52 a year. That’s how many weekends we get.
Now imagine you never had a weekend again! No more white-knuckling it to Friday. No more Sunday night scaries.
What if every day was just…a day? A day that you owned, start to finish.
That’s the real goal – not retirement with endless margaritas on a beach. Though, that can be a feature!
It’s about owning every weird, beautiful, unpredictable minute of your life. You will be surprised how productive it turns out to be!
Say Goodbye to Weekends
I know its scary, but consider saying goodbye to weekends!
Weekends aren’t freedom, they’re triage.
Two days to cram in chores, errands, brunch, some social event you’re obliged to attend, and maybe a nap (if your neighbor isn’t weed-whacking again). Then it’s back into the Monday meat grinder.
Don’t just settle for recovery, work towards total time freedom.
Here’s the twist: when you do get that kind of freedom, you might end up “working” just as much – sometimes more. But it will feel so much better!
Wait…Did I Just Choose to Work on a Saturday?
Yeah, you might find yourself doing things that look suspiciously like work: Writing. Designing. Teaching. Building. Volunteering. Deep-cleaning your closet.
But it won’t feel like dragging your corpse to an 8am project status meeting.
Because you’re not doing it for the paycheck, or the promotion, or your boss’s passive-aggressive approval. You’re doing it because you want to.
Why? Because it feels good to make stuff. To solve problems. To be useful.
Why You Might Work More After Financial Freedom
Here’s the surprising thing: when no one owns your time, you don’t just turn into a beach blob.
You start to get weirdly productive.
Not because you have to, but because humans are wired for meaning, creativity, and contribution.
Once you’ve detoxed from cubicle life, you want to do things. You need to. It feels good to stretch your brain, to help people, to build something out of nothing.
Freedom doesn’t make you lazy.
It makes you selective.
Becoming a Person Without a Weekend
When I left traditional work, people called me retired. But I’m not in a hammock sipping something with a tiny umbrella in it – at least not all day.
I’m writing this article, coaching clients, hiking on a Wednesday. Or falling into an asset allocation research rabbit hole that will likely end in insanity.
Every day is fair game for work, rest, adventure, or complete nonsense. And it is wonderful! Worth every bit of effort I spent working, saving, and investing to get to this point.
I’m not living for the weekend anymore. I’m just living.
What You’re Really After
You don’t want endless weekend or retirement, you want agency.
The power to say:
- “No meetings today, I’m going for a hike.”
- “I’m taking August off.”
- “Yes, I’ll help, but only on Tuesdays after 10.”
Financial freedom buys luxury – the most luxurious thing of all is ownership of your time! Spend every dollar on that, if you can!
And when every day is yours, that’s better than any weekend you’ve ever had.
Your Turn
So…what would your life look like without weekends?
What would you choose to work on?
What would you walk away from?
What would you finally have time to build?
If you’re ready to stop living for Fridays and start living for yourself, come get lost with me!
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