AP 684: Have you ever considered going on a non-working “work weekend?” || Growth Spurt

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

My friend Rachel Nielsen and I recently decided to dedicate a weekend solely to checking off those lingering to-dos that pile up in our everyday lives. It wasn't about professional work but clearing out those constant mental load tasks, from family scheduling to household chores. In this episodes I'm sharing the logistics and what I learned, while encouraging you to consider a non-work work weekend—whether alone or with friends—to tackle these tasks and make your daily life smoother. Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! Leave a rating and review Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs. Shopify
0:05.0	is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes
0:10.8	that let you build your brand, marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping
0:15.5	solutions that actually save you time, from startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go. Shopify is made for
0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
0:30.1	I'm making a robot head with an Amazon box. I've painted it silver and daddy help me make...
0:35.5	At Amazon, we're actually using paper bags for more of our deliveries.
0:38.6	And now I'm making a paper hot air balloon
0:41.0	and I even made a little brown basket
0:43.5	and I'm making a dog that looks just like Monty.
0:45.7	Just one of the ways we've reduced the weight of our packaging
0:48.0	by more than 40% since 2015, which is still good for playtime.
0:52.6	Mom, where's the scissors?
0:55.6	To learn more, visit aboutamason.com.com.
0:58.4	org slash sustainability.
1:04.6	Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress,
1:07.3	and this is a growth spurt,
1:09.3	a bite-sized way you can increase your progress today.
1:15.2	Back in February, I did something that I hadn't done in many years. My friend Rachel Nilsen
1:20.3	from 3 and 30 Takeaways for Mom's podcast and I have gathered several times over the years
1:25.7	to take a weekend to just come together and work all weekend.
1:30.3	I hadn't done this since 2022.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 22 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cloud10, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Cloud10 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.