Fighting the Sunday Blues

The Sunday night blues are a common phenomenon among working folk. For me, I fight the blues all day on Sundays. In fact, it starts on Saturday night when I stay up to all hours of the night prolonging my last night of the weekend to stay up late. The worst example was on our last day of vacation a few weeks ago. Almost as soon as I woke up, I started crying. I didn’t want vacation to end and the stress to begin again, and as a result, I pretty much wasted my last day of vacation feeling sad. That day put the spotlight on my lack of balance and need to reclaim my life. I could not go on living for weekends, holidays, and vacations. It is time to live my life, and finding happiness in each day of the week is part of that.

Last weekend, I fought the Sunday night blues by inviting a friend for dinner. We shared some chili, cornbread, and beer as well as some good laughs, something I desperately need on Sunday nights. Afterwards, my husband and I watched a movie. We managed to stave off the Sunday night blues, and Monday was fairly low stress.

Today I raked leaves, planted mums that had been in flower pots by the front door, and prepared my front stoop for the holidays. It was a beautiful day, and I felt refreshed from working in the chilly air. Tonight I’m planning to make Greek chicken with rice and salad. It might sound like an everyday meal, but it is a step in the right direction for me…no frozen pizza this evening! I think we are going to watch Django Unchained tonight. I cannot believe it has shown up on Netflix so early!

Making a conscious effort to overcome the Sunday night blues has made a huge difference for me so far. Doing something, anything trumps moping around the house. Though the work week starts tomorrow, today is still completely my time, and it’s up to me to enjoy it.