Monday=Mundane?

What does Monday scream to you? We see all the meme's and jokes about horrible Monday's, Monday blues and people being sad the weekend is over. Is that you? Do you feel like you have an exciting weekend life, but when Monday rolls around you dread the week? Why do you dread it? Is it because you don't like what you do for a living? Is it because you think other people have a better and more exciting life than you? Is it because you like the carefree-ness of the weekend and don't like having a schedule "weigh you down?" Whatever your reason I think we need to kick this Monday=Mundane thing to the curb... What if we were excited and positive about the coming week? Hmm... that's a thought. And, probably one you didn't think someone would have.

Why should we be excited and positive about a new week? Because we are what we think. Our brain is a powerful tool. We can use it to our advantage or to our disadvantage. If we start our week in negativity and boredom, guess what we will get out of our week? Nothing! But if you try and see the positive in the week, think about the things we will and want to accomplish, it gives our brains something to work on. If you don't have goals, make some. Read them everyday. It gives your brain something to work towards. Start small and see the impact it has on you. If you don't like your job, make a goal on how you can change your career. Give your brain a chance to work for you. It will work. Even if you are tired of your spouses career or whatever, make a goal to change it. If you are a stay at home parent and are bored, don't feel like you are doing enough, or whatever the case maybe, make a goal. Volunteer at a local shelter, hospital, library, community center or a number of other places. There's always a way to change your situation.

How do I know there is always a way? Because I am a prime example of someone who hated Monday's... or pretty much any day. My husbands job was awful. Working long hours, he was never home. Or when he was he was sleeping because he worked such crazy hours. I hated any day that he was not home. I hated that the kids only had me and that I felt like a single parent. But the job allowed me to stay home and not farm out my kids. So we tolerated this life for much too long. So we set goals and started down another path. It was a miracle in my eyes, because my husband had always had such loyalty to the company he worked for. Are we where we want to be? No. But we are closer than we were before. Do we have everything we want? No, but we have everything we need and each other. We can work on the wants as we go. So it may not be an over night thing. But you will never get anywhere if you don't take the first step. In this case the first step is setting the goal.

take over your Monday's... Take over your life. Stop living day to day just waiting for Friday. Live everyday to the fullest and try to make a step, no matter how big or small, everyday towards your goal. Keep a journal so you can look back and see how far you have come. Trust me, if you don't you will forget important milestones that happened and you'll be sad later that you didn't keep track. I have a journal now but didn't in the beginning and am sad that I didn't get to write some things down. I'd love to hear from you and steps that you plan to take, or have taken towards a goal. It's always nice to hear others stories and share in the joy.

Have a happy Monday!