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* Cycling somewhere in the city, usually to a new cafe or something
* Hiking with friends
* Boardgames night with friends
* Go to the big shop and buy stuff I can't get easily locally
* Set up the coffee roaster and roast me a few batches
* Do a big tidy/clean up
* Voluntary work at a soup kitchen
It's a _very_ rare weekend I don't have something planned.
Weekend is only different in that I have more time to invest in activities not related to a fulltime job.
Sometimes I envy people who don't have to worry too much about the roof above their heads, about kids, about the future etc.
But then I realize that I would never really change my way and what I have to anything else, to anyone's else's life. Even with full memory reset :)
All the replies so far are making me envious of when my weekends were my own (or just me and my girlfriend, now wife). Weekends now revolve around the sports and activities of our children. It's a choice we make and there are a lot of positive aspects, but that doesn't mean I don't miss being able to prioritize myself a bit more :)
I wish my weekends look the same.
So I meet up with one of my groups of friends for board games (they almost always host something on Friday nights), or meet up with someone for dinner, or meet up with some people at a meetup (recently there's been a new movie+dinner meetup near me that has some cool people I've been going to every other week). Periodically there are parties hosted by my wife's family too. Every once in a while there's a party hosted by a friend.
Besides that, I mostly either try to play catch up with cleaning and/or lawn maintenance, let myself relax, or work on personal projects (working on a video game and several board game designs, sometimes a little work on writing stories or making electronic music).
If it's a nice weekend I try to take the dogs on a walk a bit further away than just around the neighborhood. We've got a nice trail a couple blocks away but there are even better ones and more options about a 10 minute drive away.
I'm also trying to get back into the habit of going to the gym at least one of those days, but I've been failing spectacularly at that so far.
Just like any other day — surviving, working on my family's future and present safety (financial and all others). Weekend is only different in that I have more time to invest in activities not related to a fulltime job. Sometimes I envy people who don't have to worry too much about the roof above their heads, about kids, about the future etc. But then I realize that I would never really change my way and what I have…
After talking to people all week and dealing with their whims, I lose steam.
I find it impossible to do the things other people find fulfilling. It all seems like more work. I'm exhausted to the core.
More specifically, low energy stuff. Watch TV, read, whatever. The last thing I want is to burn more energy/talk.
Oddly, typing and such doesn't count. Being able to opt out immediately I suppose.
Depending on the weather and time of year, a grab-bag of: * Cycling somewhere in the city, usually to a new cafe or something * Hiking with friends * Boardgames night with friends * Go to the big shop and buy stuff I can't get easily locally * Set up the coffee roaster and roast me a few batches * Do a big tidy/clean up * Voluntary work at a soup kitchen It's a _very_ rare weekend I don't have something planned.
Which board games?
Interested to know.
I've only played a few in my life: Scrabble, Monopoly (for very little time), Careers, carrom if that counts, chess (very little, I usually lose soon, although I won a few games), a 3-D version of tictactoe, with four points on each axis, IIRC. That last one I enjoyed a lot.