For many workers, Friday evening is synonymous with freedom. When the last hours of work strike, it’s time to take time for yourself. However, this feeling of serenity is quickly swept away when Sunday is coming to an end. Some people can’t even enjoy their last day of the weekend the approach of the recovery worries them. Indeed, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the long list of tasks to be done on Monday morning, put on hold on Friday evening. So, to avoid depression on Sunday evening, a tiktokeuse specializing in well-being at work shared a simple, effective and above all approved by experts method.
This trick is to reduce your workload on Mondays as much as possiblein order to start your week more serenely. “I started implementing ‘minimum Mondays’ in March 2022. Giving myself this permission every Monday has been extremely freeing”explained the influencer in the columns of Stylist. This method aims to be “more compassionate towards oneself” and to take a longer break at lunchtime. If possible, it also recommends move meetings or calls to Tuesday.
Better optimize your weekends to start the week better
To better cope with the transition between weekend and weekdays, it is also recommended to practice rejuvenating activities during his days off. Practicing a yoga or sports class on Sunday, an outdoor hike, meditation or taking a bath with essential oils would prove to be particularly life-saving to better understand your week, as professional coach Soma Ghosh explains. Allowing yourself time for yourself and for precious moments that you don’t have time to experience during the week would thus allow avoid burnout : “HR, occupational therapy, professional coaching must also come together to help organizations and individuals in their work and thus prevent burnout.” So you know what you have to do better understand your end of the weekend and your beginning of the week!