3 ways to avoid the Blue Monday and keep rocking your goals
Next week is the so-called “Blue Monday.” Since I learned that being prepared is the best way to succeed in life, then I decided to put together a little list that allowed me to be ready to tackle the depression of Blue Monday.
What is Blue Monday?
This is labeled as the “most depressive day” of the year. It is the Monday where most people suffer a mini (or big) depression episode, realizing that they have failed to meet their new year goals.
As I researched, Google also taught me that Blue Monday also refers to a depressing feeling on Mondays due to the realization of returning to work and to a routine.
I believe, and have found it helpful for me, that planning and knowing what my goals are and what the result will be, help me to silence these depressive thoughts and allow me to work with more energy and to have my creative time to write the music I want.
So let’s see those 3 ways we can avoid the Blue Monday madness and keep working towards our goals.
Realize that it takes time to get your goals
When we write down our goals, we are in bliss with the life that we will have when we meet them. It could be participating in a competition, or writing a large-scale work. It could be an audition, or getting something done in the classroom.
To avoid the deception that comes with the sense of failure, we must see what is our goal and what expectations we have set for ourselves.
Many people set a fitness goal that they want to meet as soon as possible, especially after the holiday eating. But when we are desperate for the result, without paying attention to the journey, we hit a wall and feel like we’ve failed.
Make sure to set goals that are not so far away but just far enough that they push you and challenge you to grow.
Create a plan with small goals
Once you have created a big plan or goal, create smaller steps that allow you to get closer to your results. That will help you to not feel overwhelmed and to be more organized.
When I find that my goal has little steps to feel that I am moving forward, I feel capable of reaching more than I believed I could. The big task becomes just the end goal, but I pay more attention to the steps to get there and to be present.
I also get to celebrate the small accomplishments I get on the way and gain energy from them to keep me going.
Plan exactly what you need to do
Not knowing what your tasks are and what you want to accomplish is what makes you feel lost. I know that because I have felt it many times during my career in the arts. I sit around and try to come up with what I want to do, making me feel that my life has nowhere to go or that everybody else is doing better than I am.
That’s not good.
I hate it when that happens to me: Waking up with no goal or reason to be up. I feel I want to stay in bed and watch TV.
As wonderful as it sounds, that does not allow me to reach my goals.
When I plan beforehand, I create the roadmap of what I need to do to be useful. I feel I have a clear path that I need to follow.
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