Make Every Day a Friday!

Now let me be super clear regarding the title of this message: do not…and I repeat DO NOT slack off like you usually do on Fridays. And no, happy hour doesn’t start at 11am every day. This is merely a mentality or a “mantra” I’ve used for myself and it’s also helped quite a few friends during their times of frustration on the days that aren’t Friday. Or Saturday. Or whatever day of the week is your favorite. Perhaps it’s a Wednesday. Make every day a Wednesday then! In my best practice, I’ll tell you why and how….

Why

I just don’t want to hear “I hate Mondays” or “I’m having a case of the Mundays” like in the best comedy ever Office Space. That bit of small talk is worse than two introverts meeting for the first time and discussing the weather as their first topic (although I don’t mind bringing up a snowstorm or two). 

How

This has been my mantra ever since I left the corporate world and cannonballed into freelance. It’s freeing. There are no restrains or handcuffs when you can visualize your day(s) of reckoning into a day of “it’s actually not that bad.” Try this: either meditate, lay on your yoga mat or go for a walk (not in that predicted terrible snowstorm that turned out to be 1” of snow) and set your intention to putting any fears of frustrations away on that fateful day. 

Another thing you can do is to toss one of the tasks that pisses you off onto another day. Don’t stack up one day of complete sh*t and make another day the culprit. Spread it out, but in small amounts. Put an hour in the books on Tuesday to heal the wound of Monday, say.

Just don’t turn this into a lazy lifestyle. I suggest journaling/monthly/weekly/daily planning. That helps you organize not only your priorities, tasks and action items, but also can set an affirmation and tone for better times to come. 

Okay, I’m done. Happy Friyay, ya’ll! And Saturday! And Sunday! And Monday! And so on….