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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is a reminder that the day isn't over after dinner.

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Speaker 1: Remembering this can help you find a fair amount of

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Speaker 1: time even in what feels like a really busy life.

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Speaker 1: So I know many people's mornings are a frantic dash

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Speaker 1: to get everyone out the door. The workday is go, go, go,

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Speaker 1: and then everyone needs to be collected. Afterwards there might

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Speaker 1: be activities, and getting everyone fed can be its own

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Speaker 1: daily struggle. You clean up the kitchen after dinner and

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Speaker 1: finally think, phew, we are done. And certainly most people

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Speaker 1: don't have a ton of energy by the late evening.

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Speaker 1: But the day isn't over after dinner. There might still

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Speaker 1: be several hours left. For instance, if you are done

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Speaker 1: with dinner and clean up by seven thirty pm and

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Speaker 1: you go to bed at ten thirty pm, that is

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Speaker 1: three hours. You probably don't view the nine am to

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Speaker 1: noon shift at work as not existing or as being

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Speaker 1: too small to use. That time after dinner is the

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Speaker 1: exact same amount, even if you are getting kids to

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Speaker 1: bed and aren't done with that until let's say eight thirty,

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Speaker 1: there are two hours until ten thirty. If you are

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Speaker 1: awake for sixteen hours a day, then two hours is

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Speaker 1: one eighth of that, or twelve and a half percent.

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Speaker 1: If you work eight hours, then two hours is a

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Speaker 1: full twenty five percent of your non working time, and

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Speaker 1: it might be the bulk of your actual weekday discretionary time.

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Speaker 1: If you think of the day as being done after dinner,

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Speaker 1: and you won't think about this discretionary time. But if

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Speaker 1: you remind yourself that the day isn't done after dinner,

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Speaker 1: you might think about what you'd like to do with it,

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Speaker 1: and that opens up a lot of possibility. Now, to

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Speaker 1: be sure, most people have very limited energy after dinner.

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Speaker 1: There are certainly higher energy options for this time, like

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Speaker 1: joining a pickleball league or going to the gym, or

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Speaker 1: singing in a choir or volunteering somewhere. But if all

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Speaker 1: of that sounds like it isn't going to happen, you

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Speaker 1: can still figure out some lower energy intentions. Deciding you'd

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Speaker 1: like to read for thirty minutes is great. Deciding you'd

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Speaker 1: like to do a twenty minute yoga video is also amazing.

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Speaker 1: Calling a friend is good, as is doing a puzzle

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Speaker 1: or working on another hobby. As I often say on

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Speaker 1: this show, leisure time is too precious to be totally

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Speaker 1: leisurely about leisure. When you remind yourself that the day

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Speaker 1: isn't over after dinner, then you can take advantage of

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Speaker 1: more potential leisure time. If you don't think about this time,

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Speaker 1: it won't happen. But a little intentionality makes more enjoyment

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Speaker 1: possible in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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