Monday, Monday, can't trust that day; Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way (The Mamas and The Papas)

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Mondays! 

I could have used The Boomtown Rats for the title song lyric. Same deal - I don't like Mondays. Hang on! Stop it! Stop it!

I'm in need of a revisit to a previous post from six years ago, where I listed the five good reasons to shake it off and deal with Mondays (as opposed to all those weirdo nebulous copycat reasons you read online when you google 'reasons to go to work on Monday')

1. Let's get the obvious, no-brainer one out of the way - it's my job and I need the essentials of life to survive, like food, shelter and records. Can't get 'em if I don't have a job.

2. Reset. Apparently, many people use Mondays as their reset button. Good idea! Wipe the slate clean, start a new week, and start off a new approach maybe? Apparently, research indicates that people who start a diet on a Monday have greater success! Hmmm, food for thought (apologies if you just started a diet and that was a tad insensitive).

3. Any day above ground is a good day. I need to get over myself. Give myself a good talking to and follow my mother's advice which she most probs gave me on a Monday - deep breath Warren! Pin your ears back!

4. That relentless positivity. I honestly believe it will get better as I go along. Two deep philosophical thoughts keep me going on Mondays (and any day that goes haywire): Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you; and You have to take the crunchy with the smooth.

5. Hey! I'm the eldest in my family: I don't shirk my responsibilities.

Bonus reason: take a look around you - maybe it's nighttime and the stars are out, maybe you're reading this on your phone, on a train going to work, maybe you just got your baby off to sleep and you're 'laxing with a cuppa and you doom scrolled to find Baggy Trousers. Wonders are all about you. It's no big deal if things don't exactly go your way on Mondays.