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Hey everyone and welcome back to
the Easy English Podcast where 

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we talk about all things 
language, life and sometimes 

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Mondays. 
Today we are going to look at a 

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topic that most of us in our 
lives can relate to. 

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Why do people hate Mondays so 
much? 

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Think about it, Mondays have 
this terrible reputation. 

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You wake up, you drag yourself 
out of bed, and suddenly it 

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feels like the weight of the 
world is back on your shoulders.

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But why? 
Is it really just because it's 

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the start of our work week or 
school or our responsibilities? 

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Or is there something deeper 
going on? 

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Let's talk about it. 
I got the idea for this topic 

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because it's a Monday and I was 
thinking another Monday. 

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A full week to go. 
And I know it's probably not 

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good to think like that at the 
start of each week. 

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So I started to think about why 
Monday gets such a bad 

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reputation. 
Why does everyone say thank God 

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it's Friday? 
And when it's Monday they go, 

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uh, Mondays? 
So we're going to talk about a 

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couple of aspects, and the first
I like to call the emotional 

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hangover. 
And weekends are like these 

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magical little bubbles of 
freedom for many people. 

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On a weekend you can probably 
sleep in later, meet up with 

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friends, maybe just watch lots 
of your favorite TV shows and 

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basically just do what you want.
I mean, within reason of course.

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We all have responsibilities and
many of us have families and 

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children, etcetera. 
But for a lot of us it's like a 

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mini grief cycle. 
So a cycle of sadness. 

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Every week you go from this 
fault of oh it's the weekend 

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amazing I get to relax to Sunday
thinking Oh no I'm back at work 

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tomorrow and then you think 
maybe I can be sick and not go 

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to work to then acceptance. 
So OK it's fine I will be back 

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at work. 
It's cool. 

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And then on Monday morning we 
think we have 5 days to go again

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until we get to that nice 
relaxing weekend time. 

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It's a bit of a roller coaster. 
The beginning of the weekend is 

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a very high point where we 
think, wow, two days off and 

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then the end is worrying about 
going back to work. 

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And this could also be related 
to the culture of hustle. 

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And that what I mean by that is 
the culture that in many 

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societies and many countries we 
have built around work and 

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productivity. 
So for many of us, Monday isn't 

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just a day. 
It's a symbol. 

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It's the start of another week 
of hard work, A reminder that 

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there's emails to send, 
deadlines to hit, and meetings 

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that probably could have been 
emails instead of meetings. 

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It's almost like we have all 
decided that Monday is the 

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official day of stress and I 
guess the memes and the jokes 

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don't really help. 
You can scroll through social 

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media and all you can see is 
Monday Blues. 

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I hate Monday, and it's almost 
like we're all creating this 

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image that Monday is terrible. 
And the next point, I guess, is 

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that there is a little bit of a 
sciency reason as to why Mondays

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can suck for a lot of people 
while Monday why Mondays are bad

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for many people. 
And it can be because over the 

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weekend, we're all guilty of 
messing up our sleep cycles and 

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schedules. 
So we might stay up very late on

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a Friday and then sleep in on a 
Saturday. 

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And by the time we get to 
Monday, our bodies are like, 

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what are we doing here? 
And this is called social jet 

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lag. 
And it's quite real, to be 

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honest. 
Your internal body clock, which 

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makes us feel sleepy at certain 
times of the day and makes us 

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feel great and awake at times of
the day, is changed whenever we 

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change our schedule. 
So suddenly that 7:00 AM alarm 

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feels terrible. 
And I'm pretty guilty of this 

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too. 
I usually am up quite early for 

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work, especially if I have to 
travel for work. 

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And then at the weekend I like 
to sleep in. 

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I like to sleep a little bit 
later. 

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I like to catch up on sleep, or 
so I thought. 

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But recently in the last month I
have been trying to get up at 

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the exact same time almost every
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So even at the weekends, and 
that is 730, it's a good time 

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for me and I'll get up at 7:30 
even on a Saturday and a Sunday.

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And what I've noticed is that on
Monday I feel so much better. 

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I don't feel so negative or 
tired in the morning time. 

