Working Saturdays while everyone’s out isn’t missing life. It’s investing in a later one.

Time given to something now is not lost, but it is spent, and the real question is whether you chose the purchase or drifted into it. Work done while others are out only pays if it builds toward something you actually want. The trade is genuine either way, and it is worth being clear-eyed about what you are buying.

Ask what the Saturdays are for, and whether you could say it in one sentence. If yes, protect them without guilt. If not, that is worth knowing too, because unchosen sacrifice turns into resentment faster than almost anything.