some people work weekends

and I'm here for that

“Make sure you take a break,” says almost everyone around me lately.

There’s this idea that work is allowed to occupy some of our time as long as it’s not too much of our time.

An extension of that thinking is that nights and weekends are off limits.

Some of the most successful and happy (emphasis on happy here) people I know work a lot. They work nights. They work weekends.

They also sit and have family dinners. They go on dates with their spouse. They do the school run and watch soccer games or swim meets. They exercise. They read.

They do all these things. And in part, they can fit a lot of it into their busy schedule because they work some nights and some weekends.

In fact, I can think of a handful of close friends who spend a bit of time each Sunday night planning their work and personal week. Some even do this with their partner so the family unit is aligned.

It’s work, but it’s in service of making it all fit.

Work does not have to fit into a box. It especially does not have to fit into a box someone else gives you.

Want to work this weekend? Hope you do. Want to take a call at 11pm? Hope you do.

I believe in getting sleep and looking after the important parts of life. But I don’t believe that there is a time and place where each part has to fit.

Get to work,

Peter

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