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You’re coming off a glorious, fun-filled weekend when Sunday afternoon approaches. Sometimes you’re cognizant of it, sometimes it’s this slow, seeping sense of dread that crawls from the inner corners of your psyche. Making itself known when you’re at your most vulnerable; whispering, prodding and tugging at you like a really bad post-prom HJ.
It happens to all of us and while you can’t fully combat it, there are ways to lessen the existential pain of the Sunday Scaries.
Cook a Huge, Decent Meal
Cook a long, drawn out meal that can be used as leftovers to make forthcoming work lunches easier and cheaper. With usually unheard of free time at your fingertips, this is your time to shine and explore your culinary prowess. Whether that means dumping everything in a crock-pot or grilling a mouthwatering steak, indulge in a meal that’ll take your mind off the impending end of freedom coming down on you like the dull edge of a guillotine.
Watch an excellent movie. Or Game of Thrones.
Terrible hangovers aside, DO NOT SUCCUMB TO BINGE WATCHING NETFLIX ALL DAY. Instead, selectively watch Sunday night shows. Sinking into your couch for ten hours just furthers the realization that mortality is fleeting, and come Monday when your coworkers ask what you did that past weekend, only the time spent glued to your couch wiping Cheeto laden fingers on your chest will come to mind. Sunday night shows are usually better than the rest of the week for a reason, there’s no shame in looking forward to seeing how the Stark family is doing on GoT.
Go on a date
I personally like to make Sunday nights a date night because then you’re actually forced to forget about the hours slowly slipping away, like sand through an hourglass. Instead you’re concentrating on the person in front of you or if all goes well, on top of you. Don’t schedule first dates on Sunday nights though, you’re not a martyr.
Home Improvement
What better time to finally do that thing you’ve been meaning to do for months but keep putting off because you’re a lazy, drunken, hungover slob? The only thing that makes you feel better about putting something off is actually getting it done, and you’ll go to bed feeling somewhat accomplished and ready to “tackle” the week.
Recognize it’s really not that bad
Monday’s make up 1/7 of our lives. You’ve done this before, you’ll do this again and you will soldier through it like the Captain America of corporate life. Think of your ancestors (who assumedly) immigrated here and sacrificed everything so you could lament having the choice of sitting on your ass watching Netflix all day instead of milking irritable goats or getting the consumption.
Drink heavily
This is always a fantastic fallback option. You wake up Sunday morning, not fully aware of what happened in the past few hours but from the dull, ceaseless pulsing in your ears are aware it didn’t end well. To keep the buzz going and avoid the inevitable hangover, you reach for hair of the dog. Hair of the dog turns into day drinking with your buddies. Day drinking turns into an early dinner made of carbohydrates smothered in a variety of cheeses. You fall asleep in the bosom of the weekend, cradled in the soft sands of freedom before the tide inches away, leaving you on the cold sandbar that is Monday. Plus, your coworkers won’t expect you to be hungover on a Monday, only an idiot could pull that off. Maybe they’ll think you’re truly sick and will be sent home. Problems solved!