Do you still look forward to the weekend?

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Does the week feel like one long weekend ? I still do if there's an event that weekend. Does retirement feel like an endless vacation. How did you adjust to all the free time.
 

Yes, it does feel like one long weekend and an endless vacation (well, except for the 2 days a week I babysit a toddler and those days feel like an endless showing of "Frozen". Would you like me to sing a song? I have several of them tattooed on my brain.....) I have adjusted to all the free time *gleefully* and with great aptitude.
 
Please sing for us jujube! Can we dance? Lol. Hey, I still hate Kermit the frog,he makes me twitch. Waaaay too much Sesame Street in my past! ha,ha,ha.
 

jujube said:
Yes, it does feel like one long weekend and an endless vacation (well, except for the 2 days a week I babysit a toddler and those days feel like an endless showing of "Frozen". Would you like me to sing a song? I have several of them tattooed on my brain.....) I have adjusted to all the free time *gleefully* and with great aptitude.
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You poor person, like that silly song at Disneyland It a small world.
 
Funnily enough I still do, although I haven't been retired that long, I find that I still keep to a routine similar to the one I had when working. Once Friday evening arrives, I still get that feeling of' Oh great it's the weekend'. Maybe it will wear off in time.
 
My weekends feel different from my weekends, probably because most of the people I spend time with, off line, still work full time jobs, so when I do things, it's mostly on the weekend, but, also, the morning news is different.
 
When I was working I seldom had weekends off, or holidays for that matter. So, I haven't had a strong sense of "weekend" as an adult. I hope that made sense.

Since retirement I loose track of the day of the week, not by too much, just by a day or two. ;)
 
tnthomas said:
When I was working I seldom had weekends off, or holidays for that matter. So, I haven't had a strong sense of "weekend" as an adult. I hope that made sense.

Since retirement I loose track of the day of the week, not by too much, just by a day or two. ;)
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When in support or retail that is what happens so I understand , did retail while way younger:
 
I've done retail too, but we alternated weekend off, I also had periods of time when I worked 7 days a week for months on end, I don't know, I just always have felt a difference, no matter, maybe having lived mostly in busier areas, generally the vibe just changed around me, weekends just always feel different to me. I'm kind of weird that way, there's certain things I only wear on weekends when I run errands, maybe as I get older that will change.
 
We still keep pretty busy. I'm not sure that I'd ever want to just "retire" and do nothing. However, weekends are a bit different, we're able to do more volunteer work on the weekends and we have a bit more free time for ourselves and to get chores done around the place. So in a way I look forward to the weekend, but I also look forward to a week of new challenges.
 
I've got two job offers, one part time, one full time... Of course nothing's for sure until it happens, but I'm hoping for the full time one...will sleep better at nights. ;)
 
Yes. My S.O. is not yet retired (despite my "encouragement" to do so) so I spend weekends at his place. During the week, I try to establish a routine but I find that there are so many classes, events, and opportunities in my area, I have to actually schedule a day to putter around and do nothing when I want one. I think one of the challenges of retirement is finding the balance between activity and relaxation that suits you - but I'm not complaining! I love this challenge!
 
For some few years after retirement I did volunteer work. Even today, come Saturday, I often say, "thank goodness, it's Saturday and I'm off." During the week it's like I'm on call.
 
The only thing weekends means to me is all the working folks are out and doing what they can't do during their work week so I avoid the crowds and do my things week days. I've been retired 23 years but once in awhile my wife will joke "Tomorrows Saturday we don't have to work!"
 
Yes for the main part weekends are very different for me because I work during the week. and occasionally I work Saturdays too ( last Saturday for example)..so yes it's different for me and long may it be so..
 
Not unless we are doing something with friends as the wife isn't yet retired, but will be next year. Otherwise, weekends mean not going shopping as the shops are packed, and not going to the gym as all those people who still have to work are there. ;)
 
Forgot the famers market happens on weekends so look forward to that at least. Maybe I should have things delivered instead. I still do not like Mondays for some reason.
 
Yes, on weekends I don't have to make any phone calls or go to any appointments, there is no 'business' to attend to -- I'm pretty free to do my own thing, so I can relax or whatever.
 
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