Do you head back to work on Monday morning to get a bit of rest? Our society seems to have turned our weekends into non-stop action.
The two days that are meant to help us get back into balance seem to have become all about activity. We rush around between sporting activities for children, heading out for a spot of shopping, meetings, catching up with friends, catching up on the work we didn’t finish last week, jobs around the house, maintaining the garden. By Sunday evening we collapse in front of the television and try to stay awake long enough to see the end of the programme that we’re watching. Sound familiar?
Once we’re back at work the activity remains frantic. News.com.au is reporting on a recent survey suggesting Aussies’ stress is all work and no play.
NEARLY nine out of 10 Australians are feeling stressed and most blame work for the way they feel, a new poll shows.
Finances, health and personal relationships were also stress factors, a Newspoll commissioned by Lifeline Australia revealed.
I find it interesting that people are mostly blaming work for their stress. I tend to think that we can handle a lot of pressure in our work and private lives if we make sure that we have time out to look after ourselves physically, mentally, socially and spirituality. When we fill our downtime with frantic activity we lose the opportunity to recharge and the pressure becomes stress, which left unaddressed can lead to all kinds of health and relationship issues.
We certainly had a busy weekend but we did have times to relax as a family and with friends. I managed to wind down pretty well last night too. I sat in front of the heater with a glass of red, reading a good book until it was time to head off to bed.
How about you? Do you find time on the weekend to wind down or is it all about frantic activitiy for you?
Maybe it’s time we all took the time to change a few priorities.
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I totally agree. I think this was half my trouble while I was living in Perth….it wasn’t work that was the problem, it was the busyness of my weekends (which I foolishly allowed) and then I felt like I needed a holiday from my weekend. People do recharge differently. I’m an introvert so I need time alone to recharge and I found it difficult dealing with extroverts who were super social and wanted to ‘hang out’ all the time.
Yips, agreed! I need time on the weekend to relax from work. I thought it´s all about getting old(er), though!
When I just listen to what my younger brother does on the weekends I get all breatless!
And maybe that´s one reason why he looks older than me (and he does, poor guy!)…