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isucyfan

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Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?
 
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isucyfan said:
Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?
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Yep. I cope as of this week knowing I just may retire by end of year and be ok with it.

Before I made that decision I basically didn't sleep on Sunday nights.
 
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I dont sleep in much at all on the weekends. I kind of like being up and making breakfast and having coffee before everyone else is up.
I'll give myself until about 9:45/10 before I start yard chores/house cleaning/errands with the hopes of being done at like 2.
The afternoon and night are a lot more enjoyable with small chores like changing laundry amd watching football.

I find my mind likes to not have much big to do on Sunday nights.
 
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I ended up taking early retirement.

Retirement was never on my radar for two reasons. First, I liked my job for the most part, although some days were definitely better than others. Second, I always assumed that I needed to work longer to be able to retire comfortably.

When I was offered an early retirement incentive, I sat down for the first time with our financial advisor and discovered to my complete surprise that both my wife and I could retire right away and be very comfortable (I should mention, though, that we don't live a very extravagant life style).

So we went ahead and pulled the trigger and we haven't regretted the decision. We've been providing full time day care for 2 toddler grandkids and taking 2 elementary age grandkids to school and back each day. Not only have we grown so much closer to our grandkids, we're saving our own kids a ton of money which helps their families out tremendously.
 
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I ended up taking early retirement.

Retirement was never on my radar for two reasons. First, I liked my job for the most part, although some days were definitely better than others. Second, I always assumed that I needed to work longer to be able to retire comfortably.

When I was offered an early retirement incentive, I sat down for the first time with our financial advisor and discovered to my complete surprise that both my wife and I could retire right away and be very comfortable (I should mention, though, that we don't live a very extravagant life style).

So we went ahead and pulled the trigger and we haven't regretted the decision. We've been providing full time day care for 2 toddler grandkids and taking 2 elementary age grandkids to school and back each day. Not only have we grown so much closer to our grandkids, we're saving our own kids a ton of money which helps their families out tremendously.
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I'm reading the book, Die With Zero right now. It's actually written by an ex-Hawkeye football player, but don't let that bias you. :)

It makes a good case for retiring as early as you can. I'm not rich, but I do believe that worklife robs you of your best years, and I am definitely not going to be someone who keeps working because that's all they know.
 
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poured 6 bags of quikcrete and had a couple pops. i don't mind my job so I no longer have those sunday night **** tomorrow is school feelings
 
isucyfan said:
Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?
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Be glad you have a job, and that it's mostly stressless.
 
Sunday nights aren’t ever really that stressful. It takes until about 8:00 to 9:00 on Monday before I realize just how bad my week is going to be.
 
I really only get Sunday scaries when extended time off comes to an end.

If I take two weeks off, the Sunday night before I return to work I'll get the scaries feeling I got during my school years.
 
isucyfan said:
Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?
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Sunday nights suck. One thing I sometimes do is try making dinner fun, so I'll smoke something or grill something or cook something different, takes my mind off of it being Sunday and instead focuses on trying to make an amazing meal for the wife and whichever kiddo may be home. Another thing we'll sometimes do is pick out a big epic movie to watch... Braveheart, Dances With Wolves, Apollo 13, Far and Away, etc., something we've seen but is comfortable and an easy albeit long watch. There's just something about movies like that that's comforting and helps me forget it's Sunday night.

Just a few copes.
 
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isucyfan said:
Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?
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I got that with my first job out of college. Probably only lasted another six weeks before I quit and moved on. I haven’t had them since, but there are times with my current job where I feel they assume I’ll just keep working/buying into their grind (like I am somehow shackled to them). The benefits outweigh the cost for now, but we’ll see…
 
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During the first part of my long career, I traveled constantly and was away from my wife and kids all week, home only on weekends. When Sunday nights came, I would get very depressed as I began my weekly ritual of packing my suitcase, kissing the kids goodnight, and telling them I'd be back home on Friday.

During these times I tried to focus as much as I could on being grateful...grateful that I had a job which (along with my wife's job) helped provide for our family. That always seemed to help, especially since my biggest fear as a husband and father of three kids was unemployment.

Eventually, though, I had to tell my boss that if I wasn't able to get off the road soon, I would have to look for other opportunities elsewhere. Fortunately, they pulled me off the road soon after that.
 
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That's one of the joys of farming...

Sunday is just another day. Every day, fat calves, hogs, and cows need to be fed, dairy cows need to be milked, orphan calves need to be bottle fed, pastures need to be checked, and the amateur vet in us is on call 24/7 year-round.

If it's summer and the hay is ready, we bale before it rains. If it's fall and time to go, we combine.

Other times, we can let up a little and take a Sunday nap, watch a game or a movie, or go fishing until chore time. Really no need to haul manure unless we also work in town and that's the only day we have open to do it in the daylight.

We can also take a few minutes to realize how lucky we are to have what we do have.

I would suggest taking a walk outside in the fresh air to counter the Sunday blues and changing up your evening routine so you don't have time to think about what's coming.

What if you make it something so dreadful that you're glad to get back to the grind on Monday? Maybe it's visiting your in-laws or a trip to see your Cousin Eddie in prison.

I know. Easier said than done.

But Anamosa does have visiting hours on Sundays.
 
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I've accepted my fate. I'll be lucky to retire. I have a financial advisor who's helping me with that but I know it's still going to be a grind. Luckily some days my job isn't too bad. Hardest part is dealing with crappy management. I just try to enjoy the little things in life.
 
Another note: I tend to focus on how fast time moves when you're on vacation, or having a great time, or even at other times in general, including bad times. So many times I'll be looking forward to something like a few days off or whatever, and then I blink and that's over and done with and it's three weeks later.

Time moves at the same speed with things you don't like too, so before I know it, what I was dreading is done, over and way back in the rear view mirror.
 
Generally I don't sleep well Sundays but it's more of getting out of the routine that probably does it.

Years ago my schedule was mainly Tuesday-Saturday so Mondays were for errands and it was awesome with no crowds etc.
 
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