Mondays…..
As a marketing coordinator, disliking Monday’s doesn’t even make sense. Yet, Monday’s still get to me. I find this funny, simply because I am usually plugged in all of the time. I spent Sunday night working and fixing a few things, not because I’m expected to work, I just can’t turn my brain off. Therefore, it’s not like I am ever truly unplugged, my weeks roll together and sometimes Wednesday is my big work day… Truly, Mondays aren’t typical Mondays for me, so what gives!?
The only reason I am so plugged in all of the time is usually for small reasons. I think of grammatical errors I’ve made so I go in and fix them, or I send an email to somebody I think would be fun to work with. It is all work that I truly enjoy, it is flexible, enjoyable and taps into creative parts of my brain I sometimes forget exist. So… How come Mondays still seem hard?
For me, Mondays reminds me of all of the things I should have done or didn’t get to over the weekend. It reminds me that I put off going to the store, laundry I avoided and wondering if I am going to actually go to the gym…
This isn’t a blog about, “this is how I turn my Mondays around,” I’m just 100% not a big fan. That’s why I would like to throw this out into the universe and ask all of you (if you’re a Monday lover), what it is you do to enjoy the new week? Are there things you do the night before? The Morning of?
Basically, I wanna know where my Monday lovers are at for selfish reasons… HOW do I learn to enjoy/make the chaos more lovable!?
Shoutout to my other favorite days, Tuesday-Sunday, they’re like a best friend that just gets me.
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Long, long ago – in a decade far, far away, I didn’t like Mondays either. I felt rushed at the beginning of the week and had trouble remembering all the things I needed to do, places the kids had to go, and sometimes ended up crabby. I found the solution in a book written by parents of nine (yes 9! children). I can’t remember the name of the book, but their advice has become a weekly part of our lives. We call it The Executive Meeting, and it’s a gathering of the family for a quick run-down of what’s coming up that week. Each family member (or roommate – my kids do this with their college buds) goes over what’s going on in their life for the upcoming week. Everyone is responsible to write their schedule on a big paper calendar (which hangs in the kitchen) and then we all keep track on our own personal calendars (or phones). We started doing this way before anyone in our house had a cell phone, and it kept us from arguing when the kids neglected to write down their soccer game or band practice. If you fail to get your stuff on the calendar – Mommy doesn’t bump her stuff to accommodate you. That taught our kids to be responsible for their own schedule, and it kept us from double-booking things on top of each other – which kept us married!
It’s also a good time to visit with the people you live with to see what they’re worried or excited about for the upcoming week – which keeps you a cohesive group. Now that our hoodlums are all grown up, my husband and I STILL do this every Sunday evening. We keep it short, but it sure makes a difference in how we feel about Monday morning (and the rest of the week).