WEBVTT - Host a Sunday gathering

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

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to plan a fun and easy get together

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<v Speaker 1>for Sunday afternoon or evening. Sundays. Don't have to be

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<v Speaker 1>scary with something at the end of your weekend to enjoy.

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<v Speaker 1>You can make the most of your time off instead

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<v Speaker 1>of stressing about the work week ahead. I hear from

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people about a Sunday reset prep for

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<v Speaker 1>the week involving cleaning, life maintenance, cooking, and so forth.

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<v Speaker 1>If a Sunday reset is working for you in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>well that's fine. But if your weekends feel too short,

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<v Speaker 1>or if your Sundays feel too demanding, or if you

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<v Speaker 1>tend to spend the less last day of the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>feeling stressed about the week ahead, try ending Sunday with

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<v Speaker 1>people you care about rather than with your to do list.

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<v Speaker 1>You will reset in an entirely different way for the

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<v Speaker 1>week ahead. There are a lot of simple ways to

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<v Speaker 1>do some version of a Sunday gathering. It could be

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<v Speaker 1>a low key dinner party. Feel free to just buy

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<v Speaker 1>something like a big pan of chicken palm from the

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<v Speaker 1>Italian restaurant that does grab and go family meals. You

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<v Speaker 1>could order pizza or sushi, or you can make a

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<v Speaker 1>pot of chili with fun toppings. No need to spend

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<v Speaker 1>all day in the kitchen. If you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be in charge of food at all, you could host

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<v Speaker 1>a pot luck. If the host provides a theme like

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<v Speaker 1>comfort food or Mediterranean, then whatever people bring will more

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<v Speaker 1>or less match. And if they don't match, that's fine too.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it will all taste great. You don't even

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<v Speaker 1>have to host others to have a gathering of sorts.

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<v Speaker 1>Your family is a group. Make your Sunday dinner intentional

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<v Speaker 1>and ritualistic in some way. Maybe your family goes out

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<v Speaker 1>to your favorite pizza parlor every Sunday night, or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you have Sunday sandwiches as a very easy but crowd

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<v Speaker 1>pleasing meal. Of course, a Sunday evening get together doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to be a full meal. You could have friends

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<v Speaker 1>gather on your porch for afternoon lemonade or for a

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<v Speaker 1>glass of wine. After your kids go to bed. You

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<v Speaker 1>and a few movie loving friends could hit a five

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<v Speaker 1>pm show every Sunday night, or before dinner, you could

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<v Speaker 1>meet up at a neighborhood playground with a few other

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<v Speaker 1>families with kids the same age as yours. Do this

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<v Speaker 1>a few weeks in a row, and it starts to

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<v Speaker 1>be a tradition. I think the commonality among all these

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday gatherings is that they are warm, comfortable, and pleasantly predictable.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody has to do much preparation. Not a lot is

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<v Speaker 1>asked of you at the gathering either, and you can

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<v Speaker 1>count on getting to connect with people you care about

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<v Speaker 1>and feel comfortable with. That's not bad for a Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>which really should be about comfort. Planning something for the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the weekend takes you away from your to

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<v Speaker 1>do list and any worries about Monday. Instead of spending

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<v Speaker 1>your Sunday afternoon thinking about Monday, you'll spend it anticipating

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<v Speaker 1>your fun to come. Sure, you've got a meeting Monday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>but before that, you've got a movie or wine on

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<v Speaker 1>the porch, and honestly, for a lot of things people

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<v Speaker 1>do as part of their Sunday resets, your weekday self

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<v Speaker 1>will be able to handle it. I'm not saying you

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't know that there is a meeting coming up, but

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully your Friday self already saw that and built in

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<v Speaker 1>time Friday Monday morning for prep your Monday evening self

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<v Speaker 1>will be able to cook dinner. By putting stuff on

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<v Speaker 1>a sheep pan, you truly do not need to cook

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<v Speaker 1>for the entire week. Instead, spending relaxed time with people

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoy will make you feel more positive for the

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<v Speaker 1>week ahead, something I am not sure all that meal

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<v Speaker 1>prep and house cleaning actually does. In the meantime, This

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

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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