Many people struggle to create a great weekend routine. The unstructured nature of weekends, with ample free time, sometimes leaves people feeling overwhelmed or not knowing where to start.
People look forward to weekends as the optimal time to have fun and relieve stress but then they don’t spend their time in a way that produces these results.
In the past, I was one of those people.
Until I decided to take a more strategic approach to weekends to increase my enjoyment, relaxation, and regeneration.
After much experimentation and research, here are the best habits I have found to maximize happiness and rejuvenation on the weekends:
Avoid work email and social media
You will never gain perspective or fully experience life if you are constantly buried in email or scrolling through social media. The weekend is the perfect time to disconnect — avoiding all work email and social media.
If this seems like a major step, consider implementing this for just one of your weekend days to start (Saturday has been the easiest day for me to implement this tactic).
In general, I believe in minimizing technology on weekends, but not eliminating it altogether — for example, you might want to call or text people…
