How not to spend the weekend

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

On Friday night we don't just leave work - we literally fly out, elated with anticipation of the coming weekend.

But our expectations are not always met. And not only do the plans sometimes fail to come true, but on Monday morning we also feel as if all Sunday, at least, were unloading wagons with coal.

What are we doing wrong? Why does the weekend, thoughts of which help us to work all week, fly by unnoticed, boring and completely unproductive? Let's figure out how not to spend the weekend.

123RF / Alena Ozerova

You come to work, and colleagues, either out of politeness or because they are really interested, ask: “Well, how did you spend your weekend?” And you have nothing to answer. Have you rested? No. Have some fun? No. Did you do what you planned? Also unlikely.

It turns out that the two days given as a reward for a hard working week passed just as if they had never happened. Meanwhile, the benefits of a well-spent weekend should in no way be underestimated. Psychologists assure that a few days of relaxation are simply necessary for everyone who works from morning to evening, since a person cannot work non-stop and someday the nervous system will fail.

However, can a general cleaning, a “drunken” party, continuous sitting at the computer and apathetic lying on the couch with the phone be considered a full-fledged discharge? This is exactly what we want to talk about: how not to spend the weekend so that on Monday it will not be excruciatingly painful for wasted days of rest.

123RF / Alena Ozerova

Look for me in the club

Of course, no one will ever forbid you to visit such establishments, but this must be done wisely. The following approach would be completely wrong: on Friday evening you go to the club with your friends, dance there until you drop, drink one cocktail after another, and then “get sick” all Saturday, come to your senses only by Sunday morning, hardly leave the bed and spend Sunday to prepare for the coming work week.

It is much more difficult for those who go to the club on Saturday evening: they do not have a day for "illness", they have to combine the necessary household chores with a headache and the desire to empty all the vessels with water in the house.

Morality: If you love clubs and are willing to go there every weekend, try to keep your alcohol to a minimum. Agree, if you just remove it from the above-described "scheme", many problems will automatically disappear.

123RF / Dmitriy Shironosov

Computer "relaxation"

We have said more than once and will repeat over and over again: the time spent at the computer is not a rest. Of course, sometimes you want to sit at him for an hour or two, surfing the endless expanses of the Internet, but after returning to work on Monday, most of us will again find themselves at the computer. And how, in fact, in this case differs rest from work?

Morality: If you spend the whole weekend following your favorite "miracle of technology", then physical discomfort will be added to the feeling of wasted time: tired eyes, tense back muscles, gray complexion, since you obviously won't go outside. And to the question "How was the weekend?" even there will be nothing to answer.

123RF / puhhha

I'm all so sudden

Spontaneity is, of course, good, but not always. Undoubtedly, it makes our life more interesting, more fun, the feeling that everything is going the same way disappears. But with regard to the weekend, you should be careful with spontaneity and sudden decisions. Your “I don’t like to plan, let it run as usual” can play a trick on you, and on Saturday afternoon you will find that you have no idea what to do today and tomorrow. Finding interesting ideas will take a lot of time, which, unfortunately, runs very quickly.

Morality: Try to think in advance at least a rough scenario of the weekend. Make a small to-do list for yourself, make an appointment with friends, book a table at a cafe on Friday or Thursday if you are going to have dinner somewhere with your husband, but do not leave everything for Saturday, which starts in your afternoon.

123RF / Piotr Marcinski

Weekdays Moidodyr

Your weekend turns into Moidodyr's weekdays, and you don't see the white light, spending both days washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning and other delights of a woman's life? Unsurprisingly, Monday morning seems like a punishment from the gods to you. We think you yourself understand that something urgently needs to be changed, because it turns out that, when you come from one job, you take on another - your home job. What kind of rest is there?

123RF / barmalejus

Morality: Do not put off all chores for Saturday and Sunday. If you have the opportunity, then do them little by little during the work week. So you will be able to maintain order in the house, and free up the weekend for a productive and, what is important, real rest.