How do you spend your Saturdays?

What does your typically Saturday look like? I’ll start as a 25 year old guy in NYC. I need to find some new hobbies lol

9:30-10:30am: Roll out of bed

10:30am-1pm: Respond to some emails / finish urgent work, do some random chores (tidy up, dishes, etc.)

1-2:30pm: Workout

2:30-8pm: Will either be working still, day drinking, smoke and video games w/ friends, or just walking around the city exploring & vibing

8pm-3am: Either cooking dinner and staying in or drinking and out with friends

 

Protected Saturdays - 80% of the time I don't have to work

8-11am - Wake up and chill, might go out and eat breakfast with the wife

11am-1pm - Clean up, do laundry, vacuum, etc... basically just catching up on everything that has been neglected during the week

1pm-5pm - meal prep for the week

5pm-6pm - gym

6pm-10pm - Downtime, play games with wife, go out with friends, etc

 

Similar here. Usually get up between 10 and 12, depending on if I went out the night before. Check some emails, usually don't have to do much in the way of work. If I know I'm going out again that night I'll probably try to hit the gym late morning / early afternoon. Aside from that, I'll usually either sit around and play videogames / watch tv or go on an aimless drive for a few hours. Might sound kind of weird, but I have always been a car guy and bought myself a nice car last year that I don't actually use for any practical purposes.

Thinking about picking up golf this year. I also try to get away with friends one weekend a month. Obviously since we're all busy this blows up like half the time.

 
Funniest

In a perfect world where I have no plans or obligations, my saturdays are:

  • 6:00-7:00am - wake up, big breakfast (can't get up before 8am on the weekdays but can't sleep past 7 on the weekends)
  • 7:00-12:00pm - bike
  • 12:00-1:00pm - exec workout (stretching and heavy steam room session)
  • 1:00-1:05pm - spliff on the walk home from the gym
  • 1:05-1:30pm - fight off initial anxiety from spliff, tell myself I'll catch up on work tomorrow
  • 1:30-3:00pm - f1 video game
  • 3:00-3:01pm - initiate dinner planning process with wife
  • 3:01-6:00pm - insist she can pick, while also suggesting plenty of options with tepid responses.  (I'm also probably playing f1 still at this time and/or trying to smash)
  • 6:00-7:00pm - beers at the bar downstairs
  • 7:00-9:00pm - dinner in the neighborhood
  • 9:00-9:45pm - scroll every page of every streaming service finding a movie
  • 10pm - asleep in the first act
 

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