Pete Plays The GamesThree day weekend, trying to stay productive!
If you get a three day weekend, do you find your are more productive, or do you end up taking all the time relaxing? There's no wrong answer here but I want to know!
Tuile@PetePlaysTheGames I find it much easier to give myself some leeway to start my day slower when I know it's a three-day weekend, or anything similar.
Funnily enough, I'll end up either trying something completely new that energizes me with that extra "free" time, or, I'll use it to do a bigger task that may have felt daunting to attempt on a regular day/weekend.
Can't comment on the "more or less productive" bit, still dealing with skewed views around that.
@tuile I'll say as we close in on the end of this three day weekend I had, that I *feel* I got a lot more done. That said, I also feel that today has FLOWN by and here I am wondering if I got *anything* done this weekend. 😅
@PetePlaysTheGames this is exactly what I meant but skewed perspective for my part.
I'm doing this less and less now, but the self-gaslighting on whether "I did anything at all" is always really disturbing. Not to mention the self-bashing train of thought that used to arrive afterwards.
I've been managing better with some serious boundary setting with myself ("we talked about this, Mildred" - so I tell my harshest self critiquing inner voice) and tracking my activities more persistently when the warping gets particularly bad. Nothing like some data to unwarp things.
@tuile for sure! I have a notepad that I write down a few things to do, and then make sure to check them off. Even seeing it written down still skews it. ("Didn't check off this ONE thing out of six") all that said, it was a nice weekend here, and the process begins anew. Maybe it's me having a struggle with routine and habit? "Well, I did the laundry and dishes last time, and now I have to do them again?" Or, I'll clean up a space in my house and then it gets messy or disorganized again. Those are the ones I struggle with.
@tuile I should write more things right when I wake up. 😅​
You're definitely nailing it on the head, self-gaslighting fits it perfect. Of course, that kind of talk can wipe any and all motivation real quick if you let it. It sucks.
You're definitely nailing it on the head, self-gaslighting fits it perfect. Of course, that kind of talk can wipe any and all motivation real quick if you let it. It sucks.
@tuile Hard to train the brain any other way, but it is possible! There's plenty of different apps and notebooks and planners and books and everything on this stuff. Shame none of that is easy (for me) to pick up and simply "just do."
@PetePlaysTheGames Hey, am back on social media. It looks like I took a three-day-weekend that lasted nearly a year! Apologies on dying out there - ðŸ˜
Am back now though, hoping to figure out something consistent to stay on. So, hi again!
Am back now though, hoping to figure out something consistent to stay on. So, hi again!
@tuile honestly, I have been away as well fairly hard. I just don't know how to social media properly to engage nicely all the time. But hello again!
@PetePlaysTheGames I getcha - between irl things, getting stuck in being "in the flow" and just being too drained, was hard to get back on. Kiiiinda nice to hear that you weren't too bothered by it, haha.