Quit 4 months ago and realized I haven't had a single "Sunday thing" since week 6
Not a boss story, just something weird i noticed.
For like 5 years i had this thing every Sunday around 4pm where i'd get super irritable, chest felt heavy, just completely checked out mentally. I thought it was just part of my personality. My girlfriend used to say i was "hard to be around on weekends" and i believed her
I called it my Sunday thing. tried cutting caffeine, melatonin, journaling, whatever. nothing worked so i just accepted it as a me problem.
Was doing customer support for a SaaS company, one of those places where every week they add more to your plate and somehow your salary never comes up in that conversation. Left in January and picked up some freelance work on the side, been budgeting carefully but managing fine.
And maybe 6 or 7 weeks in my girlfriend mentioned i seemed really different on weekends lately, more present or something. I didn't get what she meant at first
then it just clicked. the Sunday thing was completely gone and i hadn't even noticed it leave. now i just lay in bed sunday afternoon playing on my phone doing absolutely nothing and meal prep and it feels incredible
5 years i lowkey thought something was wrong with me neurologically. turns out i was just accurately predicting having to spend 50 hours a week somewhere that made me feel invisible