WEBVTT - Don't sleep in on weekends

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to not sleep in on weekends. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>a little Saturday or Sunday morning snooze seems like a

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<v Speaker 1>good way to catch up on sleep, but committing to

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<v Speaker 1>get up at a reasonable hour can open up all

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of time. When I first became apparent about thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, I soon realized that weekend sleep would not

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<v Speaker 1>be the same for a while. Little kids often wake

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<v Speaker 1>up at the crack of dawn, and they do not

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<v Speaker 1>care if it's Saturday or if it's Tuesday. My husband

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<v Speaker 1>and I would switch off for the early mornings, which

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<v Speaker 1>I recommend if you're in a two parent family. But

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<v Speaker 1>this meant the other party could maybe sleep in until

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<v Speaker 1>eight am or so nobody hit double ditch it. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>children do eventually grow up. There was a magical movement

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<v Speaker 1>about a year ago when none of my kids were

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<v Speaker 1>under four years old. The older ones were sleeping later

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<v Speaker 1>on weekends and the little ones either slept or entertain themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also realized that continuing to get up early

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<v Speaker 1>had some merit. For instance, if you're training for a race,

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<v Speaker 1>or just like longer exercise stints, these runs or bike

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<v Speaker 1>rides can be hard to fit into the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>a Saturday that during normal times might feature kids, sports,

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<v Speaker 1>birthday parties and the like. Run from six thirty to

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<v Speaker 1>nine thirty am, and you can train for a marathon

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<v Speaker 1>before many other household members get up, or if neither

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<v Speaker 1>you nor your partner cling to the idea of sleeping in,

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<v Speaker 1>each of you can get a long exercise stint in

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<v Speaker 1>on one of the weekend mornings, taking the kids on

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<v Speaker 1>the other one. This is how people who have careers

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<v Speaker 1>and toddler's run marathons. They don't have access to special

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<v Speaker 1>hours that no one else does. They just don't sleep in.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, exercise doesn't have to be the only option.

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<v Speaker 1>Many people's minds are freshest in the mornings. I'm writing

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<v Speaker 1>before Breakfast episodes right now, which is seven am on

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<v Speaker 1>a Saturday. Now. Of course, this is my job, and

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<v Speaker 1>in theory, it's nice to have a break between weekends

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<v Speaker 1>and week days with schools closed for the foreseeable future.

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<v Speaker 1>Though my week days are often interrupted, weekend mornings are

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<v Speaker 1>a time to get stuff done. There are also a

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<v Speaker 1>time to tackle those bigger creative projects that tend to

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<v Speaker 1>get shoved away when life gets busy. From six to

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<v Speaker 1>nine am on a weekend, you could spend ninety minutes

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<v Speaker 1>working on your novel, then an hour running, and start

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<v Speaker 1>your day feeling accomplished. Now, to wake up at something

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<v Speaker 1>close to your week daytime on weekends requires two things. First,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to be reasonably well rested going into the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Sleeping in is often about working off a sleep debt.

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<v Speaker 1>It might work, but in general you'll have more energy

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<v Speaker 1>by figuring out how much sleep you need and doing

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<v Speaker 1>your best to make that happen during the work week.

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<v Speaker 1>If you need seven and a half hours and you

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<v Speaker 1>need to wake up at six am on weekdays, then

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<v Speaker 1>your bedtime is ten thirty. Simple enough, and you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>thanking yourself every morning as you wake up ready to

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<v Speaker 1>wake up. But then, of course, to keep this up,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to go to bed at a reasonable time

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<v Speaker 1>on weekends too, and this is often the biggest challenge,

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<v Speaker 1>not because there's any particular reason for most of us

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<v Speaker 1>to stay up late. If you and your spouse want

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<v Speaker 1>to watch a movie, you could watch it from eight

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<v Speaker 1>to ten pm, go to bed, and then pop up

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<v Speaker 1>on your own at five thirty. I suspect the problem

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<v Speaker 1>is that, in our minds, going to bed early on

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<v Speaker 1>weekends seems kind of not so fun. No, we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>gone clubbing until one am in years, but we could.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we're not, at least we're still awake at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time as people who are in the clubs.

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<v Speaker 1>Well as I'm writing this. We're all social distancing, so

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<v Speaker 1>no one is in clubs at one am or any

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<v Speaker 1>other time. So with the fear of missing out gone,

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<v Speaker 1>why not try going to bed at a deliciously early hour.

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<v Speaker 1>If you go to bed on time on Friday and

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday nights and wake up on time, you might be

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<v Speaker 1>able to use the mornings for all those things that

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<v Speaker 1>we say we want to do but then don't do.

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<v Speaker 1>Not sleeping in on weekends opens up time for things

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<v Speaker 1>that make us feel energized for life. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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