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And also this is coming from a 
person, me, who is not a morning

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person. 
I really have to force myself to

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build this routine, but the 
longer I've done it, the more 

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energy I'm feeling each day. 
I'm not constantly changing my 

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sleep schedule, so perhaps there
is some truth to this and maybe 

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it is one of the reasons why a 
lot of people feel so bad on a 

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Monday and they're so negative 
about Monday. 

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So before we continue, just 
quickly, I want to mention that 

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if you want to support me and 
the podcast, there is a Patreon 

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link in the description below 
and you can check that out. 

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OK, so is it really that bad? 
You know, here's the thing, 

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Mondays themselves are not evil.
They're not bad. 

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It's just another day. 
There's no difference really 

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from Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday, Friday. 

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It's really our perspective, how
we feel about that day, the 

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mental image that we create in 
our heads. 

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And do you know what? 
If you go into Monday expecting 

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it to be terrible or bad, guess 
what? 

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It probably will be. 
But if you're intentional and 

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you think right, I am going to 
start my week positively. 

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This is a new week, it's new me.
I'm going to have a great week. 

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It can make a huge difference. 
For example, you know what if 

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you made something to look 
forward to every Monday? 

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Perhaps you could have a special
breakfast or taking some time to

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watch a What's your favorite TV 
show after work? 

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Something quite small but 
meaningful. 

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This could really help make 
Mondays feel better and the more

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I've started to do this to get 
up early and to be productive on

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Monday mornings. 
For myself, I personally like to

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read a book that I'm enjoying, 
maybe do some language learning.

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I feel like I've started the 
week with some good progress and

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it creates a nice atmosphere and
a good feeling for the rest of 

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the week. 
And I would recommend trying to 

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do something like that. 
It can be a real positive impact

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on the start of your week. 
And I'm quite curious, what is 

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your relationship with Mondays? 
Are you a Monday hater or do you

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secretly love the fresh start at
the beginning of the week? 

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So let me know in the comments 
or maybe send me a message or 

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answer the poll if you're on 
Spotify. 

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And if you've got any tips for 
beating the Monday Blues, do 

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share them. 
I think we could all use a 

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little help turning this day, 
which we all seem to hit, into 

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something more special. 
So that's the main kind of topic

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I wanted to talk about today. 
But I guess thinking about 

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Monday, we can look at some of 
the other days of the week, For 

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example, Wednesday. 
I think Wednesday is quite an 

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interesting day because people 
start to feel, particularly in 

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work, more positive. 
They get to Wednesday and they 

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think, oh, I'm halfway there, 
it's almost the weekend. 

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And then when we get to Friday, 
everyone is positive and getting

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more relaxed, maybe not working 
as hard or working harder to try

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and get work finished for the 
weekend. 

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This mentality or idea that we 
need to live for the weekends 

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and we hate work and hate 
Mondays. 

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I think it's quite negative 
because people end up then only 

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feeling happier at the weekend 
and during the week we feel 

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worse. 
So we definitely need to rethink

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how we feel about Mondays and 
about specific days. 

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I think anyway, because it may 
be a sign of something more 

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serious. 
If we hit Mondays, we might 

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actually dislike our job, for 
example. 

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And of course, not everyone has 
the privilege or the pleasure of

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doing a job that they love. 
I mean, my job is tough. 

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I don't do this as a full time 
job. 

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I don't teach anymore as a full 
time job. 

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I have a never job. 
And of course, I prefer doing 

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language teaching this project, 
the podcast, and I do all this 

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work extra on top of my job 
because I love it. 

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So yeah, of course, and of 
course, you don't need to love 

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your job, but perhaps having 
that awful feeling on a Monday 

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might be a sign that we need to 
make a change. 

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So thank you so much for 
listening to this episode. 

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I hope that something was 
interesting or useful from it 

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today. 
And do let me know, do you like 

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Mondays or do you hate them? 
Thank you for listening. 

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I have been Oliver from Easy 
English and I hope to see you 

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again soon. 
Have a wonderful rest of your 

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day, wherever you are. 
Goodbye.