Oh, the metaphorical Mondays…
Taking breaks is important. But even though both the body and the mind need time to relax and to breathe, it seems difficult to return to work every time we manage to take a day or two long pause over the weekend. The momentum is gone.
So why is it so difficult to continue a cycle after a short pause? Why does even Garfield hate Mondays so? I’ve come to understand it’s all due to relying too much on our own internal narrative – we see a thought, give it recognition, it becomes true. We grow up believing the stories we tell ourselves and give a lot of weight to what our thoughts tell us - it’s an internal system that fuels our ego, and provides a very unsustainable feeling of stability. But storytelling about who we are, how we feel and function is a blunt tool that slowly, but surely digs graves for personal progress.
INTERNAL LIFE IS FAKE.
So even though going forward after a break sometimes feels difficult, the feeling and thoughts that surround it are not a »real« thing. They only exist and are powerful because we give them power of recognition and familiarity. Accepting that moves us from a self-built mental story into being present, and to start doing things. Not being so bothered by ourselves always gets the ball rolling. Even if it’s a metaphorical Monday.