For about a year, I’ve had only 1 weekend day that felt like a day off. I work on Saturday mornings. Once Orangetheory reopened I was going to my workouts after I was done with work. And after my workouts, I had my Movie Club group. So my Saturdays were busy from 8 am until about 6 or 7 pm. Even though I could do something after I was done with Movie Club, I rarely did since I was normally exhausted by that point in my day. So I only really had Sundays off since I work Monday-Saturday.
And for a while, I don’t think this was a huge issue for me. It was a lot, but it was ok. I didn’t feel like I was missing out on too much since I’m still not really going out too much. And it was a nice routine to have. But slowly I’ve been starting to get my Saturdays back again.
First, my Movie Club group decided to move our movies from Saturdays to Fridays. More people were making plans for Saturdays so they wanted to switch the night so they didn’t have to miss the movie. I don’t mind this and we just watch the movies right after I’m done with work (I’m one of the only people on the west coast, so it’s much later for everyone else). We haven’t been watching the movies every week, which is also ok. I know that we still watch them pretty often, but if we miss a week or two it’s ok. Plus, we still have the tv show that we watch on Wednesdays.
And I haven’t been working out on Saturdays lately either. I’ve been toying with having my workouts just on weekdays for a while and I’ve been testing out the idea. And last month, I knew I needed every Saturday I could get to work on the move. So I never worked out on a Saturday in April. And I’ve been continuing that idea this month. I think I might start just planning for weekday-only workouts and if I need to do one on a Saturday I can do that. For example, this week I will be working out on Saturday for a few reasons. But having the time after work free and not spent working out and then showering and getting dressed after working out has worked to my advantage.
Besides all the work I’ve been doing with moving, there have been other tasks I’ve been trying to get done and I’m glad I don’t have to make them all happen on Sundays. For example, I went to Costco the other day to get some things I wanted/needed for the condo. I know going on a weekend can be crazy, but at least going on Saturday when I didn’t have anything I had to rush to afterward allowed me as much time as I needed there. And I got a lot of good things, including some things that weren’t on my list but I was happy to get much cheaper than if I bought them elsewhere.
And I’ve been working on getting stuff unpacked and organized a lot on Saturdays. Sundays are usually spent cleaning and getting ready for the week (plus relaxing a bit), so doing some of the more annoying tasks on Saturdays helps to get them out of the way. As I’ve said before, unpacking and organizing will be something I work on for a while for a few reasons. But just seeing some progress makes me feel better about my space and less embarrassed when people come by.
Hopefully, soon I will have some more fun things I do with my extra time on Saturdays. It’s been tough to plan fun things in my life since the move really dominated my life for longer than I want to admit. And I’m still hesitant because of the pandemic. But I’m reevaluating what I consider to be acceptable risks so I can hopefully go out and do more things. And if I keep my Saturdays less busy with some of the regular things I’ve been doing before, it at least allows for the potential for more fun things to be added into my schedule as I have the opportunity.
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