My name is Will DeFries and this is the Sunday Scaries Podcast.

You are here for the Sunday Blues.

This week we're going to talk about the worst people to travel with, the joy of canceling plans,

and the most relaxing sports to watch on television.

There's a drug that gives you an indescribable high.

Once it hits you have no other choice but to take your pants off, dim the lights, and sink into your couch for the next four hours.

This high, while still being somewhat subtle, is more pleasing than anything you've ever felt before.

It even pairs well with a large glass of wine and is best enjoyed alone.

It's elusive, it's deeply personal, and it's highly addictive.

What is it you may be wondering?

The high of canceling plans.

I know, I know, this is by no means a new phenomenon.

It's something we've all experienced before, and it's something that becomes more and more common as you venture into your late 20s and early 30s.

For whatever reason, canceling plans in the last minute feels better than actually going out for drinks or happy hour could ever feel.

It's an unrivaled feeling that, for better or for worse, takes some tinkering to perfectly achieve without aggravating the other party to no end.

Should you do so, you have to do so with tact.

Which is why you need to employ these strategies to ensure you can feel good about your decision making, or your lack of decision making.

The first method is to simply over exaggerate your responsibilities.

If you simply have to be around to let your dogs out, one of your dogs officially has a weird eye infection that you better monitor.

If you've got a 9am meeting the next morning, you need to tell your friends that you're behind the 8 ball on a PowerPoint presentation for it.

You know, despite the fact that you'll actually just be sitting there silently in the meeting, dreaming of weekend plans.

And if you have no excuse at all, well, you simply can't shake that damn stomach bug you encountered last week.

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