My Intuition Blog Experiment: What to Do With Mondays

It's Week 45, Day 2 of my blog experiment and I wanted to report back about my last post, Sunday is the New Monday. Sunday was fabulous. Maybe it was just good fortune but it went like this: church, a breakfast reception after, a nephew's hockey game, lunch at the Irish Pub in town with the kids, some early evening errands, dinner at home and time with my husband after the kids were content and asleep. A perfect day. I made a point to think of it as the start of the week. To align my thoughts for the week to come. To carve out some me time, even if it came in the form of errands alone. 

The trouble is Monday was then disastrous. Maybe that was just bad fortune. Everyone was cranky, we were running late to school, and I looked like a crazy person who just clipped her hair up in a mad ponytail before flying out the door. Nothing flowed. Everything felt stuck and suspended in that awful Monday mud. So, if Sunday is the New Monday...what becomes of Monday? Is there a saint designated to help those of us who need an extra push to get it together for start of the work/school week? 

The only thing I can figure is this: Monday should be a day of forgiveness. Forgive those who trespass against you. Avoid arguments. Stop yelling at yourself, too. And, if you can, try to plan ahead for Monday dinners as another act of charity, to forgive yourself for the shortcomings that are sure to be part of your day. Whatever you do, don't make a to do list on Monday. Wait until Tuesday. A good motto for Mondays might be my daughter's elementary school motto: Be Kind. Be Safe. Be Productive. Yes, this works for me.  But only in that order.