Why do we love weekends?

TGIF was the name of a restaurant in Koramangala in Bangalore (not sure if it still exists). When I first saw that restaurant back in the mid-’90s, I asked my friend what’s the meaning of that! Quite a naive question but then I was a small-town boy and didn’t have much understanding about such stuff.

He answered it’s the small form of “Thank God It’s Friday”. So basically it was a youngsters‘ joint attracting the young folks to come and enjoy the weekend. Fridays are always attractive because you get two days off from work after that.

Bangalore being a highly cosmopolitan setup, Fridays used to be party nights for young folks. The MG Road/Brigade Roads used to chalk a bloc on Fridays and Saturdays. Now, this culture is across all cities and towns and people let their hair down on Fridays. 

But the bigger question is why do you love Fridays? Why do you look forward to the weekend? Is it because of two days of no work or two days of running away from the job? Or two days of fun with your family? 

Whatever may be the reason you should ask this question to yourself! Why do you look forward to Friday evenings?

If you are thinking that you are happy that Friday is here because you can be away from your work desk for two days then believe me you are in the wrong job! You need to find a way out of that jam.

One thing that I suggest is that utilize part of your weekend in a side gig. I have a friend who works as a Distributor of AMWAY. I find that he looks forward to the weekends so that he can spend time on his side gig which is to make more sales in his AMWAY business to get financially independent one day. He keeps himself extremely busy during the weekend and he is as happy as any other day.

What’s important is to find your purpose and the goal of life. What makes you happy and how do you want to be remembered? Your off days should be spent on that. Everyone does not have the choice of working in a job where they want to. People make compromises and it’s quite natural. Opportunities are not abundant for everyone. Everyone has various problems because of which they have to stay in a job which they don’t like but if you enjoy and party on weekends to run away from that frustration then you are doing yourself a disservice. 

Do what you love to do – your passion – your hobby on the weekends. You might be struggling today but you will have a brighter tomorrow if you can work on your passion during the weekends.

One of my friends loves paintings and enjoys teaching. But his day job doesn’t allow him any time for both those activities. He spends some nights in his painting activities and uses his weekends teaching kids. He has had amazing success with his students. That’s how I measure his success. Not by the money, he draws from his job but by the way, he gives back to society through his passion.

So the next time you say that you are bored with your job think about how you are spending your weekend! If it’s spent by watching movies, web series, and get-togethers then you are not helping your cause. You are not walking the talk. If you have to change your current situation then the power lies within you. Utilize your free time on that hobby of yours. Utilize your weekend on that gig that you have passionately yearned for. Nobody can push you in that aspect because here the choice is yours.

Remember your life situation 10 years down the line will depend on the choices you make today and the decisions you take today.

I wish all my readers good luck on their ride towards a better and brighter tomorrow.

Keep smiling and God bless!

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