November 6, 2025: The 5-9 Plan

What if you could reclaim 72 hours of your week?

Specifically, the evenings.

Imagine if the 5-9 wasn’t just the recovery period for the 9-5? Ask yourself: if I trade 40 hours for a paycheck, what am I doing with all the others?

The nighttime window can easily get wasted with mindless TV viewing and doomscrolling after dinner.

Minus a plan, free time turns into a leaky bucket; a garden left unplanted.

Author Amanda Goetz talks about making room for the different “characters” in her life. While the workday features her professional self, she wants to develop other parts in the evening.

She actually names her inner characters: the CEO (ambition), the Lover (intimacy), the Friend (belonging), the Artist (creativity), the Caregiver/Doctor (self-care), and the Explorer (curiosity).

If only the CEO stars every day, life becomes a one-note song.

So, look at the evenings with fresh eyes. The math of life is unforgiving. Seventy-two weekly hours either can build something amazing or disappear into nothing.

The day pays your bills, but the night builds your life.

The 5-9.

What’s out there for you after dinner?