Every Monday, people say, “Good morning! How was your weekend? “To me on the road, at work, or in social situations. I usually say something like, “I don’t celebrate the weekend” or “I don’t believe in one.” I often get different answers and different reactions. They have all the colours of the rainbow.
I feel like I’m from another planet because of how people react and answer, just like Superman. We’ll talk about why that’s the case or why you’re not asking me about my weekend. I say over and over that the idea of a weekend that is fun, relaxing, and enjoyable is a social or personal illusion.
“An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the mind normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation.” Although illusions distort our perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people. Illusions may occur with any human sense, but visual illusions (optical illusions) are the best-known and understood. The emphasis on visual illusions occurs because vision often dominates the other senses. For example, individuals watching a ventriloquist will perceive the voice is coming from the dummy since they can see the dummy mouth the words. ” (Illusion – Wikipedia, 2006).
Just like most will hear the voice from the dummy, the weekend celebration is a deception that needs a microscope and binoculars. This is especially true in South African culture, where it is overdone.
The story TJ tells in his quote is a great one to think about. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., better known by the stage names T.I. and Tip (often stylized as TIP or T.I.P.), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur.
We often do not talk about how we feel, what we are going through, and the challenges that never end. We do not talk about our gaps and that we need help. We are not mindful (not in the here and now) when we greet and talk to each other.
Let’s use the following example from financial services to show what I mean: Joe and James are two friends. Joe is financially independent, meaning that he has little or no debt. His investments and savings pay for vacations, trips to other countries, and sports gear. On the other hand, James is financially “frustrated” or “dependent on creditors.” His credit card and overdraft facility are both at their limits, and he has two other loans. James spends the money he borrowed on the same sports gear, trips overseas, and vacations. Joe also uses the money to improve his health, wealth, and way of life.
This shows that James and Joe have different ideas about money and time off. They are doing the same things (holidays and buying equipment). Still, they all make money in different ways, live in different ways, and stay financially stable in different ways.
So, the main problem is that they’re both on vacation, but they’re doing other things behind the scenes. James is making problems for the future, but Joe is solving problems and keeping track of his money for the future.
Even though the example didn’t cover everything, the most important thing to remember is that James and Joe are not doing the same thing from a financial point of view. What they do is the exact opposite of what the other person does. Also, not everyone thinks that weekends are fun, and thinking that way is a common mistake.
From my point of view, the “myth” of the weekend is based on the following:
1) I rest on the weekends. During the week, most people can’t fall asleep until noon. Or they can spend the whole day at home or doing the things they like. So, on the weekend, people do things that make them happy, and being happy means getting some rest.
2) On the weekends, I do my things. At work, we don’t always get to do the things that make us feel free and give us peace of mind. So, the weekend gives us the “self-empowerment” and “initiative” to take charge of our lives for at least two days.
Even if you feel enjoyment, rest, or empowerment, that doesn’t mean you’re getting what you want. It just means we have a simple view of life and are usually happy with just enough or something better than nothing. If life is based on the idea of “levels of freedom,” “levels of financial independence,” and “levels of control,” then a weekend means different things to different people, just like in James and Joe’s case. Most of the time, people free on Friday are slaves on Monday. Then we should also find out more about the people who don’t think of the weekend as a “rat race.”
We must decide whether we will celebrate on the weekends or whether the weekends will celebrate us. We take an active role in our lives when we decide to celebrate. However, when we celebrate on the weekend, we simply let things happen and don’t think about them. According to philosophers, social scientists, and psychologists, life according to philosophers, social scientists, and psychologists is based on two fundamental theoretical foundations or meanings: Life is a delicate balancing act, or Life is similar to a glass of lemonade. ” We make the best of life.”
The balance principle says that we should try to bring life’s opposites into a state of “balance or harmony” (love vs. hate, happiness vs. unhappiness, black vs. white, racism vs. inclusion, etc.). The lemonade principle says that all our different, contradictory, and random life experiences are what give our lives meaning because we respond in positive ways. We make lemonade from lemons! Lastly, the desired way is about working toward or reaching a goal in life. So, how we feel about life and what it means affects how we think about simple things like how to spend the weekend.
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