We understand the feelings you associate with the arrival of a new week. Poor Monday faces all your flack. Of course, it marks the end of a relaxed weekend and the beginning of a tiresome week ahead, but a lot of such ‘Monday Blues’ are self-inflicted. You can either keep fussing over Monday and ruin the whole week ahead or see the good part. Monday doesn’t care what you think of it, anyway. It’s still going to come. You cannot help Monday from arriving, but what you must is egg yourself on. Self-motivation never harms, you see. These are some reasons why Monday is the most awesome day of the week.
Mondays bring with them a sea of endless opportunities. A starting is a positive event, always. You’ve left a chaotic, uncreative week behind. Here you are, presented with another opportunity to make it better.
It is the best day to set new goals for yourself. There will be a hundred things you couldn’t do last week. This is another chance for you to give it another try. A day later, you would be in the middle of your work schedule which is why it makes Monday the most suitable day for setting targets for the week ahead.
Remember how great your weekend went by—the Saturday night you went out to your favorite bar with your best buddies and returned only in the morning? Monday is the day you get to share all the awesome stories with your colleagues. The memories of the weekend are the freshest on a Monday.
Monday isn’t half as scary as you imagine it to be. It is your fear of the day that erodes every chance of having a good time on a Monday. Think about it this way. Once you’re through Monday, you’re only four days away from the weekend!
You value fun because you’ve seen boredom. If you haven’t been through a single dull moment, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish it from an exciting day. Similarly, the much infamous Monday brings you back to earth after a dreamy weekend, only so that you enjoy the coming weekend even more!
We tend to make all resolutions and pledges on a Monday, naturally. It is because you know you can start afresh and turn your life around. Evidence suggests that most successful pledges are taken on a Monday. This is the time when you pledge to not be scared of Mondays.
This one is definitely going to cheer you up. Imagine you get to office on a Monday and get on to a certain difficult task your boss has handed you over. Suppose you fail miserably at delivering satisfactorily. What do you do? Blame it on Monday! Monday is the excuse that takes you out of the most messed up situations, and you know it too. No other day in the week can be as bully-able.
By Ankush Bahuguna
