The usual Monday Blues has just gotten more serious. A mutated version of the virus has recently been identified... Known as the Sunday Blues, the more serious infections get the blues from as early as Sunday afternoon. The infected persons usually feel lathargic, unenthusiastic about the last weekend before work, and tend to have the repeated obsession of the idea of "digging a hole and hiding herself" to avoid starting the work week the following day. A common symptom in infected persons is the unconscious denial of sleep on Sunday nights. They will usually rather spend the late hours awake, either through watching dramas or surfing the Internet aimlessly, well past the usual bedtime. This often results in insufficient sleep and a moody Monday morning, giving a more intensive Monday Blues. There has been no proven cure for this virus, but some online resources give the following tips to beat the Monday Blues.
1. What and how
What you do is not important, it is how you do it. Whatever you do, do it with deep alertness; then even small things become sacred. You can clean the floor like a robot; you have to clean it, so you clean it.
But it could have been a great experience; you missed it.
You cleaned the floor and that would have cleansed you. Clean the floor full of awareness; be luminous with awareness.
2. Remember yourself
One thing has to be a continuous thread: remember yourself.
While walking, say, "I am walking." While sitting, say, "I am sitting."
And feel the shift in your awareness. There will be a sudden spark.
3. Are you a perfectionist?
Beware! What counts is being total, not perfect. This brings out the best in you. The very idea of perfectionism drives people crazy.
The perfectionist is bound to be neurotic. S/he cannot enjoy life till s/he is perfect. And perfection never happens, it is not in the nature of things.
Life is imperfect. Only death is perfect. Totality is possible, perfection is not possible.
There is a huge difference between perfection and totality. Perfection is a goal for the future, totality is an experience now. If you can get into any act with your whole heart, you are total. Totality brings wholeness, health and sanity.
The perfectionist forgets about totality. There is a big gap between how s/he is and how s/he wants to be.
And, of course, change can't happen now, it is always tomorrow or the day after. So life is postponed.
These are small tools, but they will help you see the gap between workdays and holidays decreasing. You will eagerly wait for work to begin.
Another known catalyst of Sunday Blues is the lack of fulfilling personal activites and events in the weekend, especially, of course, on Sundays. Thus, experts (unwilling to be named) recommend that Sundays should be filled with exciting activities. "And no, dramas and Internet and no-brain clicking games are definitely nowhere near 'exciting'."
Disclaimer: This article was written by an individual with some serious Sunday Blues that she has been unable to get rid of since the past few months. Believe what you wish to.