One day a week to yourself....

[sleeplessinsoutheastlondon]

Imagine you have one day each week to yourself. Assume you have overcome the guilt...you have 6-7 hours...it’s a weekday. How would you use it??

Lie-in with a book and coffee, quick blast of housework, swimming, nice shower, nap, tv/sofa.

No guilt!

I book the odd day off work while dh is at work and dd is at nursery and do exactly as above.

Have also done cinema, spa day, shopping ...

1/2 day study, 1/2 day novel

Sleep

I've recently had this! So far I've been pretty busy as sorting out house renovation stuff. I spent time going to choose tiles/floor etc. But have managed a coffee with friends as well. The time goes in a flash... Each week I've been determined to spend the following week lounging around eating chocolate and watching films/reading but it is yet to happen.

I do. Used to be two now down to one. I exercise and then do washing, ironing, cleaning, batch cooking... but i occasionally "take one off" and have fun. Next week I'm going clothes shopping

As a regular thing I'd allocate 1 or 2 hours to getting on top of those niggly little jobs that pile up.
Then I'd have me time, sleep, read, walk, watch tv, catch up with friends and eat at a nice cafe. Assuming dc is happy and well cared for, no guilt is required.

I had 20mins this morning! Lay in bed resting my aching legs. Then DH returned with DS, who immediately located me and demanded Peppa.

6-7 hours: a bath, then a book in bed with tea and biscuits on tap.

If I could keep on top of the rest of the stuff I usually do in the week then I would:-

go back to bed after the school run and set my alarm for 11am. Up, showered and dressed, brunch and a book either at home or out somewhere. Then a mooch round the shops (cant do that any more!) or once in a while a movie or a swim.

Lie in, workout, brunch or lunch, book and nap

Definetly sleep, baby is only a few weeks only and i am constantly exhausted. And then I would hoover every inch of my house. I only get to do a quick rush round with it now as baby is scared of it and screams when it comes on

Dog walk, gym, a mooch around the shops and a long lunch with a friend and wine.

I have two days off. One of them i go to the gym, then do something cultured like gallery etc and also do a few online courses. The second one I stay in after the school run and listen to the radio, plus get the house in order so we don't have to worry about it over the weekend. I need these two days off as I do all the school run, after school stuff with the kids. The trade off is that I do a 3 day working week. Seems fair to me!

Lie in/read in bed. 1-2 hours Housework. Lie in/read in bed.

If money wasn't an object, I would go to the spa for the day (I do this maybe twice a year, as a birthday or other present, obviously though not on a regular basis).

A few times I also just go enjoy a day in a city nearby by myself. Coffee and reading a book, nice lunch alone in peace with a few glasses of wine (I take the train so don't need to worry about driving), shopping, visiting a museum or market, whatever I want. I leave my husband to sort the school run and dinner and come home by late afternoon/early evening. It's wonderful. No guilt at all.

I have this every week and I use it to catch up with work (teacher).

Lie in, breakfast in bed, swim, child-free cafe for coffee and a book, back to bed for films and cuddles with DH.

Studying. I'd make myself a second nice coffee (most days I limit myself to one), light the fire, and curl up in the big armchair with my books and the internet and really try and crack on.

Actually, dh has semi-committed to taking ds out this afternoon, so that's what I have planned if this should work out!

Assuming this doesn't have to include housework, decorating, kids stuff etc. and money's no object! I'd go mountain biking or running/ gym then read, watch crap telly (homes under the hammer!), have a lovely lunch with a friend then a walk and after do some baking/ posh cooking.

Both dc are now in school and I work 4 days a week. I have Mondays "off". I do some exercise - long bike ride, swim or run. Go shopping - food, kids clothes, whatever else needs getting, household admin. Batch cookkng. Car serving, boiler servicing, haircut, medical appts etc. Because it's Mondays there are a lot of Bank Hols and Inset days etc too. Those 6 hrs from 9 am to 3 pm pass very quickly!