Day by design
Play the week. Don’t let the week play you.
It’s Saturday morning here. May is a footy month, local and AFL. The day and month tell you this—I know, not for everyone, my circle, though, yes. Days shape our choices and decisions. Marketers covertly match them with events, sales, and anything else they want to peddle, conditioning us to look for this on that day and that on this day. It’s been going on forever.
Fridays: happy hour, or one more than normal. Monday a lockdown night. Tuesday: look for a taco. There’s a steak night, a parma night (parmi). Thursday, the AFL juggernaut gets rolling—get your tips in on Wednesday, and we gift you a free pot—who drinks pots anymore! A movie night? That ‘ell be Sunday. With little effort, your week is set—I know, pretty narrow and centred on drinking and sport, but you get the drift?
No doubt there is comfort in being guided through a week’s scheduling by knowing what you can find on any given day. However, if you are free to make choices, you should.
Spontaneity is your 15th club here. Have a cocktail on a Monday; go to the cinema on a Thursday night—if you crave something that doesn’t match the day, go and do it.
Play the week. Don’t let the week play you.
Nick
And off to the footy I go 😏