Weekend is an Illusion..

How We Convinced Ourselves That Two Days Could Heal Five Days of Damage

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Can we just declare that two days of weekend is never enough to dump our stress? Every goddamn Friday comes with a tingle of happiness, and boom—it’s already Sunday evening again. Arghh, Sundays are the worst.

Before Thrylens, weekends had a purpose, you know? You slog through the 9 to 5 grind, and when Friday hits 5 PM, you slam that laptop shut so hard, secretly hoping it won’t even turn on Monday morning. (Spoiler: it always did.)

Now with Thrylens in the picture, weekdays and weekends look the same. My weekends revolve around: which video to shoot, how to grow followers, how to build a community, what to put on the content calendar, and which book I should finish. On top of that, there’s upskilling to survive the 9 to 5 world. The pressure to be “productive” is relentless.

And then comes doomscrolling. The bloody guilt-addiction of endlessly scrolling nonsense is real. Now I hear there’s an autoscroll option—like, excuse me? Scrolling was the one lazy job left for us, and they’re taking that too.

Since I’m planning to step into the content creator space myself, the pressure’s even higher. I don’t want to just dance to some trending song or pull off cheap pranks. I want to be useful. Informative. Hopefully, by the end of this year, I’ll actually start that journey.

Speaking of journeys, I ordered a fancy to-do list book from Blinkit last week. Guess how many boxes I’ve checked? Zero. The distractions are real, but damn, I want to tick those lists so bad. Still, on days I don’t feel like working, all I crave is a cozy bed, Netflix on loop, or scrolling till my thumb goes numb.

Recently, I watched a podcast by Nikhil Kamath where Carl Pei (founder of Nothing) said:

“Most people should not become entrepreneurs because of the high personal cost and relentless challenges involved in building a business.”

He added that for those with deep passion, the journey is worth it—but only if you endure sleepless nights, crushing self-doubt, and an unshakable commitment to creating something meaningful.

Guess that means I’m on the right path with Thrylens. Hopefully, all these weekends I’m sacrificing will add up to something worthwhile. Hard work does pay off. If not now, then someday. Nothing learnt ever goes to waste.

So yeah—don’t give up. As my partner says: “Consistency is the key.” You never know when asymmetric returns might just knock on your door.

Be consistent, but also be human.

Akshatha Kulkarni

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