How to deal with Monday BLUES
Nov 14, 2010
SHE checks time on her phone, yawns and curses before covering herself again. Although it is six in the morning, Allen is reluctant to get out of bed and prepare to go to work.
By Viqué-Ocean Kahinju
SHE checks time on her phone, yawns and curses before covering herself again. Although it is six in the morning, Allen is reluctant to get out of bed and prepare to go to work.
Being an accountant, she is anxious about what would transpire in the Monday morning meeting at office.
Allen dreads Mondays because it is usually a hectic day, plus her boss is ‘so demanding.’
The 28-year-old says she has since childhood dreaded waking up on Mondays to go to school for fear of assemblies and homework checks.
Today, as a working woman, she still has the Monday phobia. Experts say she suffers from ‘Monday blues’, a psychological phenominon.
According to Dr. Cuthbert Tarihondijo, a psycho-therapist in Kampala, like Allen, most of our fears are sub-consciously perceived.
“More often, workers breed their own fears because of personal beliefs or poor working conditions,†says Tarihondijo.
Some people dread working on Mondays due to the bad relationship they have with the supervisors on duty that day, he explains.
He points out that other people continue in a relaxation mood, extending the ‘weekend feeling.’
“However, the symptoms of the phobia are usually manifested when one starts creating excuses for not going to work and develops imaginary ailments every Monday morning,†asserts Tarihondijo.
Enid Muleme, an HR at GEMS in Kampala, asserts that Monday blues would never arise if one scheduled their day-to-day work early.
“Starting early makes the brain adjustable to work,†explains Muleme, adding that it is wise to arrange a to-do list work plan on Sunday evenings to check the disorganisation one faces on Mondays,†she adds.
When you have a properly-planned list, you feel you are more in control, and won’t feel the Monday blues,†says Muleme.
Rachel Komunda, who once suffered from Monday blues, advises that having a strong drive for long-term plans for your career and defining your targets can beat the fear for work on Mondays.
“Personal assessment helps you not to look at Monday as a burden, but as another opening to a productive week,†she says.
Muleme says many a time it’s not the Monday blues that drags one down, but laziness and conservative thinking that Monday is a damn day.
“Actually most Monday laziness is bred through out the weekend no doubt. Some people assume Monday will be the same, yet working environments are totally diverse to home settings,†elucidates Muleme.
Before you consider throwing the caution to the wind declining to work on Mondays, think twice about the roles you hold at work place cautions Tarihondijo.
“More so, reconsider the job as being your soul bread and butter. Having a clear insight about why you go to work and what your employers expect of you helps to cope with the phobia,†he adds.
Rachel Komunda who once suffered from Monday blues advises that having a strong drive for long-term plans for your career by defining your targets can beat the fear to start off work on Mondays.
“Apparently, personal assessments breed a clear answer as to why you should not look at Monday as a burden but as an opening to a productive week,†she says.
SHE checks time on her phone, yawns and curses before covering herself again. Although it is six in the morning, Allen is reluctant to get out of bed and prepare to go to work.
Being an accountant, she is anxious about what would transpire in the Monday morning meeting at office.
Allen dreads Mondays because it is usually a hectic day, plus her boss is ‘so demanding.’
The 28-year-old says she has since childhood dreaded waking up on Mondays to go to school for fear of assemblies and homework checks.
Today, as a working woman, she still has the Monday phobia. Experts say she suffers from ‘Monday blues’, a psychological phenominon.
According to Dr. Cuthbert Tarihondijo, a psycho-therapist in Kampala, like Allen, most of our fears are sub-consciously perceived.
“More often, workers breed their own fears because of personal beliefs or poor working conditions,†says Tarihondijo.
Some people dread working on Mondays due to the bad relationship they have with the supervisors on duty that day, he explains.
He points out that other people continue in a relaxation mood, extending the ‘weekend feeling.’
“However, the symptoms of the phobia are usually manifested when one starts creating excuses for not going to work and develops imaginary ailments every Monday morning,†asserts Tarihondijo.
Enid Muleme, an HR at GEMS in Kampala, asserts that Monday blues would never arise if one scheduled their day-to-day work early.
“Starting early makes the brain adjustable to work,†explains Muleme, adding that it is wise to arrange a to-do list work plan on Sunday evenings to check the disorganisation one faces on Mondays,†she adds.
When you have a properly-planned list, you feel you are more in control, and won’t feel the Monday blues,†says Muleme.
Rachel Komunda, who once suffered from Monday blues, advises that having a strong drive for long-term plans for your career and defining your targets can beat the fear for work on Mondays.
“Personal assessment helps you not to look at Monday as a burden, but as another opening to a productive week,†she says.
Muleme says many a time it’s not the Monday blues that drags one down, but laziness and conservative thinking that Monday is a damn day.
“Actually most Monday laziness is bred through out the weekend no doubt. Some people assume Monday will be the same, yet working environments are totally diverse to home settings,†elucidates Muleme.
Before you consider throwing the caution to the wind declining to work on Mondays, think twice about the roles you hold at work place cautions Tarihondijo.
“More so, reconsider the job as being your soul bread and butter. Having a clear insight about why you go to work and what your employers expect of you helps to cope with the phobia,†he adds.
Rachel Komunda who once suffered from Monday blues advises that having a strong drive for long-term plans for your career by defining your targets can beat the fear to start off work on Mondays.
“Apparently, personal assessments breed a clear answer as to why you should not look at Monday as a burden but as an opening to a productive week,†she says.