Happy Weekend!

What do you most look forward to - your week or weekend? Most people are happiest on days without work, Richard Ryan, psychologist at University of Rochester finds.

Men and women alike get an emotional and physical boost starting Friday afternoon through Sunday regardless of age, education, salary, marital status or total work hours. Wonder why?

"Weekends are better because we connect with people we care about and we have the freedom to manage our own day," says Ryan. "Wherever you don't have autonomy or don't feel relatedness, your well-being will be lower." Ryan adds that's more likely to be at work.

Free time over the weekend is critical since it gives us space to "repair, rejuvenate and get back our energy."

Since we expect more pleasure during the weekend we highly anticipate it. Dopamine, a brain chemical, influences how people make choices. This neurotransmitter produced in several areas of the brain has a role in signalling pleasure expectations from anticipated weekend events.



Happy weekend!!! And better yet, create ways to make your work more like play!