02/27/2026
In my former life..., the weekend used to mean one thing to me.
Relief.
It felt like “another week survived” and a chance to switch off completely.
That usually meant burning the candle at both ends. Eating and drinking more than I needed. Sleeping less than I should. Trying to take my anxiety down a notch by escaping the week.
But come Monday, I was never recharged.
I was more exhausted, running on empty and my anxiety was often higher, not lower.
It became a pattern.
For weeks and weeks this would continue until every few months i’d break - literally…
Vacations were the same. I treated them as an escape instead of recovery. I’d always come home more exhausted than when i went.
The shift came when I stopped seeing weekends as something to survive and started seeing them as something to support me.
Sleep more.
Move because it feels good.
Eat well enough to feel steady.
Drink less.
Actually rest.
Recovery is productive.
When I changed that mindset, my health improved. My anxiety levels dropped substantially and I started to ‘live’ again. My weeks felt easier.
The work I was putting in midweek started to show up.
The weekend does not need to be an escape.
It can and should be a reset.
And resets are not soft. They are strategic.
If you want better weeks, build better weekends.
