Fast Weekends
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128640)
Gainesville, Florida
April 3, 2026 10:54am CST
Thank goodness! I finally made it to Friday! But at what cost? Monday is literally in 30 minutes.
Have you ever felt that way? Where your work week drags on for what feels like a month, and then you finally make it to the weekend, only to blink and find that it's over and you have to go back to work again?
I often feel that way. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy my weekends and make the most of them, and I do consider myself lucky because I only have to work half days on Fridays so I get a little extra early jump into my weekend, but goodness gracious why do weekends fly by so quickly?
I think that whoever invented work should have given us a 2-day work week and a 5-day weekend! Now that's something I could really get excited about!
What say you? Do you feel your weekends fly by too quickly?
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18 responses
@lovebuglena (51993)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr
If the first day of the week is actually Sunday and not Monday, why is Sunday part of the weekend and not Friday?
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Apr
That is an imponderable we may never be able to answer. But I can somewhat say that Friday is part of my weekend since I only work half days. But, gee, while. we're discussing it, give me Thursday as part of the weekend as well! LOL
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@lovebuglena (51993)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr
@moffittjc I have always thought that the first day of the week is Monday. I don’t get why it’s Sunday.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Apr
@lovebuglena I'm sure that's a question no one can answer. Well, I'm sure we could ask AI and it will give us an answer, but in reality there is no reason why Monday shouldn't be the first day of the week.
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@LindaOHio (221881)
• United States
4 Apr
I'm retired; so I don't have that problem. You are going to LOVE retirement.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
Because of how active I am, I don't expect my retirement to be much different now than my working life, although there will probably be less pressure and less deadlines and obligations. But my weekends (and my weeks) will probably still fly by in a flash because of all the fun stuff I'll be doing. I have quite a bucket list of stuff that will probably keep me busy for years and years.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@LindaOHio I already do that! LOL. But yeah, more Disney time is on my bucket list. I think the two most ambitious things on my bucket list are hiking the entire Appalachian Trail, and walking the entire coastline of Florida.
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@LindaOHio (221881)
• United States
5 Apr
@moffittjc You can spend so much time at Disney!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I try to make my workweeks interesting and not mundane, so that it's not only weekends that I have fun, but in reality there are limitations due to work requirements. But I do try!
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@dodo19 (48109)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
5 Apr
@moffittjc At least you do try! It's good that you want to make it interesting.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@dodo19 My job can get stressful at times, so I do my best to find ways to make it entertaining and fun.
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@LadyDuck (501500)
• Italy
3 Apr
It has been a busy week, on Monday we had to bring to the Public Office the Swiss driver license of my husband, on Tuesday we went back to collect the new Italian one. Wednesday we had another appointment and Thursday we went shopping in Switzerland, because I needed a few things I cannot find here. It has been a "fast" week.
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@LadyDuck (501500)
• Italy
5 Apr
@moffittjc - But the weekends always seem to fly away.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
In truth, I sometimes have "fast" weeks as well, so it's not always just the weekends that fly by in the blink of an eye.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@LadyDuck YES!!!! Every single weekend.
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@Traceyjayne (11057)
• United Kingdom
4 Apr
I agree, weekends go by way too fast. Yes, I totally support you in 2 working days and a 5 day weekend…..
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I'm glad you support me in a 2-day workweek and a 5-day weekend. If you could please send me a letter of support that I could show my boss, then I think he will have no choice but to honor the request! haha
@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@Traceyjayne Just send a letter to Donald Trump and tell him to issue an Executive Order!
@Traceyjayne (11057)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr
@moffittjc I would be happy to write to your boss ....however it would cost me a fortune in stamps to write to everyones boss so do you think we should go to the top and make it a law for everyone ....just a thought !
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@MarieCoyle (58639)
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3 Apr
The best job I ever had, I was scheduled four days a week for work. I loved having that 3day break. Granted, there was paperwork to do and I did it, but I got it done within the four working days. And yes, the days were long but it was still worth it to me.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
For about half of my 20-year career with the municipality I worked at I did 4-day workweeks. I loved having 3-day weekends! At first, those 10-hour workdays seemed to drag on, but over time I got used to it. And the funny thing is, when they forced us to go back to a 5-day work week, I cheated and made it so I only worked half a day on Friday. My boss would have killed me if he ever figured it out, but I got away with it all the way up until I retired. lol
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@MarieCoyle I know it's different for each person, by my productivity at work ebbed and flowed in waves. I would be super productive early in the morning, and then it would ebb by the early afternoon. But then by around 5pm (normal quitting time) I would get super productive again, so for me it made sense to keep working those extra few hours, especially since I was in a super productive state. So, for me, those 10-hour days made perfect sense. And, like you said, the thought that I only had to be there 4 days instead of 5 was a major boost!
