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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to plan a Monday adventure.

Start the work week off with something to look forward to.

This will help you beat the Sunday Scaries and set yourself up for a productive week. So I recently ran an evening hours challenge, where I helped hundreds of participants make the most of what I like to call the golden hours,

that is, the time between the end of the workday and bedtime.

I love teaching participants my strategies for making evenings meaningful.

I also love learning from the participants about what they do,

and what makes their evenings great.

One participant mentioned that she always plans something to look forward to on Monday evenings.

I love that idea.

Plenty of people find Mondays stressful and exhausting.

Maybe you don't sleep enough on Sunday night.

And then you have to shift gears into work and activities.

There might not be a lot to look forward to. But if you plan an adventure for Monday night, the day feels less like a slog. Now, I know that

might not sound immediately promising, but when I say adventure, I mean something you are genuinely looking forward to.

Maybe that's meeting up with a friend for a drink or going to a yoga class with your favorite teacher,

or taking your kids out for a treat after school. Even if work is intense on Monday, you have something

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