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We all love to relax, enjoying a carefree weekend or vacation. And how hard it can be from the mere thought that on Monday you will have to return to work. Waiting for the end of the holiday can even lead to depression.
Monday is a tough day. Almost everyone agrees with this fact. According to statistics, just on this day of the week there is the maximum number of injuries, accidents, exacerbations of chronic diseases. What's wrong with Monday? In fact, this well-established stereotype has been taken for a long time, when Monday was appointed not only as the first day of the week, but also as the first working day. After two days off, the thought of being back at work can be stressful.
However, is it worth fighting this phenomenon of fear before Monday? Perhaps you need to understand how best to ease the coming of Monday, and at the same time make your life better.
We offer 10 recipes to overcome the severity of Monday, while we have not coped with our stereotypes.
- You lie down earlier, you get up easier. As a rule, on Sunday we cannot lie down at a normal time, give ourselves a chance to review all the series and programs on our favorite channel, or we can simply sit up at a party. As a result, lack of sleep, and hence drowsiness and bad mood the next day. There is only one way out - on Sunday, do not sleep until dinner, go to bed earlier in the evening and try not to doze off during the day.
- Set to positive. Waking up on Monday, do not turn on the TV or radio, because as soon as you remember the positive attitude, all possible media will remind you once again that this hard day has come. Get ready for work in silence or with your favorite music.
- Start preparing for Monday... Friday. As a rule, the second half of the last working day is characterized by low employment. Try to use this time to your advantage: clear the table, sort the papers, finally, draw up an action plan for Monday, and then it will begin immediately with the implementation of clearly defined tasks. Set yourself up for success in completing these tasks.
- But you should not be zealous in tasks, turning them into super tasks. If you set yourself tasks that you can’t complete, then Monday blues are inevitable.
- Love your work. To calmly relate to Monday (and other working days), you just need to learn to love your job. A session of auto-training, oddly enough, can work wonders. Try to think about how much you love your job. Repeat to yourself several times the words: “I love my job,” and believe in them sincerely.
- Everything has its place and time. At work, think about work, when you come home, think about household chores, on weekends do not think about work, and on weekdays, discard dreams about the weekend. Learn to focus on the activity that you are doing at the moment. This concentration helps to maintain strength and energy. Don't believe? Try it and see for yourself.
- When you start work on Monday, start with the hard things so that only easy and simple things remain for the evening. In no case do not go in the reverse order, otherwise you will only be confirmed in the thought that Monday is a hard day.
- The main thing is to start. Adjusting to Monday is much easier than we think. Just do your job and it will go like clockwork.
- No delays. Try not to be late, prepare everything you need in advance, because the morning rush ultimately spoils the mood for the whole day.
- Try to start the work week in the best possible way: pick up a spectacular suit, do your hair, surround yourself with a cloud of your favorite smell. In anticipation of compliments from colleagues, you will happily run to work even on Monday.
As much as we'd like to avoid Monday, it's impossible. Therefore, it is better to learn to enjoy it.
Traditionally, the first day of the week is called heavy. It is understandable: the weekend has flown by, ahead is a working week. Getting involved isn't always easy. And then there are obligations, problems and other “impassable jungles”.
Rock faster! Take countermeasures against "evil" Monday by making it easy, even joyful. Only 8 easy steps towards a good mood.
Step 1
On Sunday, go to the realm of Morpheus early. Of course, if you go to bed after midnight, do not expect an easy rise. A “great lack of sleep” awaits you with all the symptoms: drowsiness, weakness and a complete unwillingness to work. Therefore, try to go to bed no later than 11.00 - and the next day you will be like a cucumber.
Step 2
Monday has come. Start it with something pleasant: a cup of coffee, your favorite bookmark on the Internet, ICQ greetings to a friend. But stop there! And then you get so carried away that you forget about obligations. On the buildup you no more than half an hour. And for work.
Step 3
The principle of working Monday: from heavy and "painful" to light and ultra-light. However, this rule is not only on Monday - any day. Remember how you learned lessons at school? At first they did something tedious, then proceeded to their favorite subject. It's the same here.
Step 4
New week means new plans and commitments. The main thing is not to be nervous. Treat problems like tasks, not puzzles. In any situation, remain calm and alert. Nerves shattered? Tincture of hawthorn, valerian, just delicious tea with honey will definitely help.
Step 5
Do not strive to be a super leader and a mega hero. Waste a lot of time and energy. Work is just work, not a vertical race. And remember: everyone makes mistakes. Don't be afraid of it!
