“The weekend starts the moment you stop pretending to be productive.”
— The Sage
The Sage has always been suspicious of clocks when it comes to weekends. He notes that while calendars insist on fixed start times, the body and mind operate by entirely different rules. Productivity, he observes, does not suddenly cease at a given hour — it quietly slips away earlier, usually disguised as rearranging papers, rereading emails, or staring thoughtfully into the middle distance.
To The Sage, the true beginning of the weekend is not marked by logging off, packing up, or walking out the door, but by honesty. The moment we admit — to ourselves if not to anyone else — that no meaningful work will occur from here on, the weekend has already arrived. Everything after that is simply administrative theatre.
With gentle humour, The Sage reminds us that rest begins not with permission, but with acceptance. Pretending to be productive delays nothing except peace of mind. Once the pretence ends, the weekend quietly takes its place — usually a little earlier than planned, and always right on time.
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