Last month we decided to take Sundays off. Sundays have become this little life boat that I end up hurling myself onto and holding onto for dear life. Well, that’s dramatic. My week isn’t a sinking ship but by Sunday I’m in need of a quiet inbox and a day where I don’t have to wear shoes.
Slowly but surely, our Sundays have slowly seeped (retroactively) into Saturday and a real weekend formed. The adjustment reminds me of our trip to Jamaica in 2012. I had a mini panic attack because I didn’t know how to be still or what to do without my laptop. There are times where Adam and I feel the need to defend ourselves if we still want to work a bit during the weekend. It’s still odd to look at my bookshelf filled with unread adventures and know that I could jump in at that very moment.
How do you treat weekday nights and weekends? Do you adhere to a traditional work schedule and use that time to relax/work on personal projects? Do you find yourself working during the weekend to “get ahead?”
*PS If I DO work during the weekend, I schedule my emails to go out Monday morning. It helps keep those two days pretty quiet and sacred.
10 Comments
April 15, 2014
We have no real work schedule but seem to be falling into a bit of a routine. Wake up at 9-11am. Chill out, watch something, catch up on internet things. Start working around 2pm and work-ish all the way 11pm. Watch tv shows and don’t generally fall asleep till 3am. And repeat. Haha. Weekends over wedding season are usually weddings and then a catch up day of just chilling out the day afterwards. Not the healthiest of routines is it? Haha.
April 15, 2014
Your schedule is exactly what I would do if I didn’t have so many day meetings (and now an office/studio space). I naturally wake up around 10/11am and get productive around 2/3pm. Then stay up late :) People always give me a hard time about it but I still am productive!
April 15, 2014
oh allie! i love your blog, it’s so real!
i don’t really have weekends because i am still studying and teachers tend to give us ridiculous amounts of homework. but as the school year is winding down, im getting really excited for quiet, lazy days:)
April 15, 2014
Aw I love hearing that!! I’m excited that you’ll have those quiet, lazy weekends soon. They are the best!
April 15, 2014
I try to stick to the same working schedule my husband has so that we can spend evenings and weekends together. That doesn’t always happen, because sometimes there is just a lot of work. But I am trying my best to prioritize and manage my time better. I find I do well when I write down a schedule for the day and avoid watching Netflix while I work!
April 15, 2014
It’s so wonderful when you can try to prioritize your spouse and their schedule! Our days can STILL be so segmented even though we run a business together. I love the nights where we can hang out, watch tv or get dinner.
April 16, 2014
I think it is so important to take the weekends off, I started doing this about 2 years ago and it made me so much more sane and productive during the week. It was hard at first but I just kept reminding myself that if I had a regular office job even in the design field I would have the weekends off so I wasn’t being lazy I was just trying to keep some normalcy in my crazy freelance life. :)
April 18, 2014
It’s true!! It’s nice to see friends, relax, drink and eat good food! I love it. I’ll probably work tomorrow but Sundays are ALWAYS off limits.
April 17, 2014
I’ve been thinking about taking a day off each week a lot, but I haven’t implemented that yet. My schedule is so messy that it’s hard to allow myself to take a day off when I don’t feel I’ve got enough work in. /o\
April 18, 2014
It’s hard to do (even I will work Saturdays a bit) but it feels good to even make the effort.