![]() ![]() How can we make the most of our weekends, reclaim some downtime and recharge for the busy week ahead? ![]() Saturday and Sunday are packed full of activities with little time to, as the kids say, “chill” and relax. Hours pass running the kids to the pool, watching swim meets and getting organized for the busy week ahead. The weekends always seem to disappear in a blur. This is yet another reminder of the importance of putting down the technology!! It was a great refresh on the power of the weekend and nice to realize that we have been doing a better job of getting into nature with our Bruce Trail walks, spending time with others (although distantly in the days of the pandemic) and having more time as a family now that our kid's sports activities are on hiatus. ![]() A well-lived weekend, filled with face-to-face socializing, idleness, and nature, is the gateway to a well-lived life.Īdded notes from Feb 2021: this was a second read of this book for a work book club. Readers of The Happiness Project, All Joy and No Fun, and Thrive will find personal and business inspiration in this well-researched argument to save the weekend, and as a result, save ourselves. Onstad offers real-world strategies for wrestling back this lost time with how-to practices in making the most of the weekend. So what happened?ĭigging into the history, the positive psychology, and the cultural anthropology of the great, missing weekend, Onstad, herself suffering from Sunday-night letdown, pushes back against the all-work-no-fun ethos, and follows the trail of people, companies and countries who are vigilantly protecting their weekends for joy, adventure, and most importantly, for meaning. It wasn't long ago that working less and living more was considered an American virtue. Our health is deteriorating, our social networks (the face-to-face kind) are weak, and our productivity is down. We don't need the research to tell us that this is hurting us. We're working more hours that we did a decade ago, and worse, we allow those hours to slide over seven days a week, leaving no space or time to tune out and recharge. A persuasive, practical, and much needed manifesto that makes the case for reclaiming our weekends to increase joy, creativity, productivity, and success in our lives.Īward-winning journalist Katrina Onstad's The Weekend Effect asks us to reconsider the role of the weekend in our lives-often lost to overbooked schedules, domestic chores, shopping, pinging devices, and encroaching work demands-debunking the belief that you have to be on 24/7 in a 24/7 economy to be successful, and revealing the extensive benefits of a well-lived weekend. ![]()
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