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  • 1.  Any great Monday morning rituals to set up a successful week?

    Posted 03-04-2019 09:36
    I don't think I know a single person who can honestly say that they love Mondays. Speaking for myself, I struggle especially with Monday mornings. Sometimes they just feel so daunting. To try to combat that, I set a personal goal for myself in 2019 to try to better structure my weeks (personally and professionally). I wanted to feel like I was setting my week up for success from the very beginning, instead of just figuratively running around without intentional focus. With that in mind, i'm wondering if anyone has any great tips or Monday rituals that they've found work well for them? Some of the things I've been trying are listed below:
    • Take some time first thing, every Monday morning to reflect on the successes of last week
    • Set weekly intentions for myself, not just to-do lists
    • Review my priorities for the week and block time on my schedule to devote to each of them
    • Review my week from a high level (meetings, deadlines and etc), so I can mentally prepare myself for some of my busiest days/time periods
    • If at all possible, I don't schedule any Monday morning meetings

    I'd love to hear what works for other people. Thanks!

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    Christina Allrich

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  • 2.  RE: Any great Monday morning rituals to set up a successful week?

    Posted 03-04-2019 15:40
    Since my job is mostly digital media my Monday rituals go something like this:

    • Find a motivational quote to post #MondayMotivation
    • Review all social media channels for comments, posts or messages
    • Begin looking for new content to post throughout the week
    • Drink coffee

    Thanks for the great post!


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    Matt Plodzien
    Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
    Beta Gamma Sigma
    St. Louis, MO
    mplodzien@betagammasigma.org
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  • 3.  RE: Any great Monday morning rituals to set up a successful week?

    Posted 03-05-2019 15:41
    Edited by LEIF GRÖSSINGER 03-05-2019 15:43
    Hi Christina

    I'll try to share my viewpoint here although I might not have the type of answer you are looking for … To be honest, whenever I hear somebody say that Mondays are an unpleasant or intimidating experience to them, then I feel sorry for the Monday as it is a perfectly fine day of the week :-) . Sometimes people give Mondays a bad rap, and the day itself probably does not deserve it … People rather dread the things they will need to do on Mondays - getting up early, going to work, meeting people they don't want to meet, doing things they don't want to do while missing opportunities to do things they enjoy etc., and Monday is just the scapegoat.

    And that is kind of sad, I think … I then interpret it in a way that these people fill their weeks with jobs they don't like, or live a life they don't enjoy, and the only thing they can think of on Monday morning is the next weekend when they finally can "be themselves" again. In a way they are wasting 5/7ths of a week in order to enjoy the remaining 2/7ths. To those people, any Monday morning ritual will be useless as it does not change the fact that they are just in survival mode until Friday night.

    But I assume that is not your situation and that you are just asking for the little rituals we all have to get the blood pumping. Well, actually I see Mondays as any other day of the week, so I don't really have any specific rituals … However, what I like to do is:
    - organise an activity I enjoy for Monday evening (e.g. schedule a gym session or jogging round) so I have something to especially look forward to.
    - check my weekly agenda on Sunday evening so I'm mentally prepared for the entire week - and already prepare the stuff I'll need on Monday (e.g. my gym gear) so I have no extra stress on Monday.

    Just my two cents - not very helpful I'm afraid …
    Leif


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    LEIF GRÖSSINGER
    upc Schweiz GmbH
    Zürich
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  • 4.  RE: Any great Monday morning rituals to set up a successful week?

    Posted 04-05-2019 11:06
    @LEIF GRÖSSINGER- I like your points.  Mondays really are just any day of the week. I like to do a morning ritual each day where I wake up early and do some personal things like read and drink some coffee to get the day kicked off or get in a workout. 

    If Mondays are difficult due to walking into stress from the prior week, maybe there are things that can be done before leaving work on Friday to close things out and make Monday feel like any other day of the week. I liked the suggestion to maybe do a little Sunday to get yourself mentally caught up from the day off as well. No one likes to do work on Sunday but a few minutes might improve that feeling you get on Mondays. ​

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    Lee Rodgers
    Rochester Institute of Technology
    Guilford CT
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