It’s been another crazy day.
My job requires me to know and remember details of issues, which triggered off the deterioration of my already puny memory storage. So the routine sparked off with pompous orders to come up with the morning reports. I’ve a subjective BIG ‘P’roblem. Impunctuality (5-10mins which in my perspective should be reasonable time grace especially on Mondays since Monday Blues’ a proven worldwide phenomenon) has been setting off waves of frowning brows (comes in all kinds of shapes, to a point where you’d feel like introducing eyebrow trimming out of goodwill) and raising ultra conspicuousness to a small fry like me. Basically if you browse the hierarchy of the organisation, I’ll fall just slightly above the last line.
Talking about Monday Blues, i was Google-ing and came across this page titled “How to Beat the Monday Blues” with suggested 7 steps remedy:
By eHow Health Editor
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There’s actually a scientific explanation behind those dreaded Monday morning blues. Our internal clocks naturally operate on a day that is longer than 24 hours. By the time Monday rolls around each week, we’ve built up a sleep deficit of at least an hour. Of course, the weekend revelries and facing another work week don’t help matters. Here are some tips to make Monday mornings a little easier.
Instructions
If you can, sleep in an extra hour on Monday mornings. Going to bed early on Sunday night doesn’t always help because most people will remain awake until their usual bedtime. (Well, if i were to sleep in an extra hour, you won’t see me at work after which. Ha ha)
If you can’t sleep in by a full hour (and most of us can’t), take action Sunday night to shorten your morning preparation time so that you can set the alarm for 15 minutes later than usual. Wash your hair, pack lunches, lay out your outfit or pack your briefcase on Sunday night. (oh yes, I shall try to make things work…)
Hop out of bed the moment you wake up on Monday morning. Lingering in that downy comforter will only draw out the agony. ( I TOTALLY AGREE ! It’s the comforter’s fault=P)
End your shower with a jolt of cold water to tear yourself out of your grogginess. Or exercise in the morning to get your blood pumping and to release those feel-good endorphins. (I always take a shower in the morning to smell fresh the whole day~)
Get out in the sunlight. Bright light tells your body that it is indeed the morning and helps reset your internal clock. (Well, you see, my skin’s slightly more than sun-kissed to know that it’s morning, so I’d rather stay indoors, out of the rays’ path-_-)
Drink coffee or another caffeine beverage. Although it’s not healthy to drink caffeine to the point of addiction, caffeine, when used in moderation, can give your Monday mornings that much-needed oomph and alertness. (For some reasons, coffee makes me drowsy instead of keeping me awake)
Anticipate your Monday morning on Friday afternoon. Fight the temptation to race away from a messy desk. Clean up your desk and leave yourself a to-do list to make Monday morning a little more tolerable. (Very good suggestion which I’ve personally adopted the habit of)
For anything else, we can always sing to the tunes of “Hey Jude” =D
Note:I need a new laptop and knowledge of using a source to upload the little snaps i took here and there. Looking forward to having some IT genius to rescue me. Okay I shall relunctantly declare myself IT dummy.
