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Time to Rethink Saturday as a “Reward Day”
Give yourself rewards that are good for the body, mind, and soul
In Western culture, Saturday is often seen as a reward of sorts for making it through the week. For those with traditional 9-to-5s, it’s the one day of the week you have entirely to yourself that is followed by another day entirely to yourself.
Even if you don’t have a Monday-Friday schedule, you probably grew up viewing Saturday as a reward day, because you didn’t have to go to school. It was a day of freedom, of indulgence, of being able to do what you want to do.
By no means am I asking you to give up Saturday as a reward day. You earned it and you deserve it! I am simply inviting you to look at the kinds of rewards you give yourself on Saturday and consider replacing them with new rewards that are better for your body, mind, and soul.
We’re conditioned to indulge in activities that are bad for us on Saturdays
I remember when I was 10 years old. I’d get up at 6 in the morning, pour myself a Coke in the biggest glass I could find, then sit in front of the TV. I’d start off watching the variety show Kids Are People Too, followed by cartoons Godzilla, The Smurfs, The Bugs Bunny Show, and Fat Albert. My mom would…
