7 New York City execs share the weekend routines that help them recharge

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Business Insider asked seven New York City-based CEOs how they spend their weekends.
Many combine exercise and socializing.
Some don't work at all; some spend time on big-picture work projects.

It stinks to show up to work Monday morning and feel like you squandered your precious two days off.

That's especially true if you're an executive and need to be 100% on your game during the workweek.

So how exactly should you make the most of the (freakin') weekend?

We asked seven New York City-based executives to tell us how they typically spend Saturdays and Sundays. Some work; some work out; some socialize; some do it all.

Read on for ideas you can implement in your own life, immediately.

Scott Britton, the cofounder of Troops, has a coffee meeting with himself.

Troops creates Slackbots for sales teams.

If I'm in the city, I like to wake up early, get coffee, and get a few work projects done that I find hard to do during the week. On a weekday, I don't have a dedicated block of two to three hours that isn't interrupted by meetings or customer calls. So on the weekends it's more high-level, strategy, project-type work.

After that, I might go to the gym and try to make the remainder of my weekend focused on seeing friends and family.

Ilir Sela, the cofounder and CEO of Slice, talks pizza.

Slice is a mobile app that lets you order from local pizzerias.

On Saturdays I try to go to pizza restaurants and talk to owners. I have about 32 relatives who own pizzerias that are on Slice. Every single weekend, whenever I'm around, I'll try and visit their pizza restaurants.

I try to stay in touch with the challenges that they're facing and how Slice is solving their problems, but also learn what they don't like about Slice so that we can continue to improve.

I will also find some time to be a little more active, maybe by playing a pickup basketball game. It's that or catching up with family and friends.

Nadia Boujarwah, the cofounder and CEO of Dia&Co, goes on strategy walks.

Dia&Co is a clothing subscription service for women who wear size 14 and up.

My cofounder, Lydia, and I, from the very beginnings of our business, went on what we called "strategy walks." It started when she was based in San Francisco and we'd go up into Marin County and go on these beautiful hikes and think about the business we wanted to build together. That's really survived the chaos of the last couple years.

Almost every weekend we go on a long walk, most often down the West Side highway, and spend a couple hours outside, thinking about bigger-picture questions. Some of the more creative thinking happens then.

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