Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to throw caution to the wind and
Speaker 1: invite people over this weekend. Your house may not be
Speaker 1: perfect and you may not serve anything fancy, but small,
Speaker 1: relaxed gatherings in people's homes definitely nurture relationships and tend
Speaker 1: to make for some of the most fun experiences. There's
Speaker 1: never a perfect time, so this weekend is as good
Speaker 1: as any. Long time listeners know that. I'm a big
Speaker 1: fan of thinking through weekends ahead of time. Wednesday can
Speaker 1: be a good day for this strategizing, as it gives
Speaker 1: you enough time to get tickets or reservations, to hire
Speaker 1: babysitters if you need them, or to make arrangements with friends.
Speaker 1: If you make your weekend plans on when day, then
Speaker 1: you'll also be able to look forward to your plans
Speaker 1: on Thursday and Friday, which can make the latter half
Speaker 1: of the work week feel far more doable. I also
Speaker 1: recommend setting what I call anchor events. These are three
Speaker 1: to five things that you'll enjoy doing. This will make
Speaker 1: the weekend feel rich and memorable, but not too over stuffed.
Speaker 1: Since studies of human happiness find that socializing, exercising, and
Speaker 1: participating in spiritual activities tend to score pretty high, I
Speaker 1: often recommend planning a weekend that includes one thing from
Speaker 1: each of these categories. Socializing can occur anywhere, but I
Speaker 1: want to make the case for inviting people over to
Speaker 1: your house for starters. It just changes the time frame.
Speaker 1: Even the most relaxed restaurant is going to want to
Speaker 1: move you on from your table after a fashion, but
Speaker 1: at your house you can control the speed. You can
Speaker 1: also control the costs survey wine without the restaurant markups.
Speaker 1: You can allow for more diverse groups than might work
Speaker 1: at a restaurant, meaning people can bring their kids. If
Speaker 1: all the kids are over the age of about four,
Speaker 1: they can be sent to watch a movie, thus allowing
Speaker 1: the adults to relax and have full conversations. If the
Speaker 1: children are under four, well, everyone can chip in to
Speaker 1: help supervise, and there tends to be more diversions for
Speaker 1: young children in a house than at a boring restaurant.
Speaker 1: So well, it's not entirely relaxing, it still works. The
Speaker 1: usual excuses people give that they can't cook, or that
Speaker 1: their house isn't clean, aren't really reasons not to extend hospitality.
Speaker 1: Pick up take out and serve that, or have your
Speaker 1: guests bring an appetizer or dessert if they volunteer to help.
Speaker 1: As for the house being clean, all you really need
Speaker 1: to do is pick up the main room you'll hang
Speaker 1: out in and the bathroom that your guests will use.
Speaker 1: Feel free to stuff the clutter in a basket and
Speaker 1: shove it in another room. A little wipe down with
Speaker 1: cleaning spray and a paper towel and you'll be fine.
Speaker 1: But if you wait until the perfect time to have
Speaker 1: people over, when the kitchen is renovated and when the
Speaker 1: kids stop leaving their toys everywhere, you will never do it,
Speaker 1: and you'll miss out on the opportunity to make memories
Speaker 1: and have great times together. So take some time to
Speaker 1: day to think about who you might invade over this weekend,
Speaker 1: think about when it can happen. Then make that call
Speaker 1: or send that text, and start looking forward to your
Speaker 1: fun in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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