I boast on my Flying Solo author profile that one of the joys of being a solopreneur is that “I never suffer from Sunday-night-itis”.
But while that may be true, I do still find myself with a bad case of Monday-itis on a pretty much weekly basis (holidays excluded!).
This may seem strange, when you consider that I:
- work from home;
- love what I do;
- am my own boss;
- and usually feel almost annoyed when Friday rolls around, as I feel like I’ve just hit my working stride and have to take a break for two days!
So while it’s true that there’s no Sunday-night-it-is here, sitting at my desk on a Monday morning is still a struggle.
But why?!
I think what I really find difficult, is not so much Mondays, as switching gears.
I find it hard to “turn off” at the end of a workday; and especially on Fridays.
And Monday-itis? That’s because it takes effort (never a good thing on a Monday morning!) to go from the easy going, relaxed pace of the weekend, and snap back into workday mode.
I haven’t worked out the best way to handle it yet, but here are some of the options I’ve tried to ease the transition:
- going for a walk before starting work to kickstart those endorphins;
- fluffing around on social media for an hour or two, or catching up on personal emails, before actually doing any “work”;
- jumping straight into a project and immersing myself in work as soon as I sit down;
- procrastinating with a cup of tea or a sweet treat;
- even going back to bed and starting work after lunch (only prolongs the inevitable!).
And not working at all on a Monday, just means that I end up dealing with Monday-itis – on a Tuesday instead.
I must confess: once I get into it, and/or by the time lunch time rolls around, my Monday-itis has thankfully moved on for another week.
Mondays – love ’em or hate ’em?!