Things That Get Me Through My Mondays
Mondays… am I right? There is something about the stress of the upcoming work week that makes your weekend speed by. One minute its Friday night, you’re in the group chat making Brunch plans for tomorrow, then suddenly it’s Sunday evening and you’re dreading repeating the cycle. I may not be able to give you the answer to making Monday the best day of the week, but I can tell you what I do to make my Mondays a little more bearable.
Monday Blues... More like Monday Who
The idea of manifesting has become pretty popular amongst our age group quite recently. Manifest the life you want, manifest the dream job, manifest the partner, etc. SO why are you not manifesting a good work week, especially a good Monday? Let’s be honest, if you wake up Monday morning feeling miserable and dreading the day to come, you’re going to have a bad day. In your mind you have already created the reality that this day will not go well. This may not be an intentional manifestation but here you are bringing that negative energy into your week. If asking for a GREAT week might seem like a lot, the least you can do is manifest a good Monday. Wake up in the morning and say your daily affirmations. While you are doing so manifest the shit out of today.
” It is going to be a great day”
” On Mondays we make Monies”
However, if you are a flight attendant this does not apply to you. Never say this, thats how you get stuck somewhere for 3 days with nothing but your turn bag IYKYK.
Treat Yo Self
One of my favorite motivators in life is treating myself. I will go to the gym tomorrow morning if it means I get to have Starbucks after. I will clean the house top to bottom if I know I get to have the satisfaction of burning an expensive 3-wick candle when I’m done. Find something that you enjoy and make it a way to reward yourself at the beginning/ end of the day. Maybe it’s a trip to that nice bookstore by work or a bowl from Jamba Juice. Make yourself lunch every Monday with only your favorite foods…do dessert for dinner. Seriously, try out anything. Stop associating Monday with that bad feeling, instead find something that will make you look forward to Mondays. By associating this special thing with Mondays, you are more likely to experience joy when thinking about it instead of dread. Remember: It takes more energy to be unhappy than it does to be joyful.
Don't Stress... Decompress
Okay babe, we get it Mondays are hard. I am not here to gaslight you into thinking otherwise. No matter how you may have spent your weekend, Monday means getting back to the grind. A huge part of the reason that we’re all so anti Mondays is because we only associate the weekends with fun. Realistically after a full day of work you don’t want to jump into new hobbies, hang out with friends, etc. Therefore, our weekends tend to be jampacked with all of the things we were putting off all week. Going to that fancy place you saw on TikTok, trying that new recipe someone sent you, going on an absolute bender with your girls, Pilates princess-core, etc. These things all sounds so much better on the weekend because there’s about 50-60 hours of uninterrupted free time. Even those weekends where you do absolutely nothing are meaningful. Weekends are a time where you don’t have to go anywhere and you don’t have to be anyone and that’s what makes it so appealing.
What if I presented to you another option, its clear that weekends are prime to us because we get to indulge in the things that bring us joy. What if there was a way to do this without waiting for the weekend, would Monday’s have less of a dreadful effect? Would the week still drag on if the thing you were anticipating a random Wednesday instead of the end of the work week? I implore you to test this. Schedule that Pilates class for Thursday night instead of Saturday Morning, take yourself to that new TikTok restaurant on Monday. Maybe don’t go on a bender with your friends on Taco Tuesday but if you do we’re just a couple of 20-somethings…it happens.
Sundays are hard but Mondays are always harder. Here’s your reminder to give yourself grace.
