QOTD: How do you keep it together on the weekend?
To start with, we might ask what a weekend is for:
#7 is my main problem, and it's related to #1. Namely, on the weekend I have a hard time getting out of bed. By the time I get out of bed, I don't want to shower right away, which means that I won't put on sunscreen, which means I won't want to go outside and burn my skin. The result is that I stay in, and I cook too much food and eat all of it, and then I get online and press buttons for the rest of the day.
Either #2 or #5 is what should ordinarily extract me from the perils of #7. The problem with #2 is that I'm not particularly religious, I even dislike the religious aspects of anti-religions. The problem with #5 is that my family *is* religious, and therefore is not around much on the weekend to start with. As for friends, I don't have any.* I suppose ordinary people create families to keep themselves company, but that's not in the cards for me. Some people go to bars "where everyone knows their name," but that's not my ideal setup either. Without people to hold me responsible, it's difficult to stay committed to anything on the weekend.
That leaves 3, 4, and 6. I do a little bit of each of these, but not enough, and again, it's difficult to stay on task. #6 would be easier if libraries kept their weekend hours consistent. Trouble is, even at a library on the weekend, the mood is decidedly un-academic, as nobody is ever around. Bookstores / coffeeshops are another possibility. Trouble is, there aren't many nearby that I truly enjoy. And to top it off, indulging #6 would be at the expense of #4, which, in a perfect world, is what I would spend 100% of my weekend time dedicated to. Trouble is, I *never* do. There's always a long list of things I want to do, and I only ever manage to get to, at most, a third of them.
Perhaps the biggest problem, though, is a general lack of planning. This weekend is the perfect example. At one point this weekend I had four different people attempting to make plans with me, and all four plans fell through. Clearly I am not very good at making decisions after the weekend has begun. The key, then, should be to plan my weekends as far in advance as possible, to schedule every minute of them so that there is no question about what I should be doing. I need to get specific, draft lists and memorize them, and provide some sort of negative consequence for not following through.
* not even a dog.
- Rest: catching up on the sleep you missed during the week.
- Religious observance: Saturdays for jews, Sundays for christians.
- Hobbies: attending sporting events, garage sales, building birdhouses.
- Errands: cleaning, repairing, resupplying.
- Spending time with friends and family: going on dates, attending fairs, parties.
- Quiet study: for students.
- Bingeing: for addicts.
#7 is my main problem, and it's related to #1. Namely, on the weekend I have a hard time getting out of bed. By the time I get out of bed, I don't want to shower right away, which means that I won't put on sunscreen, which means I won't want to go outside and burn my skin. The result is that I stay in, and I cook too much food and eat all of it, and then I get online and press buttons for the rest of the day.
Either #2 or #5 is what should ordinarily extract me from the perils of #7. The problem with #2 is that I'm not particularly religious, I even dislike the religious aspects of anti-religions. The problem with #5 is that my family *is* religious, and therefore is not around much on the weekend to start with. As for friends, I don't have any.* I suppose ordinary people create families to keep themselves company, but that's not in the cards for me. Some people go to bars "where everyone knows their name," but that's not my ideal setup either. Without people to hold me responsible, it's difficult to stay committed to anything on the weekend.
That leaves 3, 4, and 6. I do a little bit of each of these, but not enough, and again, it's difficult to stay on task. #6 would be easier if libraries kept their weekend hours consistent. Trouble is, even at a library on the weekend, the mood is decidedly un-academic, as nobody is ever around. Bookstores / coffeeshops are another possibility. Trouble is, there aren't many nearby that I truly enjoy. And to top it off, indulging #6 would be at the expense of #4, which, in a perfect world, is what I would spend 100% of my weekend time dedicated to. Trouble is, I *never* do. There's always a long list of things I want to do, and I only ever manage to get to, at most, a third of them.
Perhaps the biggest problem, though, is a general lack of planning. This weekend is the perfect example. At one point this weekend I had four different people attempting to make plans with me, and all four plans fell through. Clearly I am not very good at making decisions after the weekend has begun. The key, then, should be to plan my weekends as far in advance as possible, to schedule every minute of them so that there is no question about what I should be doing. I need to get specific, draft lists and memorize them, and provide some sort of negative consequence for not following through.
* not even a dog.