After the hustle and bustle of the holiday and birthday season, there is nothing more relaxing than a weekend at a slow pace with minimal commitments. Here are my tips to make the most of your weekend of tranquility.

1. Turn off the alarm!

Make sure the blinds are drawn closed, your phone is on silent, and you have no alarm to drag you out of your relaxing slumber. Get out of bed only when you feel like it!

Insiders tip – change your sheets on Friday night for that crisp ‘I feel like I’m in a vogue living magazine’ wake up feel.

2. Enjoy LOTS of warm drinks.

My beloved weakness for a calming warm tea means I generally consume several cups a day. If you want to relax, you should too. Accompany with a leisurely book or magazine for the ultimate recipe for relaxation. Hot milo is also a great alternative, or addition to, chocolate as a desert, depending on if you are on a diet. No points for guessing that I enjoyed the milo AND the chocolate.

Milo and marshmallows, courtesy of Café Matt.

3. Fit in a bit of therapeutic shopping – Happy you, Sad bank account.

Even better, with a friend. And I don’t necessarily mean shopping at the shops either. Online shopping means you can do all the hard work of deciding between the red, blue or green dress without leaving the couch, without even changing out of your pjs, and get the delivery-high on Monday when your goodies are shipped! My Saturday splurge was a dose of Bed, Bath and Table (we now have one in the Gong!) and two pairs of shoes with my lovely sister. Don’t forget to enjoy the mi goreng when you realize next week that cleaning your account means you can’t indulge in some Pad Thai.

To my sisters demise, it took me half an hour to decide between red, black or turquoise.

4. Indulge in a TV marathon.

Whether its watching that new show everyone is talking about (Breaking Bad), the show you have to watch all at once to make sense of (Gameof Thrones) or that sitcom that no matter how many times you watch is never less funny (Two and a Half Men), this is a great way to enjoy the weekend and feel like you have accomplished something.

And if you are going to settle in for the night with some chocolate, hot milo and a full season of Community, do it in style with a pillow fort. Add in some doonas for when you get up to the second-last episode of the season and fall asleep.

Hello comfy pillow fort.

5. If I could walk 500 miles…

I would die. I dont encourage walking 500 miles – it’s approx 800 kms and roughly the distance from Syd to the Gold Coast, and if you do that Google Maps thinks you are cray-cray.
However I do encourage you take a nice relaxing walk. I have the luxury of being within walking distance of the beach, meaning I can walk to the soothing lull of the waves. For you city slickers, try a walk in the park. You could even read a book or feed a duck, hipster-style.

Taylor Swift finds calamity in walking with whichever 1D guy she can find. She’ll write a song about this later.

Ryan Gosling feeding a duck. I think I just made every single girls day.

Stay tuned this week for some of my weekday adventures!