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Do you still get the "it's Friday!" feeling?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I don’t have to go to work for a few days. But I don’t quite get the same excitement for the weekend that I used to. I hope that you do! If so, how do you cultivate that feeling?

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  • Yes, but it's actually an "It's Thursday!" feeling.

    The four day work week is amazing.

    • I see you're from Germany (or at least on a German instance). Is the four-day work week becoming common there and throughout Europe?

      As I live in the US, I'll probably die before something like that is implemented here.

      • Germany is and always will be the last country to roll out any sweeping change. The people enjoying a four-day week are those who work in the US-based companies, limited to a select few.

      • I see more people in my profession (programming) doing the four-day work week, but we're still in an extreme minority. Outside of this field, it's even worse. The liberal and conservative parties are actively pushing against it. Almost every day there's an article where some rich CEO whines about young people being lazy. Added to that: Our aging population and a general lack of workers paired with aggressive anti-immigration politics - they also don't help this cause.

        So yeah, more people are doing it (especially in IT), which makes me hopeful. But I still don't see it getting rolled out in a big fashion anytime soon, unfortunately. Especially because salary levels in Germany are already very low and not everyone can afford the loss of pay switching to a four-day work week.

        I just know I'll never go back. The amount of energy I gained by just having a day more to myself per week is extraordinary.

  • it's more like relief, I get home and I instantly drop into bed all comfy knowing I'll be snoozing late tomorrow.

  • Friday is our staff meeting, in which we get a free lunch for attending - so somewhat, yeah!

  • I don't think I've ever had a job with weekends off. Or even any other specific days consistently off from one week to the next, more generally. It does sound nice though, I think I'd like that.

  • My schedule usually changes every few months and it's happened often enough now that any day feels like Friday if I don't have to work the day after.

  • Never felt it in the first place, weekends always used to be stressful as a kid and it took a long time for them not to turn me into an anxious mess.

  • The firm I work for has flex scheduling, so I get a half-day every Friday. (Could be a 4-10 if I wanted, but I don't want to do a 4-10)

    I get all my chores done by 3PM on Fridays and then the entire weekend is my oyster.

    It's glorious.

  • I work two jobs and have no days off but Friday is the start of not having to drive the next morning so yeah, in a way.

  • Yes, but for us our "Friday" is actually Tuesday.

    We cultivate it by getting our asses kicked all weekend!

  • I used to work on weekends so Friday had lost its luster. But I'm at a different job now and all my weekends are off again, so yes, I love Fridays. Even if sometimes I have homework or projects to work on since I've gone back to school (I'm in my 40s), I still look forward to having a couple of days to sleep in and mostly do nothing.

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