Awesome Monday

School age children tend to look forward to Monday, to reconnect with their friends and favorite teachers. However, adults in the workforce tend to dread Monday, as they are reminded of deadlines, meetings and supervisors that get under their skin. This has now caused Monday to be treated unfairly, even though it has personally done nothing wrong to anyone. In actuality we have brought the misery upon ourselves, through Monday. Rather than choosing to embrace the opportunity we have to work and provide for ourselves and families, we focus on the negative feelings that are sometimes associated with our workplace, business partners and others.

I remember working someplace, where every day felt like Monday – it was that bad. Every morning the alarm went off and I would lie in bed trying to figure out an excuse to not go in to work. In all fairness though, Monday didn’t cause my misery; neither did Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. My misery came from the job conditions and what I allowed myself to be bothered with. Once I started to approach the job with a different mindset, it became a bit easier to get out of bed in the morning. Eventually I left the job, as the environment was doing more harm than good, but while I was there I tried to make the best of the situation.

Let’s not allow the thought of Monday to stifle our growth and chance at something great. Remember, your day will only be as productive and awesome, as you make it to be.