30.5.10

Affirmations for Monday Blues

When I was younger, I used to buy and read a lot of self improvement books and one of them is a book on affirmations. According to wikipedia, Affirmation is a declaration that something is true.  Some self help books authors like the late Norman Vincent Peale suggests affirming biblical verses like Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." daily to overcome fear.


Affirmations can be used for all occasions and I thought it might help to overcome Monday blues too. I guess maybe we can repeat statements to ourselves like :-

- I am doing well and getting better in my work/project daily
- I derived satisfaction from my work and I enjoy my tasks/projects
- I will improved and become a better engineer/doctor/accountant/manager ..etc as times goes by.
- I love work, it makes me alive
- etc.


And if we are facing some pressing issues in work which could likely demotivate us on a Monday morning, we can repeat verses like -

- I will be able to solve/rectify this issue this week, I can do it and everything will return back to normal
- Everything will be allright with the project and unlike last week, I can see good results this week
- There's always a solutions to everything and I will look forward to a great weekend ahead, when all problems are solved
-etc


I guess it will be a great way to start a monday morning with a good night sleep, a refreshing cup of good coffee and  positive affirmations on work before starting our new work week. Then, go through our to do list and enjoy the challenge!

13 comments:

  1. Very refreshing quote indeed.. keep it up!

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  2. May you have a nice week ahead too

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  3. yes true...but sometimes just going thru the motions is good too. without too much thoughts....wishing u a fabulous week ahead..:)

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  4. Had trouble getting back into routine today.. thanx for ur quote :D

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  5. wah...nice quote and nice coffee too...i am back from bali liow.

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  6. Me= Freelance, not affected by Monday Blues. LOL...

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  7. reanaclaire - i thought this will helps... and it did indeed reduce some of my blues...

    smallkucing , somewhere.. - :)

    manglish - yeah, it depends if you really need some motivations else go just thru life as usual

    Merryn - Glad it helps u a bit

    vialentino - guess u r fresh after returning from a great vacation. Have a great week ahead!

    cleffairy - lucky u!! :)

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  8. Hi Chris, good for you, nothing like improving oneself....
    Aim for the stars.....Lee.

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  9. Uncle Lee - well, just trying to self motivate to go thru the daily challenges in work..haha

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  10. yeah...fresh from a trip but now tired liow after 1 week back into office...

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  11. Yes, I believe in positive affirmations! : )

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  12. Thank you for providing such valuable information.

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