It’s embarrassing to admit, but I’m not very good at weekends.
I spend all week looking forward to Friday, that glorious day when the whole weekend stretches ahead, full of possibility and relaxation.
But in reality, my weekend is often a bit disappointing. It’s full of housework and sitting around thinking that I should be doing something more exciting, while I scroll through Facebook for the tenth time and sink deeper into a hole of depressing news stories on the iPad.
There’s a bit of worrying about work, and thinking of all the things I’ve got to do on Monday.
Usually, the weekend passes by in a blur and I don’t do enough of the things I always plan to: curling up with a good book, watching that film I’ve been meaning to get round to, catching up on blog posts, or working on my novel.
I don’t know where the time goes.
The best weekends are the ones where we’re away somewhere, exploring and getting away from the everyday routine. Those are the weekends where I forget about the things that stress me, and I feel like life is good.
But I’ve always had a hard time living in the moment. My brain won’t sit quietly and enjoy the downtime; instead it races off to the next thing and worries endlessly, if there’s nothing to distract it.
That means I’m one of those annoying people who’s never satisfied. I always want to be somewhere else. When I have plans, I often long for the sofa and a restful, lazy couple of days off. But when I have nowhere to be, I feel frustrated and wish I was out doing something fun.
It’s a no win situation. Yet all I have to do is sit back and relax, and appreciate what’s happening around me.
Maybe one day I’ll learn how to manage it, and weekends will be great, whatever they look like!
Bobby says
I’m exactly the same 🙂 I spend the week longing for some time to do nothing, and then every Sunday I’m like “Why aren’t I out doing something exciting?” But then when I DO make lots of plans, I resent all the busyness again and wish I could stay home!
Amy Lord says
When I get the balance between socialising and laziness right, it’s great, but very hard to do!
CaptainKirt says
I work most weekends so rarely get that community “Friday feeling”.
Natalie K. says
Oh man, I feel like you magically jumped in my head and read my mind before writing this because I RELATE SO MUCH. I always plan to do a ton of stuff on the weekends, like working on my fiction, blogging, knitting, or studying Russian, but somehow it never pans out. Earlier I had to stop myself from reading random rubbish on the Daily Mail. It’s frustrating because I know it’s a waste of time, but I do it anyway. We should make a pact to do useful things on the weekend, even if it’s just for a couple of hours…
Amy Lord says
Ha, I like the idea of a pact Natalie! Plus, why do we even read the Daily Mail – I don’t think it even qualifies as a guilty pleasure!
Amy Rutter says
I have the exact same problem. If I have a packed weekend, I feel like I haven’t relaxed. If I do very little, I feel frustrated that I’ve wasted it. I feel guilty about it either way, every weekend. I can’t win!
Amy Lord says
I’m so glad it isn’t just me!
Chichi says
I must admit, I am bad at weekends too. If I’m not out socialising then chances are I’m working, but then again I am a freelance writer so there is no such thing as a 9-5 job for me!
Chichi
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