Tomorrow marks the first day of my three day weekend. I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to need an extra day to myself one weekend to take care of lots of little tasks that I seem to avoid when Saturday rolls around. So I made the decision to use one day from my holiday allowance from work to get everything done while no one else is around.
Usually when the real weekend arrives I’m too burned out from the weeks work that I tend to just spend most of the two days winding down, before having to go back to the office. With the extra day my intention is to get up as if I still had to go to work, but instead take care of all the stupid little things that need to be done, but aren’t really that important. That way I get to enjoy the rest of my weekend without having the thought in the back of my head that there are things that need to be done.
It also has the added bonus that I’m not in work. I can’t really explain how much of a relief that is at the moment. I won’t go into that just now, but the longer I’m out of the office, the happier I am.
One of my intentions for the weekend is to spend one day completely offline. I might grab a book and find a quiet cafe to read it in, or if the weather improves, I might buy a coffee from somewhere and go sit in Princes Street Gardens. If it’s the later I intend to take my camera out with me and take a few photos around Edinburgh. My Flickr account has been really neglected this year, so I need to add lots of new photos to it.
This weekend is going to be relaxing, very low key, and extremely low budget. Which is exactly what I need at the moment.
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Staying in a work routine in order to do what personal stuff you need to do is a great idea. I hope it worked out well for you
It didn’t work exactly as planned, but I still managed to get up early and get lots of things done.
Ah, well at least you got some things done