I’m someone who suffers from all sorts of blues – post holiday blues, post birthday blues, Monday blues, exam blues, etc – very, very easily! Over the years I’ve trained my mind to feel better quicker, in short effectively deal with these dips in my ‘mojo’. From the benevolence of my heart, I thought I’d share some of these with you – so we can all be the awesome, kickass women we were meant to be – even on a Monday!
- Make it a point to play dress up
Just because it’s Monday, don’t be drab! Take five minutes lesser to scroll through your Instagram in the morning and use it instead to accessorize. It’s also part of the ingenious ‘Fake it till you make it’ plan. Look hot on Monday and you’ll feel more in control of your day.
- Eat your favourite thing for lunch
Treating yourself in the middle of the day is an ideal way of taking care of Monday blues. It’s like giving yourself a little gift for getting through half the day. One that will excite you since morning! Besides, I can’t think of a single side effect of good food. Can you? OMNOMNOMONDAY!
- Save an episode for Monday
If you spent the weekend watching your favourite show on Netflix, that’s cool – provided you saved yourself an episode for Monday. It’s the perfect way to get back and de-stress, and the anticipation will keep you going through the day!
- Don’t miss that workout
It’s the toughest thing to get back to the gym or an equivalent on a Monday, but make this the one and only non-negotiable rule. ‘Thou shall never miss a Monday workout’. It will just help you get back into routine for the rest of the week, and will also help melt the day’s stress away!
- Make exciting mid-week plans
Nothing helps deal with Monday blues better than the idea that you don’t have to wait for the weekend to arrive to have fun. So whether it’s date night with the boy, or shopping plans with the bestie, pencil it in for Wednesday! Sure shot cheat code to help feel better about the whole week ahead.
- Bollywood to the rescue
You can have a daily fix of ‘getting to work’ music and that’s totally cool. But you need to amp up the playlist on Monday morning. PS: the ghatier, the better!
- Spend lesser time on social media in general
As tempting as it is to mindlessly scroll through all our socials, it’s extremely avoidable on a Monday. Because inevitably some friend/acquaintance/colleague is still on holiday and has their toes dipped in the sand while you are freezing away in your damn office which is always at an icy temperature for some strange frickin’ reason. You know what’s worse? There’ll be a beer bottle in their frame and a smug caption like ‘Mondays like these’. I mean, do you really need that kind of negativity in your life?! I think not!
- Book your work BFF in advance for a smoke/coffee break
God knows that the two of you need to catch up on events of the weekend. Why put this off for another day?
- Use that new planner
I’m one of those people who believe that stationery is the answer; never mind what the question was! Get out that swanky new planner, those new highlighter pens and diligently make lists and organize yourself. Nothing says ‘screw you Monday’ like a Girl Boss in control!
- Don’t overdose on coffee
This one’s a shocker coming from me, I know, but calm down on that coffee. Because basically, you need to repeat after me, “acidity is not fun”. Well, you don’t really have to repeat if you don’t want to – but you know, as long as you get the point. Besides, sugar crashes will lead to your energy dipping and you absolutely don’t need that on a Monday.
So girl, in essence, just own who you are this Monday! Keep these few tips in mind. Have a productive week ahead. Don’t let Monday (or anything else) bring you down. Show ‘em how it’s done, no?
x
Real Girl
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