Is it Monday already? How did the weekend fly by so quickly?

Well, they say that “time flies when you are having fun” and this, according to nuclear scientists, is actually a literal phenomenon.

Whether you are a working professional or studying student, you would have felt that a typical weekday can be such a drag while the weekend, especially when you are enjoying yourself, just zips past in a blink.

And you would have heard of the term “Monday blues” which is commonly used amongst working adults to describe their lousy mood on Mondays. It is a kind of sadness, lethargy, and even slight depression. In fact, “Monday blues” often starts building on Sunday afternoons when the thought of the next day being a workday after a good weekend creeps into one’s consciousness. In fact, there are people who start to feel a sickness coming on on Sundays and by Monday morning, they’ll feel a strong urge to see a doctor. Ask any doctor who runs a clinic and they’ll tell you that Mondays are their busiest day of each week.

And ask any retail business and they’ll tell you that Mondays (and Tuesdays, for some) are the days of the week with the lowest sales. People are simply not in the mood.

How about this: Across the globe, more people die on Mondays than any other days of the week!

So, what’s the problem with Mondays?

Or does the problem really lie with our interpretation of what Monday means?

I think the answer is obvious. You see, if the problem is with Mondays, than animals and other living things would be affected in a similar way.

In other words, time does not exist except in our minds. And our minds play tricks on us if we are not conscious of them.

Here’s further evidence: Research has shown that there exists a strong link between heart disease (one of the major killers in modern society) with, get this, JOB SATISFACTION and SELF HAPPINESS (i.e they rate themselves as happy people).

More specifically, the most interesting finding from this research is that:

1. People with who displays all the risk factors of heart disease such as being over-weight, having high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels AND low job satisfaction and low happiness will usually develop a heart attack sooner and later.

However…

2. People with the same risk factors and HIGH job satisfaction and HIGH happiness will usually NOT have any heart attack nor other forms of heart disease.

Of course, this is understandable. A full-time job takes up at least 1/3 of our lives and if you spend 40 hours every week in a job that you dislike and see no future in, then that translate into mood issues (read “Monday blues”), low productivity, poor health and falling ill often, poor relationships, slow income growth, and eventually, premature death.

It’s time to make an informed choice on what an ideal career and life should be for you. Don’t wait till it’s too late.