How to kick the monday morning blues

We've all been there, it's a Monday morning and you don't want to get out of bed, much less go to work. The Monday morning blues can be tough to beat, but here are a few steps to take to help make your Monday's better!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Careful planning
• Good attitude

1. 
    
   Get that much needed sleep!

   Plan out your weekend so that you can get more sleep on Sunday night. If you want to have late nights make them on Friday or Saturday night. Not getting enough sleep on Sunday night is a recipe for a very bad start to the work week on Monday morning.

2. Make your Monday morning just the same as every other morning of the work week. Don't do anything different physically or emotionally. Make it a part of the normal routine.

3. Keep a positive attitude. It truly is all about a positive attitude on Monday mornings. No one is excited to go back to work after a nice weekend, but keep a positive attitude and the day will go that much faster.

4. Give yourself a nice kick in the pants. Let's be honest here, dragging around on a Monday morning isn't going to get you anywhere in your career or in life in general. The sooner you realize that the better off you will be!

Tips & Warnings

• Don't think about it being Monday too often. Thinking of it too much will make the day slower and less productive.
• Don't get caught up in the normal complaining around the office on Monday morning. Rise above it!

[cyclegirl98]

on 10/2/2008 Very good advice for something we all struggle with!

[Susanh]

on 9/11/2008 All great tips!

[eyeopening]

on 9/10/2008 These are excellent suggestions. I printed it out to remind myself. Great job. :-)

[KMS09]

on 9/10/2008 Great article!

[KMS09]

on 9/10/2008 Great article!