The Weekend. A time of rest and relaxation, where you get to gather your energies for the week to come. Or so the theory goes.
I have found that this modern life we engage in robs us of our rest time and replaces it with a constant chase to “do things we want to do”. We no longer enjoy a morning with a paper and cup of coffee, we now have “things to do”. Always “things to do”. Shopping, social engagements, things we “must” buy, errands we have to run.
But do we really? I am going to try something something different this coming weekend and will let you know how it goes. I am going to try and use the weekend for what it was intended: rest and relaxation. I will not run any errands that I really do not need to run and I will only go buy things that I really need.
The stresses of our daily lives build up enough without us putting more stress on top of that. We need to find time for ourselves so we do not burn ourselves out while there is still a lot of life to live ahead of us.
This is so true. The same goes for me for traveling out of town to visit family. As much as I love family, when I get home, I feel frazzled because I didn't have any REAL relaxation time. What's worse is when you're out (or traveling) and BORED, but can't just relax or rest, because you're not in your preferred environment.
ReplyDeleteI like to get my errands done after work throughout the week. I might not get home for another hour or two after the normal time, but damn it, it leaves my weekend free for ME time. So I can play silly video games, and take a bubble bath. M'yes.
How did your experiment turn out?
Seems to me like you're robbing Peter to pay Paul. Now you'll have to run all of your errands during the week.
ReplyDeleteActually, my experiment turned out to be abject failure. I had all kinds of things to do and lots of errands to run and then we had a big to do last Sunday with the Doctor Who watch party, so I got zero rest.
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