Step 6
If you love your job, then any day is not a problem for you. "Hard Monday" including. However, if you fulfill your obligations day by day through force, look for the area of activity that is closer to you, the job from which you will fly like on wings.
But first, make a list of the pros and cons of your activity, see what is more, and only then make a decision. Remember your merits, praises, achievements. You may not need to change anything.
Step 7
"Turn on" the golden rule: at work - work, on weekends - rest and entertainment. After all, everything has its time and place. Do not bring work problems home, just turn off the “button” that is responsible for work.
Know how to fully enjoy the weekend. For some, this is outdoor recreation, for someone - a lot of positive communication, new impressions, and vigorous activity. The main thing is to discard thoughts about work: you have been “on a well-deserved rest” for two whole days. And do not sit at home - go out to people or go out into nature.
Step 8
The weekend is over - stop thinking, dreaming, regretting them. It's Monday! Although, if something very pleasant happened, why not remember? But don't get carried away. Otherwise, thoughts about a revelry with friends or the romance of a Saturday meeting will reshape all work plans. In general, the main principle is “stop in time”.
Still don't like Monday? In vain: good day!
How hard it is to part with a carefree weekend and return to office everyday life! How to survive and win this day? .. And is there really a reason to hate Monday so much?
Monday blamed undeservedly
Monday is considered the hardest day of the week, but is it really so? An interesting study on this topic was conducted by Australian scientists. Specialists from the University of Sydney organized a survey among 200 people who were asked to name the most unpleasant day of the week. The vast majority of respondents without hesitation named Monday.
However, the researchers did not stop there. They began to study the well-being of employees throughout the week. Participants were asked each day how they felt. It turned out that the hardest day of the week is not Monday, but Wednesday. It is on Wednesday that employees feel the most depressed. This is due to the fact that the weekend is still far away, but fatigue has already accumulated. In addition, it is the environment that accounts for the largest number of cases at work, and not the accomplice, when everyone is just “swaying”.
So it turns out that Monday is not at all as difficult as it seems. For the most part, the perception of this day is distorted due to existing stereotypes.
10 easy recipes
And yet, while we have not overcome our stereotypes, let's see what can help us get through Monday.
1. You go to bed early - you get up easily.
The most offensive thing for Monday is that on Sunday you can’t go to bed at a normal time. As a result, you fall asleep late, do not get enough sleep, hence - drowsiness and bad mood. What to do with it? Get up early on Sunday and never doze off during the day.
2. Do not turn on the radio and TV.
I have always dreamed of having a radio or television music channel at home, where there would not be a single presenter. And not just because their pointless conversations are annoying. Most of all they depress on Monday. At a time when you want to tune in to the positive, on almost every channel we are reminded that the weekend is over and today is a difficult Monday.
Perhaps in this way the hosts are trying to calm us down. But it would be better if they didn't. Therefore, on Monday morning, I fundamentally do not turn on either the TV or the radio. Let the entire media world be silent!
3. From problems to tasks.
A new week is always full of plans. We have a large amount of work ahead of us, and therefore we begin to get nervous - will we have time? will it work? can we make it all come true? Treat your problems as tasks, as plans that you will definitely implement. Set yourself up for success and think about the results.
4. In tasks, but not in super tasks.
However, the plans should not be too zealous. If you set super goals for yourself, which you then don’t complete, the Monday blues and dissatisfaction will only intensify.
5. Learn to love your job.
In order to love Monday (as well as the working hours of all other days of the week from Monday to Friday), you just need to love your job. Or at least learn how to do it.
Remember (or better - write down) what makes your profession, occupation, specialty good. Do not forget to indicate what you have already achieved. Think about plans, their implementation and the results of your work. Then Monday you will meet with joy, not depression.
6. Everything has its time and place.
Try to focus on the activity you are doing. When you come home in the evening, think about household chores. Don't think about work on weekends either. But also at work, discard dreams about the weekend. This separation helps a lot.
For example, I am very sorry for my friend Svetka, who has two unloved days of the week - Sunday and Monday. Monday - it's clear why, you say. What was wrong with Sunday?
But because the next day will come Monday, - admits Svetka. “And since Sunday morning, I’ve been haunted by the thought that the weekend is coming to an end.
So it turns out that my friend not only doesn't like Monday, but also doesn't know how to enjoy the second half of the weekend.
7. Try not to think about the weekend.
It is better to drive away thoughts about the weekend - both just past and coming. Such thoughts are only debilitating. Try to focus on work, current responsibilities and affairs. You don't have to constantly think back to Saturday night, endlessly twisting filmstrips in front of you with scenes of fun with friends or a successful date.
