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  It also makes me think, 9-5 workers always say "Ugh Mondays, am I right?" and "It's finally Friday", but always in light-hearted ways. Do these people not think about the underlying issue behind those phrases?
context: This is really quite sad, a place I used to be in myself where you don't really have an existence outside of work. My advice (that my therapist gave me and it worked) is to find things that I enjoy and focus on them. Work should be a distraction from your life not the other way around. I go paddle boarding most weekends in the summer and I build Lego and go to the woods for big walks in the winter. 
  Find what you love because work isn't life and when you get to middle age and realise that, you'll realise how much time you've wasted on meaninless things and want to focus on connection and experience instead. >
  
  I have felt like this before and things got better when I started making more time for myself. >
  
  You're doing weekends wrong >
  
  You’re doing comments wrong >
  
  So it seems 🤣 >
  
  So you hate having freedom? >
  
  Oof, life is your break not work... at this point you just  live for work, yikes >
  
  Your job must either be really fun or your not having fun ever >
  
  Is? >
  
  That’s the saddest thing I’ve read today >
  
  I look forward to work, and feel like weekends are unproductive. >
  
  Dude, find a hobby >
  
  yeah i'm with otherwise-extreme you need to reexamine your "work-life" balance if you spend all your personal time doing work and then look forward to relaxing at work >
  
  I'm sorry to say this but you sound like an unhappy individual, maybe even depressed. >
  
  If OP looks forward and enjoys the work week more, isn’t he/she enjoying the majority of the of weekly life?  Better than hating weekdays and only enjoying the weekends. >
  
  It's not about enjoying the majority of the week. What I understand from OP's post is that they see work as an escape from "life", which suggests denial and shutting down. >
  
  Yeah, but work is “life”, as well.  So, OP’s not escaping from life.  Maybe escaping from personal life in favor of a professional one; but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. >
  
  No, you missd what they meant. OP finds work to be and escape from life. This strongly suggests that they are "depressed" or in some other way unhappy with life. This shouldn't be the case. >
  
  You're doing weekends wrong >
  
  My problem with weekends is that the majority of people are not working so everything is a lot more crowded. I now work exclusively on weekends (F-Sun). Having four days off is the way to go. >
  
  I hear that. I do 4 on 4 off so get a mix of weekends with my girlfriend and weekdays to myself >
  
  Four 10s? I do three 12s. Those continental shifts would mess me up, but anything giving you four off days is better than anything else. >
  
  Two 10.5's and two 13.5's, days and nights >
  
  That’s a lot of working. >
  
  You're exactly a version of what this system wants And why they wanted to teach us for 12 years, how's caring less about your personal life a good thing >
  
  You sound like Bill from king of the hill >
  
  Nice try Elon >
  
  wow i think this would win the prize for the most unpopular opinion i have ever seen on this sub. upvote >
  
  I like my work so I am usually also looking forward to mondays. One of the major reasons for this is that I do not like my current apartment at all. I am looking for a new one where I can feel at home instead of this thing I currently have. >
  
  I have felt like this before and things got better when I started making more time for myself. 
  I enjoyed joking around at work and had a difficult home life at the time. At work I knew I was doing all I could to help my situation by making money, being part of a team, working towards promotion etc. Days off and "freedom" can be overwhelming. 
  I found what helped me was trying to do as many of the simple chores during the week and setting aside time at the weekend for yourself no matter what. 
  Not time to deal with relationships or other responsibilities and if the chores aren't done then they wait. Better a messy house than a messy mind. I never had any hobbies and it's hard to find them as an adult so just prioritise "alone time" at first and once you get used to checking out, leaving the shit for later you'll find there are things you want to try. Sometimes quietly staring at the wall for half an hour is a decent start if you usually find you're stressed during your free time. >
  
  I’m with you on this, my personal life isn’t so good at the moment but when I’m at work I’m stress free knowing I’m making money etc >
  
  same >
  
  This is unpopular, and, in a way, beautiful! Happy you enjoy your work so much :) >
  
