WEBVTT - After 5 p.m. it's Friday

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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 adopt the mindset that after five pm

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<v Speaker 1>it's Friday. You just might find yourself feeling more relaxed

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoying your time after work. More so, over the

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<v Speaker 1>past year or so, I've become more and more interested

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<v Speaker 1>in how people spend their evening hours. In another year

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<v Speaker 1>or two, I'll publish a book called The Golden Hours.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm making the most of your weekday evenings. This time

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<v Speaker 1>is so hard to use well. People are tired, and

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<v Speaker 1>in many cases we have family or household responsibilities. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's also a lot of time to simply write off.

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<v Speaker 1>I collected time logs from a ton of people to

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<v Speaker 1>analyze their evenings, and I can report that on average,

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<v Speaker 1>people had about five hours after they finished work and

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<v Speaker 1>before they went to bed on weekdays. Multiply that by

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<v Speaker 1>four nights from Monday to Thursday, and we are talking

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<v Speaker 1>twenty hours a week of potential family and leisure time.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, one of the reasons it's hard to really

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<v Speaker 1>relax and enjoy this time is that we know we

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<v Speaker 1>are going to work the next day, there will need

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<v Speaker 1>to be preparations for getting up early in school schedules

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<v Speaker 1>and activities and so forth. But honestly, if you have

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<v Speaker 1>young kids, you may be up early on weekends anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>You have the activities then as well. And yet in

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<v Speaker 1>general people still feel more relaxed on weekends. So here's

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<v Speaker 1>an idea to contemplate. Not too long ago, Professor Cassei

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<v Speaker 1>Holmes was a guest on this show. She talked about

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<v Speaker 1>one of her studies or she found that when people

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<v Speaker 1>were told to treat their upcoming weekends like a vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>they generally enjoyed themselves more. So, if thinking of the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend as a vacation can make it more enjoyable, then

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<v Speaker 1>I think thinking of a weeknight as a weekend might

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<v Speaker 1>do the same thing. So repeat this phrase to yourself

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<v Speaker 1>after five pm it's Friday, even if it is five

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<v Speaker 1>pm on a Tuesday, there is no reason not to

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you are off and relaxed and enjoying some

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<v Speaker 1>restorative time. You can linger over your dinner even if

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<v Speaker 1>it's Tuesday, and you can enjoy your downtime at night,

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<v Speaker 1>after your chores or after your kids go to bed,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it is a weekday. My guest is you

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<v Speaker 1>don't stay up all that late on Friday night if

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<v Speaker 1>you've been working all week. So we're not even talking

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<v Speaker 1>about not upsetting any sleep schedules. We're just not approaching

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<v Speaker 1>the next day as some battle to be prepared for

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow is going to happen one way or the other.

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<v Speaker 1>So after five pm, it's Friday. I really like this phrase,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have been experimenting with saying it to myself. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously a pithy phrase can't actually make a Tuesday into

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<v Speaker 1>a Friday. You should probably still go to work on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>but it does make the time feel a little different,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for me. Perhaps you will find this phrase

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<v Speaker 1>helpful as well. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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