Top Successful Weekend Habits
1. Plan. Planning makes people more effective, and doing it before the week starts means you can hit Monday ready to go.
2. Avoid chores. Every weekend has a few have-to-dos, but you want these to take the minimum amount of time possible. Create a small window for chores and errands, and then banish them from your mind the rest of the time.
3. Reflect on your goals. How are they progressing and what can you do net week to take a big step forward.
4. Socialize. “Humans are social creatures, and studies of people’s experienced happiness through the day finds that socializing ranks right up there, not too far down below sex.
5. Disconnect. The most successful people avoid e-mail for a period of time.
6. Recharge. Peak performance requires managing downtime, too–with the goal of really recharging your batteries.” That’s how the most successful people get so much done.
7. Exercise. Everyone needs to do it. It’s the perfect opportunity to clear your mind and create fresh ideas.
8. Make time for family and friends. This is especially important for those who don’t spend much time with their loved ones during the week.
9. Pursue a passion.
10. Vacation. Getting away for the weekend provides a great respite from the grind of an intense week at work, Cohen says.
11. Volunteer. It has been demonstrated that successful people find great satisfaction in giving back.
12. Gardening/crafts/games/sports/cooking/cultural activities. This is especially important for those cooped up in an office all week.
13. Network. Networking isn’t an event for a successful person, it’s a lifestyle. Wherever they go and whatever they do, successful people manage to connect with new people.
14. Reflect. Truly successful people make time on weekends to appreciate what they have and reflect on their happiness and accomplishments.
source http://www.forbes.com
