Thursday, July 9, 2015

A Week of Mondays








Top: Gap (similar; similar); Shorts: Nordstrom; Sandals: Joie; Purse: Madewell

Do you ever feel like you're living a succession of Mondays? I'm a two week span of Mondays right now and I'd really like to hit Friday so that I can be done. I have exciting weekend plans on the horizon (they're hush hush for a friend's privacy until Saturday evening) and I am working my way through a giant wedding calligraphy suite and corresponding materials and am almost done. So there is an end in sight. But it's an end that is coming on the heels of the most irritating week.

How do you know it's a Monday sort of day? Everything that can go wrong, does. If your cat can get sick, he will. If your kitten can get poop stuck to her butt and drag it around the living room right when you're eating breakfast, she will. If your pasta can get overcooked, it will. If you have a cup of coffee, you'll spill it. If you try to send off a final logo to a client, you will have forgotten to add her tagline. If you can splatter an invite with ink, you will. If you can fire off an email to the wrong person, it's going to happen. If you can have a blow-up in a morning meeting at your colleagues, warning, you will.

I'm pretty sure this is a sign that I'm over-extended. The little mistakes and mishaps and misses are all results of not being calm and focused enough to just breathe and handle things normally. I don't normally knock over coffee cups, but when I'm rushing around trying to eat breakfast, clean a cat, and finish a client's order, I am more prone to knocking a cup off the table. When I'm flustered and strapped for time, ink splatters happen on final pieces. When I can't turn my eye to the cat that is scooting around the living room floor because I'm splattering ink, I'll have a mess to clean up.

Perhaps the best way to usher in a Friday rather than a Monday is to say no to a lot of those Monday tasks I've been doing!

10 comments

  1. Those shorts are real cute!!

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  2. Great outfit, I basically live in this during Summer, comfortable and put together but casual :)

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  3. I have felt the same way this week. I am so happy its almost over. We should get drinks soon if you have time. Work/Life balance :) miss you!

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  4. Of that's tough. That happens to me, too—when something is off, I rush around, lose my keys, knock over food, step on the dog and lose my temper. It's the worst! Good luck making it to Friday!

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  5. I have had similar weeks, and I'm the same way: it's often just me needing to say no and slow down. Which doesn't make those weeks easier knowing that, but remembering them can help me actually say no to the next things that come up! Here's to Friday on the horizon and a great weekend with your friends ahead!

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  6. First, love those sunglasses. Second, yes I have been there and yes the struggle is real.

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  7. Oh no! It's sounds like you've been having one heck of a time! I hope next week is better for you!

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  8. I hope this week has gone better! That is a crazy week for sure. Sounds like yoga time. :)

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