Every second count: making the most of your weekends
More people took up amazing healthy resolutions this year and have more time to be proactive! If you stick to your word, that is!
So, what can you do with your new-found Spare time?
Together with The Waterfront Hotel, a wedding venue and spa in Bedfordshire, I bring you some suggestions.
How much free time do you have?
After your 40-hour working week, how much free time do you have on the Weekend to do what you choose? Let’s say you wake up at 9am on the weekend (give yourself a lie-in), and go to bed at 11pm, that’s 14 hours a day that you have to play with. Take three hours each day off for meal time, and two hours per day for seeing family and friends and you’re left with 18 hours over the course of the weekend.
Learn a new Language
Why not use the time to learn a new language? Benny Lewis, author of Fluent in 3 Months and fluent speaker of seven languages, estimates that it can take around 400-600 hours to be a proficient speaker at B2 level. This is where you can express yourself on a range of topics and would be able to show someone around an area and give detailed descriptions in the new language.
If you took the average of 500 hours to learn a language, how many weekends would it take? Say you spent eight out of your free 14 hours perfecting the new skill (any more than this could be too intense). It would take you 62.5 weeks — are you up to the challenge?
Exercising
Exercising is a great way to spend your spare time. You can let off some steam, keep fit and improve your overall wellbeing. It can be tough to exercise around a nine-to-five job, but how beneficial is it to exercise at the weekend?
If you enjoy running, why not use your spare time to train for a half-marathon? Experts advise that you should be training at least three times a week. So, if you can fit a training session in mid-week you could be well on your way! Runner’s World suggests that 15 weeks is sufficient to train for the 13.1-mile race — what are you waiting for?
Learning to play an instrument
Ever wished that you could play an instrument? Well, it’s never too late! Not only can you impress your friends with your new ability, but you can use it as a way to de-stress and improve your concentration skills. Suppliers of guitar lessons, Hub Guitar, have suggested that it takes around 312.5 hours to play at beginner level. This is where you have ‘an expanded grasp of fundamentals, and can play several pieces, albeit imperfectly’.
If you spend eight of your free 14 hours learning to play guitar you could reach this level in 40 weeks.
Something else?
Of course, there are endless amounts of things that you can do with your spare time. You could learn to swim, to cook, take up photography or even write a novel!
Start being proactive and make the most of your weekends.
That's all for this post, I hope you these ideas help you enjoy your weekend.
This post is in collaboration with The waterfront hotel
Do check out their website.
Until next time, Happy weekends.
XOXOXO
