Usually the weekend restores us.
We have an opportunity to rest, take care of personal chores, and have some fun with family and friends.
Usually the weekend restores us so we have the energy, poise and presence of mind to face our many responsibilities at work again.
Usually.
Some weekends, though, exhaust us. Some weekends deplete us. Some weekends aren’t very fun, and we go back to work feeling down and diminished.
The idea of “Loving Monday” can sound trite to the weary or hurting. It’s all we can do to face Monday, much less love it.
But it’s when we feel like we need to dig ourselves out of our weekends before we can step into our work weeks that the idea of “Loving Monday” is so crucial.
Not a superficial “rah rah” cheer  that pretends the weekend never happened; but the years of careful nurturing of a career that we love, a job where we can contribute and make a difference, a work community where we are part of a supportive and enterprising team.
When our love for Monday is grounded in meaningful work, challenging roles, and engaging partnerships, we are returning to something solid and vital each week. Whether our weekend consisted of too much fun or too much drama, we can roll out of bed Monday morning and engage the day because we know what we’re going toward at work and—however difficult—is ultimately a good place to be.
So pace yourself this morning as you get back into the week. If you’re digging yourself out of your weekend, take it slowly, take it steadily, and ease back into your tasks and responsibilities.
This is the place where you “know” you are competent. Where you know you are effective. Where you know you can make a difference.
This is the place where you can go for it, even if you’re still digging yourself out of the weekend.
On your side,
– Karl Edwards
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