Nothing wrong with simply relaxing during your time off. You don't have to actively be doing something to enjoy yourself and unwind.
I'm a big fan of the saying that "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" for that exact reason. If you want to do nothing then do nothing, that's perfectly okay!
What is sad, though, is that I feel like this is saying you get so tired and burnt out from working just to survive that even when you get time off you don't get to enjoy it or do things you want because you're just so burnt out from working.
Work until you have no more energy left to live. Wait for your day off from work to live. Don't live because you have no energy left (plus the anxiety from having to work the next day). Feel like shit because you wasted your day off.
Repeat, repeat, repeat and die.
The shareholders are thankful for your sacrifice, now hurry up and die so we don't have to pay for your retirement.
Lol if you’re lucky they will match a 3% contribution to a 401k, which will be wiped out very quickly by care expenses when you’re 65+ years old.
That's just dying with extra steps!
Scroll through social media. See a meme calling you out. Grimace because you want to laugh and cry at the same time. Get angry at yourself because you keep consuming media that makes you feel even worse.
Isn't this a symptom of burn out?
Absolutely.
Yep
Spend my entire weekend thinking of what I could do while never doing it...
Friday: Too exhausted to do anything after work and go to bed in regular schedule
Saturday: Groceries shopping, cleaning, then too exhausted to do anything, slacking off and go to bed 3am
Sunday: Sleep till 1pm, be sad and mad about Monday comingThis is the way
Yep. On Sundays I don't leisure properly and on Monday I feel like doing those things but can't
You need a long drawn out hobby you can go back to anytime you have no idea what to do. Painting, puzzles, coding, sewing, model planes/cars, whatever, as long as it's a project that usually takes several weeks or months.
trying to finally beat that one roguelite...
I often dont make it out of bed, let alone outside
Tbh thats part of the reason I like to take many small amounts and spread them out over the year instead of few big chunks. This probably changes once you have kids I guess.
or waking up and realising you slept through 90% of it
