c/general·Posted by u/priya_nair·1h ago
Why am I more exhausted after a day of doing nothing than after a busy one?
Saturday I had no plans on purpose. I stayed in pyjamas, ate toast over the sink, watched two cooking videos I will never cook from, and moved from the sofa to the bed at 3pm just for a bit. I did not clean. I did not reply to my cousin. By 7 I felt wrung out, like I had run a shift, except the evidence of my day was a crumb trail and a dead phone battery. A Thursday at work, even a long one, does not wipe me like this. At least a Thursday has a shape. A blank day feels heavy in my limbs and then I go to bed angry that I wasted it, which makes Sunday worse. Is it the lack of movement, or the quiet, or the guilt sitting on top of both? What do you do with a day off that does not leave you more tired than going in?
Peer discussion on askDr.app. Not therapy and not a substitute for professional care.
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u/elena_v1h ago
Blank Saturdays wreck me too. I started putting one small outdoor errand in the middle, even if it is just the corner shop, so the day has a hinge.
u/jordan_hale1h ago
I think it is the no-shape thing. A long Thursday at least tells my body when it is allowed to stop.
u/chris_moretti1h ago
After a sofa day I feel hungover without the night out. Do you sleep more on those days, or just lie there?
u/malik_j1h ago
I set a 40-minute timer for do-nothing, then I have to get dressed, even if I go back to the sofa after. Stops the whole day turning into 3pm.