How to Start your Week Positively

There are several reasons why these fears set in, for example; research shows spending the entire weekend stuck inside looking at screens isn’t good for your overall health most especially for your anxiety, plus having alcohol and drug use can also lead to plummeting mood levels when Monday comes.
However, for most people, this anxiety comes from thinking about the work left behind from Friday. The work and emails we have to get through can cause anxiety, but working through the weekend isn’t an answer either and might cause more harm to your mental health.
If you are someone who suffers through these anxieties, here are a few things you can do to cope.

• Having events planned for the week.
Probably the biggest reason for feeling anxious is the dread that sets in when we think about the work that’s ahead of us in the coming week.
But having events planned for the week can help you look forward to the week. Creating a new routine on Sunday can help you plan for leisure time where you can meet with friends and have time to relax.

• Try to finish your tasks on time.
Finishing your tasks earlier helps to reduce your anxiety levels before the start of the new week instead of leaving it until Monday morning, which can have several effects on you such as loss of sleep and increased anxiety throughout the weekend.

• Write down what you feel.
When feelings of anxiousness set in, take a few minutes and jot down your deepest thoughts and feelings. This simple exercise can help you figure out what causes your anxiety and help you address them.
If you find it hard writing your emotions try and imagine that you are writing to a friend or family, this helps to ease the pressure and help you better understand your feelings and why you are feeling that way. You can also try recording yourself if writing seems impossible.

There are many reasons why people suffer from anxieties, and while some of these factors are constant most vary from person to person and some are a bit difficult to address. But regardless of the reasons for our anxieties, research shows that we tend to over exaggerate our anxieties in our head and the fears tend to be unfounded.

The weekend is often the time to catch up on lost sleep and catch up with friends. But for many of us, this ends by Sunday afternoon when the feeling of dread and anxiety sets in as fear for the start of the new week.

There are several reasons why these fears set in, for example; research shows spending the entire weekend stuck inside looking at screens isn’t good for your overall health most especially for your anxiety, plus having alcohol and drug use can also lead to plummeting mood levels when Monday comes.

However, for most people, this anxiety comes from thinking about the work left behind from Friday. The work and emails we have to get through can cause anxiety, but working through the weekend isn’t an answer either and might cause more harm to your mental health.

If you are someone who suffers through these anxieties, here are a few things you can do to cope.

• Having events planned for the week.

Probably the biggest reason for feeling anxious is the dread that sets in when we think about the work that’s ahead of us in the coming week.

But having events planned for the week can help you look forward to the week. Creating a new routine on Sunday can help you plan for leisure time where you can meet with friends and have time to relax.

• Try to finish your tasks on time.

Finishing your tasks earlier helps to reduce your anxiety levels before the start of the new week instead of leaving it until Monday morning, which can have several effects on you such as loss of sleep and increased anxiety throughout the weekend.

• Write down what you feel.

When feelings of anxiousness set in, take a few minutes and jot down your deepest thoughts and feelings. This simple exercise can help you figure out what causes your anxiety and help you address them.

If you find it hard writing your emotions try and imagine that you are writing to a friend or family, this helps to ease the pressure and help you better understand your feelings and why you are feeling that way. You can also try recording yourself if writing seems impossible.

There are many reasons why people suffer from anxieties, and while some of these factors are constant most vary from person to person and some are a bit difficult to address. But regardless of the reasons for our anxieties, research shows that we tend to over exaggerate our anxieties in our head and the fears tend to be unfounded.