Just make it Monday, please

[jay]

I often dread weekends... this one perhaps a bit more than usual. Today... yes/no decision on funding the Arctic field season at 11am. Then couples-counselling tonight. I wish I'd lined up lunch today, but have been too preoccupied to plan ahead. Tomorrow night... no plans. Some slightly-stressful socializing with the kids in the afternoon. Should have planned ahead, again. Sunday... Father's Day... no plans (sound familiar? heh) other than I need to confront the issues around my father's illness again and give him a call.

Why do other people look forward to weekends? For me, work is generally more satisfying and less stressful... still, three days and it will be over, thankfully.

Comments

[geekchick]

Why do other people look forward to weekends?

Because I don't have to get out of bed at 8 AM and trek 20+ miles to the office, and I don't have to sit in on one of the millions of conference calls. It's my chance to get done all the stuff I can't get done during the week because I just don't have time. And because I have a couple of days with nothing necessarily planned.

[(Anonymous)]

Hang in there!

Feel free to come my way and visit!

Z

[trinker.livejournal.com]

The last time I dreaded weekends was when I was a kid and hated being at home, vastly preferring school.

Now, weekends are a time to spend with loved ones, and to do personal projects that can't be done during the work week.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I look forward to weekends only because then there's a CHOICE about what I do - home or work. I liiiiike choices. Also, after a weekend I often have clean clothing. :-) That's about it.

[kai-ta-loipa.livejournal.com]

I hear you on that... weekends give just enough free time to let me dwell on how much I should be doing...

weekends.

[p3aches.livejournal.com]

Brian, Im not free for lunch but i am free for a late afternoon coffee. give me a call and lets see what we can arrange. as to the weekend.I sugesst you find away to just relax. read a book, go to a movie, do things you enjoy doing. I look forward to weekends for the above suggested reasons. My favorite one is having breakfast with friends. or taking a walk on the beach. Hugs T

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Weekdays -- even in my job -- are someone else's time. Weekends are MY time.

If it doesn't feel that way for you, you might think about making some changes. I bet it would make you a happier person!

-J

[frankenboob.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about your father. His health must be taking quite a toll on you as well. Hopefully the counseling can help you with that? I know it helped me with issues surrounding my father, his illness(es), and his death. I'm actually thinking about going to counseling again. Are you seeing the same person for your private counseling as you are for couples?

As for weekends, it is time to spend with my family. Also time to get some stuff done (generally around the house) that didn't get accomplished during the week. It's a time to wake up late & (at least have the option to) make blueberry pancakes with the kids. It's a time to relax & read a book. Go on a hike/bike ride. Etc. I thoroughly look forward to spending time with D on the weekend... and if I read in his journal that he was dreading being home & preferred being either at work or out of town, I'd be crushed. I'm sorry you're feeling bad, but you are not alone in your life.

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence, I called you about having lunch together today. I hope you see one or the other of my messages before it's too late!

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Can you and Pat go out for dinner and a movie on Saturday night? I think you could use some destress time, and time to focus elsewhere. And ask her to get the kids to do SOMETHING for you on Father's day, even if it's just making breakfast or something silly like that. You need to feel a bit more appreciated that I hear you've been feeling lately.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I don't think your objection is to weekends so much as it is to unstructured time with no plans.

Am I right about that?

[frankenboob.livejournal.com]

Sorry things are stressful for you. I hope things smooth themselves out soon.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

If you can make it this far north, I'm available for a light lunch and some chai or something. I'm actually working from home today, and catching up. I'd be careful about breathing in too deeply around here, though... everyone seems to be catching the stomach virus I've had.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I've dreaded some weekends myself. Mostly when other people around me had plans and were happy with them, while I was having mood swings or locked up and depressed.

Weekends have been times I've traditionally looked forward to having time to myself or with people I care about. Being able to go to the beach for a few hours without having to answer to anyone, and turning the cellphone off. Being able to create art or write personal stories. Hiking. Swimming. Going to picnics and BBQs. I love summer weekends in particular, usually.

I suggest that you find some way to look forward to weekends. Maybe you can take up a hobby or attend some classes -- Spanish, perhaps? Something that would be appealing to you or might come in handy in your personal life and work.

Weekends don't have to suck. At least, not all of them.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I'm usually doing something (more errands and chores than social), so I don't see weekends as a relaxing time, or an unusually "fun" time, nor as time to sleep in (I don't particularly like sleeping in).

I do, however, look forward to weekends. I look forward to the change of pace, having more control over my time, the opportunity to do stuff I want to do that's not work, as well as the opportunity to socialize or seek out non-social entertainment. I don't see worktime as "me" time, so having an official "not day job" break (which is what the weekend is to me) gives me more potential "me" time. And, since I don't have many obligations to other people or other things, a great deal of it usually is "me" time. I like that.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

My weekends have some set structure, including things I look forward too, but they're not set in stone as much. The regular things include:
My Saturday mornings, which generally start with my yoga class, followed by a scone or similar and coffee at a local bakery and a trip to the wonderful used book store nearby.
The role-playing game I'm in runs 2 Saturdays a month; this is one of them.
Sundays are church, morning and evening services.
Once a month or so I have a con-com meeting on Sunday afternoon; that was last weekend.
Things unique to this weekend: taking the mystery kitty to the vet for a chip check and general check-up, a friend's birthday thing, and I'm planning to visit the county fair Sunday afternoon and see how my entry did.

I'll probably call my dad on Saturday because Sunday schedules are hard to coordinate due to time differences.