Help to beat that (Blue) Monday feeling
Carolyn Parry
Award-Winning Career Coach helping unfulfilled achievers turn workplace barriers into inspiring breakthroughs so they can fly again | TEDx Speaker | Podcaster & Author of 'Change Your Story'??
In anticipation of (Blue) Monday, here are five ways I have found that help me and my clients feel better about their careers and life. I hope they help you to feel better today too...
?? Be kind to yourself.
You are still learning and growing. Not every day will be good, but there are good moments in every day. Look for those.
??Recognize you are good enough.
Stop measuring your progress against the shiny posts on social media and instead choose to feel good in your own skin first.
??Keep a consistent attitude of gratitude.
You will develop a greater sense of happiness through appreciating the small things in life - a steaming cup of tea, a beautiful view, or a smile from a colleague or friend. The dopamine hit you get from recognizing it will brighten your day and your mood.
??It's only Blue Monday if you think it is.
Remember today is just another day. We don't have to buy in collectively to feeling blue because it says so on the media or because a psychologist created an equation and coined the phrase in 2005 so that travel company Sky Travel could sell more holidays!
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Instead, why not take a 30-minute holiday from your desk or your phone and just breathe or have a power nap? It will make all the difference to how you feel.
????You have the power to change your life.
If what you are doing currently doesn't feel right, you can always change direction - you are not a tree that is rooted to a specific location.
??????If you need to change direction then why not start here with a free download of my INSPiRED Career and Life Planner taken from my new book 'Change Your Story'.
Keep looking for the joy in life and you will find it.
Happy Blue Monday!
Best wishes
Carolyn
PS Sometimes a chat with someone who can help you see a better way forward is the best option. Why not book a call for a free evening discovery call with me to find out how career coaching can help you create a working life you love?
Career professional on a mission to help her research community manage their careers with curiosity, clarity, and confidence | Fellow Career Development Institute | Mentor | Facilitator | Podcaster | Adventurer
1 年I love your point about not needing to give in to the media's doom and gloom narrative for "Blue Monday". I don't find January an easy month for my mood (I just want the signs of Spring to arrive) - but it's in my gift to decide how I show up at work. In this spirit, I deliberately planned a schedule for Monday 15 January that is packed with three things I love about my job. An in person careers workshop, a meeting with my mentee, and a strategic planning meeting. Bring on 'Blue Monday' ??.
Holistic Career Coach ? International Speaker ? Career & Wellness Trainer ? Webinar & Workshop Facilitator ? Linkedin Pro ? Former CCC President ? Mindfulness & Well-being Advocate
1 年First, I love the photo with the saying "mug of positivitea". Next, so much of what you list here Carolyn Parry RCDP, FHEA, FRSA, resonates so strongly with me - kindness to yourself, practicing gratitude, reminding yourself that you are enough. A fellow career coaching colleague, Philip Wilkerson III, M.Ed introduced me to the 5 minute journal and it focuses not just on gratitude but also what will make your day great, setting a daily affirmation and doing highlights at the end of the day. It's a great way to be kind to yourself and to recognize you did enough. Lastly, how exciting that you have a new book coming out! That is incredible. Congratulations!!
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1 年It's great that you're guiding people to looking after their mental health every single day. But is Blue Monday really the most depressing day of the year, as it’s often called, or is the label just a misguided PR stunt? The concept was originally coined in 2004 by psychologist Cliff Arnall. He came up with a “formula” for the January blues after he was asked to do so by a prominent travel firm, who then used the phrase in a press release to promote their winter deals. Arnall has since confessed that the formula is essentially pseudoscience and has urged people to “refute the whole notion” of Blue Monday.