Anyone else start slowing down around lunch time on Friday? And then start suddenly believing all the work you need to get done can be squished into Monday?
Here are some musings & questions. (No really, it’s Friday and I need to post, but I have nothing prepared–and I’m procrastinating from doing my actual job.)
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(1) Would work morale increase if everyone got off at 2 on Fridays? That’s with a lunch.
(2) I have this reading goal I want to meet, but I have so much going on today & Saturday that it’s not going to happen. I probably won’t pick the book back up until Monday.
(3) Food planning / prep is driving me insane. I can’t eat the same thing everyday and I’m away from home most nights.
(4) Do you ever wonder if we’ve misinterpreted great works of art? All forms.
(5) How am I so busy? I was talking to my sister-in-law about this the other day. It seems that no matter where you are in life you’re busy – married, not married; kids, no kids; etc.
(6) Then there are the moments when absolutely nothing is going on and it’s peaceful and weird all at the same time.
(7) What’s something you really wish was real? Mine is the Loch Ness Monster.
(8) If you’ve made it this far you’ll know that this post is probably the most off topic post I’ve ever put out into the world.
(9) Y’all my coworkers say same wacky stuff. “I really hate so and so,” “Why?” “He’s a child molester!” “Yeah, but that was so long ago.”
(10) The trick to two truths and a lie (or is it two lies and a truth?) is to base your lies off of real things and just slightly tweak them.
(11) I feel like I haven’t done much in my short life, but when I talk about my past I feel as though I’ve lived a few different lives.
I know this is out there. Enjoy because this is how my Friday is going.
Memoir of a Writer 
You’re mixing it up! Welcome to my world…
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The Danish work week is 37 hours. Usually not including half an hour a day for lunch. When I first came home, I worked for a company where lunch time was included in the 37 hours and we all went home at 2 on a Friday. Oh it was bliss! Right now I go home at 3.30 on Fridays but I do miss my 2 o’clock finishes!
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That’s so nice lol So little time can make such a difference. I will say that I’m lucky because I get to come in at 9 in the morning, have an hour lunch, leave at 5, and it’s still considered 40 hours. So I guess I really work only 35! It’s just been a long day!
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I’d love a working day when you work until things are done – but no more than the 37 hours. If you’ve finished everything you need to do within four hours, why hang around four more just because it’s expected? We waste so much time in unproductive meetings, or doing pointless tasks just to fill out those hours. There’s one company here that’s abolished work all together on Fridays and they’re doing incredibly well. Might have to apply for something there 🙂
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Wouldn’t that be great. Lol I would for a media outlet, so most of the time there’s something to finish and a deadline to meet. But I think having every Friday off would be a great motivator.
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I stopped believing that Friday is the end of the work week. Come to think of it I stopped believing in work because work is a four letter word, writing is not.
Warmest regards, Ed
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I find myself doing that everyday. It seems at about 3 is when I start to crash and if I haven’t finished my to-do list by then its added to tomorrows list.
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To have plesiosaurs roaming the seas… A few mosasaurs would be fun too.
I wish zero point energy was real.
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I think work morale could be increased in so many ways but… they aren’t good for the ruling class, so i guess we better get used to crappy work hours. Really fun post. Loch Ness monster is a good nomination for real things… Mine might be… love? Nah, I’m being a pessimist. I’m going to go with extra terrestrial visitation as something I wish were real. Maybe it is… Maybe the Loch Ness monster is too, although having visited the area, gotta say, doesn’t seem likely.
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I don’t hate my work hours right now – I’ve been so fortunate to find a job where my boss is pretty awesome (and I think that’s a hard find in media). I think getting off a little earlier on Fridays would just make people (me) happier.
So, no joke I’ve watched those random documentaries, like, “Are They Real?!” and then it goes through like a list of ten things you know aren’t real. I feel like the Loch Ness monster is still viable. I mean, maybe they’re just extinct now, orrrrrrr actually live in the deep ocean and we know there are things we have yet to discover down there.
Love? I gotta say that’s pretty sad. I’m one of those contradictory people who believes in love but a bit cynical about it.
You want a visit from E.T.? Haha, the movies that creep me out the most are alien themed movies. No thanksssssss.
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Some people theorise that the loch ness monster doesn’t live in the water but instead the nearby shorelines and dense valleys and uses the loch as a hunting ground. I doubt it exists but it’s fun as hell to think about. I’d love it if it were real.
I was half tongue in cheek with the love comment. It definitely exists but I think we all have a different conception of it . We all behave slightly differently in relation to it.
And…yes! I’d love for E.T to arrive and start hovering over the white house. Actually, I’d prefer them to overlook the white house, I feel that would be taken as a great insult by Trump, could lead to a hilarious national address.
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