Just another day…

If Monday were a person, he/she would definitely need therapy. Let’s face it; how many times have you ever said:

“Hooray… It’s Monday!”

One is more likely to loath the day because it brings around 5 long days of the stuff you have to do to afford the weekend; and if you don’t happen to like that “Stuff”, you soon realize that you are at the beginning of a really long week.

Imagine how Tuesday must feel. If it were just 24 hours sooner, everyone would hate him instead of Monday. And I think this philosophy is why most people love Friday’s: because it is the end of all that  awful “Stuff” and marks the beginning of that other stuff (the weekend stuff) that we all seem to like so much. In fact, unlike Monday –which constitutes 24 hours of awful yuckyness- Friday isn’t really a whole day. Friday, for most people, is broken up into two parts: Friday, which begins at twelve o’clock plus one second Friday Morning, and “The Weekend”, which for most people begins at around five PM Friday Afternoon.

And what if you are one of those weird people that simply love their jobs more than anything else in the world? One of these people would love Monday’s, hate Fridays, and just might decide to do that work “Stuff” all weekend long.

So we are talking about learning how to survive 113 hours of evil boring mental and spiritual abuse each week. Or, more specifically, we are talking about how to improve our opinions of one specific 24 hour slice of it –specifically Mondays.

I guess the first place I would look in the process of polishing up Mondays would be to me.

Let’s face it: it’s not Monday’s fault that my job sucks, or my outlook on my career is poor. If I were to have these opinions of my employment –which I do not by the way- then maybe I need to start looking for a different profession; possibly go back to college.

And what if every day was just like Friday at 5:00? After all; this is quite possibly the best single time of the week, consistently every week (unless you get off work earlier or later). This is the time when the drab work week is over and total unsubstantiated euphoric anticipation of an amazing weekend has begun. Never mind the fact that you may be at the beginning of a really horrible weekend and you just don’t know it yet. The reality of the actual weekend can never blur or diminish the true unrealistic anticipation of what we hope it will be.

But, back the original question: What if every day was just like Friday at 5:00…?

Some say that it is possible to have too much of a good thing; that if you don’t suffer through and survive the pain and anguish of the work week you will never be able to truly enjoy the bliss that is weekend. The bad, is a big part of what makes the good… good! And, the fact that the bad to good ratio is about 5 to 2, that makes the good great.

Maybe you could reward yourself on Monday. Give yourself something or do something special each Monday that makes the day a little less painful. It doesn’t have to cost a lot or take lots of time; it just has to be something that you really like to do.

Upon searching the internet, one finds lots of references to Mondays and how to make them better. Unfortunately, there seemed to be no universal truth or all-encompassing trick that would help Monday be a better day. The only tricks I found were more along the lines of personal habits or actions that keyed into a specific individuals “Happy Place” that might not work for everyone.

It seems to come down to each person’s state of mind, attitude, and whether or not they like their career enough to look forward to going to work each week. Let’s face it even people with a dream job earning millions get bored and hate to go to work sometimes.

So, what have we learned? Probably nothing.

In the end, a better attitude and outlook on life certainly can’t hurt; and more education in hopes of a better shot at the “Brass Ring” is only going to help you not slow you down.

I would rather fail, fighting hard not to, then wallow in self-doubt and pity and die wishing I had.