Not long ago I was talking with a recently retired client who said that the best thing about retirement was not having weekends. I must have looked puzzled, because he then explained that all the years of his working life had been based on one major distinction: that between the “workweek” and the “weekend.” Monday through Friday was spent doing what he had to do, while the weekend was the time for doing what he really enjoyed.
Make the Weekend Last All Week
Not long ago I was talking with a recently retired client who said that the best thing about retirement was not having weekends. I must have looked puzzled, because he then explained that all the years of his working life had been based on one major distinction: that between the “workweek” and the “weekend.” Monday […]
February 22, 2011
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