Hello everyone! I don’t know about you, but I always find it most difficult to keep my concentration on Friday. I can already feel the pull of the leisurely easy-going weekend calling me, the freedom to do whatever it is I want whenever I want with no obligations whatsoever. Needless to say I don’t like doing much of anything productive on my weekends. By my reasoning I have plenty of time during the week to do what I need to do around the house, meet my parents for dinner, etc. etc. I like to go out and socialize sure, but I hate having places that I “need” to be or things I “need” to do simply because I get plenty of that at my job and my various errands during my work week.
In order to accomplish this, there are some things you’ll have to do. I always make a “to-do” list of not-so-fun errands and tasks around the house that need to get done before the weekend. This includes dishes, laundry, taking out the trash, cleaning, etc. Unfortunately exercise is an everyday thing, but I sometimes do take one day off on the weekends to cooldown. By accomplishing things you tend to put off until the weekend, you’ll find the time-off that much more fulfilling. After all, you don’t want to be stuck saying “Horray the weekend is here! Now I can do my laundry and clean my dishes and pick up the family room!” Now do you?
Ironically in financial terms I’m not feeling very wound down, in fact I’m a little wound up. We’re moving to a new apartment come November, and there are a lot of unexpected expenses rolling through. On one hand I’m not even close to financial duress, but the big numbers make me uneasy. Security deposit, first month’s rent, application fees, pet fees, etc. mean I may have to tap my emergency fund. I hate using my emergency fund, and it is exacerbated by the fact that I loaned out some of my emergency fund to my father for my sister’s wedding (My calls for a simple, inexpensive wedding went unheeded).
In the end things are running just fine and all of my protective measures financially are running smoothly. I guess it’s just having that extra layer of safety being taken away from your safety net that makes me slightly uneasy. Oh well, the weekend is here and my accounts are still looking healthy!
-Xias