It is that day of the week that I love and dread at the same time. I am always conflicted when it comes to Mondays. I go between relief that I get a fresh start to a new week and disappointment that the freedom of the weekend is over.
I love that Monday brings a fresh week. I haven’t fallen short of my goals for the week yet. I can set new goals and rededicate myself to being better. I can rededicate myself to being a better wife, mother and woman. It is a day for re-evaluation and reflection as well as looking to the future. Here are my goals for the week:
-Run at least 4 days this week
-Wash lots of dirty socks (and more laundry too, but it always seems to be socks that nobody can find)
-Read with my kids more
-Stay caught up with dishes (honesty with 5 kids this is a huge challenge)
I think I will stop there for now…I want to be better at everything, but if I try to tackle too much at once, I will experience much less success than if I try a little at a time.
But Monday also brings to a close the freedom of the weekend. Sure, responsibilities don’t end when the weekend rolls around, but work and school cease to command our time and focus. I can sleep in (sorta…8:30 is about as late as I get now days, but I LOVE when I get to sleep that late), work in a long run (I ran 7 miles this past Saturday with some of my neighbors, it was great!), spend quality time together as a family, work in the yard (we finally tore down the swing set that was slowly falling apart and got about halfway through assembling the new one the kids got for Christmas), and even occasionally enjoy a night out with my hubby (We enjoyed and evening at the Temple then out to dinner at Red Lobster this Saturday while the kids had fun spending time with Grandma and Grandpa). I also love the opportunity to recharge spiritually by attending church on Sundays. It is so nice to refocus. But Monday brings that all to an end…it is back to the structured, scheduled days of school, work, dance, scouts……
Here’s to a great week ahead! How do YOU feel about Mondays?
I LOVE Mondays these days! Monday IS my weekend, now that Jake works Wed-Sat. It’s fun that it’s the start to a new week, but it’s also the start of our family’s weekend at the same time. And honestly, it’s kind of nice having time to do weekend-y things during everyone else’s school/work days. I probably won’t like it as much once my oldest starts school in the fall. But for now, Mondays rock!
Depending on how organized I feel going into Monday I sometimes LOVE it, sometimes HATE it.
That’s a wonderful set of goals.
I’m curious – when/how do you run? Morning, noon, or night? With kids or without? I’m trying to come up with a better training plan for myself.