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Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the new Corner office.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to consciously end the work day a

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Speaker 1: little earlier on Fridays, even if you're not working in

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Speaker 1: an office. This can be a great way to find

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Speaker 1: time for something beyond work or family responsibilities. I've done

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Speaker 1: some work over the years for a few companies that

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Speaker 1: observe summer Fridays, basically a half day on Friday, from

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Speaker 1: Memorial Day to Labor Day in the US. It's a

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Speaker 1: nice little perk that recognizes the obvious. Most people don't

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Speaker 1: do much of consequence after lunch on Friday. This is

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Speaker 1: especially true during the summer months, when people are more

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Speaker 1: likely to travel and want to get on their way

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Speaker 1: before evening. Of course, if you work from home, then

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Speaker 1: you can probably work from places that aren't home, which

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Speaker 1: means that if you're going somewhere for the weekend, you

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Speaker 1: could also leave on Thursday night and work there on Friday.

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Speaker 1: If you don't have a commute, you're done with a

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Speaker 1: day earlier anyway, and so the need is less pressing.

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Speaker 1: If the need is less pressing, though, the same reality

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Speaker 1: of waning energy is still there. People who work from

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Speaker 1: home get tired by Friday too. If you don't have

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Speaker 1: a commute separating work and your family responsibilities, Consciously ending

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Speaker 1: work a little earlier on Friday can buy you some

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Speaker 1: time for these personal pursuits. If you power down the

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Speaker 1: laptop at two pm, you could fit in a two

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Speaker 1: hour bike ride or two hour long run before normal

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Speaker 1: quitting time. You could meet a friend for a very

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Speaker 1: early happy hour. You could read a book with no

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Speaker 1: one bothering you. If you live somewhere this is possible.

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Speaker 1: You could get your nails done or get a massage.

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Speaker 1: You could take a yoga class to wind down or

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Speaker 1: a dance class to wind up. You could do a

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Speaker 1: very early date night with your spouse while you still

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Speaker 1: have childcare. Just make sure you know what you want

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Speaker 1: to do so you don't waste the afternoon out your

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Speaker 1: inbox or worse, think you should stay at your desk

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Speaker 1: because that's what productive people do, but do little of

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Speaker 1: consequence and fritter away leisure time scrolling through social media.

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Speaker 1: Summer is a great time to do time a little differently,

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Speaker 1: or at least to acknowledge that you're not getting much

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Speaker 1: work done, so why not make the most of it.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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Speaker 1: here's to succeeding in the New Corner Office. The New

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