Still got the " Aw Crap , I have to go to work Monday" feeling

[Lakewood90712]

First retired weekend , so I know this will pass , soon I hope .

Over the working years , 41 of them total, (excluding a kids paper route) at some jobs, I actually looked forward to the start of the workweek. The last 12 were high pay, high stress, and low satisfaction.

 

[Mo Money]

I call it the Wonderful World of Disney Syndrome. When I was a kid, got it every Sunday night when that program came on: Oh darn, school tomorrow. It carried on into my full-time-job adulthood.

Lakewood, I will not be in your shoes for about 6-10 months, so I envy your struggle and look forward to thinking: "This will go away soon, cause, hey: I'm retired."

 

[steelyman]

I think that syndrome may fade away soon. I didn't mind going to work on Mondays, but I didn't enjoy not being able to sleep in (now, I automatically get up way earlier than before!).

Sometimes now, I do forget what day of the week it is, but I remember real fast when I see a store on weekends.

What I really didn't like was work travel and all that it entails. I'd generally be gone for at least a week at a time; I have no idea how the real warriors handle it.

 

[W2R]

First retired weekend , so I know this will pass , soon I hope .

Over the working years , 41 of them total, (excluding a kids paper route) at some jobs, I actually looked forward to the start of the workweek. The last 12 were high pay, high stress, and low satisfaction.

Surely this feeling will pass soon.

I have been retired nearly five years by now, and I don't remember how long it took for that feeling to disappear, but it did. Now, Sundays are more like, "Nothing is open, nothing is on TV, and I have no obligations, so today I have oceans of time for whatever leisure activity I wanted a little more of, this week..."

 

[Nodak]

It took about a month for me to shake that feeling

 

[MichaelB]

Not only will it pass, it'll get better. I can't wait for Monday. All the people are back to work, we can get out of the house, go out to the cinema or a restaurant and not have any crowds to fight. The supermarkets have lots of space and by Tuesday they are well stocked again.

Rush hour is a bit of a hassle but for the most part I only see it in the morning when I'm out walking .. and looking at the faces of stressed drivers.

 

[Walt34]

Not only will it pass, it'll get better. I can't wait for Monday. All the people are back to work, we can get out of the house, go out to the cinema or a restaurant and not have any crowds to fight. The supermarkets have lots of space and by Tuesday they are well stocked again.

That's what happens here too. Afternoon traffic starts to get bad in some places by 3:30 but it's all done by 6:30.

And for a lot of locations there's a "back road" way that might be longer distance but shorter time.

 

[Cassie]

Not only will it pass, it'll get better. I can't wait for Monday. All the people are back to work, we can get out of the house, go out to the cinema or a restaurant and not have any crowds to fight. The supermarkets have lots of space and by Tuesday they are well stocked again.

Rush hour is a bit of a hassle but for the most part I only see it in the morning when I'm out walking .. and looking at the faces of stressed drivers.

I so agree with this, loving Mondays and the week days now and don' look forward to the weekends as much anymore. Where as when working it was the other way around. yay!

 

[MuirWannabe]

As a still working stiff, I hate this discussion. Every time I see another one of these threads celebrating how Sunday nights are so great I can hardly stand it. I feel like y'all are rubbing it in.

Can't wait to join the other side when I too can join the chorus and rub it in with the best of them. I think losing the Sunday night upcoming work blues will be one of the nicer joys of retirement. Especially since in my IT leadership position Sundays are always a big change window for us. The added stress on Sundays hoping all goes okay but worrying that it will not is not real fun.

Muir


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[Rustic23]

Never had it! In fact it was like Woooopeeeee, I think I will get my cup of coffee and watch the neighbors go to work tomorrow!

 

[Ronstar]

I used to have the Aw Crap feelings on Monday mornings. Now I have to be reminded on Monday mornings to take the garbage out, because I have a hard time remembering what day it is.

 

[REWahoo]

Now I have to be reminded on Monday mornings to take the garbage out, because I have a hard time remembering what day it is.

You need one of these:

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

Ah...I have only 15 more of the 'hateful Sundays' before I join the rest of the Sunday lovers!

That makes it much more bearable.

Sent From My Motorola Startac. Please excuse grammatical errors.

 

[steelyman]

You resign from Sunday Hater status and join the Monday Enjoyers.

 

[Senator]

OK you folks, don't rub it in. I have that feeling right now.... And I have work in the morning.

It it was fun, they wouldn't call it work, they would call it fun.

 

[chris66]

Yeah, I had this weird feeling for about 6 weeks. We retired in March. We're immersed in a total home remodel on our retirement home. I'm not sure if this made the feeling last longer or shorter. I just know, for a while, I still felt like a weekend warrior, and now I'm finally starting to take to heart that I don't have to rush to get things done (at least somewhat -- I'm a bit driven by nature). Like others, I now loving shopping on weekdays. I haven't fallen into a new rhythm yet, as the remodel won't be finished until sometime this fall or winter. Also love: if I've overdone it -- I can take a nap or sleep in. It's really OK This is good, since I'm also getting in touch with the reality that I'm not in my 20's anymore!

 

[heeyy_joe]

Monday Monday, can't trust that day...

 

[jwkde]

I love Mondays. Get all those people who work out of our way. Stores, roads, restaurants, and golf courses are empty.

 

[Tailgate]

wow.. is today Monday?

 

[footenote]

I think losing the Sunday night upcoming work blues will be one of the nicer joys of retirement. Especially since in my IT leadership position Sundays are always a big change window for us. The added stress on Sundays hoping all goes okay but worrying that it will not is not real fun.

One of my biggest ER joys is not traveling for work. I only travelled one week per month (plus the occasional other trip thrown in), but I hated it. And I especially hated trips that required leaving mid-day Sunday to be at the destination first-thing Monday morning - those Sundays were even worse than the usual Sunday-night-blues.

For those eagerly anticipating stress-free Sundays and sleep-in Mondays... it's as awesome as you hope it will be!

 

[Sue J]

You need one of these:

My retired DH picked up one of these at a thrift store. He didn't know what it was until I told him it was a retirement clock.

 

[robnplunder]

Monday Monday, can't trust that day...

They call it stormy Monday
Tuesday's just as bad
Wednesday's worse
Thursday, oh so sad, yeah
Yeah, that eagle flies on Friday, an' Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, I do get on my knees an' pray

 

[Teacher Terry]

It took a few months for it to go away. In fact anytime I went out during work hours I felt like I was doing something I should not be doing. It was a weird feeling.

 

[Redbugdave]

Not only will it pass, it'll get better. I can't wait for Monday. All the people are back to work, we can get out of the house, go out to the cinema or a restaurant and not have any crowds to fight. The supermarkets have lots of space and by Tuesday they are well stocked again.

Rush hour is a bit of a hassle but for the most part I only see it in the morning when I'm out walking .. and looking at the faces of stressed drivers.

You hit the nail on the head! Mondays are great! The mail runs, stores are empty, and the busy bees are back at work. And once summer is over, the little vandals will be back in school, too!

 

[Options]

OK you folks, don't rub it in. I have that feeling right now.... And I have work in the morning.

It it was fun, they wouldn't call it work, they would call it fun.

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