My Analysis of the Week
In my world the week starts on Monday.
Monday — Monday is a fine day. I’m fresh from the weekend. Even bad weekends make me fresh for Monday. When I start work on Monday, I often have plenty of fluff to plow through. That is, I can ease into the week by burning through emails, especially easy ones. If you are like me, you expect Mondays to be bad which doesn’t make them bad at all. In this way I accidentally manage my own expectations. I almost always expect Mondays to be terrible but when I actually experience Monday, it isn’t nearly that bad. Monday ain’t so bad.
Tuesday — What a nasty day! I never expect Tuesday to suck me into the pit, but it does. First of all, Tuesday is still very near the start of the week. It is the Monday I expected but it is a day later. Also, any work pushed from Monday piles up on Tuesday. For me, Tuesday is all about work and plowing through stacks of stuff. People around me expect stuff done on Tuesdays.
Wednesday — This is the middle of the week, obviously. Wednesdays go by quickly; I get a lot done; they are bland. If I want to really think about something, or if I want to socialize during the week with colleagues (not friends) then Wednesday is the day. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Goodbye Wednesday.
Thursday — Like Tuesday, Thursday is a working day. Many people are getting ready for the weekend. The Friday Hype begins. People around me start to itch and grasp for the Weekend. On Thursdays I expect to have 1,000,000 meetings. I expect phone calls. Thursdays are better than Tuesdays — certainly — but they are still kind of rough most of the time. Tuesaday and Thursday; TNT.
Friday — Friday is normally a good day, but it is a false weekend day. Most folks work on Friday. So, it isn’t that Friday the day is great, it is that Friday the night is great. Most people lose sight of that. They think they like FriDAY but what they really like is FriNIGHT. Interestingly, since most people are busy thinking about the FriNIGHT and the weekend, I get a lot of work done. I can play my cards so that other folks leave me alone and I can kick booty. It is amazing how much you can get done on a FriAFTERNOON or FriNIGHT.
Saturday — The weekend has arrived for real. The entire day is mine, unless I choose otherwise. This isn’t always true, but generally Saturday is mine. Like most slugs, I often plan to have fun. My trick is having mild FriNIGHTS so that I am ready to blast off on Saturday. I’m ready. Saturday is mine.
Sunday — Although Monday is coming soon, Sunday can be a good day. In many ways, Sunday is like a weekday because you have to get prepared for the week. That’s fine. I generally prepare by being mildly social (family and friends, but not really colleagues). I also make sure that I eat good food on Sunday. I’m not entirely sure why I do this, but I try very hard to have yummy food.
(I’ll openly admit that this posting is an experiment. It is long and personal. It has little to do with usability. However, it was on my mind and I wanted to share. Enjoy it; ignore it. Share your thoughts, if you please.)