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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to start your weekend early by treating the entire day of Friday as part of the weekend, at least mentally.
You might be able to make this day feel more special and more fun.
So I tend to be responsible for making the weekend schedule in my family.
On a recent weekend I saw that Saturday and Sunday involved a lot of driving kids around and not a whole lot of things that were going to be fun for me.
Sometimes that is just life.
But then, before I started feeling sorry for myself, I looked at what was happening Friday and remembered that I was meeting a friend for lunch and I had scheduled a massage right before the usual end of my workday.
Saturday and Sunday weren't going to be particularly amazing.
Indeed, I was going to be working for about two hours on Sunday afternoon, but I was certainly having some fun.
I was just starting my weekend fun early.
Now I realize that some people don't have any flexibility during their Friday work schedules, though a lot of people listening to this podcast probably do.
Even if you need to be at your workplace all day, though you might try thinking that the weekend starts on Friday and think about what that might inspire.
For instance, you might ask a work friend to go to lunch with you.
You might deliberately leave some open space to work on your favorite projects.
Maybe you would choose upbeat music or a favorite funny podcast to listen to on your commute both ways.
You might choose more fun activities for your breaks.
Reading a good book instead of scrolling around online.
You are cultivating a weekend vibe early.
If you work at home on Fridays which post-pandemic, I know a lot of people do then you have more options.
Think about what could make the day feel special and a little more fun.
Maybe you plan to stop working around 4 p.m. to go for a run or a walk.
You could take a shorter lunch break to make that possible.
Or you could work 3 to 5 p.m. but take a longer lunch break.
Go have a little adventure.
Go peruse a bookstore.
Take a favorite midday exercise class.
If your spouse is also working from home, have lunch together.
Or if your kids are taking the bus home, you could both stop at 4 and have a happy hour drink together.
Especially if your weekend features a lot of have-to-dos.
Starting the weekend vibe on Friday during the workday can make life feel a lot more enjoyable.
If you have kids, your kids are probably somewhere else, whether it's school or daycare or with a sitter.
So you might actually have more flexibility for your personal fun on Friday than you would on Saturday or Sunday.
And even if you don't have young kids, there is something different about Fridays.
People who travel for work are often back on Fridays and in the office.
People who work later, Monday through Thursday, often work shorter hours on Friday.
I have seen that in my time diary studies.
From casual Fridays to work-from-home Fridays, many workplaces already treat Friday as a separate matter from the usual Monday to Thursday routine.
So why not acknowledge that?
Think about what you could do to make Friday during the day feel more like the weekend, even if you are working a full day.
You do that.
You will have more fun in your life.
The weekend will feel longer, and that is rarely a bad thing.
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 lauravandercam.com.
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