The Monday morning blues....The start of the week tends to be the hardest. There are five days ahead of you where the majority of your day is devoted to someone else. All the while that you're working your mind races, thinking of all the other things that still need to get accomplished...the doctor appointments, grocery lists, dinner, boxing practice, chores, bills,  track meetings, parent/teacher conferences...you wonder how in the world you'll manage to get everything accomplished. But somehow you do. And at the end of the ripping and running you are mentally exhausted. You have given everything with little to nothing left for yourself. At the start of this week think of ways that you can get a moment to breathe. Take your designated lunch break away from your desk. Turn off your mind and read a book for thirty minutes. Plan dinner for the week ahead to minimize the 5 pm stress of what you'll cook. Stop for a moment...literally, and smell the coffee. It is Monday morning and you may have the blues but there is thanksgiving in everything. Be grateful for your job. Be thankful for your family. Give thanks for your responsibilities. Appreciate the things that you may find irritating. Turn those blues into thanksgiving and just maybe it will shape not only your day but your week differently.

Ase.