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Does anyone else get anxious that they're not spending their weekends 'properly'/not enjoying them enough?

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weekendanxiety · 14/12/2025 12:13

Every weekend I feel like sense of unease and anxiety that I'm not spending them 'properly' or enjoying them enough. I'm not sure what spending a weekend 'properly' even looks like... I think that I hate being at home and having nothing to do. Usually the feeling will creep in and I'll find myself going shopping as it's the only thing I can think of to do and then I look around B&M or Homesense or wherever I've ended up and think this is where we're all choosing to spend our precious time off. This is it for my life? It gives me a bit of an existential crisis.

I'll try and do something wholesome like go for a nice walk with the dogs or do some baking but afterwards the dread creeps back in.

The only weekends where I don't get this feeling is when I've gone away for the weekend, but I can't do that that often.

Does anyone else get this?

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ChocolateCroissantCafe · 14/12/2025 12:18

I get this! Hate the feeling of wasting the weekend, even though I do also enjoy time at home. But I enjoy it more when I've done something 'proper'. I try to plan ahead and keep a few things in mind, exhibitions or open studios I want to see, National Trust houses nearby and that kind of thing.

PersephoneSmith · 14/12/2025 12:20

I used to but not anymore. Now I make sure I am doing something great every weekend.
You need to make plans OP, get out more (literally) and stop never getting round to doing the things you want to.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 14/12/2025 12:23

I don't exactly get anxious, but I get annoyed with myself if I'm not doing enough life things, especially if I'm tired.

But if you find yourself shopping out of boredom then that's not greats and you probably need some hobbies

(So do I, I just spent 2 hours on Vinted and eBay - I did find a bargain Burberry coat mind you 😁)

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 14/12/2025 12:23

PersephoneSmith · 14/12/2025 12:20

I used to but not anymore. Now I make sure I am doing something great every weekend.
You need to make plans OP, get out more (literally) and stop never getting round to doing the things you want to.

Yep, planning is key, I agree

SomethingFun · 14/12/2025 12:29

Make a list of what you want to do and then do those things? Book in theatre/ events etc for the weekends so you have something to look forward to? Make a thing of having a lazy day binge watching stuff so it’s a choice? Same with a shopping day rather than mooching round b and m for something to do. Or go to a farmers market or a different town/ city if you love shopping but want it to feel like a thing.

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