Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to plan something fun for Sunday night.
Speaker 1: I know that it's easy to hate Mondays. Even if
Speaker 1: you really like your job, you probably don't love commuting.
Speaker 1: You don't like showing up on Monday morning to an
Speaker 1: inbox with four seven unread messages. It makes sense, but
Speaker 1: the problem is that many of us don't start thinking
Speaker 1: about Monday on Monday morning. Instead, we like to get
Speaker 1: a jump on things, So somewhere around mid afternoon on Sunday,
Speaker 1: we start remembering that Monday is looming on the next
Speaker 1: spot on our calendars. Suddenly we're out of weekend mode.
Speaker 1: We're already focused on the next deadline. These Sunday night
Speaker 1: blues can burn a huge chunk of time. If you
Speaker 1: start worrying about Monday at three pm Sunday, you go
Speaker 1: to about at eleven pm Sunday, that's eight hours of
Speaker 1: weekend time that you've just lost. I don't know about you,
Speaker 1: but I think weekend time is too precious to throw away.
Speaker 1: Eight hours that's the equivalent of a whole work day
Speaker 1: or a really good night's sleep. We're not just talking
Speaker 1: a few minutes. Fortunately, there's a simple cure for the
Speaker 1: Sunday night blues. Plan something fun for Sunday night a
Speaker 1: few days before your weekend starts, maybe on Wednesday or Thursday,
Speaker 1: or whenever you're listening to this. Think about a Sunday
Speaker 1: night activity that you really enjoy. Maybe it's seeing a
Speaker 1: movie with your family. Maybe it's taking your spouse to
Speaker 1: that fun new restaurant you keep saying you want to try.
Speaker 1: If you call before the weekend starts, you'll probably be
Speaker 1: able to get a reservation. You could invite a few
Speaker 1: families over for a pot like dinner. You could plan
Speaker 1: to go for a walk somewhere beautiful and time your
Speaker 1: excursion to take in the sunset. I know Sunday is
Speaker 1: a school and work nights, so you probably don't want
Speaker 1: to go too crazy. Maybe skip the tequila shots, and
Speaker 1: you probably want to end things on the early side.
Speaker 1: But here's the object of Sunday night plans. When you've
Speaker 1: got something wonderful on the calendar for Sunday night, you'll
Speaker 1: spend Sunday afternoon looking forward to your fun. You'll be
Speaker 1: so excited about your friends coming over to make pizza
Speaker 1: that you won't start thinking about your inbox until after
Speaker 1: they leave, and by that point it will be time
Speaker 1: to go to bed. Anyway, just like that, your Sunday
Speaker 1: night blues take up less than an hour rather than
Speaker 1: the entire day. So take a few minutes today and
Speaker 1: think about what fun you could plan for Sunday night.
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear what you come up with. As always,
Speaker 1: you can email me at Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart
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Speaker 1: read your note on the air, just make a note
Speaker 1: of that this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody got
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Speaker 1: you make the most of your time.