16. Well, many of us have trouble
using our weekends well,
don’t we?
17. Our time “disappear into
chores, errands, inefficient
e-mail checking,
unconsciously chosen
television marathons, or a
death march of children’s
activities that suck the
energy out of chauffeuring
adults.”
Laura Vanderkam
18. the paradox of weekends
“You have to set an appointment
to go off the grid as surely as to
go on it.”
19. There are 60 hours between 6p.m.
Friday 6a.m. Monday.
24. “If running is your
only mode of
exercise, the same
muscles are always
stressed in the same
way, increasing the
likelihood of injury,”
Laura Vanderkam
25. “Man is so made
that he can only
find relaxation
from one kind of
labor by taking
up another.”
Anatole France
33. “compressing chores
and professional
work into a small
time frame on
weekends lets you
relax the rest of
the time, knowing
that there is a time
for work, and now
is not that time”
Laura Vanderkam
34. “I know I’m in charge
of me. Everything
that I do, every
minute I spend is my
choice.”
Theresa Daytner