How I live for lazy Sunday’s

Some people live for the weekend, some live for the next holiday, some live for their daily ice cold beer but sometimes, if I am honest, I live for a simple lazy Sunday.

Working flat out all week as many of us do there’s nothing like that feeling you experience waking up on a Sunday morning and having time to do things. You have time to have a shower without constantly fighting the clock and eventually leaving the house with damp hair, a scenario that’s on repeat all week.

You have time do things purely for leisure such as reading another chapter of your book or listening to some music. Nothing that contributes to your financial situation nor the cleanliness of the house but things that help you to relax and things that Sundays provide the time to do.

As I sat to begin this blog post earlier in the week during my break I was trying to juggle the tasks that I needed to complete and thought just where does the time go? Week on week I feel it’s getting faster and Friday nights in the pub garden come around quicker than ever. It’s something that we say each year but it’s the end of June already and only yesterday felt like New Year’s Day. It’s something which is quite scary but something which cannot be changed.

This is why I am currently sat in my sunny garden, laptop open and working but I am sat with my feet in a bowl of warm soapy water, soaking them while I work. We forget to pamper ourselves and never find the time to do so, so I thought that during the working week I’ll mix pamper and work wherever I can.

Yesterday I changed my working scenery and plonked myself and my laptop outside in my friends peaceful garden. I attempted to mix work with The Affair, a series that I am currently addicted to but soon realised I had to separate the two as my addiction didn’t allow for my concentration to be shared. Nevertheless, I felt totally relaxed while I worked in my break so it was like mixing pamper and work again.

My mum recalled to me on Sunday how she couldn’t possibly finish the day having only finished her book and that is all. I replied that it was totally acceptable and sometimes we forget how to fully relax.

Some days if all you may have done is read a book then you should be grateful to have relaxed. If the ironing doesn’t get completed, the wash load never gets put on and the weekly food shop is not attempted then so be it. Some days we need to take a break and indulge in the doing of sod all.

There’s something about a Sunday afternoon that allows this to happen. There’s no point going shopping because shops shut at 4. Emails can wait and work can be discussed on Monday. Everywhere becomes calm and the majority of people aren’t working which creates a perfect scenario to go to friends BBQs or chill in your own garden with your book.

The thing to remember here is never to feel guilty because ultimately, in my opinion, that’s what Sunday’s were made for.