What Is It About Monday That Makes Us Want to Start Over?

What is it about Monday that makes you want to start over? What is it about Monday that makes you want to reset?

What is it about Monday that makes you feel like you have a clean slate? A chance to start eating right, planning your meals, and becoming more motivated to work out? You begin to have a clearer idea of your workouts, your schedule, and your programming.

What is it about Monday?

It’s Monday morning, and I’m leaving the house with my fresh cup of coffee, thinking this is a new week. Let’s get it!

When I get home, I’m going to make sure I eat right. But before I do that, I have to go to the gym, take care of clients, and also take care of myself.

I can’t take care of clients unless I’m taking care of myself. It all works hand in hand.

So, I pursue this goal of mine throughout the day. But the funny thing is, this is a goal I didn’t have yesterday or the day before.

Now, true enough, every day is different, and every day comes with different goals.

I like to think of them as stackable goals. You establish something you want to accomplish by a certain date. Let’s say that date is five days away. Every day, you have a plan to get closer and closer to that deadline and that end goal.

It’s about stacking small, intentional steps that eventually lead to something bigger.

The Monday Reset

But Sunday, I wasn’t thinking about it. Saturday, I wasn’t thinking about it.

There’s just something about Monday morning that makes me say:

I’m going to do better.

I’m going to eat vegetables this week, starting today.

I’m going to put more effort into my workouts this week, starting today.

It’s that feeling of a new beginning. That feeling of a new day and an opportunity to start off clean. A clean slate.

And somehow, that feeling seems to happen on a Monday.

Denial and Acceptance

But my question, before we get to Tuesday, is this:

What is it about Monday that makes us feel this way?

What is it about Monday that makes everything we did on Sunday, Saturday, and even Friday feel null and void?

Is it denial? And denial of what?

Is it acceptance? Acceptance of what?

Denial and acceptance are both a part of my fitness journey.

I can be in denial about the fact that I need to lose weight. But I can also accept the fact that I need to lose weight.

We can experience acceptance and denial about the same topic or even similar topics. It’s like looking at one coin and seeing both sides of it.

So, are there three things I’m looking at? Or are there two and one?

I don’t know.

It’s still early. This coffee is still waking my system up, and I can tell I’m getting ready to go down a weird rabbit hole.

But what is it about Monday that brings these types of thoughts into our minds?

What is it about Monday?

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