Why don't weekends feel like enough rest anymore?

Two days used to reset you. Now you reach Monday still carrying Friday, never fully emptied out. The recovery you need has grown longer than the break you are given. That is not you being lazy. That is a real signal from a tired system. When a short rest no longer restores you, it usually means the depletion is deeper than a weekend can reach. You are not failing to relax hard enough. You are trying to refill a well with a cup when the well has run low. The problem is the size of the drain, not the size of the weekend. So look at the weekdays, not just the weekend. Where is the constant leak coming from? Find one thing you can reduce during the week, one steady drain you can ease, and protect a little recovery inside the workdays themselves. Rest that only lives on Saturday will keep losing the race. Build some back into every day.