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Here’s why Mondays SUCK...

February 08, 2022

Hey ,

I used to hate Mondays! In fact, my favorite coffee mug (and my favorite tagline) said, “Mondays suck.”And if you know the song "Just Another Manic Monday" by the Bangles (sorry for the blast from the past), it was my theme song. I was miserable on Mondays.In truth, it was worse: The dread started on Sunday afternoon – the “Sunday Scaries.”My Monday blues were taking over my life.THEN one day – admittedly, probably a Wednesday, when I got far enough from Monday – my higher self (or my highest lower self) got to thinking about WHY I hated Mondays so much.What I discovered was quite eye-opening and helped me figure out how to beat the Monday blues.Mondays sucked for me, but not because of what you’d think... Not because it’s the start of the work week. Or because you have to deal  with your boss or direct reports or Zoom.Or even because of the 8AM Monday weekly kick-off call…Monday's sucked for me because I didn’t keep ANY body and food promises on the weekend. Promises? What promises? Exactly.You know the drill – Monday through Friday I have every minute accounted for: 7am workout, 9-5 work, 7pm meal prepped meal with the family…But as soon as Friday evening hit, and I left the (virtual) office…My promises AND my schedule went on PTO. In fact, I behaved as though Friday at 6pm until Sunday evening was my free time. Literally. And that meant being free from any of my promises. Free from my exercise promises. Free from my food promises. Free from my sleep promises. Clearly, my board of advisors (my head!), with my inner-brat at its helm, thought, “no promises = freedom.”But the truth is that those promises actually gave me the structure I needed to feel good in my body and about my body and health. My promises didn’t leave me feeling trapped, they left me feeling happy, proud, and inspired in my life.Oh, that.So, after seeing my mistake (with a little help from my coach) I decided to shut up my inner-brat and I put in some good weekend promises for myself...