Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that a weekend is about sixty hours. By
Speaker 1: knowing how much time there is and knowing what the
Speaker 1: landscape looks like, you can increase the odds that you
Speaker 1: spend your weekends well. I know many piepeill are tracking
Speaker 1: their time with me this week. Every year I host
Speaker 1: an annual time tracking challenge where we try to see
Speaker 1: what one hundred and sixty eight hours of life really
Speaker 1: looks like. If you are participating, I hope the time
Speaker 1: tracking is going fabulously. But whether you are tracking your
Speaker 1: time or not, as you come into the weekend, it
Speaker 1: helps to realize that this is not a small part
Speaker 1: of the week. We can sometimes feel shorter than we like,
Speaker 1: but they are not in substantial from a time perspective.
Speaker 1: They are not an afterthought. Unfortunately, they are often treated
Speaker 1: as such and spent less mindfully than other hours, which
Speaker 1: means they may not be spent on things we choose
Speaker 1: if we put more thought into it. So here's a
Speaker 1: number to think about. There are sixty hours between six
Speaker 1: pm Friday and six am Monday. If quitting time is
Speaker 1: earlier for you on Friday, then you have a few
Speaker 1: more hours if you wake up later on Monday. Well
Speaker 1: we can stretch the calculations there too. Now, some of
Speaker 1: those sixty hours are spent asleep, of course, But let's
Speaker 1: say you get eight hours of sleep a night on Friday, Saturday,
Speaker 1: and Sunday. Good for you. That is twenty four hours.
Speaker 1: Subtract twenty four from sixty and we get thirty six
Speaker 1: weeking weekend hours. Now this is pretty much the equivalent
Speaker 1: of a full time job. People who work thirty six
Speaker 1: hours a week for pay seldom think that time goes
Speaker 1: by too fast to be spent on anything. People who
Speaker 1: work thirty six hours a week for pay tend not
Speaker 1: to wonder where did the work week go? So why
Speaker 1: should working hours on weekends be different? I mean, I
Speaker 1: know why they are. We think about our work hours.
Speaker 1: We tend not to think about our non working hours
Speaker 1: quite as intensely, and there are definitely reasons for this.
Speaker 1: I don't want to block every fifteen minutes an outlook
Speaker 1: or send calendar invites for dinner. But by being a
Speaker 1: little more intentional about weekends, you can make them seem
Speaker 1: as substantial as a full time work week. So as
Speaker 1: you go into this weekend, think about what you would
Speaker 1: like to see on the other side from the perspective
Speaker 1: of Monday morning. What would you like to say you
Speaker 1: have done, What experiences or adventures would you like to
Speaker 1: have had, What would make you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
Speaker 1: Weekends aren't completely free time, of course, most of us
Speaker 1: have chores and errands to do. Small kids take a
Speaker 1: lot of time and energy, even if we're happy to
Speaker 1: have some time with them over the weekend. Taking care
Speaker 1: of little kids isn't going to feel as relaxing as, say,
Speaker 1: reading in bed. But even if you are busy, there
Speaker 1: is often some discretionary time. Maybe you can find time
Speaker 1: for a walk in that cool new town near your
Speaker 1: kid's soccer tournament. Maybe you can watch a movie you're
Speaker 1: excited about after your kids go to sleep. Maybe you
Speaker 1: can go for a walk with a friend. If you
Speaker 1: get your act together and text her, you have sixty hours,
Speaker 1: so how are you going to spend them? Ask this
Speaker 1: question and you increase the chances that you spend those
Speaker 1: sixty hours well. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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