How to have a good weekend?

Have a bad week. Your weekend will look better. Your brain thinks in comparatives.

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All suggestions below are ideas. Many more are possible (just ask ChatGPT 😂)

Essentially, fun is subjective to what you feel like doing.
For introvert - Read a book. Sketch/draw/scribble. Listen to music you enjoy. Go on a solo trip. Go to gym. Try cooking based on online videos. Clean. Take photos

For extrovert - Check bookmyshow or equivalent for events. Go to a pub/non professional meet up/non professional workshop. Organize a house party. Go on a group trip (those group travels with strangers). Go to gym. Dine out. Take photos

For singles (no family nearby) - Hang out at a friend you're close to. Or maybe go out for food together. Call somebody - an old friend, an older acquaintance, a relative, your parents. Go on a date. Or just have sex (as someone suggested but don't cheat). Take photos

For ones with family - Go out for an activity all of you enjoy. Play games together. Cook together. Take photos. Clean together. House chores together. Sit and talk.

If you're still somehow feeling excluded - Watch a movie in a hall. Look up at the sky and see if you can find shapes in the clouds (if cloudy)/dance in rain (if raining)/go for a picnic (if sunny). Call someone you haven't spoken to in a while. Go hunting for second hand goods/flea markets. Sleep.

Lastly, plan your big thing to do next weekend (which can't be done impromptu)

Unpopular opinion.

One of the primary feelings I have had is that weekends are short.

Changed that by waking up early / on time on weekends so that I have a good whole day ahead of me.

Some of the things I’d encourage to do -

1. Taking an early morning walk in the park / nearby lake
2. Going on some easy treks around Bangalore
3. If you drive / ride a bike, driving down to Mysore and Ranganathittu to see the birds - it’s migratory season now if I’m not mistaken. I haven’t tried this but want to go.
4. Watching a highly recommended series / documentary / movie at home
5. Reading a highly recommended book
6. Working out at peace - hitting a personal record
7. Playing badminton / pickle ball with friends / colleagues
8. Meeting friends and exploring a new eat out
9. Sleeping on time and for 8-9 hours
10. Play board games
11. Go on dates
12. Travel to new places

You have to do things that make you feel good. Things that are different and new once in a while. Good memories get formed when you do different things.

For me learning new things makes me feel damn good - whether it’s about a new place, a new perspective (comes from meeting different people), discovering my physical and mental limits. These are not possible every weekend, but every other weekend, trying one of the above makes me feel good about time well spent.

Doing anything that helps u unwind. It can be anything that u like.