Week in, week out, and every weekend seems to go faster and faster. It’s hard to believe that not so long ago you were decorating the house for the Christmas celebrations, and it’s now almost time to start your Spring cleaning. Time flies, and weekends, as a sad result, become more and more difficult to enjoy. It may be difficult to relax during the weekend after a hard week of work, whether you are a busy stay-at-home mommy or you work in an office in town. Most people just spend the weekend in almost complete inactivity, with the sense that their life has been put on standby until the work week begins again. Don’t waste your weekend: Make the most of it with these three tips!
Spend Time Together
For most families, weekends are the only time when everyone is available. It’s never easy to find time together during the week, between work and the sports lessons of the kids, so you should use weekends as a reminder of what it means to be a family. If the weather allows, plan outdoors activities together. Why not take a walk along the coast and enjoy a nice picnic with everyone’s favorite sandwiches and cakes? Or maybe you could pick a neighbor town and spend a few hours visiting the area? Is it a rainy day? There are plenty of things that you could together at home, starting with baking a delicious cake or planning your next holiday. It doesn’t have to be something major, what matters is to create a bubble of love during the weekend so that you can reconnect with your family.
Catch Up On Your Favorite Entertainments
Everyone has a favorite author or TV show that they love, may be Sydney Male Strippers. But it can be tricky to make the most of it during the week. Life gets in the way, and before you’ve realized, it’s already time to go to bed. So, you could start your weekend by watching the episode you’ve missed from your favorite show, as most TV and Internet bundles like Verizon Fios provide the resource you need to set recording agendas in advance. Or if you are not a fan of TV, you could spend a few hours reading the last book of your favorite author with a delicious cup of coffee. After all, that’s what weekends are for!
Get The Household Under Control
Finally, more and more households seize the weekend as an opportunity to make their lives easier for the coming week. Each weekend will start with a cleaning operation through the house, and the laundry will be hanging outside to dry. Others also like to prepare the meals for the week in advance, so that each weekday can run as stress-free as possible. Whether you are one for the lunch boxes, or you prefer to focus on a warm evening meal, this habit of preparing in advance can save you a lot of time and money if you get the hang of it. You can also update your household budget with savings and expenses made during the week and prepare the projections for the week to come.
I live in a small Georgia town that you most likely have never heard of and I LOVE it! My house is more than full as I am a single mother of four & caregiver to my aging mother and uncle. Lover of all things Outlander. Goes to the beat of her own drum woman.
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I was just thinking as I was reading your newsletter that we are in the last half of February already and it seems like it just started.
I do find it overwhelming at times, as much as I look forward to it, how to spend the week end. I want to make things easier for the coming week but also want to have together time with my family. Finding that balance makes for an enjoyable week end.
I really need to find time to enjoy any of my time, I need to take care of me. But, my husband had surgery yesterday and is not working until further notice, and we have a preemie and a toddler so every thing is just utter chaos right now. To top everything off our water got shut off for emergency repairs so we have absolutely no water or heat currently.
It is wild that we are already in 2017. It seems like I was just getting things together for our Thanksgiving meal & my brother was cooking the turkey. I just don’t know where the time goes. As it is I spend the weekends getting the trash together, doing as much of the laundry as possible, and entertaining family on Sunday afternoons. It seems the weekends are relegated to getting chores done, paying bills, going to the grocery for the week. We’ve gotten to the point we make movie night dates & spend a few hours playing board games with family when they come over.
Long ago, I stopped making major plans for the weekend, and I’ve found that we enjoy our weekends much more without all that pressure. We find that weekends are a good time to relax together without a lot of scheduled activities. We both like certain televised sports, and that often makes a focus for the weekend. But my goodness, how those two days fly by!
I try and stay offline as much as possible. Usually we do something together especially something outside. It always seems there is some chore to do, but just being outside makes it more fun. It is for sure important too to say ‘no’ if you want to.
I love making calls to my friends on the weekends to check in. I am not in the weekday rush and neither are my friends.
I love the weekend..it’s a way to reconnect with the family after a crazy hectic week of running here and there.