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Do you work on the weekends?
I've always gotten a mixed review around working on weekends. Some prefer it to be a no work zone so they can start the work day week fresh but others like to mix it up.
What do you do?
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For my day job, I never work on weekends. If Iโm not the one running the company, I canโt justify spending my spare time on it no matter how much I like my employers. For my side projects and my own companies, though, I absolutely work weekends. But even then, I try to keep it to just a few hours each weekend.
I work non-stop, but I love it. I have zero balance with my family and work life. However, I'm obsessed trying to get my product to the world. https://www.gypsee.travel
My work is my passion, so sometimes it's hard to turn the computer off and go outside ;) Now I finished a new movie for my mobile game: And it's 1:21AM... GOD... :D Time to go sleep.
I believe that mixing weekends with relaxation as well as completing some portion of work on the weekends is a sound choice.
@sanket_makhija Yeah that's what I am currently doing! Sports + a bit of work here and there
I usually write articles and read books over the weekend. Most of the productive work happens during the weekdays.
@eugenehp When I wasn't working on anything, this was exactly what I was doing ๐
Nearly 40 something founder with kids >> As such, weekends are entirely downtime with family + focus on kids, activities (music, sports clubs), weekly study catchups, movie nights etc. etc. ๐
@singhanurag The fact that you put your family on the first place is very honorable. I think also that weekends should be for focusing on other activities so you fill refresh, even some weekends there are times that need to log in for an hour. Keep up with the good work and I wish good health.
@singhanurag This is great! I hope when I hit fatherhood that I will always commit to this mantra :)
@singhanurag Family time is more important and critical. What is the point of becoming successful and then you cannot share the joy and happiness with them?
Life is all about being together and growing more and more.
@eugene_bochkov That's true! But not everyone on ProductHunt is working on their own product ๐
Working weekend can be tiring sometimes, mentally if not physically.
But I think it all depends on the kind of perspective we have towards our work. I have observed that when I need to get something done which is really boring, I find myself super exhausted by the end of the day. But if I am working on some exciting personal project or experimenting new stuff which is twice time-taking and effort-taking, I still feel active and happy by the end of it.
So for me, doing some fun tasks works great on weekends and build a better base for the upcoming week.โจ
Not when you are full-time in your startup. Few hours to catch up emails/chat etc but otherwise weekends are time with family to unwind and recharge
I only work on Sunday evening just prep my week ahead. 2h tops. Gives me focus on Monday morning and right energy to execute.
I do work on weekends but it's usually on side projects and exploration and/or learning-related endeavors.
Lately that weekend work has been so involved and deep that for some reason I end up kicking out of work early and "weekending" on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
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