It's MONDAY!!! I just felt the 'collective' groan. After so many years in so many different types of jobs, I think I only had 1 where I was off on weekends. Actually, I have honestly only had 1 job where I have had weekends off. So to me Monday is just a day.
We get worked up over this one day. We whine, some actually cry in general (sorry guys) we act like kids. Our mindset on what we do is one of the most important parts of taking care of ourselves. So why do we put ourselves through the turmoil 'UGH it's Monday!" When you start any day with a negative thought, you are creating a breeding ground for more negative thoughts. 'It was a crappy day. That's what we get for a Monday.' Something goes wrong..."It's a Monday what did you expect?' Why torture ourselves?
Does this fall into mindfulness thinking? Nope not one bit. Is it the now? Is it in the moment? Nope. It is a cycle of negative thoughts that started once you had that thought 'Ugh, it's Monday' Mondays aren't a disease, it's just a day of the week, no different from any other day of the week. So again, why do we do this to ourselves? Does it really matter when it's Tuesday or Thursday? Nope. The only reason it seem to matter on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, is because it's the end of the week and we're free for 2 days. But are we? How many weekends do you spend doing the chores you didn't get to because you have been busy? How many chores did you get to because, you had a hard week and you deserve a break? Since we end up working twice as hard as on a weekend than during the week, why do we dread a Monday?
It's all perception. We've been conditioned. School taught us that, you work during the week and get to play on the weekends. We try so hard to hold on to that mentality as we get older, only to realize life doesn't work that way. So we get sad, depressed and beat up on ourselves, because we no longer have 'weekends.' For a long time my days off were split up. I didn't have a 'weekend' There are quite a few people that live this way and perfectly fine with it. Why? Because they realize it's the time off that matters, not the day of the week it falls on. My current schedule, I work graveyards 10pm to 6am. When I get off, I am like everyone else I need some time to wind down. Oddly though with this schedule, your wind down time eats into your sleep time. It's as though time works differently when it comes to graveyards. It really doesn't, but it feels like it.
In order for us to live less stressful lives, we need to look for and identify what stresses us. Today one of those is Monday. In order to live a less stressful life that is where mindfulness comes in. We choose how we're going to react. We choose what is going to upset us. When we need to chose to take a breath, say ok it's Monday, big deal and do what you need to do. Dreading Mondays or any day of the week for that matter is not a good way to treat ourselves. Each day is different. Each moment is different and we need to work on seeing that. Accept the negative thought (you thought it, you can't take it back.) Take a deep breath tell yourself it's done and keep moving forward. The more you do this the easier it gets. Starting off with a Monday is an easy task. It's when a situation arises when you get angry or beat up on yourself this becomes harder to do. Once you start to get the hang of this, then start to work it into other areas.
SO ..... Happy Monday and remember, be good to yourself and be mindful.
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