It’s Monday. Get a new perspective. Whatever obstacle you’re facing, it’s not permanent ~Anonymous
Mondays are like eating a pizza with spinach or pineapple toppings after having a pepperoni or barbecue chicken pizza. In other words, they could be so annoying and fun-draining.
The real reason why Mondays appear to be the most stressful day of the week is the fact that you’re probably just coming out of a stress-free and relaxing weekend and before you get the time to reflect and savor the great time you’ve had, boom! Monday comes knocking.
This fun-draining feeling you get when Monday is around the corner is the Monday blues. It’s not even Monday yet and all you think about is the work waiting for you once the sun rises. Just like the gunshot marks the start of a race, Mondays mark the start of a non-stop stressful week. Once your breath catch, the weekend is coming to an end, you can’t help but think about Monday that’s just right around the corner.
I have 50 steps listed below on how you can glide into Monday without Monday blues or feeling so depressed and pre-stressed. Grab a bar of chocolate and let’s go on this ride together…
1. Plan A Breathtaking Outfit
Planning a very nice outfit over the weekend is one of the best ways to get rid of Monday blues because it gets you to look forward to wearing them on Monday.
If you’re someone who likes fashion or is fashionable, use your time to combine really nice outfits because it makes you look forward to wearing them and you’ll find yourself unconsciously looking forward to Monday.
2. Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Music
Have you ever noticed how music makes every task seem easy? When you’re doing chores, music takes your mind off the fact that you’re actually working and you start enjoying every bit of it. You should try to get into Monday with your groove on.
Play some songs on Sunday night and while getting set for work on Monday morning. This will put you in the right mood for the week because when you get it right on Monday, the other days just falls into place. Add some music and rid yourself of Monday blues.
3. Plan Something Special On Monday Evening
A very good way to get over the Monday blues is to have some fun activities planned for yourself after work. When you know there’s something fun to do after you get off work, you wouldn’t need any Monday blues quotes to get you through the day because you have something to look forward to and somewhere fun to be. Your plan could be to maybe hang out with friends, go for a bite, and go to the beach or even a walk at the park.
4. Don’t Have A Too Lazy Sunday
Instead of having a very lazy Sunday which you get to have really long afternoon naps, sitting around all day and enjoying the freedom of a really clear schedule you should try to occupy your self with balancing activities.
This means that inasmuch as you should relax and chill out, your schedule pattern should not be stretched so much that it becomes very difficult to adjust to your regular Monday routines. You should get some rest and do some activities that will relax you as well as keep you prepared for Monday.
5. Never Skip Breakfast
The importance of breakfast cannot be overemphasized by nutritionists. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it puts the body in the most productive state for the entire day. When you skip breakfast, you send signals to your body that you are in a crisis or unsettled state.
Try eating a very nutritional and yet light meal in the morning before starting with your Monday and you’ll find out that you’re more energized and less stressed at the end of your day.
6. Observe Pomodoro
For every 25 minutes of work, take a five-minute break as suggested by Francesco Cirillo in his technique in the late 1980s. Each of the five minutes is called the Pomodoro which helps to refresh every position of the body after a long period of concentration. It helps reduce stress or Monday blues.
7. Write Down Your Expectation For The Week
It is very helpful if you make a list over the weekend (preferably Sunday) on the few things you hope to achieve starting Monday. This puts you in the best position for the week because once you have expectations, you strive to meet them.
8. Don’t Overload Your Mondays
Most of the time, Mondays are the most stressful day of the week because we do so much work immediately after relaxing during the weekend. The work overload then kills and waters down all the feeling of freshness that came from the weekend getaway.
Instead of doing too much on Mondays it is best to split the work through the week. You should use Mondays to go through emails, do sketches of your proposals or other assignments. This way you would have laid a good foundation for the rest working days.
9. Don’t Forget To Smile
Smiling all day doesn’t mean pasting a smile on your face like a stuffed animal. It means feeling happy and alive throughout the day. When you wear a smile the moment you wake up, your body will get the signal that you’re in a happy mood and go along with that feeling all day.
10. Help Someone Out
When you solve someone’s problems or do something nice for someone, you feel better about yourself. This is one of the easiest ways to beat the Monday blues.
11. Write Down Your Worries Or Share Them With Your Close Friend
Once you notice you are feeling a little tense or sad that it’s almost Monday, write down the things that make you worried. You can also talk about those worries with a close friend. It helps you feel more relaxed.
12. Extend Your Weekend Activities
That its Monday doesn’t mean you should hold off the activities you enjoy doing over the weekend or suspend them until its weekend again. You can still carry out some of those fun activities once you get off work. It could be bowling, taking writing classes, dance classes and others.
