The eight-hour workday, which can often become ten hours, combined with commuting time to and from work leaves us with less free time than we would like, as a result of which we fill our weekends with activities that we don't have time to do during the week. But what happens when we live for the weekend and don't get enough sleep?
Weekend outings are the reward for our busy daily schedule and many times we push ourselves to fill almost every available minute of those 48 hours with things that will satisfy us and bring us closer to our people. But, a recent study done in Germany proved that we should not neglect sleep at the weekend and that balance in our lives can only be maintained if we are rested.
The goal of the researchers was to find out how the quality of sleep affects the mood to return to work, after two days off. Basically, they wanted to see what happens to the "Deuterila" feeling, as the uncomfortable feeling that vacation is over and work is taking its place is often called.
The study lasted five weeks and participants completed questionnaires on Mondays and Fridays. In the first they reported how many hours they slept and how often they thought about going back to work, and in the second they recorded their experiences related to their productivity and fatigue.
According to the findings, those who slept well at the weekend had less exhaustion during the week and the arrival of Monday did not particularly bother them, so they could immediately adapt to the demands of the day. This adjustment, in fact, was made in such a way that they did not quickly increase the speed, which gave them an advantage for the whole week, since they did not immediately exhaust their strength.
So those who fall into the category of people who find it difficult to start their week may try to sleep better on the weekend in order to make up for the hours of sleep they lose during the week and have a better mood. well already from the second morning.
Translated by Marie Claire
