My favourite day is Sunday. Maybe it’s because I worked almost every Sunday for a good five years, now when I don’t have to work it still feels a bit like I’m sneaking the day off.
Fridays are obviously fantastic. Although that feeling is amplified on a Thursday if I’ve worked the previous weekend and am staring down the barrel of three days off.
Saturdays have many things going for them, but the feeling of freedom is dampened for me by the ominous thud of a pile of newspapers the size of a house that sometimes sit there all weekend guilting me about the fact I never open the Arts section. And then there’s Tuesday. Blue Tuesday.
A British survey has found Mondayitis is not nearly as bad as Tuesday blues.
22,000 people used an iPhone app to record their moods and the results showed Tuesday was a bummer.
It makes sense.
George MacKerron, a PhD student at the London School of Economics who started the project, told London’s Daily Telegraph: “It seems plausible that on Monday the weekend has not quite worn off. By Tuesday they are well into the working week and the following weekend is not yet in sight.”
It’s like there’s nothing to look forward to on a Tuesday, unless you’re in to slightly cheaper movie tickets. It’s not even Wednesday, hump day, when there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
Sarah Wilson, who explores the pursuit of well being and happiness on her blog here, says for a lot of people Sundays are the worst because we put too much pressure on the day to be too many things.
I’d say Sundays are saddest. I’ve written a post on this: The gist: it’s the day before school and work starts back….which is heart-sinky.
But these days, this grim feeling is exasperated by the fact that we now treat Sundays as catch-up days. So many people I know get on the email around 4pm and trawl through the back-log of unopened messages, trying to get on top of things before the onslaught of the week. Or they go into the office after lunch.
They might have a nice morning with family or friends, but there’s that dread that hangs over… ALL OF WHICH is made even worse by the fact that Sundays are meant to be a day of rest. The fact we are denied this leaves us feeling so very resentful and ...sad.
So my list might be a bit off - but from best to least-best (let’s be positive) it goes:
Sunday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday.
What’s yours.
Don’t miss: Get The Punch in your inbox every day
Get The Punch on Facebook
Facebook Recommendations
Read all about it
Punch live
Up to the minute Twitter chatter
@nigelmcbain I don't see the nexus between gay marriage and gay sex education in schools. ACL does. Health issues should be taught whatever
@jennijenni a few companies are known to do that - ask for story ideas from job applicants so they can steal them later
: Bruce Springsteen: "I get roughed up crowdsurfing… people try to pull chunks out of me" http://t.co/jiHqt8agt9” it was him, @patricklion
Recent posts
The latest and greatest
The Punch is moving house
Good morning Punchers. After four years of excellent fun and great conversation, this is the final post…
Will Pope Francis have the vision to tackle this?
I have had some close calls, one that involved what looked to me like an AK47 pointed my way, followed…
Advocating risk management is not “victim blaming”
In a world in which there are still people who subscribe to the vile notion that certain victims of sexual…
Nosebleed Section
choice ringside rantings
From: Hasbro, go straight to gaol, do not pass go
Tim says:
They should update other things in the game too. Instead of a get out of jail free card, they should have a Dodgy Lawyer card that not only gets you out of jail straight away but also gives you a fat payout in compensation for daring to arrest you in the first place. Instead of getting a hotel when you… [read more]From: A guide to summer festivals especially if you wouldn’t go
Kel says:
If you want a festival for older people or for families alike, get amongst the respectable punters at Bluesfest. A truly amazing festival experience to be had of ALL AGES. And all the young "festivalgoers" usually write themselves off on the first night, only to never hear from them again the rest of… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
Superman needs saving
Can somebody please save Superman? He seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. Eighteen months ago,… Read more
Most commented