speaker 1>an activity that you will truly look forward to and

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy doing. For instance, if you are a social person,

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<v Speaker 1>you could gather some friends for a simple supper. Ideally,

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<v Speaker 1>this could be a regular gathering, so no one needs

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<v Speaker 1>to plan it. You simply have an open invitation to

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<v Speaker 1>a handful of friends to meet for separate six with

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<v Speaker 1>you supplying something flexible as a main dish and everyone

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<v Speaker 1>else contributing aside a stew or some other one dish meal.

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<v Speaker 1>Conserve this main dish function nicely. New York Times food

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<v Speaker 1>writer Sam Sifton has a cookbook called See You on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>which is all about Sunday suppers with lots of great

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<v Speaker 1>recipes and reflections on the value of easy get togethers

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<v Speaker 1>with those we love. Who people from six to seven thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>then send them home and bask in the glow. You

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<v Speaker 1>won't even think about the Sunday scaries until eight pm

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<v Speaker 1>or so, and by then the day is mostly over.

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<v Speaker 1>If in home entertaining isn't your thing, then set up

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<v Speaker 1>a recurring get together at a casual restaurant. Whoever comes comes,

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<v Speaker 1>but you will be there and you're good. Friends will

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<v Speaker 1>start wanting to come to stretch out their weekends too.

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<v Speaker 1>If you prefer something more one on one, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>could set up a regular friend get together for late

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday afternoon. Do a forty five minute run with a

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<v Speaker 1>friend at a recurring time, maybe back to back with

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<v Speaker 1>your spouse getting together with one of their friends so

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<v Speaker 1>you can cover for each other. Or maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 1>family tradition. Perhaps you always take the kids out for

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<v Speaker 1>frozen yogurt after Sunday dinner, or you go see Grandma

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<v Speaker 1>for dessert. If you live somewhere with reasonable year round weather,

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<v Speaker 1>you could always take a family walk somewhere fun on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday evenings. Or maybe you've got a favorite children's museum

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<v Speaker 1>that stays open until six pm on Sundays, so you

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<v Speaker 1>can go from five to six and shut that place down.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've had a weekend full of family activities, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>your Sunday treat could be carving out time for just

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<v Speaker 1>you and your partner to be together after you put

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<v Speaker 1>the kids down, or whenever, if they're old enough to

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<v Speaker 1>entertain themselves, you light a fire in the fireplace and

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<v Speaker 1>have a cup of tea. The goal is to have

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<v Speaker 1>something you can count on so you can look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to it and that feels a little different and special.

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<v Speaker 1>By building in something special on Sunday afternoon or evening,

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<v Speaker 1>you create a focal point and savor one more special

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<v Speaker 1>weekend experience instead of worrying about Monday morning before it's

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<v Speaker 1>even there. So today, decide what you'd like to look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to this coming Sunday afternoon or evening to ward

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<v Speaker 1>off the Sunday scar Ese and finish your weekend with

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<v Speaker 1>something memorable. I would love to hear what you choose.

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<v Speaker 1>You can reach me at Laura at Laura Vanderkam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody.

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