Weekend Stress part 3

The most aspect of dealing with weekend stress is thinking about your approach to your weekend. If you go into a weekend expecting that you should enjoy yourself and feel good at the end of it then it is more than likely that you will not.

If you go into a weekend thinking you should relax but also want to get a lot done it is easy to end up feeling annoyed rather than just enjoying the time off.

It is our state of mind that needs to alter – changing our approach wil increase our chances of enjoying the weekend.

Unless we set realistic expectations then what we expect to get out of the weekend and what we are likely to get out of the weekend will remain two different things.

So it is about compromise – accept you can’t do it all so some things will have to give. Go back to thinking about who you are and what you want or what makes you feel happy. Change the way that you approach these things before you even begin the weekend.

Lets take the example that you want to relax at the weekend. Spending a couple of hours just reading the paper, watching TV or walking the dog means you are relaxing, you wouldn’t do that during the week so remind yourself that you are relaxing.

Then if part of what you want from the weekend is to ‘do’ so you feel you have accomplished something, then remembering that you set your own agenda - you don’t have to do loads – even just grabbing an hour or two in the weekend is more than you would get during the week

It’s about setting up your state of mind and measuring your expectations so that you are happy and remind yourself that you did get to do the things you planned or wanted. If you can achieve the most important things you can look at how to spend the rest of the time. Just remember that it is you who chooses – you are in charge.