Why weekend is so short

This stretches out your fun," Vanderkam says. That way you spend Sunday afternoon thinking about your upcoming fun, rather than about Monday morning. This will definitely maximize your fun, and doing a lot of activities will make the two days feel even longer. But they require you to plan ahead, which is a good thing," Vanderkam says.

That stretches some of the weekend vibes well into the week! Now that you've got some tricks to "extend" your weekend without having to call in "sick" , you might feel more motivated and excited for Monday. Or at the very least, you won't be filled with dread Monday morning.

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Here's the thing: taking frequent breaks will make you more productive , creative, and focused. You will get more done in less time and with less stress when you put a little vacation in each day. Why do I refer to it as a vacation? For entrepreneurs, freedom is important and there's nothing like returning to your vacation mentality to help you exercise your freedom. When we say, "I need a break," it has a different feeling to it than "I'm going on a mini-vacation.

If you tell your brain that you're in vacation mode it has permission to relax and leave behind thoughts of work. Yes, it's semantics, but don't knock it. Studies show that words can actually change your brain. Positive words can alter the expression of genes, strengthen the frontal lobes, and motivate us into action.

We naturally have a stronger, more positive association with the word vacation than break, usually taken at the peak of exhaustion. The thought of a mini-vacation also pushes you to think of activities that differ from those related to a quick break.

Your prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that solves problems, organizes things and sorts out your decisions, functions at a much greater capacity when you regularly step away from your work.

How often do you take a break and stop thinking about what you left behind? Right, not often. Trick your brain into forgetting your stress by putting it in vacation mode; it's sort of a placebo effect.

It's those little snippets of time that we remember most from our vacations. Relax and be free from anxiety Take back good sleep and help alleviate pain. You just need to make some plans that exist outside of your normal routine. A new setting can be just as effective as well. Last weekend I took my Kindle and Nintendo Switch to the park, just for a change of environment. I was still doing exactly what I was going to do at home, but it felt fresh and really made my weekend seem longer in the end.