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Monday madness
When the Bangles sang about that manic Monday, they nailed it right. If you too are looking for ways to cope with Mondays, N. Dilshath Banu has a few ideas
Weekends… Ah… A deep breath. You are in a relaxing mood and pass the time without bothering to adhere to a schedule. Stretching your legs and peacefully looking at the sunset, you feel that you have lot more to do in life. Suddenly, the alarm rings. Immediately, you clench your teeth and get out of your bed.
It’s Monday!

It’s the beginning of the five-day roller-coaster week with work and home life.
Ever wondered why we cannot replace Monday with some kind of magical day? Don’t worry, you are not alone. Most of us do feel the pull of gravity on Mondays, especially if there are tight working days looming ahead. The advancement of medicine has reached the limelight, yet no one is able to find a pill that could ease the Monday blues. For some of us, the first job on Monday morning is to check the astrology page, not only about that particular day, but also about the whole week covering all aspects of our lives.

For those who work on Mondays, it is like living through the Dark Age added with PCs to do their work. Monday starts with uncertainty. You’ll wonder how productive you’ll be, how often you’ll get compliments from your boss and co-workers, how many bad events you are hoping to go through, whether a close friend will be an enemy, etc. That list has no boundaries. If Mondays are such a problem, what’s going to happen to the rest of the week? (It feels scary to think about the future, doesn’t it?)

Krishna (21) says, “The positive thing about Monday is that it’s a new beginning. It’s a chance to do something new. The negative thing about Monday is also the same – it’s a new beginning and it fills you with uncertainty. It always makes you wonder what will happen for the rest of the day and the rest of the week, and this feeling can bother you very often.

Fahima (22) says we see Monday as a stressful day as it is filled with lots of work. “From Sunday night we are preparing for Monday’s work. We also expect the worst to happen on this day, but when we get on with the assigned work or when we are dealing with a load of work, we tend to forget the fact that it’s Monday and try to finish things off without considering the amount of work.”

For twenty-one-year-old Dilrukshi, Monday starts with complexity and trouble. “It’s like responsibility forced onto you and you feel like you are carrying a heavy load of work. This creates stress and you feel like you don’t have much freedom, and everything seems to become very uncomfortable. Yet we cannot get away from Monday. We have to deal with it in a positive manner. And as much as possible we have to be happy with whatever we do on Monday.”

Suma (23) says that Monday is stressful to most people who travel into the city from long distances. “These people are more likely to consider Monday a stressful day. Lots of people plan their Mondays on Sundays, in a negative manner. They start being restless even before starting off the Monday. People should be prepared for Monday, in a positive manner.”

Samanthi (21) says, “A lot of people are stressed on Monday, because it is starting off after two days of leave. We usually frown as we have to prepare work for another set of five days and it seems like back to work. We have to deal with Monday blues. You have to remember that if you don’t have work, then the weekend will not be valued. If there are no weekends, those two days will be just two days.”

Working in the finance division of a leading mobile phone company, Shafraz (23) says that he prepares Monday’s work on Friday, if it is possible. This helps him enjoy his weekends. “I have a different timetable for weekends. Apart from my CIMA classes, I usually enjoy learning about tourism. I am hoping to do tourism as my leisure activity and as my part-time job. So I get a lot of satisfaction by reading books on tourism and try to have contacts with many people involved in tourism.”

Shafraz says that once he enjoys his weekends, Mondays become less stressful, and he is more tolerant about the Monday blues. “I think if we have great weekends, you will be able to cope with Mondays and plan for the rest of the week,” he says.

Ruwanthi (22) says, “I used to prepare the things that I need to take on Monday, like clothes, shoes, books, bag, etc. This makes me prepared when I get up on Monday mornings.”

Nineteen-year-old Vanathi says that she tries to do her homework on weekends, so that she can tackle Monday blues. “I think if we wait until the last minute to finish homework, it’ll be really frustrating and we’ll get sick of the things we do. If we can finish our homework on time, we won’t have a problem.”

However, if the negative blues continue for the rest of the week, you have to ask yourself whether you like the job that you are doing. If not, try to find a suitable job or a job that gives you satisfaction. It not, identify your problem, resolve it, and set goals to achieve – daily, weekly and monthly.

The calendar evolves and Monday disappears, and then comes Friday, the most desired day for everyone. And then, weekends… Ah…. A deep breath. You are in a relaxing mood and pass the time without bothering to adhere to a schedule. Stretching your legs and peacefully looking at the sunset, you feel that you have lot more to do in life.

Let the alarm bell ring on Monday and you will have confidence to face that next looming Monday!!!

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