Taking back the weekend

I had hoped that when I was no longer running off to class and trying to live a life around studying and work that I would no longer have to schedule my day down to the minute. Unfortunately I have come to realize that the leisurely, I do whatever I want when I want-lifestyle isn’t going to happen. Between work, working out, and freelance projects I feel like I never get to sit around and do nothing. When people tell me they were bored I genuinely want to know what it was like.

My crazy schedule has led to me skimping on things that are important to me, like taking the time to make a healthy, interesting lunch that is filling and getting to bed on time. By the time the weekend comes around I’m so burned out from running around all week that I just want to lie on the couch and not get up for the entire day, which makes getting things done impossible and your friends and family upset with you.

Instead of giving into the intense desire to lounge all weekend, I have made myself choose a day of the weekend that I am going to use to make food for the rest of the week, do my laundry, finally finish the nagging tasks on my to-do list, etc. and leave the second day completely free of any pressure or tasks. So far (yes, it’s only been one weekend) it’s been working. My lunches won’t be random items from the fridge thrown together at 10:30 p.m. while I dream about my warm bed and I won’t be cursing myself my alarm goes off in the morning. Instead of putting everything off until Sunday night, I was able to have a full day where I didn’t worry or stress about getting something done. I actually relaxed on a weekend, what a novel idea!