Comments on: What would you do with your night off? https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/ Writer, Author, Speaker Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400655 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:45:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400655 In reply to Lisa of Lisa’s Yarns.

@Lisa – connections is a great focus for the year. I read online of someone who deemed Fridays “friendship Fridays” and just tried to include more people in her life on Fridays in particular. Having a focus like that seems to make it more manageable.

And totally get it on the retired person not really getting that not everyone has that schedule…

]]> By: Lisa of Lisa's Yarns https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400423 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:47:42 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400423 Well I am a stickler about giving myself a bedtime but I have done that pretty much since having kids. I can not control when they wake me up, so I control when I go to bed and I almost never stay up past my ‘bedtime’. That’s how I function, though! I can’t wrap my mind around not having a bedtime or accidentally staying up late! I get teased about this when I am around my family. We played a lot cards when we were with my parents this summer and my dad didn’t like that we had to end the games around 9 because everyone was having so much fun. My mom said – ‘ok Paul, we’ll resume the game at 6am tomorrow when Lisa is up with Will.’ It gave him some perspective, though, because he is finally retired (that just happened in the last year and he’s 74!!) and can control when he wakes up, so he sleeps in nearly every day.

I don’t have something I do every week, but I’m in book club which meets monthly so that can be a good stepping stone to doing something for yourself on a regular basis. And then this year my focus has been ‘connections’ so it usually works out that I have social plans about once/week. I’m also trying to get my husband to do more for himself so we both get time away. Otherwise it feels imbalanced is one partner gets to do fun stuff and the other is home more. But he and his group of friends are NOT planners!

]]> By: Cb https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400357 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:13:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400357 I’m away 3-4 nights a week during the uni term so that feels like my “off” time but this has inspired me to better use it, instead of working late every night and eating something very sad for dinner (toast from the freezer). I’ve been trying to get back to yoga and I’m going to find a class to book for Tuesdays when I’m in work city.

]]> By: Katherine https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400348 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:45:05 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400348 In reply to Sara.

I’ve been taking a weekly Improv class on Thursday nights. Love it! And, I enjoy having something just for me to look forward to doing one night a week.

]]> By: Casual Friday + Middle School, Surgery & The Queen – ELISABETH FROST https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400270 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:53:29 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400270 […] A blog shout-out from Laura Vanderkam! […]

]]> By: Sara https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400032 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:25:16 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400032 My spouse and I do this, each take a night off. Mine really varies depending on my mood and what’s happening, but it’s usually one of the following:
-go for a swim
-go to a movie (alone or with a friend)
-go out for dinner with a friend or with my sibling
-go for a walk to the beach (sometimes while talking on the phone with a friend)

In the future I’d like to try to add sewing to the mix.

]]> By: LauraK https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-400000 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:48:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-400000 In reply to Maureen.

They had something like this at the library on a Saturday, no kids allowed. It’s the only photo album I’ve got is the one I made at the scrapbooking workshop!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-399995 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:34:38 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-399995 In reply to AW.

@AW – even going for a walk can feel like an ordeal at 8 months! Good luck with the new little one!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-399994 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:33:59 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-399994 In reply to Jenny.

@Jenny – stained glass sounds fascinating! And yes, your friend’s words are wise. If we loved something as a kid it’s quite possible we’d love it now if we made the time for it.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/09/what-would-you-do-with-your-night-off/#comment-399993 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:33:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18754#comment-399993 In reply to Maureen.

@Maureen – hockey is not one I’ve heard regularly! But what a great idea. And a virtual scrapbooking session that happens at a set time with someone else sounds like a smart approach to making sure it happens.

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