Would you hate Mondays if you liked your job? Not a trick question. Go on, think about it. Would you hate Monday, the act of starting a new week, if you loved what you did? I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Monday morning doesn’t have an ‘ahhh crap’ feeling about it for me. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss the freedom of my weekends. But then, I don’t hate my job. Any of them.
But, what about you?
You’re probably wondering why I’m asking, right? Well, I started watching vlogs by a YouTuber called Casey (he’s kind of a big deal) and he calls Monday his favourite day of the week. His favourite. I’m not sure I know many people who would do that, do you? But he does. I always it down to the fact he lives a life he’s pretty darn in love with. His ‘job’ included.
There’s such an underestimation out there about the impact NOT doing that can have on you. I remember a time when I was in a job that used to make me sick. On a Sunday night at the very idea of returning, I would feel sick. Physically sick. But week after week for what turned into 2 years, I’d get up and go to work with that feeling of dread. I’d brace myself for the days that would follow, hoist my shield and somberly trudge into battle. I felt I had to; I had a mortgage to pay.
Because, that’s what grown ups do, right?
Wrong. Apparently. I had no idea that all that time no one expected me to do something I hated, for people who were bad to me. No one. Only me, convinced that being a good girl and not rocking the boat (this was a while ago, can you tell?) was more important than my own happiness or peace of mind. That’s no way to live. But people will let you live that way for as long as YOU let you live that way. You need to make a change if that’s what Monday looks like for you.
Now hold on a minute. Don’t go quitting your job right this second (or do if it is as terrible as my old job). Sometimes all it takes to feel more excited or enlivened by what you’re doing now is to make a plan to stop doing it. I’m serious. If you read this post and realised, this is NOT what I want for my life ask yourself what is. What DO you want? What lights you up, what are you passionate about, what would you do if you didn’t have to do anything? Daydream, a little.
Then, make a plan to escape.
An escape plan devised as though your life depended on it. Because it does. You can’t keep living a life, doing a job, that makes you unhappy or completely unsatisfied. It will eat you up from the inside out, and who needs that kind of stress. Your one-way ticket to loving Mondays is just sitting there waiting for you to collect it. So, what are you waiting for? Plan the work then work the backside off that plan. I know you can do this, you’re exceptional, you have to learn to trust that.
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Hi! I’m Melissa Walker Horn. Around here, they call me Suger. I’m the Chief Blogger and doer of all the things here at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; I love a casual ootd, taking photos, and writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet over at Chalkboard Digital. You know, living the sweet life.
I am very lucky that I do not hate Mondays. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t love my job all the time. Sometimes, I don’t even like it. But those times are few and far between. I mean, sure I’d rather sit at home in my PJs cuddling my pooch but I’m yet to find a paying job that matches that description Haha In saying that, the fact that I’ve found a job I thoroughly enjoy that also pays well enough that soon I will be debt-free and allows me to travel overseas once, often twice, a year is pretty darn great. I consider myself very lucky, but it wasn’t an easy road getting here. I certainly did my time in terrible jobs that were making me sick or couldn’t pay me or didn’t pay enough or that just made me miserable. So I am very grateful to be where I am. Considering how much of our lives we spend at work, being happy is important and makes a huge difference to the rest of your life.
Being happy is SO important. I think finding your way (through hard work, persistence and patience) to that place should take up a big chunk of your time. Here I want to remind people not to accept being unhappy or feeling stuck, to move forward. Your comment is a perfect example of that. Thanks, lady!
I’ve always loved the sound of your job, I remember you writing about it once. Maybe the PJs/pooch thing can be the retirement plan. Haha.
Ha, well I’ve pretty much scheduled my own version of this tomorrow 🙂 But it’s interesting, the better I feel, the less I feel the “AAAHH MONDAY” when my alarm goes off. So there are a lot of factors in play. I don’t mind my job but I wouldn’t mind it being closer to home!
It really does. Lots of variables to this, of course, it’s not black and white at all. Someone on Facebook said that even changing your mindset if there’s no exit strategy to be made. Someone on Twitter said they don’t like Mondays because it’s such a come down from lazy Sundays (which are his fav).