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@MarieCoyle (58639)
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5 Apr
@moffittjc
I think many people would be way more productive at work if they knew they could have a 4 day work week. It helps so much when a person has a family.
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@FourWalls (86221)
• United States
3 Apr
I’m retired, so every day is part of the weekend. 
But when I worked, YES. Worse, the three-day weekends seemed even shorter!!!
But when I worked, YES. Worse, the three-day weekends seemed even shorter!!!1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86221)
• United States
4 Apr
@moffittjc -- try to convince yourself that you live to work. 
Three-day weekends mess you up for three weeks: the week before the weekend, you're anticipating; the week OF the weekend, you're thinking Tuesday is Monday; and the week AFTER the weekend, you're messed up because you're back to a two-day weekend!
Three-day weekends mess you up for three weeks: the week before the weekend, you're anticipating; the week OF the weekend, you're thinking Tuesday is Monday; and the week AFTER the weekend, you're messed up because you're back to a two-day weekend!1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@FourWalls Oh geez, now I'm all messed up! I just hope there is a day off for me somewhere in all that!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I agree! You'd get really excited for an upcoming 3-day weekend, and then next thing you know it's over faster than the 2-day weekends. We really need to invent a way to slow down time on weekends!
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@wolfgirl569 (135128)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Apr
They did when I was working. Now they are just another day
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@wolfgirl569 (135128)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Apr
@moffittjc Most of the people I see are retired or at least not working for whatever reason.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@wolfgirl569 I tend to hang with a younger crowd, so even when I retire I'll still be interacting with much younger people who are all still working. Unless I win the lottery, then I will pay them all not to work so that we can all hang out and have fun together! lol
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I think the one thing that will still keep me on a week versus weekend schedule when I retire is that all my friends and loved ones will still be working, so I'll still have to somewhat keep to their schedules.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I felt that same way when I had to go back to school, many years ago!
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17785)
• Torrington, Connecticut
6 Apr
Yeah two days off is not enough especially if you spend Saturdays doing errands all day lol
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Apr
@BACONSTRIPSXXX I do the same thing since I only work half days on Fridays. I will do all my laundry, clean the house and do other chores, and run errands around town. I try to knock all that out on Fridays so that I have full Saturdays and Sundays to do fun stuff.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Apr
That's one of the worst parts of the weekend, wasting an entire day doing errands and chores.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17785)
• Torrington, Connecticut
8 Apr
@moffittjc I know, iv been doing laundry Friday nights after work but that's also draining just to free my Saturday up a bit
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Apr
I think it’s a rarity that you and I both actually love our jobs! Lol
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Apr
@TheHorse Sadly, we'll all be nothing more than a memory in a minute or two. So, I guess we might as well enjoy our short time here to the best of our ability.
@TheHorse (238100)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Apr
@moffittjc Both my weeks and weekends seem to fly by. I'll be a memory in a minute or two.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Apr
I enjoyed working from home during Covid when everything was shut down, but I don't know if I could do it all the time. I'm very active and like to get outside as much as possible. If I worked from home all the time, eventually my work life and personal life would mesh together into one, and I really wouldn't want that.
@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Apr
I think the same thing these days. It’s no longer “the year is flying by too fast,” it’s now “the day is flying by too fast.”
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Apr
@DianneN You’re living that fast life Dianne! Lol
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
16 Apr
@moffittjc Lately, it’s the minutes that are flying by for me.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr
@JudyEv It's possible. For all I know, I'll be busier than ever with all the grandchildren!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
I figure that once I retire things will even out somewhat, but to a little degree I will somewhat still be tied to a workweek and weekend schedule because all my friends and loved ones will still be working, so I will kind of have to follow their schedules somewhat unless I choose to do things solo.
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@JudyEv (380953)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr
@moffittjc But... but when you get a bit older again, maybe more of your friends and loved ones will have rretired too and you'll all be in the same boat. You might still be tied to children's schedules.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Apr
I'm sure working at a children's mental hospital was both emotionally and mentally taxing to you. It would be for me, but then it would also make me appreciate weekends even more.
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@RasmaSandra (97605)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Apr
All during my crazy growing up day and those horrid Monday when with a heavy head I had to get back to reality. Now it no longer mattter since I just work from home,
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
That's the worst part about the freedom of weekends, is at the end when you know you have to go back to reality.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr
Yep, I blinked and somehow half my Saturday is already gone.
