Why You Should Treat Your Weekend Like a Mini Vacation

According to a "happiness expert," you may need to get into the mindset of treating your weekends like a vacation.

Do your weekend’s ever feel so packed…it’s like you didn’t even have one? According to a “happiness expert,” you may need to get into the mindset of treating your weekends like a vacation.

Cassie Holmes is a happiness researcher who ran a study where hundreds of people were told to treat their two days off like a mini vacation instead of a “weekend.” Just thinking about it like that made a difference.

People slept in a little longer…had more fun…didn’t worry about knocking everything off their to-do list and just felt more in-the-moment. It might mean you’ll have to spend more time knocking those chores out on weekdays. But, she says it’s worth having those extra days where you truly get to relax. If your life is too busy to take two days completely off, she suggests easing into it and just giving yourself one “vacation” day a weekend.