13. Reflect On The Things You Like About Your Job
No matter how terrible something may seem, there is always a good side or an advantage to it. These advantages are what you should focus on. Think about the things you love about your job; it would help drown out the things you hate about it.
14. Start Your Mondays With A Monday Blues Motivation
As cliché as it may seem, Monday blues motivation and Monday blues quote help to program your mind and give you a certain level of expectation for the perfect Monday. So go ahead, get your phone and read some Monday motivation messages to get rid of the blue.
15. Give Yourself A Treat
No one can treat yourself better than you do. Monday won’t be so blue anymore if you treat yourself or get yourself a special treat every once in a while preferably on Monday night. It could be just getting yourself a nice snack/tasty meal or buying yourself something you really love.
16. Have A Schedule
To know the direction your Monday would take, it is important to have a schedule. Having a schedule involves listing out the tasks that need to be carried out for that day. You can use your Sunday to plan your Monday activities. This way, you reduce the things that come to you unplanned or as a shock.
17. Give Yourself Accolades For Every Task Accomplished
It is the best way to acknowledge you for a job well done. You can take this for the blues by keeping tabs on your accomplishments so that they would help you get through the times you feel like you are stuck and you can’t successfully pull through a task.
18. Plan Your Next Weekend Groove
Planning your next weekend groove in between your weekdays leaves you something to anticipate about. This is an easy and perfect step to ridding yourself of the blue.
19. Don’t Just Jump Off The Bed Once Your Alarm Clock Rings
You should allow yourself at least 30 minutes of meditation once you wake up in the morning, this affords you the opportunity to relax your brain for the days work.
20. Go To Bed On Time
Early to bed, early to rise. It is important to put out things that are not necessary on Sunday evening and dedicate your time to sleep in early to have enough rest for a very productive Monday. The most advisable time dedicated to sleep for an adult should be between 6 to 7 hours daily. You can only achieve this when you go to bed early.
21. Do The Monday Morning Work-Outs
As difficult as it may seem, working out has very high benefits. You may be reluctant to go out for that morning jog or the 3 minutes plank before starting your activities for the day but when you do so, you become more energetic. Any exercise that makes the heart beat faster enables the heart to pump fresh blood and this keeps you healthy.
22. Socialize
When you surround yourself with so many people, it becomes easy to get through the day. You find out that your day becomes very easy and you have an option or a list of people who can help you out when you’re stuck with a task. It also helps you get the opportunity to share a laugh or two with some of your friends or colleagues. This eases off some of the tension at work.
23. Prepare For Monday On Friday
Mondays are very stressful for most people because they rush off on Friday and leave some of the things they were supposed to do for Monday. Friday should be the day to clear off your desk from all the work that was required of you to complete during the entire week. It is wrong to carry over Friday’s work into Monday because it stresses you unnecessarily.
Before you delve into the new week’s task, you’ll have to finish up the leftover work from Friday and this is more pressure as your Monday should be days to plan your new set of activities not conclude previous ones.
24. Never Take Work Home
Work should end at work and shouldn’t be carried over to your home. When you do this, you become very exhausted because the break you were supposed to have was used up for additional work.
You also don’t get to perform at your best state because the body is worn out and needs rest. To practice this, it is advisable to leave all work folders at work and stay away from your laptop unless it isn’t business-related.
25. Don’t Think About The Weekend When It’s Over
The weekend ended on Sunday, now it’s work time. You shouldn’t think too much about the fun and relaxation you had the previous weekend because it deters your workplace performance. Instead, you should anticipate the reward of a new weekend once you are able to finish up your weekday work.
26. Work On Your Attitude
Your attitude is like a fragrance, it reveals itself everywhere you go. When the flavor is nice, people love it but when it has a bad or harsh smell, it repels people. You should learn how to work on your attitude if it isn’t so great because our workplace attitude goes a long way in determining how much fun and excitement we would get from our workplace.
People look forward to exciting activities. If you fix your attitude, you might just be doing what it takes to turn your workplace into a fun environment.
27. Always Be Grateful
You shouldn’t just be grateful when big things come your way. No matter how small something may seem, it is important to be grateful for it. When someone helps you get a coffee, be grateful. When you get a free ride home, be grateful.
When someone helps you pick up a fallen item, be grateful. When you are grateful for every little thing, you would have a lot to be grateful for at the end of each day.
