Tomorrow is the start of a long weekend. The night before such a break, I always feel great. In hindsight, it would have been the best part of the entire weekend. It is curious that the peak moments of happiness don’t happen during the weekend that we have been so looking forward to but rather the night before it has even started.
Why is that? It is just another night in the endless cycle of dawn and dusk.
It is because at this point, the entire weekend lies before me brimming with unfulfilled potential. But when it dawns tomorrow, the potential will have already reduced. And it keeps shrinking as the seconds tick by. Another reason is that no moment during the next three days, no matter how amazing, can live up to this present moment in the depth of hope I feel about the limitless possibilities lying before me.
Maybe there is a life lesson here. I haven’t discovered it yet. But I did find it an interesting exercise in self-awareness.
PS: Learnt an interesting new word in the course of writing this post. Nychthemeron, which translates to a period of 24 hours. It is sometimes used to avoid the inherent ambiguity in the term ‘day’.
Daily Contemplations 
You have captured those feelings perfectly! That’s exactly how I feel.
To add on to what you have said, another reason why that Friday night invariably turns out to be the best part of the weekend is bcoz that feeling of endless possibilities lying ahead results in us automatically building up impossible expectations in our head which can never be fulfilled. Which only leads to disappointment & 💔
So, one way to do it would be make plans but keep them simple. But the wisest way to do it would be to realise that it’s just another day & act accordingly 🙂
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I feel like I am going to find that life lesson now 💪🏽 so I am excited to have this discussion 😀
But if we treat it like any other day, we are missing out on making it different. The possibility to maybe make it a defining moment in our lives. Isn’t the risk of disappointment worth the possible end result?
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Look at you acting like an excited puppy 😄
The answer to your question is the deeper meaning behind my last line. You are right, if I treat it like it’s just another day, I am missing out on a potential defining moment. So, what’s the solution?
Its simple : Live each day like it holds a defining moment. There are many pros to this approach : you are not waiting for the ‘right chance’ to create those defining moments; you don’t have that pressure of ‘its either this or nothing’; it’s more sustainable in the long run.
I know, I know… It’s easy to say, but very hard to execute. The important thing is not getting the perfect score, i.e making sure you turn each day into a defining one. Rather it’s the mindset.. approaching each day like it’s going to be a defining one. This way, you will likely end up with more defining moments in your life. Its simple math 🙃
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I think I get what you are saying. It is not about treating the weekend like every other day but rather the opposite. Treat every day like it has the same potential as the weekend. It is more sustainable and effective.
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BTW long weekend is over. At least I have one more night to enjoy 🙂
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Haha enjoy 🙂
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