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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is about what to do if weekend wishes

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Speaker 1: diverge in your household. If people have drastically different pictures

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Speaker 1: of what a good weekend looks like, you can each

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Speaker 1: achieve satisfaction if you are thoughtful about what you do.

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Speaker 1: When this episode is first airing in January, I am

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Speaker 1: leading a time tracking challenge where hundreds of people are

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Speaker 1: logging their time for a week. We're all trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out where the time really goes so we can

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Speaker 1: make wise decisions. If that sounds good to you, then

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Speaker 1: feel free to join in. You just write down what

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Speaker 1: you're doing as often as you remember and keep going

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Speaker 1: for a week. Then you can celebrate, reflect or change.

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Speaker 1: One thing I look for on my own time logs

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Speaker 1: is whether I have had at least one bigger adventure

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Speaker 1: maybe taking three to four hours, and one littler adventure

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Speaker 1: each week. A little adventure might just take an hour,

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Speaker 1: but is something out of the ordinary. Time can easily

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Speaker 1: become routine, especially as we get older. But when we

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Speaker 1: think about doing cool stuff, we make memories and we

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Speaker 1: can expand the experience of time. I recommend everyone try

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Speaker 1: to have at least one little adventure and one big

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Speaker 1: adventure each week. When I explain this to folks who

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Speaker 1: are interested in time tracking and productivity, which is probably

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Speaker 1: mostly the listeners of this podcast, many agree with me.

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Speaker 1: They see the upside of planned adventures, but they mentioned

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Speaker 1: that their partners sometimes resist. Often these dear loved ones

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Speaker 1: say they want to do nothing during any discretionary time

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Speaker 1: on the weekends, so the adventure seeker might wind up

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Speaker 1: not doing what they want to do because they value

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Speaker 1: family time and assume that couples are supposed to spend

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Speaker 1: weekend time together. It is nice to see each other

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Speaker 1: and spend time together on weekends, but if you track

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Speaker 1: your time, you will soon start to see that there

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Speaker 1: is a lot of time on weekends. Have dinner together

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Speaker 1: on Saturday night, and watch TV for two hours together

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Speaker 1: on Sunday afternoon, and you have still got a ton

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Speaker 1: of other time to account for. That is true even

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Speaker 1: if you have children or various other obligations. There is

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Speaker 1: definitely space for nothing and space for adventures. If your

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Speaker 1: partner doesn't see this, though, then you need to acknowledge

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Speaker 1: a certain reality. The truth is that other adults can

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Speaker 1: do what they want. They don't have to go on

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Speaker 1: your adventures with you, but they also can't force you

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Speaker 1: to do nothing. So go ahead and plan your own adventures.

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Speaker 1: As long as you still do any chores that are

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Speaker 1: yours to do, and make arrangements for any children who

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Speaker 1: are too young to care for themselves, then you are fine.

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Speaker 1: Bring the kids with you or bring them to grandma's.

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Speaker 1: But if your partner isn't stuck caring for them while

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Speaker 1: you go entertain yourself, then you can, in fact do

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Speaker 1: your own thing. Go experience the world, make memories, come home,

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Speaker 1: and share them with your partner. When you do, often

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Speaker 1: a funny thing starts to happen. When you seem to

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Speaker 1: be enjoying yourself and enjoying the time with your children,

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Speaker 1: people start to become intrigued. It turns out that this

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Speaker 1: stated desire to do nothing wasn't actually a deeply held

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Speaker 1: philosophical position. It's just that the person is tired, and

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Speaker 1: that is understandable. We are all tired, but we draw

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Speaker 1: energy from doing fun and meaningful things. Over time, the

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Speaker 1: other person might ask to be included on a few

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Speaker 1: adventures Once that line is crossed, you can start planning

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Speaker 1: them together, making sure to have some downtime too, which

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Speaker 1: there will be, because did I mention there is always downtime.

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Speaker 1: It's just a question of how much one three hour

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Speaker 1: adventure each weekend still leaves a lot of open space,

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Speaker 1: or maybe your partner will never come around. But when

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Speaker 1: your weekend wishes diverge and you plan your own thing,

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Speaker 1: at least you won't be stuck spending weekends in a

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Speaker 1: way that you don't want to be spending them. In general,

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Speaker 1: I think it is wise to think through weekends ahead

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Speaker 1: of time and to think about what might be enjoyable.

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Speaker 1: People's ideas diverge, for sure, but we don't have to

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Speaker 1: not enjoy ourselves just because other people have a different

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Speaker 1: idea of what is enjoyable. A little independence is fine,

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Speaker 1: that is true even if you live closely entwined with

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Speaker 1: other people. A little compromise is great. A total abandonment

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Speaker 1: of one's own ideas just to keep the peace is not.

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Speaker 1: So make your own plans. If the other person doesn't

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Speaker 1: want to make plans, it will be okay as long

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Speaker 1: as you are not requiring anything of them, because that

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Speaker 1: way they are not requiring anything of you either. In

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Speaker 1: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's

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Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd

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