28. Put Away All Electronic Device At Least One Hour Before Bedtime
Using any form of an electronic device before going to bed is not very helpful to the brain which takes time to shutdown. When you feed the brain with device contents, you give the brain something to think about for a long time and make it harder for the brain shut down.
It is important to stay away from using electronic devices for about 1 hour before going to bed so as to have a restful night.
29. Stay Hydrated
Water is very important for the body. It enables each organ to work properly and keeps you energized to carry out activities daily. You shouldn’t get too engrossed with your work and forget to take water. For more effectiveness, you can get a drinking water application installed on your phone to remind you to drink water.
30. Take A Selfie And Upload On Social Media
This suggestion may seem less effective or relevant but it is more important than you feel. When you take a selfie of yourself and post it on social media, you feel more alive, happier and it just gets you suddenly anticipating how good your day is going to be.
31. Do The Things You Enjoy At Work
Work isn’t a place to bury your head in what you hate doing and suspend every form of fun activity. Work is actually doing your job but finding time for yourself to unpack and do the things you love to do.
You could take a short break after working tirelessly to do something you love doing briefly. By so doing, you realize that you start to hate Monday’s less because you find time to do things you love.
32. Have A Good Body Clock
Your body clock is the natural program schedule with which your body runs daily. Your body clock is the reason you wake up at that exact time even when you forget to set your alarm. When you have a good body clock, you’ll find out that you’ll get stressed out less often.
33. Take A Nice Warm Bath
Warm baths can be very relaxing especially after a long and stressful day. After work on Monday, you should try taking warm baths to relax you and put you in a better mood after all the strenuous activities.
34. Try Something New
There would hardly be Monday blues if everyone tried something new on Monday’s. Monday’s become like Boxing Day where you get to unwrap your gift and find something intriguing in it. Do something you’ve never done before every Monday.
35. Change Your Career
The reason you may be having those blues might be because you need to change your job. Sometimes, when your career becomes very draining and too demanding, it is a sign that you should take the next available flight and zoom off.
36. Fix Something That’s Broken
Have you ever fixed something that was broken before? The feeling is amazing! You feel like you just saved the world, like Superman. Imagine having that kind of feeling on a Monday morning. You should try to fix something, no matter how easy it seems. If there’s nothing to fix, you could fix your home by getting it tidy.
37. Take Things One Step At A Time
This means to take things easy. Try as much as possible to stay away from multitasking especially on Mondays. Multitasking uses up so much energy and doesn’t even get the work done properly but when you focus your attention on one thing at a time, you go easy and surprisingly faster. You’ll also end up producing better results.
38. Go Watch A Sports Game After Work
If you’re sports savvy, you should try getting tickets for any sports game of your choice and watch it after work. If you can’t get tickets, you can watch a sports competition on television. Remember that watching sports games helps to lift your spirit.
39. Read Your Favorite Book
Reading a book that you enjoy helps to relax your mind.
40. Avoid Going Out On Sunday Night
No matter how tempting the outing may seem, do not go out on Sunday night if you’re required to be at work on Monday morning. As fun as the offer may seem, it contributes to draining you out and before its Monday, you’ll already be stressed out.
41. Wake Up Early
It’s better to start your day on time. This way, you take your time to do what you have to do. If you get off bed late, you start your day in a rush and this is the worse way to start your day.
42. Create A Morning Routine
It could be taking a cup of tea, doing a little dance exercise, baking cookies for your colleagues at work. Just have a morning routine that keeps you feeling alive.
43. Start Your Monday Right
Starting your Monday right means doing everything it takes to make sure you’re free from tension and stress. There is no better way to start your Monday than playing some Monday blues song.
44. Do Something You Love Daily
Doing something you love each day makes you appreciate every day.
45. Embrace Flexible Working
This means working as is suitable for you. You should be able to know your best work pattern. Some people function better in the morning while others feel more productive in the afternoon. You should embrace what works for you.
46. Figure Out What Makes Your Monday Blues
Despite the long list of ways to eliminate Monday blues, it is very important to know why you feel sad when Monday is approaching. Once you find them out, work on them.
47. Go On A Date Night
48. Buy Groceries For The Entire Week
49. Download Hilarious Monday Blue Memes And Laugh Over Them
50. Think Positive
For You:
Hey there! Thank you for joining me on that ride and reading to this point. I’ve got a little message for you. I am a self-development enthusiast and a lover of passionate personal-growth lovers.
In collaboration with every other member of my team, I will be launching my first self-development journal come Fall this year and I really want you to be a beneficiary of this beautiful package.
I sincerely hope this article has helped you in one way or another. Feel free to reach it to me for your comments, questions, and reaction. I love you…
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