After a fabulous 3-day weekend away from the stresses of work, I found myself having the "Sunday Night Syndrome" this past Monday, the evening of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. I was determined to avoid the syndrome, but still it came. Then, I noticed my children also succumbing to the syndrome. "Dad, I don't want to go to school tomorrow. Why do we have to go so many days?" they asked. I wondered if other parents and students were going through the same thing.
The question arises, "Why do we get that foreboding feeling every Sunday night?" Is it the change of pace? Is it the relaxed atmosphere we create on weekends that is so hard for us to let go? Is it the fact we can begin to decompress and release our weekly stressors? Is it the fact that we feel a loss of freedom when our work week starts?
I am sure all of those play a role. Regardless of the reason, I think the end goal is to enjoy our jobs so much that we become oblivious to the Sunday Night Syndrome and it ceases to exist in our lives. The phrase, "making it work" comes to mind in this situation. One of the greatest skills anyone can have is to make the most of their life situations and find the joy in the most seemingly mundane things.
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