Stop Saving Your Life for Saturday: How To Maximize Your Weekdays

About this episode

The episode discusses how to reclaim time during weekdays and create a more meaningful life beyond just surviving until the weekend.

This week, we’re talking about why so many of us spend Monday through Friday just trying to survive until the weekend, only to cram errands, friendships, rest, hobbies, and actual living into two short days. We discuss how work culture has normalized giving our jobs the best hours of our lives, why adulthood can start to feel repetitive and emotionally draining, and the small ways we can reclaim our time during the week. From spending more intentional time with friends to building routines that make weekdays feel meaningful again, this episode is about creating a life you don’t constantly need a weekend escape from. --- Stream Hannah's album, PHASES ! Watch Emily's Short Film, All We Were ! Emily's Substack: third martini thoughts --- Emily's Captivation: John Mulaney Hannah's Captivation: Kacey Musgrave's Middle oof Nowhere Shop CLEARSTEM and 15% off with the code GALSGUIDE at checkout --- Welcome to The Gal’s Guide — a weekly dating and lifestyle podcast created to empower radical self-love and bold relationships. Join us, long-distance best friends Hannah Adams and Emily Aleece Burton, for amusing and vulnerable conversations with insightful guests as we cover topics like love…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hannah Adams, Emily Aleece Burton

Topics covered

• work culture
• time management
• weekdays
• self-care
• intentional living

Keywords

• weekdays
• work culture
• self-care
• intentional time
• life balance

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