"Three things"

[enismirdal]

When the weekend comes around, my natural inclination is normally to spend as much time vegetating on the sofa, spodding and generally minimising human contact and maximising tea intake. (Indeed, if I don't get a decent amount of downtime at weekends each month I start to stress out.) The trouble with this is, when taken to extremes, I end up

Comments

[keiliss]

I like how you Adult. I think I might adapt this idea.

[enismirdal]

But...you're a parent! You can already adult amazingly!

Still, I think there is some mileage in trying to get a balance of useful and fun such that some useful happens, but then when it's done, fun can be had without guilt. :)

[alexcat]

Life is short. Do the fin things. You'll never regret NOT doing something useful instead of something fun.

[enismirdal]

Broadly, I agree - but there's a level of gross of the house that even I can't stand, and certainly it has bothered me immensely before when I've had to deal with a dirty car with no washer fluid left for a week when I could have just sorted it on Saturday! :)

[red_lasbelin]

I really feel this. Working full time and then coming home without so much energy to do other things - then you do all the necessary living stuff (or put off what doesn't need to be done right now) and a couple of fun things. It just leaves one feeling like there isn't a lot of forward motion and kind of stagnant.

The three things idea sounds good. Probably gets better even more once it's a habit!