Make Monday morning fun

Start the week with something to savor

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to start Monday morning with something really fun.
This stretches out the weekend and makes the start of
the work week feels so much better. This tip comes

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from long time Before Breakfast listener Kirsten. Rather than succumb
to a case of the Mondays, Kirsten writes that she
plans something special for Monday morning. This way, I go
to bed on Sunday night feeling like I still have
one weekend treat ahead of me, she says, with a
work week not starting until she's actually at her desk.

(00:50):
Here's how this works. She sets her alarm a little
bit early on Monday mornings. Then she'll do something with
the extra time, like making her own latte, complete with
foaming milk. It takes an extra five minutes, but it
feels totally decadent, like something I would do on the weekend,
she says. On the Monday she wrote me, she took

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a leisurely walk around the block and listen to a podcast.
Sometimes she does a yoga tutorial online or she meditates,
but anything she notes from painting watercolors, to reading a
book to making a nicer than weekday breakfast works. The
net result is that her weekend feels longer and her

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work week feels shorter. I love this idea. Even if
you love your job, Monday's can feel stressful. If you
don't love your job, shifting from this mindset of time
that you control to time you don't can breed anxiety
and unhappiness. But either way, you can push those emotions

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forward until the exact moment that you sit down to work.
By seizing Monday morning for something that makes you happy,
you can start the week well. Now. I know this
is harder for some folks than others. If you have
kids who wake up unpredictably or who you need to
get ready and out the door, Monday mornings can feel frantic,

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even with the best intentions. But even so, you can
probably seize a few moments for something that feels like
a treat. If you've managed to engineer time to take
a shower, you can make it more like a spa
experience with nice soaps or lotions. You can wake up
really early for a favorite workout, or leave home fifteen

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minutes early and stop by your favorite coffee shop, to
linger over a cup made just how you like it,
take ten minutes to read a good book. The point
is to spend at least a little bit of time
on Monday morning in a way that brings you pleasure.
Do what you need to in order to make this happen.
Then you'll go to bed Sunday night feeling like there

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are good things to come and not just the daily
grind waiting for you when you wake up. In the meantime,
this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
the most of our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to

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hear from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,
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with all the letters. Thanks so much, I look forward
to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is a production of
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