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Thank God It's Friday Syndrome

18 points by feint 16y ago

chaosmachine 16y ago
On a related note, I always feel awkward when people say "enjoy the long weekend" or something similar. Even before I started my own business, I never had a predictable weekends-off job schedule.
thinkbohemian 16y ago
Since the majority of people in america have monday to friday jobs, and many do not wish to go have drinks on a tuesday, friday is a day to gather with friends. People who plan parties and events know that most people have more availability on fridays and weekends so they plan more parties and events on those days.
- oscardelben 16y ago
  Yes, but the expression "thanks god" could be interpreted as a strong desire to leave what you've done this week behind, as if you didn't care at all about it.
  - thinkbohemian 16y ago
    I agree, this sentiment is horrible, if used for those reasons. For those of us working on personal projects and startups, we should make it "thank god its monday" a sentiment to convey we're happy the rest of the world can now get back to work and we can continue our slow conquest of the world ^_^
  - itg 16y ago
    it's not that they don't care, but some people like having a strong boundary between their work and home life, and the tgif comes from being able to leave your work behind and enjoy/relax/party for the weekend.
  - wlievens 16y ago
    Nine-to-five day jobs suck, news at eleven. Not everyone on earth is busy working on their awesome successfull fulfilling startup, you know. I feel like this every friday, as I'm sure almost everyone else does, and I'm not in a position to change much about it any time soon.
    - oscardelben 16y ago
      Ok, but making it a trend wont help.
zck 16y ago
For me, counting down days from 365 to 1 produces "Thank goodness it's May syndrome".
arthurk 16y ago
"'If you were only going to do one thing today, what would it be?'. Simply answer the question and the app will take care of the rest." Sure.
SamAtt 16y ago
This article seems stupid to me. He seems to be saying procrastination is caused by a fixation on the weekend but he goes on to say that can't be fixed (Under "An Alternative to the Week?"). Then he lists ways to fix the thing he just admitted couldn't be fixed. The list gives suggestions that are either not related to his point (what does reflecting on each day have to do with loving the weekend?) or are just flat out stupid (You should go out drinking on a Tuesday and come in Wednesday with a hang over just to avoid drinking on Friday?). I'm all for fighting procrastination but I don't think finding ways to not look forward to the weekend has anything to do with that.
- Legion 16y ago
  I find blog posts like this annoying. Someone takes a common phrase, reads it as if every word is meant in the most literal way possible, then takes pot-shots at it. I enjoy my work a lot, but after 5 days of it, I look forward to two days where the hours of 8-5 can be spent with my family. Thank God it's Friday.
thaumaturgy 16y ago
I bust my ass Monday through Friday; in any given week, I've built networks, deployed servers, launched new services, designed fliers and marketing or promotional materials, interacted with scores of clients, sat in on meetings involving everything from personnel to computer security issues, cleaned up hacked websites, scoured workstations clean of viruses, and sometimes even presented seminars locally. On Saturday and Sunday, the phone gets quieter. I typically only get a couple of calls. I get to sleep in until 8 or so. I get to work on my truck or my speedster, or the garden, or any one of my other projects. Friday evenings, my girlfriend and I go climbing down in Rancho Cordova. I'm not less busy on Saturday and Sunday, but the stuff I do on those days gives me the energy to get started on Monday again. So, yes, thank "god" it's Friday. (Hmph.)
- wlievens 16y ago
  That's a pretty cool spin to the story you did there, I hadn't seen that perspective yet. Enjoying downtime doesn't have to mean loathing uptime!
lurkinggrue 16y ago
I think for many it's actually: "Thank God I can sleep in tomorrow."

18 points by feint 16y ago

On a related note, I always feel awkward when people say "enjoy the long weekend" or something similar. Even before I started my own business, I never had a predictable weekends-off job schedule.

thinkbohemian 16y ago

Since the majority of people in america have monday to friday jobs, and many do not wish to go have drinks on a tuesday, friday is a day to gather with friends. People who plan parties and events know that most people have more availability on fridays and weekends so they plan more parties and events on those days.

oscardelben 16y ago
Yes, but the expression "thanks god" could be interpreted as a strong desire to leave what you've done this week behind, as if you didn't care at all about it.
- thinkbohemian 16y ago
  I agree, this sentiment is horrible, if used for those reasons. For those of us working on personal projects and startups, we should make it "thank god its monday" a sentiment to convey we're happy the rest of the world can now get back to work and we can continue our slow conquest of the world ^_^
- itg 16y ago
  it's not that they don't care, but some people like having a strong boundary between their work and home life, and the tgif comes from being able to leave your work behind and enjoy/relax/party for the weekend.
- wlievens 16y ago
  Nine-to-five day jobs suck, news at eleven. Not everyone on earth is busy working on their awesome successfull fulfilling startup, you know. I feel like this every friday, as I'm sure almost everyone else does, and I'm not in a position to change much about it any time soon.
  - oscardelben 16y ago
    Ok, but making it a trend wont help.

zck 16y ago

For me, counting down days from 365 to 1 produces "Thank goodness it's May syndrome".

arthurk 16y ago

"'If you were only going to do one thing today, what would it be?'. Simply answer the question and the app will take care of the rest." Sure.

SamAtt 16y ago

This article seems stupid to me. He seems to be saying procrastination is caused by a fixation on the weekend but he goes on to say that can't be fixed (Under "An Alternative to the Week?"). Then he lists ways to fix the thing he just admitted couldn't be fixed. The list gives suggestions that are either not related to his point (what does reflecting on each day have to do with loving the weekend?) or are just flat out stupid (You should go out drinking on a Tuesday and come in Wednesday with a hang over just to avoid drinking on Friday?). I'm all for fighting procrastination but I don't think finding ways to not look forward to the weekend has anything to do with that.

Legion 16y ago
I find blog posts like this annoying. Someone takes a common phrase, reads it as if every word is meant in the most literal way possible, then takes pot-shots at it. I enjoy my work a lot, but after 5 days of it, I look forward to two days where the hours of 8-5 can be spent with my family. Thank God it's Friday.

thaumaturgy 16y ago

I bust my ass Monday through Friday; in any given week, I've built networks, deployed servers, launched new services, designed fliers and marketing or promotional materials, interacted with scores of clients, sat in on meetings involving everything from personnel to computer security issues, cleaned up hacked websites, scoured workstations clean of viruses, and sometimes even presented seminars locally. On Saturday and Sunday, the phone gets quieter. I typically only get a couple of calls. I get to sleep in until 8 or so. I get to work on my truck or my speedster, or the garden, or any one of my other projects. Friday evenings, my girlfriend and I go climbing down in Rancho Cordova. I'm not less busy on Saturday and Sunday, but the stuff I do on those days gives me the energy to get started on Monday again. So, yes, thank "god" it's Friday. (Hmph.)

wlievens 16y ago
That's a pretty cool spin to the story you did there, I hadn't seen that perspective yet. Enjoying downtime doesn't have to mean loathing uptime!

lurkinggrue 16y ago

I think for many it's actually: "Thank God I can sleep in tomorrow."