Mondays Better Or Worse
You wake up on a Monday morning and you will have one of the two feelings. Love or Hate. I don’t know about you but I have a huge love and hate relationship with Mondays. How is yours? Are your Mondays better or worse as a mother?
Mondays Before Motherhood
Prior to becoming a mother, I used to hate Mondays just like any other working person. You go from a fun filled (most of the time) relaxing weekend away from work, to going back to work, which normally falls on a Monday for most people. The dreadful day has been hated by so many for it being the start off day of the week.
Technically Sunday is the beginning day of the week, but the actual work day for most start on a Monday. I would have to drag my body out of bed on a Monday morning, get ready, and drive myself to work.
I was never much of a coffee drinker before so I never had anything to really to rely on. Just working with kids would give me the natural energy that I needed, but Mondays were always rough.
Mondays After Motherhood (at the beginning)
After becoming a mother, I hated Mondays so much more. At the beginning when the kids were little. I hated the fact that after having my husband at home for the weekend to help me with the kids and around the house, that I would have to be solo for the week. The lonely routine would always start on a Monday, which made me have so much hatred for it. The thought of having to take care of kids all on my own gave me anxiety in ways that I wasn’t even aware of myself.
Every time Sunday night came, I would go to sleep worried and concerned about how I would deal with all the mommy/wife duties for the week after my husband goes back to work. Taking my daughter to school every morning, finding ways to keep my little one company, and having to go pick up my daughter after she was done. To many, these may seem like small tasks, but to me they were huge.
Mondays After Motherhood (now)
Mondays and I have a better understand of one another as my life as a mother became a bit more stable. I am able to manage the routines a lot better after having my second child, and my body and mind has developed a mindset of inner strength that only mother’s have. (I’m sure all the mom’s will agree) Instead of hating Mondays, it just became a day to refresh and restart from the previous week. Especially now with the pandemic life, its hard to even keep track of what day it is. Monday has become just another day of getting by these tough times.
Quotes About Mondays
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” ~ Lemony Snicket
- “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank
- “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “When you start to do the things that you truly love, it wouldn’t matter whether it’s Monday or Friday; you would be so excited to wake up each morning to work on your passions.” ~ Edmond Mbiaka
- “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” ~ Bruce Lee
- “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life.” ~ Germany Kent
- “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Lou Holtz
- “I must break the routines and become a person who becomes productive every Monday. I must break the mindset of unhappiness and turn myself into a happy magnet for Mondays.” ~ Leggy Saul.
- “We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there’s a lot we can do, and there’s a lot we should do.” ~ Selena Gomez
- “Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.” ~ Dalai Lama
- “Monday is for people with a mission.” ~ Cristina Imre
- “The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” ~ Charles Dickens
- “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” ~ Steve Jobs
- “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank
- “Coming to you this Monday morning to remind you how awesome you are, and that you my darling… matter. After all, there’s only one of you in the whole world. Don’t waste one second trying to be like anyone else.” ~ Sara Blakely
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” ~ Maria Robinson
- ”Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” ~ Brian Tracy
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
- “What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson