Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura.
Speaker 2: Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that
Speaker 2: if you are looking.
Speaker 1: For opportunities to spend more time with your partner, try.
Speaker 2: A weekday breakfast date.
Speaker 1: So lots of people would like to spend more time
Speaker 1: with their significant.
Speaker 2: Other, but if you are like a lot of busy.
Speaker 1: Parents and professionals I hear from, couple time can be
Speaker 1: hard to find, so try thinking outside the weekend evening box.
Speaker 1: One great option is a weekday breakfast date. Now, I
Speaker 1: know mornings might feel a little bit frantic, but hear
Speaker 1: me out. It is quite possible that your daycare opens
Speaker 1: at least a little while before you need to be
Speaker 1: at work. You get the kids on the bus at
Speaker 1: let's say eight ten, but don't generally have your first
Speaker 1: Zoom meeting in your home office until nine am. Even
Speaker 1: if you do generally start work right after your kids
Speaker 1: start school or childcare, you probably do have some childcare
Speaker 1: on weekday mornings, so you won't have to spend extra
Speaker 1: effort finding it. If you can make space in your schedule,
Speaker 1: that means that this time option might be available with
Speaker 1: less fuss than a lot of other times. If you
Speaker 1: both happen to work from home someday, try and at
Speaker 1: home breakfast date. It can be special, like an omelet
Speaker 1: or pastries you picked up the day before, but honestly,
Speaker 1: it could just be cereal. The food doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be elaborate for this time to feel meaningful. If one
Speaker 1: or both of you transport kids to school, you could
Speaker 1: meet up at a coffee shop or diner or restaurant
Speaker 1: after drop off for a breakfast date out, or you
Speaker 1: could do a quick meet up before you commute in
Speaker 1: different directions. Even if you eat out, breakfast tends to
Speaker 1: be a fairly swift meal. I am guessing you can
Speaker 1: fit this in in about thirty minutes or so. But
Speaker 1: the payoff of that thirty minutes is a chance to
Speaker 1: connect and have a loan time during what is going
Speaker 1: to feel like found time. Because you might not have
Speaker 1: been using it for much else, this can feel particularly special.
Speaker 1: You will also shift the narrative that you never get
Speaker 1: to spend time alone together. You do spend time together,
Speaker 1: even if you'd enjoy having more time for just the
Speaker 1: two of you. Of course, breakfast dates aren't just for parents.
Speaker 1: A breakfast date is just as much fun if you
Speaker 1: don't have little kids, and without kids, it's probably easier
Speaker 1: to schedule. If you don't have kids, or if your
Speaker 1: kids are old enough that they can handle mornings independently,
Speaker 1: you and your partner could plan breakfast dates in or out,
Speaker 1: go early, or maybe just block off the thirty minutes
Speaker 1: at the start of the workday and start a little later.
Speaker 1: While you certainly can do a last minute breakfast date,
Speaker 1: if you plan ahead, you'll get to enjoy the anticipation,
Speaker 1: and practically, planning ahead means that both of you can
Speaker 1: avoid scheduling something stressful too close to the start of
Speaker 1: the day if possible, so you don't feel rushed. It's
Speaker 1: easy to find yourself saying you don't have time for
Speaker 1: various things that are important to you, but often with
Speaker 1: a little creativity, you can find time for your priorities.
Speaker 1: So if you wish you had more alone time with
Speaker 1: your partner, breakfast dates just might be a way to
Speaker 1: get it.
Speaker 2: In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 2: here's to making the most of our talk.
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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