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I feel dreadful on Sunday evenings …”oh god, the weekend is over! Tomorrow is Monday!”  Even the feeling,“tomorrow is Monday” makes me sick. When the alarm goes off every Monday morning…I feel like crying out loud. “Another long week ahead “!… I know for sure that I am not the only one, who feels like this. Thou art blessed...if thy feels "yay it's a Monday"!

The interesting thing is there is actually a scientific explanation behind those dreaded Monday morning blues. The research says that  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.”The weekend enjoyments, the late night parties, changing the daily schedule leads to the all the whines and crying on Monday mornings.
 
I was reading various articles on how to beat the Monday morning blues. I would like to share some helpful tips that I jotted down. So in case if you are on of us who suffers from the “Monday morning syndromes” you might find these tips helpful.
 
·         Try to go to bed an hour earlier, if you can’t then 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.
 
 ·         Hop out of bed the moment you wake up on Monday morning. Lingering in that downy comforter will only draw out the agony.
 
·         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.
 
·         Get out in the sunlight. Bright light tells your body that it is indeed the morning and helps reset your internal clock.
 
·         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.
 
 
·         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.
 
·         Do not get distracted. Youtube, Facebook, personal emails. Once you allow yourself to get distracted you will be sucked into hours of time-wasting activities.
 
·         Laugh and smile. Recall happy memories or a good joke. If you can’t think of any, do it anyway (fake it till you make it) Some research is saying that even the thought of laughing raises your endorphin (feel-good hormones) levels and a fake laughter provides similar benefits to a real one.
 
 
·         Buy something new for Monday - it doesn’t have to be big or expensive - a pen, a sketchbook, fancy post-it stickers.
 
·         Start working. The thing about work is, it’s usually not the work that makes us tired, it’s the thought of starting work that makes us procrastinate and go into a cycle of unproductivity. Quit thinking about starting work and just work instead!
 
 
Please share some your tips too….
 
Source:
·         http://www.ehow.com/how_117079_beat-monday-morning.html
·         http://www.growinghappiness.com/2008/03/24/20-ways-to-beat-monday-blues/