If you've been keeping track of expenses and practicing smart savings, the last thing you want to do is sabotage all of your hard work in the course of a single weekend. Instead, make your weekends fun without spending too much cash. Think about purchases and use these tips to spend smarter and keep yourself on track throughout your weekend routine: Get in the habit of DIY — Take some free Read more

I'm a planner. I make to-do lists. I thrive off being efficient and optimizing my productivity. Call it savvy, call it geeky, call it a sign of Type A personality, but that's just how I work. Thankfully, it's not an around-the-clock habit, and I have taught myself the importance of unwinding on the weekends with a simmer-down-from-the-grind routine. If I'm not traveling, I have a Saturday morning Read more

After working hard and being productive all week, there’s nothing like two days of freedom stretching out ahead of you to give your mood a lift. Or is there? A recent German study has found that people tend to be most bummed out about life in general on Sundays, with Saturdays and Fridays following closely behind. And (much less official) research by Zubin Jelveh of The New Republic finds that Read more