I am so happy it's Friday and time to unwind with my chai!!! It’s been along week. My work was less stressful this week, thanks goodness. I usually have these periods of ups and down where one week it is really busy and by the third week, I can usually breathe a little easier and catch up on other things with work.
I love the weekends and better yet if it were a 3 three day
weekend. I usually find the time to catch up with my reading, meditate more and
my walks are longer and more relaxed compared to weekdays. I am still up early
in the mornings and take the time to read, write in my journal or just pray.
It’s quiet and I love the stillness that I can experience on the weekends
before the day starts.
There was a time last year and earlier this year when the weekends
were mostly filled with social activities, such as, meeting friends, going out
to dinner or me hosting. Ever since the start of this summer, I have really cut
back on the whole social weekend thing.
To be honest, I am an introvert and socializing is not really my
thing. I have a hard time with it and most of the people I know are night time
people, meaning they like to stay up late, eat dinner late and drink. I barely drink
since I just don’t enjoy it so I avoid it. I am happier with a cup of tea and a
good book.
I am definitely not a late night person and the thought of staying
up late really messes with me and my body. It takes me days to recover to get
back to my regular sleep cycle. So now, I have started saying no more often and
just prefer to be at home. Another thing that I also noticed is that I don’t have
a lot of things common with the people I do know, so making conversations with
them is starting to feel awkward.
Since I know my kids love to hang out with their friends, I try to
entertain earlier in the day on weekends or schedule play dates, while still
trying to keep to a schedule, though it is hard. It is a fine line that you
have to balance like everything else. I
also try not to schedule a lot of things on the weekend especially their
activities so they too can get a break. I just don’t believe that weekends should
be a constant go, go, go.
For me weekends are more
about having the time to connect with my kids and just playing and being with
them. They are young so I really want to treasure this time with them. I have a
rule that every weekend we need to find one day or both days preferably, to
spend time together and do nothing.
I have seen some people keep a really busy weekend with party’s to
attend and kids’ activities and they keep it every single weekend. It’s a
really busy socializing time with very late nights and hanging out with their
group of friends. That’s what suits them and makes them happy and I am happy
for them. Do what makes you happy.
I find weekends a time to rejuvenate myself and recharge my
batteries so to speak for next week. As long as you take the time to power up
yourself again to start on Monday, it does not matter how or what you do.
So I love my weekends. This weekend is all about family time and a
chance for me to write more and read more. I love it and can’t wait to start
with my cup of chai bright and early at 4:30am tomorrow morning. Enjoy!!!
Peace,
Monita
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