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Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to prep for your weekend downtime.
Even if you have a full weekend planned, you will likely have some downtime.
Having low-key but fun activities ready means you will be more likely to enjoy this time rather than frittering it away on things you don't really care about.
So I track my time and I have for years, including my weekend time.
I have learned over the years that even if there is a lot going on during any given weekend, I will no doubt have some downtime.
Maybe it's an hour in between kid activities or it's time at night before bed.
If I don't have anything I am particularly interested to do with this time, I will probably spend it looking at Instagram.
But if I have a good book, I will read that book.
If I have a puzzle going, I will take a few minutes in between activities to put some pieces together in that puzzle.
I enjoy books and puzzles a lot more than scrolling around on social media.
So if I want to enjoy my weekend downtime, best to have a book and a.
Now, that does take a bit of thought and preparation, but not a ton.
I can stop by the library during the week.
It's pretty easy to do, on my way to pick up my five-year-old from his church choir practice on Wednesdays.
Or I can download a book to my Kindle app and get it instantly.
As for puzzles, those I can order on Amazon or from White Mountain Puzzles, which tends to be my favorite retailer for these things.
If I see that I am highly likely to finish my current puzzle in the next few days, then I should get another one going in my puzzle queue.
Yes, I have a puzzle queue.
But that is part of taking downtime seriously.
I think that many people assume they have no time so they don't think about what they'd like to do with their downtime.
The trouble with that is that basically everybody has some downtime downtime, even if it isn't a huge amount.
When we don't think about what we'd like to do with our downtime, we do whatever is easiest, which these days tends to mean pursuing our electronic hobbies of scrolling through headlines and social media comments.
Then we tend not to particularly enjoy this time or even notice that it is happening, which contributes to the story of having no time.
If you've got a good book going, though well, you might find 90 minutes, or maybe even more, on a weekend to read it.
And how cool would that be?
So before any given weekend, think about what you would like to do with any available downtime.
Do you have a good magazine you would like to read?
Could you get a new supply of books before the weekend?
If you have a hobby, do you have those supplies ready to go for weekend downtime and you will spend your weekend downtime in ways you find enjoyable.
You'll have a lot more fun in your life.
It really is as simple as that.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at LauraVanderkam.com.
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