You've got 60 hours

Weekends are real time that really counts

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
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 sixty hours. By
knowing how much time there is and knowing what the

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landscape looks like, you can increase the odds that you
spend your weekends well. I know many piepeill are tracking
their time with me this week. Every year I host
an annual time tracking challenge where we try to see
what one hundred and sixty eight hours of life really
looks like. If you are participating, I hope the time

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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. We can sometimes feel shorter than we like,
but they are not in substantial from a time perspective.

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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 choose
if we put more thought into it. So here's a
number to think about. There are sixty hours between six
pm Friday and six am Monday. If quitting time is

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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 sixty 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 twenty four hours.

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Subtract twenty four from sixty and we get thirty six
weeking weekend hours. Now this is pretty much the equivalent
of a full time job. People who work thirty six
hours a week for pay seldom think that time goes
by too fast to be spent on anything. People who
work thirty six hours a week for pay tend not

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to wonder where did the work week go? So why
should working 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 fifteen minutes an outlook

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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

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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

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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

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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 sixty hours,
so how are you going to spend them? Ask this
question and you increase the chances that you spend those

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sixty 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,

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or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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