How to hate Monday less - 4 tips to help you get over the Sunday Scaries
Many people dread the end of the weekend, and start the week filled with anxiety and stress. But it doesn't have to be that way
For a lot of people, the Sunday Scaries are a real thing: anxiety that sets in around 4pm or so, that you can’t shake (although a favourite movie and a pizza sometimes eases the situation). It’s OK to feel this way – even people who love what they are studying, or are obsessed with their career don’t always bounce out of bed on a Monday morning.
But no matter who you are, or what you spend your Mondays doing, it’s just another day. We so unfairly associate Mondays with misery that we’ve come to resent and fear them – just because everybody else does.
But there’s another way! And it’s important, because life is wayyy too important to waste hours on a Sunday (and devote at least half of your Monday to being in pain).
So, if Monday ain’t your friend … here are some tips on how to at least not make it your foe.
Savour that Sunday sleep
It is tempting to distract yourself from the week ahead by spending your entire Sunday eating pizza, drinking beer, then moving on to vodka lime sodas and cheesy fries, and then all of a sudden it’s past midnight and there’s no time to unwind. This approach leads to a series of bad choices – not only are you throwing away your allowance or hard-earned dough, but you’re making yourself feel physically heavy and unable to sleep properly.
The only thing worse than waking up on a Monday morning is waking up on a Monday tiiiiired (and probably hungover), and with a headache-y, guilt-fuelled start to the week. Sundays, if you let them, are a great day to maybe do a bit of meal prep, catch up on some reading, check you’re on track with any assignments, plan what you’ll wear tomorrow and get stuff ready to go. If you wanna go the extra mile, you can even select the uplifting podcast episode that’ll see you through your morning commute.
