To ask how you deal with the Sunday blues?

[karmacoma1]

Such a lovely weekend with dd for her first bday.

Now struggling to cope with the fact I have to go back to a job I don’t like and am not very good at tomorrow 😩

I am hunting for a new job... in the meantime, how does everyone else cope with the feeling of impending doom on a Sunday afternoon?

A job you like is the only cure.

I feel your pain , I've been there.

In the meantime, I recommend sticking your head in the sand until 10pm every Sunday and just trying to convince yourself that Monday is not looming.

I have work in about 4 hours. I feel your pain.

Been off for a few days Marie Kondoing and would rather stay home and guard my lovely folding.

I try and think of the good points. Get to watch CTM during my break. Yay!

Is the reason you don't like your job because you feel you can't do it?
What would make it easier for you to do? How can you make that happen?

Honestly? It sounds massively ungrateful but I look forward to work because it's a chance to not have my limpet dd (age 2) hanging off me I adore the bones of her but if we're both home she has to be in touching distance of me constantly as well as co-sleeping and waking through the night. Work is literally my only reprieve, she's been like this since birth and only when I went back to work did I realise how badly I needed the space.

Also helps to have a fairly mundane job that involves a task I quite like and doesn't require me to speak to anyone generally. Not amazingly paid but I get to zone out into an almost daydream like state. It's a bit like playing candy crush in terms of the satisfaction I get from it

So I suppose the answer is a new job...

Firstly, acknowledge the blues, realise they are way more common than you think (you are not alone!) plan little things to treat yourself to get through them!
I used to get them terribly, they would start Saturday night 😵 and is have panic about abandoning my son. I have no sensible advice apart from get a new job! I finally quit mine and it was like a weight had been lifted! Although oddly took several weeks to shake the blues! As they had obviously become routine! to you!

I work part time and Monday is my day off. It makes it much easier to face the week and I don't get Monday blues! By the time Tuesday comes around i can deal with it because I've eased in gently. OP do you work full time? If not could you switch your pattern to have Mondays off? It makes a disproportionate difference to me!

I make a point of having nice food and wine on a Sunday evening. And always evening, not Sunday lunch as that really does make the day fly by.

Thats why pubs are open on sundays

Thanks for your replies.

In short, my job was kind of misold to me, and guy that hired me left within weeks of me getting the job.

It’s full time - no chance of part time or even compressed hours (I’ve asked😞 )

My colleagues are nice - but I don’t really click with them- like we barely speak throughout the day . We gave nothing in common.

I could crack on with a job I didn’t like much if I really enjoyed my colleagues company - and without sounding David brentish - could have a laugh whilst working.

But no 😞