Plan your weekend in advance.

Working full time leaves you with so little personal time. It’s really important to use that time as wisely and efficiently as possible in whatever way most benefits you.

Treat planning your weekend as if you were planning for someone who you want the best for. That gives you the best chance at balancing fun, relaxation, chores and keeping it tailored to you and your interests.

Some personal notes: I understand feeling unfulfilled from your job, and how quickly a weekend can fly by. I try knock all my chores out during the week, and try jam as much fun stuff as possible into the weekend. It took a while to work out what I enjoy, and how to plan it properly to suit me, but very rarely do I get bored now or have that Sunday afternoon mood killer thinking about work (despite my job being stressful and not enjoyable at all)

Each weekend I always try to catch up with someone over a coffee/beer/meal, do something physical like surf/bike ride/indoor rock climb, etc and make sure I do something relaxing like go for a walk on the beach by myself or put some music on and just zone out for a while.

How you decide to plan your weekend is completely individual. If you want to watch movies, then plan it in! Don’t think it has to be a certain way, just plan it. You’ll change your plan all the time and each time you do you’ll get better at it and your weekend will get more and more enjoyable as you do.

Good luck!