Make your weekday as interesting as the weekend with these tips
Posted on: 31/Oct/2016 8:39:06 PM
Research done by the Stanford University has said that happiness rises with the number of hours you spend with family and friends, so even if you aren’t working, Monday morning can still bum you out. So how do you make your weekdays as fun as the weekends? Here’s how.
A psychotherapist and coach from New York says, You don’t need to save all the fun stuff for the weekend. So get together with friends, try a new workout, go to early hours at a museum before work, or take yourself out to breakfast with a friend. Anything that allows for some fun or feels restful during the week. It could be a 20-minute shift in your schedule.
According to experts, Weekend mornings are awesome because they’re quiet and relaxed. They recommend emulating your weekend mornings during the week by setting your alarm a little earlier. It doesn’t have to be much, just try enough that it allows you to do something that you don’t normally get to do: drink your coffee slowly, take a nice, relaxed shower, even lounge around, they say. They also say,
One of the best parts of the weekend is that you can give yourself a break from business-related email. Make it a point - unless your job explicitly requires it - to turn off email for periods of time. Check it in intervals instead of having it constantly on, and reply to messages in batches, which is actually much more efficient anyway.
A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that those who love their job and their boss had a much smaller - and sometimes even a non-existent - weekend effect on their moods. A famous author says, If you can’t switch your job, you can find little ways to boost your mood at the office. I suggest making more of an effort to become friends with your co-workers, including planning post-work socials, potluck lunches in the cafeteria, and coffee outings.
