Oh no… not Monday again! After this weekend (light-dark-light-dark-oh, Monday!) that’s just what we needed. Why does that stupid alarm clock have to ring when you’ve only just fallen asleep? What a bummer!

“It’s just another Manic Monday …”

…the Bangles warble in your inner ear on the way to work, although that’s still too friendly for your heavy, slightly depressed mood. A hungover John Hurt with his guitar on a stool singing you the Monday blues would be much more fitting.

Isn’t there any way to make a career without montage?

But that’s enough of the doom and gloom!

Blues or not, the week has to start at some point and the regular working week begins on Monday. It should be noted that this day is not always the darkest day for us. There are many different studies on this. For example, the study Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? – The-Day-of-the-Week-Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status states that Sunday is a much gloomier day of the week for us than Monday. A study by mathematicians Peter Dodds and Christopher Danforth, on the other hand, shows that Wednesday is the day of the week when most of us are unhappy. Whether it’s Monday or any other day that needs a little pick-me-up, why not add some excitement to your week by exploring https://www.staycasino8.com/en-AU/promotions? Turn those midweek blues into midweek thrills and enjoy a break from the routine!

Tip: As an applicant in particular, you should welcome Monday. Because this is the day when your application has the best chance with recruiters.

“Tell me why I don’t like Mondays!”

… would probably be sung by The Boomtown Rats at this point. Although many studies have produced different results, they do exist: The Monday grouches. If you belong to this particularly bad-tempered group of people on Mondays, it has nothing to do with the fact that you’re weird. In fact, there are very good reasons why you’re in tune with the Monday blues:

Your immune system is burning out

This may sound like a bad joke to you at first, but it’s absolutely serious: for people who are under pressure all week, the body is running at full speed. When the weekend comes and takes the wind out of your sails, your immune system fails. Your body simply demands what it hasn’t had all day at work: Rest. If Saturday and Sunday aren’t enough for regeneration, you’ll still feel lumpy on Monday.

Work hard, play harder

… this might work really well for two weekends in a row: you simply celebrate away the stress of the working week. The problem is that you deprive your body of the sleep it needs. You also turn your biorhythm upside down with a party weekend. The bill for this follows on its heels and so you’ll struggle to get out of bed on Monday morning.

Are you an owl or a lark?

No, don’t worry. It’s not going to be fabulous. In chronobiology, a distinction is made between early risers, who are fit and ready to go when the alarm clock rings, and night owls – in other words, between larks and owls. Although owls are little morning grouches, unlike larks they become more and more productive as the day progresses. If you are an owl, you are not necessarily a Monday grouch, but simply a morning grouch and therefore primarily have a problem with getting up.

Facing the blues!

You can prepare for Monday with these tips:

What you can do today … it’s best not to put it off until Monday. You can follow this motto and start preparing for the start of the week on Friday. It’s best to work through all the little things that could put you in a bad mood on Monday on Friday!

A tidy workspace immediately looks much more inviting than a cluttered desk. So make sure that your workplace – regardless of the company and industry – is as tidy as possible. No piles of paper or tools flying around should hinder your start to the week. If that’s not inviting enough for you, you can simply try adding a few plants to your workplace.

If you say goodbye to the weekend with arguments between colleagues, your only thought on Sunday could be: “Oh God, I’ll see him again tomorrow!”. That’s when your motivation will hit rock bottom and you’ll go into the no-bullshit-on-Monday phase. So get all disputes out of the way in good time – for example with a little drink with your colleague after work.

Use Sunday for yourself! So that your eyes don’t open too hard when the alarm clock rings on Mondays, you should spend less time stressing and more time relaxing and recuperating on Sundays. It is completely irrelevant whether this involves a wellness or hiking day (for example). It’s just about letting your thoughts revolve around something other than your colleagues, the company or your career.

Little bonus tricks:

It’s best to take five minutes at the weekend or on Friday to make your Monday the highlight of the week! How do you do that? It’s simple: plan small highlights into your day, do tasks that motivate you in particular and pepper your free time with activities that you can look forward to.

Instead of gossiping about your job during a meal with family or friends, talk about your work with a smile on your face. Keep in mind why you really enjoy your job and when you experience those little moments of happiness. After all, there will be a reason why you chose this job.

If, despite these tips, you still have a problem getting out of bed after drinking loads of coffee, it might just be time for a relaxing holiday. Otherwise, we wish you every success in getting up cheerfully on Monday morning!

Motivational quotes for Monday

“Nothing helps us on our way better than a break.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So as soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.” – Francesco Petrarch

“Fools hurry. The intelligent wait. The wise go into the garden.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“The art of resting is part of the art of working.” – John Steinbeck

“Time that we take is time that gives us something in return.” – Ernst Ferstl

“There are more important things in life than constantly increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Ghandi

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.” – Ovid

“Often we tell ourselves, “Don’t just sit there, do something!” But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: “Don’t just do something, sit there!”” – Thich

Nhat Hanh

“Take time to be happy, it is the source of strength. Take time to play, it is the secret of youth. Take time to read, it is the source of wisdom.” – Achim von Arnim

“The best remedy for stress has two letters: No.” – Ansgar Simon Freigericht

“You should never have so much to do that you don’t have time to think.” – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“Peace within, peace without. Learning to breathe again, that’s what it is.” – Christian Morgenstern

“Those who only ever function, gives up the adventure of life.” – Armin Mueller-Stahl

“Go your way quietly in the midst of noise and haste, and know what peace the silence may give.” – Irish proverb

“The greatest events are not our loudest, but our quietest hours.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Happiness often comes from attention to small things, unhappiness often comes from neglecting small things.” – Wilhelm Busch

“The best way to take care of the future is to pay careful attention to the present.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. If you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” – Eckhard Tolle

“If we want to live in peace, peace must come from within ourselves.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“When mindfulness touches something beautiful, it reveals its beauty. When it touches something painful, it transforms and heals it.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“One should step back from oneself from time to time, like a painter from his picture.” – Christian Morgenstern

“He who has peace in his soul troubles neither himself nor another.” – Epicurus of Samos

“Time does not pass any faster than it used to, but we run past it more hurriedly.” – George Orwell

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