The Problem with Monday
Hello again friends!
Happy Monday to all! I know... no one ever feels that way. Literally. Monday implies so many crappy things: end of the weekend, start of the work week, blah, blah blah. I guess not quite the start of the work week if you don’t work your typical M-F but even then you probably have friends or something who do work that M-F life and are dreading Monday. I mean I guess either way, Sunday is the usual end of the weekend. I think we all get the point. I mean I worked at a spot where the work week started on a Friday. Talk about a mind fuck when I transitioned to a more “normal” work week. Threw everything off. Real talk though, I still dreaded Mondays.
But this post isn’t about having the case of the Mondays... it’s the OTHER problem with Monday. I know... there’s ANOTHER problem with Monday?! Yes. Yes, there is. It’s the whole, “it’s time to start over on Monday” and the pressure that comes along with it. You know why this post is going up? Because I built up this morning over the weekend. Hell, I built it up last week. I made a list of things I wanted to do and what times and this morning that all went out the window. I felt like shit. I can’t even pretend it didn’t suck. I forgot to set my alarm to 5AM and woke up past 7. Was so discouraged that i stayed in bed well past 8.
I know, I know, you’re all saying Teddy, that was stupid. Why would you make things so much worse for yourself? Well guys, to put it plainly, I was just sad. Disappointed in myself. You name it. How do you get up motivated after that? It’s a doozy... I probably should have picked my ass up by my bootstraps. I know. I get it. But I didn’t and I let the soggy shitty feeling drag all day. We all know I hate my job, that’s no secret but it was exponentially worse today. I hated every minute. I was moody, off balance, off kilter, just plain off. I felt totally unstable. One minute I was up then i was down and miserable and grumpy. My co-workers, bless them, had to deal with a monster today.
So how did I go from that to this current beam of relative sunshine? Good question. I realized what was at the source of everything. It’s Monday. That’s the problem with Monday. (Side note: is the word Monday starting to sound/look weird or is that just me?) I put SO much into it being Monday. So much that I built it up just to come crashing down. Guys, it’s easy, take it easy on Monday, it’s not it’s fault that it’s the first day of the week. Maybe we should change the conversation. Like yay Monday! Just kidding, I’m never going to be pro-Monday. That’s just not my vibe. If that’s you, kudos and atta human! But if it’s not, that’s okay too. I think we need to stop feeling like we’re failing because we’re not 100% on the ball. Some Mondays are going to be shittier than ever. I know, I’ve watched all of the CEO morning routines too; wake up early every day, have a routine... I know. But what if... what if I don’t want to conform to what they do. What if I want to find my way to success my own way and not completely emulate someone I can’t reach. By reach I mean someone whose brain I can’t pick. I’d love to ask them how they decided that waking up early was for them, what to do if they couldn’t go to bed early... because fun fact all, you can’t always live life according to a set plan. I was supposed to sleep early today but I got called over to work and now I’m going to bed late (this post was already written but I didn’t get a chance to post until now). Life is a series of choices and circumstance.
It sounds like I’m making excuses for my being lazy this morning. I’m not. I know I was. I take full responsibility. I should have set the alarm. What kind of super organized person doesn’t set the alarm... seriously. I guess where I’m going with this is that I put too much pressure on Monday and on myself. I tried to do too much and set a date to be “A New Me” and now I feel like a failure. I mean there’s still tomorrow obviously but have you ever felt like, well, I failed on a Monday. Time to wait to start a new week? Is that just me? Maybe it is and this post is completely useless to you... or maybe it’s not and you’re catching my drift. Either way, I’m feeling like I’m going to say okay, bye Monday. Onto Tuesday!
Honestly, start your journey when you want to and when you’re ready. Don’t rush it because it’s Monday and don’t put it off because it’s not. You do you. You go at your own pace. I know I’m going to tomorrow anyway.
Another piece of advice... don’t change everything at once. That’s not realistic. Things don’t change all at once, nothing is perfect and too much change can be jarring. Snail’s pace it or change two or three things at a time, up to you. Just remember that it’s okay to slip sometimes. Be nice to yourself. You’re the only you that you get.
I already forgot how I ended the last post haha that’s okay too!
Happy Monday!
Teddy
Mood: Just Okay.
