The Avuxeni BreakFast Team Explains How to Beat the Monday Morning Blues

After a long, relaxing weekend, you may find waking up on Monday morning difficult. In a rush to be on time, you're tripping out of bed to make coffee, stumbling into work clothes, and skimming through emails on your phone from your boss demanding a file now, as the realization hits you that it's Monday again. Alternatively, Monday morning blues are a real problem, but you can help take the sting out of Mondays by making your workplace better, planning ahead, and taking care of yourself.

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Focus on what is good. Don't just look at what you need to do that you hate. Look at what you enjoy doing, and focus on that. For instance, maybe you hate cold-calling people. Try to put that out of your mind, and focus on the fact that you get to design a new header this week, if that's something you love doing

Put on something that makes you happy. Whether it's a new necktie or a sparkly pair of earrings, choose something to wear on Monday that makes you perk up
Don't let work affect your interactions with family and friends. If you notice that you know more about your colleagues' lives than you do about your spouse's or friends' lives, you may be spending too much time at work. Take a step back, and commit to spending more time developing your relationships outside of work

Keep work at work. Don't drag work home over the weekend if possible. The weekend should give you a break from work, not be a continuation of it. If you work over the weekend, your work weeks will run into each other, you'll start to experience burn out. Take a break to give yourself some time to regain your sanity