Fast Weekends
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (127959)
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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8 responses
@lovebuglena (50699)
• Staten Island, New York
3h
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 (127959)
• Gainesville, Florida
3h
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 (50699)
• Staten Island, New York
3h
@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 (127959)
• Gainesville, Florida
3h
@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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@moffittjc (127959)
• Gainesville, Florida
3h
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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@MarieCoyle (56770)
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2h
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.
@LooeyVille (90)
• United States
2h
Well . . . I don't work so every day is a "weekend" to me, but yes every Saturday when I refill my pill caddy each week I feel like I just did it two days before.
@FourWalls (84575)
• United States
2h
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!!!
@LadyDuck (497303)
• Italy
3h
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.
