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Will (00:00.524)
Hey friend, welcome to today's episode of the unstoppable you podcast, where we speed run tips, tricks, and techniques to improve your life, level up, lock in all the good things. It's your host coach will eight. And before we dive in, I noticed that there are a lot of people who listen to this podcast, but are not subscribed. So if that's you, what are we doing? Come on, hit subscribe so you don't miss out on another episode. I appreciate you for being here. Now let's dive in today. I'm going to share a weekend routine that can change your life.
I'm not going to be a life coach across the device here. That's going to be like, dude, if you make your bed, then your entire life is going to change in 20 minutes. That's not what I'm saying here, but I will say this weekend routine can be really helpful for you. By the end of this episode, you're going to know exactly how to use your weekends to not only feel rested, recuperated, big word for coach will, but also just kind of set up your next week for, a winning week. Okay.
When I was in school and sometimes even now Friday comes, I'm exhausted. I collapse on the couch. I scroll my phone for, I don't know, four hours. I wake up on Saturday. I do the same. It disappears. And then Sunday, I've always had what we call the Sunday scaries. I panic because I didn't prepare for Monday. Monday hits. I'm unprepared, disorganized, and I already feel behind and bro it's Monday, right?
I tell myself, dude, next week I'm to be better. Okay. The cycle repeats. It stinks. All right. How you end your week determines how you start your next one. Also, I mean, I think we can all agree that there's a huge difference of just how happy we are and how good we feel when we use the weekend for nothing. But then compared to, I don't know, using the weekend to actually feel rested and energized.
The solution is Friday night. It's Saturday.
Will (02:13.856)
after, but the cycle repeats. Okay. Y'all how you end your week determines how you start your next one. Now here's the routine that I feel like y'all can benefit from. And since I'm launching this on Friday, then try it tonight, tomorrow and the next day. And if you're listening to this on like a random Tuesday, try it next weekend. Okay. Friday night. Your goal is to decompress without like escaping the world without like numbing.
yourself. Okay. Relax, but don't fall into a phone hole. Do something that actually recharges you. If you have a group of friends that likes to hang out on Friday night, go to a football game with them, watch a movie, read, play a game, rest, but do so intentionally. I always say like for me, when I'm scrolling in the moment, I feel like I'm resting. If I'm playing video games, sometimes that can be restful for sure. But if it goes on like, you know, two hours, three hours, then
I feel like I'm not really resting. I'm more like escaping life, which, you know, it feels good in the moment, but you know, usually leaves us feeling kind of crappy at the end. So Friday night use it to do something that brings you joy, do something that actually recharges you ideally away from screens. Okay. I feel like a boomer saying touch grass right now, but Hey, if you want to touch grass, that'd be awesome. Saturday is a very important day in my opinion. And you might be listening. You're like, duh, will, okay.
Saturday is the day that I feel like you gotta definitely sleep in if that's something that your family allows, but do something meaningful and really move your body. Get outside, touch grass once again, spend time on a hobby and or with people that you care about, you know, take a cold shower, right? Go for a jog, go for a really long walk. Listen to a podcast on that walk. Take your dog to the dog park.
spend time with your mom, convince her or your dad that you need something from Starbucks or you you need a really awesome Acai bowl from your favorite spot. Saturday is like your day to not waste, but to do things that again are healthy sources of dopamine. Okay. So for me, going for a walks is a really important one. I actually have now, this is something I started doing recently, but I have a blocker on my phone.
Will (04:37.294)
that doesn't allow me on my phone until 10 AM. So I usually wake up at six without an alarm. So that's four hours where I cannot touch my phone. It's like a hardcore blocker. Okay. So, um, it forces me to, you know, get out in the, you know, in the, in the sun, first thing in the morning, maybe bring myself a nice cup of coffee, take dash for a long walk because he's super overweight. He doesn't want to go further than, I don't know, 10 minutes. So I bring him back and then I go back out and I do a, you know, a Hawker walk with
a podcast and a water, right? So that's your Saturday structure around things that get your body moving. And then Sunday is planning and preparation. Okay. This is kind of like a secret weapon for successful people. my opinion, review the week ahead. What's coming, what needs to be done, organize your space. All right. I'm not saying do laundry, but like organizing your clothes is something that always helps me prep what you need to.
you know, clothes for Monday, all your assignments, set yourself up to win. The nice thing about all of these things y'all is that it doesn't have to take 40 minutes every day or I mean, that's still not a lot, but it doesn't even have to take, you know, four. The nice thing about all of these y'all is that it doesn't have to be four or five, six hours a day. I mean, planning and preparing for your week can literally take you 10 minutes.
Okay. I think if you do it really intentionally and you really want to get a lot out of the Sunday preparation, then maybe it's like 30 or 40 minutes, you know, an hour, if you're including all of the things that I mentioned, but it's crazy how much success you can set yourself up for with just like 30 to 60 minutes of intentional time on Friday night, Saturday morning or Saturday night. And then also on Sunday,
A great Monday starts with a great Sunday night. When you prepare on Sunday, Monday doesn't feel as chaotic. You wake up energized. You wake up somewhat ready. Okay. I'm not saying that you like all of a sudden love Mondays, but you could, just saying you could. mean, why not? It might just be your mindset and your self-talk of why every human being hates Mondays because they feel like they should. I'm not going to get into that. I, used to coach this student. not going to get any names, but,
Will (07:02.348)
I used to coach this student who panicked like every Sunday night. And I was like, girl saying me too. She would realize that she had homework that she had forgotten about and she couldn't figure out what she needed to do for Monday. We built this weekend routine that was literally 20 minutes for three straight days. And now she reviews her homework and her week every Sunday afternoon. She preps her bag. She lays out her clothes. She knows what's coming.
And Monday mornings went from super chaotic to really, really calm. So here's what I want you to try Friday night decompress intentionally. Don't just like escape life on your phone. You can do that, but have like 30 to 60 minutes in there that you're actually, um, you know, finding a lot of rest, like joyful rest. Okay. I know that sounds kind of cringe when I say that, but, um, you know, something away from your phone, do something that recharges you. And yeah, it goes again, no mindless scrolling.
Saturday bounce rest as well as activity sleep move go for a long walk. Listen to podcasts, eat some really nutritious food. And if you have an overweight dog like me, then help them lose weight or her lose weight. Okay. That's like a good thing that my dog probably needs more of and Sunday prep for the week, review your calendar, review your homework, organize your space, you know, make it all cozy, do some laundry.
if you feel so inclined and really set yourself up for the week. Love you guys lots. Thanks for listening. Enjoy your weekend, go and crush it. And I hope you have the best day ever. Peace.