When you hear that loud screeching of your alarm on Monday, unless you are Iron Man, I highly doubt you come shooting out of your bed with a smile on your face and ready to work. This morning I was thinking just what Mondays normally consist of for me and I started wondering if I am the only one that feels this way about Mondays. You just spent the last two days either hanging out and relaxing or taking care of the loose ends that we all neglect to take care of during the week, no matter who you are when Sunday afternoon about 4pm rolls around you start to think about that dreaded day we all call “MONDAY”.
Whats so different about this day, it’s just like any other right? Wrong, it is not like any other day at all, Maybe it is just me but Monday is always the most trying day of the week for many reasons. I personally am an IT Manager for a small company and no matter how smooth the last week was and no matter how high of a note we ended the week on I can basically go into my Monday knowing that my morning coffee comes with a side of To Do’s a mile long. The copier will be broken, the main inventory computer will be down the server will crash and user errors will be at an all time high. I may as well have the ” Somebody Has A Case Of The Mondays” guy sitting on my desk waiting for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t let Monday get me down or slow down my week. Monday has become the most comical day of the week for me. I now have my own list of things to expect on Monday and I will share it with you right now. My Monday’s now consist of the following: I will sleep through my alarm, My breakfast will be either horrible or non existent, I will get cut off by that pesky red truck getting on the freeway and I will get absolutely nothing I planned to get done at work done due to the meltdowns at everyone elses desks.
Like I have mentioned before, I try to take the thoughts I have and spin them into a positive light no matter what the case. I have to say that this has not always been an easy one for me to do that with but to make my Mondays not seem so Mondayish I take some time to help out someone other than myself. I think the Mondays come partially from putting it in our own minds that it is Monday and it’s going to be a long week. I don’t know about you but I have more Mondays than not that I open my eyes, hit my alarm, and say out loud. ” ohhhh I hate Mondays.” Let me ask you this, would your Monday be just a little bit better if someone brought you a coffee or told you that you are doing a good job or simply told you how good it is to see you today? These small acts of kindness speak volumes and I think are the best medicine for someone with the Mondays.
Take your Monday and make the best of it, and instead of making it “YOUR” Monday, Lets try to make it “OUR” Monday. If we all did one nice thing for just one person every Monday it would be a short period of time before people start waking up looking forward to starting the week because doing something for someone else has a stronger effect on you than you will ever be able to imagine. If you don’t believe me try it. By the way, It is nice to see you today…. Go turn your thoughts inside out and make someones Monday just a little bit better.
Raymond
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