How to Manage Mondays and the “Mondays Blues”

Your environment is one of three factors that you can audit.

Make a list of everything you hate about Mondays.

Separate the list into people, situations, and environments.

Take all of those lists and divide each into sections, the first being unavoidable and the second being avoidable.

For people who are unavoidable, write down the reasons why you wish you could avoid them. Then, and this is the most important part, tell them.

For the situations that are unavoidable, write down the reasons why you wish you could avoid them. Then, and this is the most important part, find a confidante and tell them.

For the environments that are unavoidable, write down the reasons why you wish you could avoid them. Then, and this is the most important part, tell the person in charge of that space and how it is negatively affecting you.

Before you say those can’t be done, they can; I’ve done each, multiple times, to varying degrees of success. The acts of carrying out those audits were as much a part of the process as anything, but that’s not even the key takeaway.

The main point is that each requires communication. First, with yourself through the list making. Secondly, with an external party that needs to hear what you are experiencing.

Whatever you’re struggling with needs to be addressed with authentic communication.

If you’re afraid of that, then Mondays aren’t the issue.