When I was a teenager, I loved it and really believed it. Plus, I could meet up with my friends and make social arrangements for the week. When I grew up, I could bearly drag myself to meetings and usually came home crying.
Those elders, gotta love the solutions for all problems in your life:
1. Field service; dragging yourself out of bed, getting dressed up, begging people to listen, getting turned down and told off....what an uplifting experience after those long days at your worldly job all week. Give yourself an extra pat on the back if the weather is bad.
2. Meeting attendance; after a long day at your job, eat dinner really fast, gather yourself and your family and get your buns over to the Hall. If you routine is not running smoothly, you must not be attending regularly or your family would know what needs to be done on meeting nights (quote from an elder I knew). Don't disturb others...keep those kids quiet or take them to the restroom and spank them. (No one can hear it.) Be sure to sit in the front rows, so the late-comers can sit in the back (hope it's not your family). On Sundays, drag yourself out of bed for field service, or for the interesting talk and Bible Watchtower study. Introduce yourself to new ones, you might get a Bible Study out of it! If they are just visiting or already baptized, say goodbye and never talk to them again.
Here's the acronym I was taught:
P - prayer
A - association
S - service
S - study
"How pleasant to see brothers, all dwell in Unity..."
