Nine ways to survive Monday

You - not the only person who joins the difficult start of the working week. This syndrome, which has its own causes and symptoms, and therefore, it can be controlled. Do you want to take it easy on Monday? Follow the rules set forth below uncomplicated by Charles Wood, business coach and founder of «All Strategy».

1. Begin Monday at Sunday night

Wood believes that the reason that Mondays are so heavy in the complexity of switching from personal rhythm, attitude and lifestyle that we are on weekends.

"We live in a personal rhythm. The need to speed up a feeling of despondency, the same as we see before us is insurmountable mountain that have to climb at the beginning of the week ", - she says. While you are enjoying every moment of freedom on Sunday evening, just a couple of minutes of mental preparation for the upcoming week will help to overcome the Monday depression.

2. Start with the priorities

Make a list of tasks for the next day and make them into a calendar. Rather than starting the week with a clean slate, remind yourself of the day priorities. This will help avoid stupor due shaft problems, which usually falls on a Monday morning.

Scheduled Meeting of the department or project team, which defines the priorities of the week, will help everyone to immerse themselves in the work without difficulty.

3. Start the day with something that gives you energy

Go for a run or to the gym. This is the beginning of the day cause the body to move and give the charge of creative energy into the evening. Depressed mood on Monday does not mean that you hate your job, or are in a depression.

"Most likely, you just get stuck and caught the momentum of next week," - explains Wood. Any activity that helps to increase the energy returns in the right direction, where you will be productive.

4. Communicate with colleagues

Arriving at the office, in the first place, consider the opportunity to communicate with colleagues. Regular exchange of phrases at the water cooler can sometimes be a powerful incentive to get started. "So I'm looking forward to Monday and communicate with colleagues, instead of sitting at the table and half a day to gather his thoughts" - says Wood.

5. Find a mentor

If the Monday depression visits you too often, it can be a symptom of a deeper problem. Wood recommends that entrepreneurs, especially those who work alone, find a mentor and discuss the goals and ways of achieving them: "This will see a different perspective and look at his work more responsibly."

A severe case of depression on Monday may be due to congestion. The mentor will help to establish the true cause.

6. Get enough sleep

Gretchen Rubin, author of "Happiness" is of the opinion that a lot of stress caused by lack of sleep on Monday.

40% of Americans, according to the poll, sleep much less than the recommended seven hours. The fact is that American workers use the weekend to finish the routine business, which is not enough time during the week. But such attempts to catch up is not always successful.

7. Do not forget to turn off the TV

The second concerns its board of TV viewing. If you have a favorite movie, watch it. But the end turn off the TV. If you fall asleep on the couch, flipping through the channels, it is not surprising that you're feeling overwhelmed.

People often say they are watching TV because of too much fatigue, which does not allow anything else. But then they lay until midnight watching TV, instead of sleep. "You should just go to sleep," - said Rubin.

8. The same should be done with the news - turn off

There is a type of people dependent on the news. They absorb the tracking process for new details, especially when something dramatic happens. Psychosomatic condition while also rapidly deteriorating. The author advises to spend on learning the news no more than 20 minutes to be up to date, and then off in the literal and figurative sense.

This conclusion is confirmed by a recent study. People who watched the Boston Marathon in 2013, during which there was an explosion on the news experienced more severe stress than those who at that time was at the scene.

9. Do not wait for the weekend fun

Often we are so tied up in their responsibilities, that we can not and do not want to make time for entertainment on weekdays, counting then "off" weekend. Among these positive moments are laid by meeting with friends. But come the weekend his worries, and hold all deposits in the two days is not easy.
It should be open for meetings, says Rubin. It is useful to chat with friends in the middle of the week, go to training and morning walks. Then either weekdays or holidays will not leave feeling lived in vain.