Re:Ask HN: Why do I always waste time on the weekends?
by Tycho on Monday June 14, 2010 @01:49PM
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I know the feeling but I think the human race is under this collective illusion that 'the weekend' is a vast expanse of time where you can complete tasks at your leisure. It's not really much time at all once you factor in unwinding from work, catching up on sleep, having decent meals, running errands and preparing for Monday morning!
My weekend plan was to read a substantial chunk of GEB, watch a few World Cup games, visit my cousin, spend time with my family, complete my preliminary reading for my MSc, get a draft MSc specification typed up, and in a spare moment or two work through some programming tutorials.
Oh and I have to build a website for somebody. I'll fit that in 'at the weekend.'
Totally realistic.
Maybe a better strategy is never plan to do any work at the weekend, but when the Saturday/Sunday come you might have some interesting project from during the week that you've already started and can't tear yourself away from.
My weekend plan was to read a substantial chunk of GEB, watch a few World Cup games, visit my cousin, spend time with my family, complete my preliminary reading for my MSc, get a draft MSc specification typed up, and in a spare moment or two work through some programming tutorials.
Oh and I have to build a website for somebody. I'll fit that in 'at the weekend.'
Totally realistic.
Maybe a better strategy is never plan to do any work at the weekend, but when the Saturday/Sunday come you might have some interesting project from during the week that you've already started and can't tear yourself away from.