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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to set your summer hours. Work might look a little

bit different in the summer, and that's okay. It's better to be mindful of it and acknowledge it

than to set expectations that won't work with reality.

So after Memorial Day, some companies switch to what are known as summer hours.

Generally, these are shorter. Half days on Fridays are common. And I view them as a nod to reality.

The opportunity cost of working into the evening just feels different when it's light and nice out.

People want to be out in parks and restaurants and such. They want to leave for the beach on Friday afternoon.

You can have resentful employees watching the clock and sneaking out, or you can seem magnanimous,

build it in, and get the exact same amount of work out of your people.

Even if you work for yourself, though, there are just certain summer realities.

Many of us have different child care situations than we do during the school year.

We might have more days off or half days because of out-of-work commitments.

Colleagues might be gone, which slows things down too. If that is the case, it might help

to decide on summer hours, so you can set your expectations accordingly.

If you might normally be able to tackle two projects in a week, but that assumes a 40-hour

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