Monday blues
Start-of-week malaise
Monday blues is a feeling of low energy, reluctance, or mild depression at the start of the workweek.
The phrase captures the letdown of returning to work or school after weekend freedom: I've got a serious case of the Monday blues.
The condition is universal enough to be a cultural cliché.
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- back to workResuming one's occupation
- SundayFirst or seventh day
- workEffort toward a goal
- office jobIndoor professional employment
alarm · hit snooze · fatigue · sluggish · commute · cubicle · grind · melancholy · unmotivated · tired · coffee · snooze · five more minutes · weekend · hangover · gloom · dragging · dragging feet
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- workweekTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, weekday
- Office SatireDilbert, Office Space, The Office, Silicon Valley, buzzword bingo
- Work Fearsjob anxiety, meeting anxiety, performance anxiety, workplace stress, career anxiety
- weekTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
work-related emotional state
Monday bluesjob satisfaction
Contentment with one's employment
motivation · eagerness · flow state · workaholism · work-life balance
Monday, blues, Mondays, blue, bluer, bluest, bluish, blueness