The Unschedule: Reclaiming Your Weekend

Where does your weekend go?

Are you a Saturday Slacker? Or a Sunday Slacker?

I encourage you to look at how you spend your weekend.

1. Do you use the weekend to get away from work – rest and recovery?
2. Do you use the weekend to work?
3. Does the nature of your work change on the weekend?
4. Is your weekend planned or is it mostly spontaneous?

This weekend, don’t change how you spend your time but simply notice how you spend your time. Many of us operate with schedules all week and use the weekend to be more unscheduled. Take stock of your weekend with an unschedule.

The unschedule:

The unschedule is based on taking a daily calendar and completing it at the end of the day. Write what you did each hour from the time you got up until the time you are completing the calendar. Do this on both Saturday and Sunday night. On Sunday night, after you complete the 2-day unschedule take a look at how you spent your time.

1. When you look at both days, what stands out?
2. Were there any surprises?
3. Were there things you would like to do more of next weekend?
4. Are there things you would like to do less of next weekend?
5. Did your weekend unfold in a way that is most beneficial to you?
6. What have you learned from your unschedule?

Use the information and analysis of your weekend unschedule to ensure that future weekends are experienced in a way most beneficial to you and the people you care about.

Have a mindful weekend and let us know how it went.