8. The main thing is to start.
Post-weekend adaptation is not as difficult as we think. Start with a simple job - your daily duties. You yourself will not notice how quickly you enter the working rhythm. Nothing complicated - just do your job!
9. From heavy to light.
To overcome the feeling of oppression, some advise to do the hardest work of the day planned as soon as possible. This rule - from heavy to light - applies not only to Monday, but to all working days.
Remember, we were taught to do the lessons in this sequence. While the brain is fresh, and coffee acts in the most invigorating way, you need to cope with the most difficult. Well, after dinner, relax and finish everything else. Don't be surprised if you still have some free time!
10. We will not rewind - we will “look” at everything.
When I was at school, I had a dream - to “rewind”, like a tape, all the unpleasant events in life: exams, math and chemistry lessons, queues at stores and at the post office, visits to doctors, moving from city to city. By analogy, I would like to “rewind” Monday, and with it the working hours of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. And as a result, in the full version, “view” only fun weekends. But, think about how much time we will live if we “rewind” all the work, expectations and complex processes in our life? A couple of decades or even years?
One thing is obvious - the one who does not like Monday does not know how to have fun. Monday is an integral part of our life. And we must learn to enjoy it. Therefore, study hard, study this all your life!
Biorhythms, or How to become healthy Valery Anatolyevich Doskin
How to survive Monday
How to survive Monday
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Mondays are no longer associated with something good. They remind us that the lazy weekend is over and it's time to get smart. No TV series, 10-hour sleep and breakfast around noon. But we will help you look at the most difficult day of the week in a different way.
Love what you do
The reason you don't like Mondays is probably because you don't like your job. Just thinking that you have a difficult day ahead of you with a bunch of tasks that are not interesting to complete, and colleagues who drive you crazy, you will not want to get out of bed not only on Monday, but also on Tuesday and Wednesday. So, the roots of the problem are deeper than it seemed at first glance. There is only one way out of the situation: figure out what specifically does not satisfy you in your work. If it’s about colleagues, then communicate with them exclusively on work issues and do not respond to provocations, if it’s about tasks, then think about whether they can be delegated to someone else, if it’s about the boss, call him for a conversation and ask questions that concern you . Either way, you can always quit. But don't make impulsive decisions or your Mondays will become even more stressful.
Plan your week
Your dislike of Mondays may be due to the fact that you don't feel like you have control over your life. Uncertainty about the future is especially strong on Sunday. But everything is not as scary as it seems. You just need to learn how to plan your life. To do this, you will need a diary, a pen and brainstorming. First, write plans and goals for the whole year, then divide them into steps and set specific deadlines, and now make a schedule for the week. We are sure that your life is not only work. Surely you have a lot of things to do in a day, from morning skin care to training. When you have a list of tasks before your eyes, you will learn to manage your life and not be wasteful with time.
Find the reason "why"
You have no motivation to be happy, especially on a Monday morning. Perhaps your life lacks passion - a favorite thing, hobby, interests. If everything revolves around home and work, then it is not surprising that you are in a passive state. Think about how to diversify your everyday life. Have you been planning to learn French for a long time, sign up for a Zumba class, go to a driving school, write poetry? When, if not now? Search the Internet for courses, workshops, schools. You will be much more active and alert in the morning if your favorite activity is ahead of you.
Spend your Sunday right
If you think carefully, then the reason for a bad mood on Monday can be lack of assembly and haste. You have a thousand things to do: perform your beauty ritual, prepare breakfast, put on make-up, do your hair, pack your bag, pack your lunch, create a look, etc., and you can barely open your eyes. Why not make your life easier and do the bulk of the tasks on Sunday? Get things ready, clean your shoes, check your bag, make a face mask, plan a lunch for work, etc. You can also do such preparatory work as writing down all the important dates for the week in your diary (birthdays, business meetings, events), looking at the weather forecast, developing a training regimen, making a grocery list for the week.
Take care of your health
Your hatred of Monday mornings may be due to the fact that you are leading the wrong lifestyle. Our mood and well-being are affected by many factors, ranging from malnutrition to hormonal imbalance. Consider if there is an explainable reason for your depression. For example, the reason for this may be a banal lack of sleep. It is quite logical that five hours of sleep will make your body rebel in the morning. Still worsens your desire to cheer up with coffee and a chocolate bar - caffeine leads to heart palpitations and nervousness, and chocolate increases blood sugar levels. Be attentive to yourself and your health.