Hi everyone. Hope you all are feeling good, healthy, and high up in your spirits. Today we are going to discuss most important and common topic which I believe almost every other person is struggling for. This anxiety which is a result of pressurizing roles and responsibilities while you are working in a job is same for everyone in every profession. There is absolutely no difference in anxiety levels whether a person works for a corporate, whether a government professional, a teacher, a labourer, a doctor, a personally owned business which may be either well established or a start-up. Every job, work, or any profession you choose comes with its own terms and conditions, has its own pros and cons and has its own targets to achieve. But believe me my friends, you are not alone in this. But i can assure you that you alone can make a huge difference as far as a simple resolution is concerned. Let us jointly figure out how?

Our offices and our workplaces were always like this. Then came a shift where everyone of us were locked behind the doors and we began to cherish that extra amount of time that we saved when we were not getting ready or travelling to our workplaces, not dropping our kids, or picking them up from school, or not dropping your parents/ spouse to their workplaces. But do you realize that there is a thin difference between cherishing this extra amount of time and prioritizing and fitting yourself in that small little chunk of time

From my experience, I realized that in the name of cherishing this extra time, I use to sleep late (thinking oh! I need not go to the office and let’s catch up on some movie) and then of course therefore wake up late in the mornings. Hence, I missed out on my early morning exercise or a walk in a park cherishing that green grass with birds chirping and sun shining on my shoulders. I missed out on early morning tea or a coffee while watching and observing people downstairs from the window of my fourth-floor apartment. I missed out on listening to my favourite music while doing some light household chores etc. I could have done everything but because I got caught up in comfort zone of my own unhealthy habits thinking that I am cherishing my “extra” time but honestly it was a disaster. Because I woke up late, everything else was postponed along with household chores and finally office time started. But When I realized my mistake, I tried my best to reverse them, and I am now able to prioritise myself. What is your say on this?

Coming to finding more deeper solution, let us first understand what makes you feel lighter during the weekends? Let me guess and the list goes like this- Having a long and sound sleep in the mornings, Feeling it from within and absorbing this to the core that yes today is my weekend, making some random plans to visit friends or going out for a family outing, Going out for a walk in a park and looking at greeneries all around with birds chirping, listening to music or random binging on movies or web series, having mouth-watering your favourite food, reading a good book and the list goes on and on and it differs with different people as per their interests. 

Now ask yourselves, from the above list from where we started, how many activities can you do daily rather than just save or pushing them only for weekends? You can go to park every day, listen to music every day, can binge on your favourite web series even if that is just one episode, you can have your favourite food which can make you emotionally secure and you can read just 3-4 pages of your favourite book, or write some content that you like. All you must manage is TIME. You may not be able to give entire day to one activity that makes you feel lighter but can-do multiple activities by allocating shorter duration of time in well-defined manner. Again, you can even take a 15–30-minute nap when you feel little relaxed from office work. 

The idea is that the feeling of a weekend lies in your mind and mind absorbs this weekend feeling only on Saturdays and Sundays and excludes this weekend feeling on rest of the days. It is because we have conditioned our minds like this. Start questioning your beliefs and seek answers as to what is the difference between rest of the days and weekends? On weekdays, there is just office work and absence of all the activities that you like. However, on weekends, there is absence of office work (no offense if few people must give some extra hours to office on weekends as well) but other activities that you like may or may not be present depending on how much busy schedule you have on weekends. For example- Guests visiting your house, Grocery shopping, helping parents or spouse in their household chores, helping your kids with their studies, spending time with your elders, attending your relatives’ weddings whom you don’t even know and so on. So many a times you lose on embracing activities even on weekends which is most awaited and can unwind you to prepare you to face challenges for next working week. Hence, my idea is to embrace and enjoy all these activities on all the days irrespective of building differences in your minds between weekdays and weekends. Choice is yours. PRIORITISE yourself not on weekends but everyday.