I have always loved Mondays, even when I worked. Most people think of them as the start of a long week, after a weekend off. They dread returning to work with five days ahead filled with meetings, reports, and confabs at the water cooler.
My take is that Monday is for organizing what you do the rest of the week. It’s like an extension of the weekend where you focus on what needs to be done in the next few days. But it isn’t really about accomplishing anything; it’s about getting organized.
Case in point.
I’ve spent most of the past five weeks dealing with pneumonia. So things have piled up. My passport needs to be renewed; there is a suspicion charge on my credit card; the appointment with my tax accountant is looming; and I need a permanent.
So today, I made a list of things that need to be addressed this week. There are 23 of them, which means I need to do about five a day to stay on target. Did I do any? Given it’s Monday in my world.
Yes, I did. But I chose the most benign and easy to accomplish lest I defy my opinion that Monday is for organizing and not doing. With pneumonia still lurking in my background, I don’t want to exert myself too much.
That said, Tuesdays are for really doing.
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