  Just wait till you have kids and you really look forward to Mondays. >
  
  I have 3. I never look forward to Mondays. >
  
  I mean yeah once they're bit older and the weekend is not all chores anymore, it gets better. >
  
  My kids are still young and I still don’t look forward to Mondays. >
  
  If that’s how you feel, why not get a weekend job or side hustle and use the extra money to pay a housekeeper? >
  
  Weekends are indeed a bit depressing... it all depends honestly on how you live your life, if you are not self sufficient in providing your own life with purpose your employers will do that for you especially if you resonate with your job.
  But I would still recommend cultivating your true calling, that way no weekend will be scary and you may even make a career out of it....
  I am currently working 7/7 9/24on one project that is a bit above my competence, I cannot say that I enjoy it, in fact in this position I want to feel as numb as possible to deal with consequences of my mistakes a bit better....
  After this is over I hope I will have enough balls to bail out and get a decent 40h job with weekends... it is just, you don't value things until you loose them, weekends are nice, learn to exploit them. >
  
  I am so sorry you feel that way. >
  
  Why are you working on Boxing Day. Aren't you off? Oh you must be American. >
  
  I think Boxing Day is a Canadian/UK thing. >
  
  Do chores during the week too. Go on an adventure. >
  
  The only chores we do on weekends are the dishes and run a few errands and once a month take the trash to the county collection center.  We don't consider cooking a chore, it's enjoyable.  We'd rather put in a hard week and have our weekends free for fun stuff.  I don't wanna hear about your commute.  Mine is nearly 100 miles each way and I'm not home several nights per week. >
  
  More power to you! >
  
  You can always join the armed forces reserve and work an extra weekend. >
  
  I think you need some hobbies or something. And possibly some organizational skills. Most basic chores can be done over the course of the week. >
  
  I feel like this once in a while. But when I think about where it stems from, it's guilt of not working, which is what work culture has ingrained in us. >
  
  What are these chores that eat up your whole weekend? The world will keep spinning if you skip swiffering for one week, go see a movie and try a new restaurant! >
  
  If you do nothing but work you're not living you're just surviving >
  
  I don't like you. > >
  
  I’m with you. I look forward to work, and feel like weekends are unproductive. >
  
  Don’t you have anything you can do on a weekend that makes you feel productive? >
  
  I'll do you one better: why do we feel the need to be productive all the time? Let's normalize being lazy sometimes and not feeling guilty about it. Enough of that mental programming. >
  
  Some people just like to be productive that’s all. It’s not always to do with social engineering. Some people literally just get their drive from accomplishing hard things all the time. >
  
  Relaxing even just once in a while won't kill them lmao. >
  
  It won’t but why should I tell them how to live their life. If they would rather constantly be busy so be it. I’m fine with relaxing but I’m not going to push that on anyone else. >
  
  Neither will I. The reason I'm even saying anything is because I get the glamourization of overworking and always being productive shoved down my throat. This is just my response to that :) >
  
  Yeah I agree. It can be troublesome especially if it’s shown as the only way to live a fulfilling life. >
  
  I have the same feeling sometimes, as much as I love having more 'me' time at the weekend. During the week I get into a much better routine, eating at certain times, working out before going to work etc, but the weekend messes up my set routine. >
  
  I just can't sit around doing nothing, I need to be productive >
  
  This sounds unhealthy, as breaks should be something relaxing. 
  Do you have kids?
  Do you have serious personal problems?
  Did you consider doing some chores during the week and ease the weekend? >
  
  All depends on the job. If your job is your happy place and you love what you do, it’ll most likely be as you explained. But for those that hate their job… the weekend is keeping them going😂 >
  
  I’m in the middle where I love my job but it is exhausting and the weekend is always looked forward to >
  
  What's your job? >
  
  Every time you think you read the most unpopular opinion, you just find more XD