Making Mondays Less Manic

Can Bare Minimum Mondays change the way we feel about the first day of the week? Here’s how to flip the week around

- Tanisha Saxena

An overflowing inbox. Back-to-back meetings. A never-ending to-do list. There’s a reason we hate Mondays. Apart from signalling the start of the work week, it means getting down to the grind (again) and tackling the long list of pending tasks. A 2021 poll by YouGov, an international online research data and analytics technology group, found that Monday was the most hated day of the week for 58% of Americans. For us in India too.

That’s where Bare Minimum Mondays come in. Popularised by TikToker Marissa Jo Mayes, the idea is to do less, not more, on a Monday. It helps avoid burnout and helps maintain consistent performance through the week.