Are You Making Good Use Of Your Weekend ?

After running in the hamster wheel from Monday to Friday it's finally nice to have the weekend off. You can finally do something, take the opportunity at hand and plan the day exactly like you want it ! Or...you can just lay on the sofa, it's up to you which is the beauty I guess. But shouldn't we try to make more of our weekends ?

I feel a bit guilty lately. It seems each weekend I choose the sofa over adventure. I'm living in a city with a population of more than 7 million people, so it's not like there is nothing to do here. But still, the sofa draws me inside in front of the tv and it seems I end up spending most of the weekends in front of screens. Either I am watching tv or my mobile, or even both.

Maybe it's time to change it up a bit. Am I being a bit too comfortable and lazy, and I am missing out on "real life" ?

I thought about that today and the answer is both yes and no. It's not good to spend so much time in front of screens, at least some time should be spent outside. But ! Now for the big but. No pun intended. The air quality is not very good here. Let me show you.

So I do have an excuse. A pretty good one. But I can choose where I live luckily, and I am planning to make a change that will hopefully change my life in an amazing way. I'm going back to Sweden in just one or two months now.

Even though I didn't make any New Year resolution I have promised myself to make the most of my free time in Sweden, to enjoy nature whenever I can. I even have a crazy plan! Usually if I get a crazy idea and a good challenge I want to try it.

The idea is to walk through Sweden. From the very south to the north. I will do it during the summer time of course. I will bring a tent and a fish rod, and of course my cancera to capture the adventure. I think this would be a great way to rediscover my Swedish roots by walking through the landscape and meet different people that I come across.

I am far away from the original point of this post by now as it was about weekends and using that time in a valuable way. But I guess it extends to life in general. It's moving faster and faster and when we lift our eyes from the screen we realize the whole day passed by. I guess the overall point is that we should value the time we have and to make something off it - all we need is a plan and some determination and I believe a new adventure is just around the corner !