Did you have a great weekend?
That was the question that waited for us, and greeted us, on Monday. Gone were the smiles and laughters that accompanied last week's "Happy Friday" and "T.G.I.F". Wonder why?
We got home today - wife, son and me - and realized that it was a great day! We were together. We have a home. We have good jobs and all that allows us to do what we like doing most. Why, then, would we not like today?
The question forced me to commit myself to research to gain insight into the cause of this deep-rooted hatred for the first day of the week. So that is exactly what I did. I switched on the electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program that I possess, made sure the device was connected to the global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols, got myself a hot drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub and started my research.
Basically, I "googled" the question "Why do people not like Mondays" with a cup of coffee.
The results that the wonderful friend of research threw back were as varying as they were entertaining. Some blame the hatred on our cavemen like need to be in a tribal setting (read: hanging out with friends and family), others on the wonderful sense of dynamism that consumes us over a weekend and yet others blamed the amount of work that waits for them in the week that ensues.
Our son, however, seems to have a different opinion about Mondays.
It really does not matter to him what day of the week it is. He continues, relentlessly, doing what he does everyday (as his t-shirt says "Eat, Sleep, Burp, Repeat"). Can people, like me, learn a lesson from our infants on the subject?
I did.
If I am passionate about what I do, Mondays will be as much fun as Fridays are touted to be. So let us start a new trend. I want to call it: "Thank God it is another day to be great!". I am still working on a suitable acronym...
That was the question that waited for us, and greeted us, on Monday. Gone were the smiles and laughters that accompanied last week's "Happy Friday" and "T.G.I.F". Wonder why?
We got home today - wife, son and me - and realized that it was a great day! We were together. We have a home. We have good jobs and all that allows us to do what we like doing most. Why, then, would we not like today?
The question forced me to commit myself to research to gain insight into the cause of this deep-rooted hatred for the first day of the week. So that is exactly what I did. I switched on the electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program that I possess, made sure the device was connected to the global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols, got myself a hot drink made from the roasted and ground bean-like seeds of a tropical shrub and started my research.
Basically, I "googled" the question "Why do people not like Mondays" with a cup of coffee.
The results that the wonderful friend of research threw back were as varying as they were entertaining. Some blame the hatred on our cavemen like need to be in a tribal setting (read: hanging out with friends and family), others on the wonderful sense of dynamism that consumes us over a weekend and yet others blamed the amount of work that waits for them in the week that ensues.
Our son, however, seems to have a different opinion about Mondays.
It really does not matter to him what day of the week it is. He continues, relentlessly, doing what he does everyday (as his t-shirt says "Eat, Sleep, Burp, Repeat"). Can people, like me, learn a lesson from our infants on the subject?
I did.
If I am passionate about what I do, Mondays will be as much fun as Fridays are touted to be. So let us start a new trend. I want to call it: "Thank God it is another day to be great!". I am still working on a suitable acronym...
How about TGFT...Thank God For Today!!
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