weekend

Five ways to kick start a great bank holiday weekend

The key to having a great week is to have had a relaxing weekend where your brain and body can recharge and rejuvenate


Here are five ways to kick off a great bank holiday weekend...

  1. Set a time when your weekend officially starts - You're more likely to wrap up the week’s work with a deadline. Once the time hits make sure you call it a day.

  2. Close all loose ends - I find that anything unfinished in my mind on Friday niggles at me all the way until Tuesday. If you don't manage to finish all your work then add jobs to a to-do list, then you can put it at the back of the mind until Tuesday. Leave your office clean and efficiently organised.

  3. Post work meditation - Close your eyes and take in a few breaths. You can do this anywhere - at your desk before you leave work, in the loo, on the commute home, or outside of your door before entering your home. Even 30 seconds will be enough to provide a little refresh and mark the end of one part of the day and beginning of another.

  4. Do what you love - After a long day of working hard, it’s important to take time to do something that brings you joy and sends your body the signal that you are officially off-duty. This could be heading to a gym class, getting your hair done, listening to your favorite tunes while getting ready to go out, a long stroll through the park, baking, or heading straight to the pub. Whatever it is, it’s important and you deserve it!

  5. Eat something scrumptious - Food is one of life's most simple and greatest pleasures, it doesn't have to be expensive or fancy, but it needs to put a smile on your face. Either cook a meal for yourself or have someone else cook it at a restaurant so you can relax and dine. Food tastes even better if you can share it with friends or family who make you happy.

Have an epic bank holiday weekend!

Make the weekends last longer - Try something new

Missing the 3 day weekends?


"You can make your weekends feel longer if you try something that you've never done before" - David Eagleman, neuroscientist & professor at Standford University.


Taking up a new hobby or trying something new can trick your brain into thinking that the days are longer. Remember when you were a kid and summers used to last forever, that's because you're laying down new memories and you're learning and experiencing constantly.


That's why weekends away always seem so much longer - because they're jam-packed with new experiences.

Weekends fly by when you don't experience new things. So don't wake up on Monday morning with the pang of guilt that you've wasted your weekend and hoping for one more day.


It doesn't need to be extreme, even small things like venturing to a part of London you've never been to, trying a new food, challenging yourself with a new gym class, catching up with an old friend you haven't seen for a while or even cooking a new dish.

You'll fight off the Monday morning blues as you’ll look back on an action-packed weekend spent doing all kinds of new things and it’ll feel like it lasted longer.

Let us know what new things you're trying out this weekend.