Hacking Your Weekend To Neutralize The Sunday Scaries
Sometimes we dread Monday because we have not recharged.
Even when we love our jobs, many of us face the ‘Sunday scaries’ every week. That dread of work is only getting worse, as Gallup reports that American workers are among the most stressed-out in the world in their State of the Global Workplace report. That dread of the workweek is driven by two factors: our work environment itself and whether we are getting what we need on the weekends.
Beating workweek dread starts with taking a realistic look at our work situation, which you can do with this guide to beating workweek dread. But hacking our weekends to make sure we truly recharge is equally important.
According to the American Psychological Association’s latest work and wellbeing survey, 54% of employees say long hours are a significant driver of their workplace stress. And that means using our time away from work to rest and restore is essential. But most of us pack our days off in a way that we don’t get what we need. A deliberate approach to how we use our time off can make a big difference.
Evaluating how we use time off.
While we may not always have as much control as we’d like in our workplace, we do have a say in how we use our time…
