WEBVTT - Plan each weekend twice

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to plan each weekend twice. By planning

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<v Speaker 1>about a week ahead and then a day or two ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>you increase the chances of having a weekend that is

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<v Speaker 1>really worth celebrating. Longtime listeners know that I like to

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<v Speaker 1>plan my upcoming weeks on Fridays, on Friday, or sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>even Thursday. If I feel like I'm getting ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>the game, I look at my upcoming Monday to Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>week and figure out what needs to happen and what

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to see happen. That means that I am

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<v Speaker 1>planning the weekend that is after the upcoming one, that

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<v Speaker 1>is the one that is eight to nine days into

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<v Speaker 1>the future. Now, obviously this needs to be a relatively

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<v Speaker 1>loose plan, as the weather can change and people get

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<v Speaker 1>social invitations and in general stuff comes up. But if

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<v Speaker 1>there are any big anchor events or adventures to plan,

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<v Speaker 1>or logistics that are complicated, all this can be worked

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<v Speaker 1>out far ahead of time. Then when I am planning

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday or Friday, I look at the weekend that

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<v Speaker 1>is coming up soon that is the one that is

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<v Speaker 1>only a day or two into the future. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>weather forecast is known and the contours of the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>are more clear, I can make a more detailed plan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd been doing this for a while before I realized

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<v Speaker 1>that planning weekends twice was actually a good idea. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a quirk of when I plan, because this wouldn't happen

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<v Speaker 1>if I planned on Sunday nights or on Monday mornings.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think it's a good quirk. In many cases,

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<v Speaker 1>people treat weekends as an afterthought.

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<v Speaker 2>We are so tired from the week that they get

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<v Speaker 2>to the weekend and think they want to do nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is impossible to do nothing. You will do something,

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<v Speaker 2>but it might not be nearly as rejuvenating as if

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<v Speaker 2>you had thought a little bit about it. Or sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>weekends become a forced march of chores and children's activities.

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<v Speaker 2>You just deal with what urgently has to be done

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't think about what you would like to do.

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<v Speaker 2>That can make a weekend feel like not much fun

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<v Speaker 2>at all. Planning eight to nine days ahead lets you

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<v Speaker 2>get the lay of the land and make plans for

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<v Speaker 2>any bigger things. It's going to be hard to do

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<v Speaker 2>a big day trip or find a sitter, or get

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<v Speaker 2>a reservation at that hot place, or tickets for an

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<v Speaker 2>in demand show. If you don't think about your weekend

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<v Speaker 2>until Friday afternoon, and then you might not do anything

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<v Speaker 2>Friday evening because you won't have managed your energy for

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<v Speaker 2>that possibility. So get a rough plan a week ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you get to refine it close to the

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<v Speaker 2>event itself. You can tweak based on whether and other

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<v Speaker 2>things that come up. You've been thinking about the weekend

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<v Speaker 2>at least to a degree during the week because you

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<v Speaker 2>have a rough plan, and so you may come up

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<v Speaker 2>with more ideas are ways of doing things even better.

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<v Speaker 2>In general, when we plan things twice, we wind up

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<v Speaker 2>taking them more seriously and spending the time better than

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<v Speaker 2>if we only do one last minute plan. Now, a

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<v Speaker 2>last minute plan is definitely better than nothing, but I

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<v Speaker 2>take my weekends seriously. I think in a busy life,

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<v Speaker 2>leisure time is too precious to be totally leisurely about leisure.

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<v Speaker 2>I also want to figure out fun ways to spend

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<v Speaker 2>time with my family members. My kids are growing up.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be out of the house before I know it.

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<v Speaker 2>If we have the chance to do cool things together.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not take it. If you feel the same, then

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you'd enjoy planning your weekends twice too. Each planning

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<v Speaker 2>session really only has to take a few minutes, but

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<v Speaker 2>do this enough and you'll get weekends that are worth

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward to. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 2>or feedback, you can reach.

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<v Speaker 1>Me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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