What is your philosophy behind your days off?
Sometimes your days off are incredibly important in order to build the life you want instead of escaping the one you have. It’s the only time you have to really dig into deep work and make progress on what you’re working on. This is what’s called a weekend warrior. I used to hear this many times through my career as a musician.
Other times you may need to actually shut off for at least one day. You may need that mental break and remove yourself entirely in order to recharge and refresh.
You’d might be surprised to hear my philosophy behind my day off. While I don’t necessarily remove myself from working, I rarely schedule anything. Yard work, a business block, or family time all just kind of happen.
And if they don’t then they don’t!
I don’t feel bad.
The reason I’m so laissez faire about my weekend schedule is because my Monday through Friday is so incredibly dialed in. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep, every single minute is accounted for.
It’s important for me to make sure I have at least one day, sometimes two where I can simply close the planner, unplug and just let life happen.
I can tell you many times then not, I actually feel unproductive and unfulfilled at the end simply because all the things that I DID accomplish wasn’t planned and scheduled. That goes against the grain for me and in fact, makes me excited to get back on the Ritual Design train Monday morning!
Today you get to listen into a live coaching call where myself and Abhinn go deep into his schedule. We really look at the reasons behind WHY he wants to make a change and what he wants to feel at the end of his day off. This very well may be a good thought exercise into your own philosophy behind your days off.