WEBVTT - You've got 60 hours

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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 that a weekend is about sixty hours. By

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<v Speaker 1>knowing how much time there is and knowing what the

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<v Speaker 1>landscape looks like, you can increase the odds that you

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<v Speaker 1>spend your weekends well. I know many piepeill are tracking

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<v Speaker 1>their time with me this week. Every year I host

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<v Speaker 1>an annual time tracking challenge where we try to see

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<v Speaker 1>what one hundred and sixty eight hours of life really

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<v Speaker 1>looks like. If you are participating, I hope the time

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<v Speaker 1>tracking is going fabulously. But whether you are tracking your

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<v Speaker 1>time or not, as you come into the weekend, it

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<v Speaker 1>helps to realize that this is not a small part

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<v Speaker 1>of the week. We can sometimes feel shorter than we like,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are not in substantial from a time perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>They are not an afterthought. Unfortunately, they are often treated

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<v Speaker 1>as such and spent less mindfully than other hours, which

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<v Speaker 1>means they may not be spent on things we choose

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<v Speaker 1>if we put more thought into it. So here's a

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<v Speaker 1>number to think about. There are sixty hours between six

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<v Speaker 1>pm Friday and six am Monday. If quitting time is

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<v Speaker 1>earlier for you on Friday, then you have a few

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<v Speaker 1>more hours if you wake up later on Monday. Well

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<v Speaker 1>we can stretch the calculations there too. Now, some of

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<v Speaker 1>those sixty hours are spent asleep, of course, But let's

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<v Speaker 1>say you get eight hours of sleep a night on Friday, Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>and Sunday. Good for you. That is twenty four hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Subtract twenty four from sixty and we get thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>weeking weekend hours. Now this is pretty much the equivalent

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<v Speaker 1>of a full time job. People who work thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>hours a week for pay seldom think that time goes

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<v Speaker 1>by too fast to be spent on anything. People who

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<v Speaker 1>work thirty six hours a week for pay tend not

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<v Speaker 1>to wonder where did the work week go? So why

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<v Speaker 1>should working hours on weekends be different? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>know why they are. We think about our work hours.

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<v Speaker 1>We tend not to think about our non working hours

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<v Speaker 1>quite as intensely, and there are definitely reasons for this.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to block every fifteen minutes an outlook

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<v Speaker 1>or send calendar invites for dinner. But by being a

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<v Speaker 1>little more intentional about weekends, you can make them seem

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<v Speaker 1>as substantial as a full time work week. So as

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<v Speaker 1>you go into this weekend, think about what you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to see on the other side from the perspective

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<v Speaker 1>of Monday morning. What would you like to say you

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<v Speaker 1>have done, What experiences or adventures would you like to

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<v Speaker 1>have had, What would make you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.

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<v Speaker 1>Weekends aren't completely free time, of course, most of us

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<v Speaker 1>have chores and errands to do. Small kids take a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time and energy, even if we're happy to

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<v Speaker 1>have some time with them over the weekend. Taking care

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<v Speaker 1>of little kids isn't going to feel as relaxing as, say,

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<v Speaker 1>reading in bed. But even if you are busy, there

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<v Speaker 1>is often some discretionary time. Maybe you can find time

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<v Speaker 1>for a walk in that cool new town near your

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<v Speaker 1>kid's soccer tournament. Maybe you can watch a movie you're

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<v Speaker 1>excited about after your kids go to sleep. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can go for a walk with a friend. If you

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<v Speaker 1>get your act together and text her, you have sixty hours,

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<v Speaker 1>so how are you going to spend them? Ask this

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<v Speaker 1>question and you increase the chances that you spend those

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<v Speaker 1>sixty hours well. 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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