Friday Afternoons at the Office 🫖
As we discuss Friday afternoons, HAPPY FRIYAY AFTERNOON, my beloved readers!💟
How has your week been? Are you still busy with work or savouring an iced caipirinha by the beach?🍹
Ahhh, Friday afternoons at the office — that enchanting period when:🌕
- Email activity declines as individuals mysteriously "step out" for "meetings."
- The snack supply takes a suspiciously significant hit.
- Productivity charts begin to look like ski slopes.
- Someone inevitably inquires, "So… any exciting weekend plans?" for the third time.
- The group chat buzzes with memes that are definitely not work-related.
- Projects get "kicked off" just late enough to genuinely commence on Monday.
- It’s that transitional phase where you’re technically still on the job, but mentally halfway out the door — like a browser with too many tabs open, and half of them are vacation rentals.
I envision a standard Friday afternoon might unfold like this:⏲️
- 2:00 PM – You launch a spreadsheet. You gaze at it. You close it. You engage in “strategic contemplation” by scrolling through your phone.
- 2:45 PM – A colleague strolls past with a coffee and remarks, “Almost there!” as if we’re in a marathon rather than just trying to endure another Teams notification.
- 3:30 PM – Someone dispatches a meeting invite… for Monday at 9 a.m. Clearly, they lack a soul.
- 4:00 PM – You begin “wrapping things up,” which is corporate jargon for skimming headlines and feigning note-taking.
- 4:15 PM – You access your to-do list, shift 80% of it to Monday, and feel strangely accomplished.
- 4:45 PM – The office atmosphere is divided between individuals intensely pretending to work and those openly discussing margaritas.
- 5:00 PM – And just like that, the mass exodus commences. Laptops close, small talk fades, and you suddenly recall that you did have real work to complete… oh well, that’s a problem for future you.
But hey! Don't feel guilty about this!😔
We have science backing us up. It indicates that after a certain number of hours, your ability to focus diminishes.
Particularly on Fridays, it's advisable to only go over specific tasks instead of pushing yourself to be productive.
This is due to the fact that your mind is already anticipating the weekend ahead...💭
So the next time your boss looks at you as you leave the office whistling and shaking, just tell him/her: IT'S SCIENCE!🔬
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