A case for the Mondays
I keep hearing this, "it's a Monday" thing around athletics and around some teams. And it leaves me wondering, "what the heck does that mean?"
Stop. Think. What does, "it's a Monday" mean? What does that mean to you? What does that say to you?
"It's a Monday."
We go through life with this idea that Mondays are terrible days and that we are all still suffering under this idea of a weekend hangover and therefore on Monday, cannot give anything - work, school, practice, etc. - our very best. It's a convenient excuse to mail it in one day of the week thus cutting our work week down by a single day which ironically means that the rest of the week - Tuesday to Friday - is that much more of a push because you've taken 5 work days and compressed them down into four.
Are you still thinking about what "it's a Monday" means? Still not entirely convinced that kicking back with a fat coffee and giving today 80% of your total potential output isn't a good idea? That's fair.
* What if your lawyer said, "it's a Monday" while preparing to defend your case? You'd probably want him or her to snap out of it.
* What about payroll telling you, "it's a Monday" when you're waiting for your paycheck as the bills slowly start stacking up? It's starting to matter now isn't it?
* The doctor in the operating room just before he/she puts you under saying, "it's a Monday." I'd be up and out of that room in a heart beat.
Now we're starting to see the picture. It's suddenly becoming incredibly clear why Mondays, like all days, matter and why mailing it it, packing up early or just giving something the old "college try" isn't quite what's required.
You have days ahead of you, hopefully many days. But you only get one today. And once today is gone, be it Monday, Tuesday or Friday, you'll never have this opportunity again. It's a finite 24 hour period to get something done, to make today better than yesterday. That old saying, "what would you do if today was your last day" isn't so cliched when you look at it like that. There are going to be Mondays in your life for the rest of your life barring some cosmetic event or decree by the Supreme Court so you might as well get used to it and start looking at Monday as an opportunity to do something that you've not done before, or as an opportunity to lighten the load on the rest of the week.
In short, Mondays are great days to get ahead of everyone else who decides that Mondays need to remain Mondays.
Stop. Think. What does, "it's a Monday" mean? What does that mean to you? What does that say to you?
"It's a Monday."
We go through life with this idea that Mondays are terrible days and that we are all still suffering under this idea of a weekend hangover and therefore on Monday, cannot give anything - work, school, practice, etc. - our very best. It's a convenient excuse to mail it in one day of the week thus cutting our work week down by a single day which ironically means that the rest of the week - Tuesday to Friday - is that much more of a push because you've taken 5 work days and compressed them down into four.
Are you still thinking about what "it's a Monday" means? Still not entirely convinced that kicking back with a fat coffee and giving today 80% of your total potential output isn't a good idea? That's fair.
* What if your lawyer said, "it's a Monday" while preparing to defend your case? You'd probably want him or her to snap out of it.
* What about payroll telling you, "it's a Monday" when you're waiting for your paycheck as the bills slowly start stacking up? It's starting to matter now isn't it?
* The doctor in the operating room just before he/she puts you under saying, "it's a Monday." I'd be up and out of that room in a heart beat.
Now we're starting to see the picture. It's suddenly becoming incredibly clear why Mondays, like all days, matter and why mailing it it, packing up early or just giving something the old "college try" isn't quite what's required.
You have days ahead of you, hopefully many days. But you only get one today. And once today is gone, be it Monday, Tuesday or Friday, you'll never have this opportunity again. It's a finite 24 hour period to get something done, to make today better than yesterday. That old saying, "what would you do if today was your last day" isn't so cliched when you look at it like that. There are going to be Mondays in your life for the rest of your life barring some cosmetic event or decree by the Supreme Court so you might as well get used to it and start looking at Monday as an opportunity to do something that you've not done before, or as an opportunity to lighten the load on the rest of the week.
In short, Mondays are great days to get ahead of everyone else who decides that Mondays need to remain Mondays.
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