Monday: A Love-hate( Mostly Hate) Affair

I got up at 6.00 am, an hour before the alarms went off. I was deep in my thoughts the night before and hadn’t slept until late hours, so it was very unusual that I got up so early. Life was up to its usual tricks again and yes it was a start to yet another Monday. Oh Monday how I hate you from the bottom of my heart!!! Everyone keeps telling me about how a weekend is suppose to charge your batteries, how we should use it to release some steam and how it helps to make a nice fresh start to the week on a Monday. I say to all of them, what a load of bollocks!!!! I am in my office at 9.00 am on this Monday morning and all I can think about right now is …… Friday!!!! Yes folks at this point, there are absolutely no points for guessing that I am into a dead end 9-5 office job. The only time my face lights up is when I see this timer ( digital ) counting down the number of hours left for a Friday!

I have just described to you how I don’t like Mondays. Actually my love hate ( hhhmmm… just hate! ) affair with Mondays has been in full blossom since the day I started going to school. Come to think of it, I don’t think at this point of time in my life, there has been a more significant event that I have had such deep emotions for spanning over such a long time ( best part of three decades! ) and the way things stand right now, this affair is braced for some stormy weather.

The fact that Monday to Friday is 5 days and Friday to Monday is 2 days astounds me. I mean if you go from London to New York, and come back it’s the same journey either way!!!! Infact I think half of worlds problems will be solved if a day form the week is slipped between the weekend ( I propose moving Wednesday from its current position to somewhere between Saturday and Sunday ) This idea is so revolutionary that I am going to copyright it as I am sure the next American president might be elected by just hinting this in his manifesto!!

What is it about Mondays that gets so much on our nerves? I have a theory. I think it’s the fact that Monday reminds us of what lies ahead, it is the start of a dreadful phase of life that’s going to last for another 4 n half days. But I think more importantly, Mondays are all about what they make you forget. Weekends are the ‘happy hours’ of our lives. Its when we are close to our loved ones, its when we do stuff that we like to do, its when you see your kids playball, its when you meet friends that you cant meet otherwise, its when you travel, stay over, DRINK like there is no tomorrow!!! I think Monday is a crude reminder of what we could be doing all our life and what we end up doing 5/7th of it!!!!

Jokes apart, I think eradicating the ‘Monday syndrome’ is one of the greatest challenges I face in life. Can there ever be a life without Mondays? I certainly hope that the answer is in the affirmative. Infact facing upto Mondays and completely destroying them is by far the greatest of challenges that I face. Now many have said to me that eliminating Mondays would just result in a 7 day working week and yes I understand that some of the businessmen will definitely agree with this sentiment. But I still cant remove myself from this wonderland called ‘land without Mondays’. I dont care if I am the only crusader fighting this losing battle, but fight I will to bring about the change ( Obama are you listening?? ), much desired change in the way I live my life.

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Disclaimer: The thought and views expressed in this article are figments of authors imagination. They do not support or protest and weekend vs weekday movements. They are not meant to incite any hatred towards Mondays ( or any other day for that matter ). The author does not support any such actions. Any resemblance to any Mondays ( past, present or future ) is pure co – incidence.