What Is The Hardest Day Of The Week?
Monday. But not for the reason you think.
If you listen to Guinness World Records, Monday is the worst day of the week. Many more insist it is Tuesday.
What is your flavour- Monday or Tuesday?
I have noticed that a person’s worst day of the week is rarely consistent over time. The worst day of the week varies according to a person’s expectation being met or worry that it will not be.
Otherwise,
- For some, every day is equally bad because of the traffic on their way or because they have to wake up earlier.
- A person’s breaks may fall on Mondays. So do they hate Mondays of the week? No.
- Sometimes you have stressful projects that have Friday presentation deadlines. For you, Fridays become your worst day of the week.
- Maybe you can be late on Mondays because your boss comes in later, but Wednesdays are review days with her. So Wednesdays stress you out more than Mondays or Tuesdays.
After years of being abused, I decided that my worst day of the week was Monday.
I did not hate Monday intrinsically. I just hated it because Fridays, my abuser will leave for the weekend. They will party all weekend and he will be back on Monday morning.
The weekends for me were a break from constant humiliation. It was peace. It was quiet.
His entrance back into my life on Monday mornings often signified to me- chaos. Trouble. Humiliation. Shame. Abuse.
What is my point in all this?
You cannot always go with statistics- people say Mondays or Tuesdays are the worst days so, that is mine too.
- Maybe it isn’t yours? Have you checked in with yourself?
- You may hate every week morning equally because you have to wake up at 4 am to beat traffic and arrive to work on time.
- Maybe you hate Mondays because you are still hungover from Sunday.
But you should not make assumptions until you have checked in with yourself as to why a day is worse for you.
Maybe:
- You actually like traffic because you get to read.
- You like the morning rush because you can people-watch, you like the noisy background.
- You actually love the quick rush of adrenaline on Monday.
- Every morning brings with it the promise of better for you so you don’t even have a day worse than others.
Be careful with going with the flow, especially when you don’t even care about it.
When I found out why Mondays were especially difficult for me, it was one more reason for working harder to leave my abusive situation.
Who will want to have panic attacks every Monday morning for the rest of their life? I decided- not me.
So, maybe you do need to check-in.
Why is — — — — — — — — — — — the worst day of the week for you?
It may not be your boss. May not be traffic. May not be the noise.
The reason might be much closer to your heart.
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