| After Friday's lunch-brake, millions of working | | | | yourself some slack here! |
| individuals around the world are checking their | | | | You are an energetic individual that has lots of |
| office clocks counting the minutes before it is | | | | things to worry about during the week. Don't add |
| officially allowed for them to go home, relax with | | | | to you worries the fact that you will not be able |
| their family and friends and put their minds at | | | | to go out with your female friend and help her |
| ease. After all, it is weekend time! But wait, if you | | | | select a new set of curtains to match her |
| think of it again, I believe it slowly comes into | | | | recently acquired living room leather couch. You |
| focus that weekend time equals "free" time and | | | | hate promising and then breaking a promise, but if |
| "free" time means time for recreational activities. | | | | you are honest with yourself, your needs, and |
| What a bummer! | | | | with your friend, it is more likely that she will |
| You now seem disappointed to leave the office, | | | | forgive you this time. |
| which looks like a secure environment, and to be | | | | Just don't make it a habit. What I am trying to |
| forced to go out, have fun, do shopping, meet | | | | say here is that you should put some priorities in |
| people you haven't seen for at least a week, | | | | your life and select which recreational activity to |
| take the kids to that theme park you have | | | | do when, depending on your needs and wants. |
| promised at a moment of weakness, clean the | | | | You should not become an egoistic person that |
| house, do the laundry, organize the garage, join | | | | never considers other peoples' thoughts and |
| your sport club, watch the game from your | | | | feelings, but at the same time you should not |
| special reserved seats, organize that barbecue | | | | forget that your own time is your own to invest |
| everyone has been waiting for, and so on. | | | | where you see fit. Try to find the balance |
| Well, I might have been carried away, since some | | | | between what you need for yourself, what |
| of these activities cannot be considered | | | | others need from you and what you want to |
| recreational, but a lot of others, even if not | | | | succeed at the end of the day; much like the |
| included in this list, are. Before turning back to | | | | office deal you know how to handle. Guard your |
| reenter your office premises, try to maintain your | | | | weekend time as your precious time to do the |
| optimistic side alive and realize that yes, | | | | things you want the most. |
| weekends are short, but they are still your | | | | Multitasking and over-committing yourself is a |
| chance to elude and experience in full the | | | | habit you should quit, since it is not healthy for |
| recreational activity of your choice. | | | | you to always be on the run from errand to |
| You have been waiting for the right time to | | | | errand, visit to visit, promise to promise. Your |
| announce to your folks that you are ready to join | | | | weekends should be a time of relaxation, |
| your friends and begin those scuba diving lessons | | | | rejuvenation, and pleasure, and not a time for you |
| you wanted for so long. When you actually | | | | to go crazy for the things you did not manage to |
| managed to convince them that you will be | | | | complete in less than 48 hours! Nobody should |
| careful and that sharks cannot be found | | | | blame you for investing in yourself. Even those |
| anywhere near your instructor's pool, you have to | | | | who will attempt should know better. Teach them |
| squeeze the classes into your busy weekend | | | | what it is like to lie down on Sunday night feeling |
| schedule and still manage to do all the other things | | | | confident with yourself and proud of weekend's |
| you have been postponing for a while. Cut | | | | recreational accomplishments. |