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Making Monday
I've heard it said that how we feel on Mondays is one of the clearest indicators of life satisfaction. Here is a quick thought on how to make Monday—and every day—work better...
Why Mondays Matter
January 9, 2023
I'm not sure where I heard this, but it strikes me as both true and important…
How we feel about our day and ourselves on Monday mornings is one of the clearest indicators of life satisfaction.
Mondays seem to be where the rubber meets the road regarding alignment and coherence in our lives.
It's the collision of many things: who we are, what we do, how we make a living, how we transition from less to more structure, from freedom to responsibility, from play to work.
It exposes the gaps and disparities.
There have been several periods of my life in which Mondays were an occasion for generalized depression or anxiety, resentment, overwhelm, dread, and in my more dramatic moments, despair and existential crisis.
In this new weekly note, I'll share a few thoughts for making Mondays—and hopefully all days—work better.
Better in terms of health, vitality, prosperity, fulfillment, freedom, and purpose.
Better in terms of our capacity for doing what is most important to us with greater ease.
Better aligned with who we are and what we care about.
Being a creator—a maker and remaker of things—is among our greatest gifts as humans. It is truly our Divine spark.
May we together find our agency and authorship in scripting the life we seek.
As a place to start, perhaps just take inventory…
How is today going? What were the dominant thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and beliefs that surfaced this morning?
If today hasn't been ideal thus far, take heart and encouragement.
Every aspect of this body and mind is malleable. We are bioplastic, neuroplastic, and even genoplastic (gene expression shifting according to influences).
And all life situations and conditions not only can change but ARE changing moment to moment. Change is their very nature.
Our whole lives are nothing but a series of inflection points into which we can insert agency to change direction and outcomes.
Welcome to Making Monday!
Together, let's end the fight to change...
Delmar
