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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 that a weekend is about 60 hours.
By knowing how much time there is and knowing what the landscape looks like, you can increase the odds that you spend your weekends well.
I know many people are tracking their time with me this week.
Every year I host an annual time tracking challenge where we try to see what 168 hours of life really looks like.
If you are participating, I hope the time tracking is going fabulously.
But whether you are tracking your time or not, as you come into the weekend, it helps to realize that this is not a small part of the week.
Weekends sometimes feel shorter than we like, but they are not insubstantial.
From a time perspective, they are not an afterthought.
Unfortunately, they are often treated as such and spent less mindfully than other hours, which means they may not be spent on things we'd choose if we put more thought into it.
So here's a number to think about.
There are 60 hours between 6pm Friday and 6am Monday.
If quitting time is earlier for you on Friday, then you have a few more hours.
If you wake up later on Monday, well, we can stretch the calculations there too.
Now, some of those 60 hours are spent asleep, of course, but let's say you get eight hours of sleep a night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Good for you.
That is 24 hours.
Subtract 24 from 60 and we get 36 waking weekend hours.
Now, this is pretty much the equivalent of a full-time job.
People who work 36 hours a week for pay seldom think that time goes by too fast to be spent on anything.
People who work 36 hours a week for pay tend not to wonder, where did the work week go?
So why should waking hours on weekends be different?
I mean, I know why they are.
We think about our work hours.
We tend not to think about our non-working hours quite as intensely.
And there are definitely reasons for this.
I don't want to block every 15 minutes in Outlook or send calendar invites for dinner.
But by being a little more intentional about weekends you can make them seem as substantial as a full-time work week.
So as you go into this weekend, think about what you would like to see on the other side.
From the perspective of Monday morning, what would you like to say you have done?
What experiences or adventures would you like to have had?
What would make you feel refreshed and rejuvenated?
Weekends aren't completely free time, of course.
Most of us have chores and errands to do.
Small kids take a lot of time and energy, even if we're happy to have some time with them over the weekend.
Taking care of little kids isn't going to feel as relaxing as, say, reading in bed.
But even if you are busy there is often some discretionary time.
Maybe you can find time for a walk in that cool new town near your kid's soccer tournament.
Maybe you can watch a movie you're excited about after your kids go to sleep.
Maybe you can go for a walk with a friend if you get your act together and text her.
You have 60 hours.
So how are you going to spend them?
Ask this question and you increase the chances that you spend those 60 hours well.
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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