After a 3-day weekend, do you ever feel like you’re playing catchup? With your social battery drained and the plans of every extrovert in your vicinity falling on muted ears, it seems like the problems of the standard 48-hour weekend get compounded. Work is harder the week after the break and your coworkers want to chat twice as much. Fighting fatigue and an empty fridge, there’s only one thing an introvert can do to reverse the effects of an overstimulating weekend: Cancel everything. 

As if it’s not an antisocial person’s default setting to try and cancel plans, the weekend after a holiday weekend presents a unique opportunity that’s validated by centuries of bank holidays. Everyone’s wiped out after cramming 5 days of work into 4, and introverts finally have the perfect canvas for a beautifully painted recovery weekend. 

Alas, the glow of your rejuvenation has already started after sending a somber, «Sorry I can’t make it» text. Life is good when you cancel plans, and for an introvert who’s strengthening their aura and boosting their social battery, a restful weekend sounds so sweet.