It’s the Weekend!
What are YOU doing for yourself and for your business?
What are YOU doing for yourself and for your business?
If you work in retail, service, or in the hospitality industry, you expect to work on the weekends and instead maybe have a day or two off during the week. My husband is a performing musician and I know a lot of artists, actors, and other creative people who not only work on the weekends but look forward to weekend work.
However, I have always had trouble working on the weekends. In my first two careers as an educator and later in corporate and direct sales, I worked the standard Monday-Friday, 9–5 schedule, and decades later, I am still having trouble shaking that mindset. Previously, when I shut things down on Friday, I tried not to think about anything work-related until Sunday evening.
In the decade or so since I became a solopreneur, I have found myself working at least part of Saturday and Sunday most weekends. I often tell myself that putting in a couple of hours on those days is necessary. Those thoughts don’t always work, though.
So…how do creative and solo professionals who don’t usually work on the weekends plan their entire week so that working on the weekend (or not) is. their choice?
Analog or Digital?
Successfully controlling your schedule calls for comprehensive planning on your part. Some people prefer paper calendars and writing everything in a notebook (analog); others prefer to do everything digitally. Actually, I use apps for digital planning as well as a “commonplace” dotted notebook that I use to write things out and later put into my digital planner. Whether you prefer analog or digital (or both), it is important that you write down your plans.
How do you want to structure your week? Do you want to schedule a few hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays, or do you want to ensure that everything you need to do for your business is actually finished by the time you close your office on Friday?
Like me, most of you have probably experienced the stress of having unfinished project tasks nagging you. Either you were interrupted way too much, causing you to lose time during the workday, or it took you much longer than you planned to finish one or more of your tasks and activities during the week.
So one way or the other, you end up having to work at least part of the weekend.
To Work or Not to Work: That is the Question
When you own the business, you set the schedule. Personally, I prefer not to work on the weekend unless I am working on my next book and I have a daily writing goal to meet. Then, of course, I promised my Medium followers that I would publish a new story every day in October, so here I am working on a Saturday, at least through the end of this month.
There are so many wonderful and interesting things to do on the weekend and I prefer to take advantage of those hours and not bog myself down with work activities.
One of the best benefits of working for yourself is that you can choose whether or not to work on the weekends. You have the choice to do what is right for you and your business goals and situation.
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Well, that’s it for today. I hope to see you again tomorrow!