Are You Just Trying to Make It to the Next Break?

Be honest with me for a second:

Are you just trying to survive the week?

You wake up Monday already thinking about Friday. You sprint through your calendar, power through the meetings, get dinner on the table, help with homework, maybe squeeze in a workout if you’re lucky—and then crash, only to do it all again.

You live for long weekends and national holidays. You “rest” on PTO, but really, you’re still checking email. You might even joke that you’re counting the days ’til your kids are out of the house—or until you can finally retire.

But you’ve got, what, 20 more years of work ahead?
That’s two whole decades. Two decades you’re not supposed to just get through.

And here’s the truth no one wants to talk about: waiting for retirement isn’t the answer either. A 2023 study in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health found that the risk of death increases by 51% in the first year after retirement—especially for people who lose their sense of purpose. That’s not the freedom we’ve been sold. That’s grief in disguise.

So, I want to ask you—what would it look like to stop living for the breaks… and start living in the days?

I’m not suggesting you quit your job or pretend your workload doesn’t exist. I know you’re carrying a lot. You’re a leader. You’re a parent. You’re trying to hold it all together. But somewhere along the way, “holding it together” became your whole life.

I used to feel this way, too. I wrote about it in my Sunday Scaries blog—that gnawing dread that starts before the weekend even ends. And while I eventually made big changes, it didn’t start there. It started by giving myself permission to stop waiting for someday.

You don’t need to overhaul your life overnight.
But you do deserve to feel alive now—not in 20 years, not on summer break. Now.

Here are a few places to start:

Make one weekday sacred. Give yourself something small to look forward to. A solo walk. A phone call with a friend. A dance party in the kitchen with your kids.
Interrupt the autopilot. Ask yourself: Is this just a busy day—or am I making a busy life?
Talk to someone. You’re not broken or ungrateful for feeling stuck. You’re human. Let someone help you navigate this.

You don’t need to survive 20 more years to finally live.

You get to start now.

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