Looking Out To Sea

From Boing Boing:

If one dislikes Monday because of school or work then why does one continue to go back to work or school? I believe that folks like this are probably in the wrong job or studying the wrong course and probably should look for something that enables them to enjoy Mondays — and every other day for that matter. Those who genuinely enjoy work or school probably won’t give “Work or School” as the reasons they dislike Monday.

Interesting, but I don’t agree with the conclusions. I think it’s specifically change that people object to. They don’t like to return to work because they’ve just had two days sitting around at home, relaxing over lunch with family — living in a holiday lifestyle. Then it all has to change.

The same happens to me every single day. In the morning I don’t want to get out of bed, and the evening I don’t want to go to bed. What I’m doing now is always far more interesting than something I might be doing later. And truth be told, last Friday I was late leaving work because I couldn’t bear to leave what I was doing.

So it’s not really about not enjoying the work. For me, at least, it’s about not enjoying the change and resenting that context switch.