As an office worker, Wednesday is always the hardest day. It's been two days since the last weekend, and then it's going to take two days to get to the holiday, and it's both mentally and physically in a downturn.
Recently, there is a popular "Weekly Gap Day" itinerary on the Internet, using Wednesday as a "comma" of the week, sharing ways to make good use of the small weekend night to recharge and get through the boring work life. After trying it a few times, I found that every Thursday morning, I finally got rid of the pain of getting out of bed and going to work.
The spirit of Gap Day on Wednesday is to break down the tiredness of going to work into shorter cycles.
The easiest way to do this is to change the idea of working five days a week to two and a half days at a time, so that the pain of daily life can be reduced. In order to achieve this, you need to plan your trip to work every Wednesday.
The first key to Gap Day is not to work overtime on Wednesdays unless necessary.
Because every Wednesday is already very hard in itself, if it is evening, you still need to stay in the company and work without being able to relax, and the remaining two working days are even harder. Therefore, in the arrangement of the work schedule, try not to pile up important items to be dealt with on Wednesday afternoon. For example, if I have an important meeting or a deadline, I try to avoid Wednesday and move it to Tuesday or Thursday instead.
Also, for the overall work plan on Wednesday, I will focus on collecting materials, working on paper, or sending letters and communicating with each other.
On the one hand, on Wednesdays, there are fewer employees scheduled to take a vacation. If you want to communicate internally or externally, it is easier to find the other party. You can solve things more effectively, and you don't have to go home and worry about it. On the other hand, this type of work is very miscellaneous, but it is not too stressful, so it can be just a one-week work buffer project.
Not only that, but after noon on Wednesday, I mostly use it to deal with the phased finishing touches or organize the next work content. In addition to reconfirming the parts completed on Monday and Tuesday, you can also sort out what you have to deal with, so that you can have a clearer plan for the next Thursday and Friday.
This arrangement allows you to understand the priorities of the project at work and take a break from your work.
Next, it's time to get off work on Wednesday.
Wednesday nights are called mini-weekends, and it's time to recharge. Depending on the situation and mood of the week, I will arrange two different types of itineraries.
One is an extroverted, energetic itinerary. It's like getting together with friends, going to the gym, or even going to social occasions to meet new people. The other is personal time. Sometimes I may cook at home, take a bath, and have a body spa. Sometimes it's a night of indulgence, I order delicious delivery, open all kinds of dramas that I haven't watched yet, and the whole night is a time to relax.
Usually for Wednesday night's itinerary, I will take turns to carry out outward activities and inward rest, and I will not use the standard schedule to plan, including classes.
For example, I study English outside of work for work, but I don't give class time on Wednesday evenings. Because of this day, I need absolute resilience. When you're in a bad mood, you just want to be empty. If there is a class that enrolls in a group class, it becomes that even if you are tired, you have to drag your body to class. Every other day at work, I will definitely be very tired. When using Gap Day, you need to pay attention to the little details.
After a few weeks of Gap Day planning on Wednesday, I found that the time of the week was less painful than before, more comfortable and free.
Maybe going to work is still hard, but through this small method, at least the boring time can pass faster, and the tired spirit and body can recover faster.