Do you remember when every day used to have its own identity?

I remember when Fridays used to feel like Fridays. It had an identity to it. You could feel it. Sundays especially used to feel unique. Everything slowed down, you woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs in the morning, and traffic was at a crawl. It felt like the world just...stopped even if just for a day. Sundays used to be my favorite day of the week. Now it feels like any other day.

Every day feels the same.

Anyway, thanks for reading and responding if you choose to.

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being · 36-40, F

Part is because nowadays everything is open on Sundays. Restaurants, cafés, marketplaces...
I remember a decade or two ago, it wasn't like that. We had to get all that we needed because "everything is going to be closed on Sunday"
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@being Not here. Most things are closed on Sundays here. If a shop wants to open on Sundays it has to either sell only perishable goods (fresh bread, fresh vegetables, etc.= or have a sales floor area under 50 m2. So garden centres are open (plants count as perishable) but supermarkets are closed. Most cafes are also closed. Some restaurants will open in the evening and bars will be open in the evening.

If you desperately need to buy food on a Sunday in the village where I live the only place open is the local petrol station. But you have to be a bit desperate because the choice is very limited and the prices high.

In addition it is illegal to make a lot of noise on a Sunday, no noisy outdoor DIY for instance and certainly no building or excavation work. All this means that it's pleasantly quiet with hardly any traffic..