6d • General discussion
Happy Monday - you absolute weapon.
If that Monday monster has his foot on your throat this morning, reading this post will help.
One of my favourite quotes, that I often think about is "we suffer more in our heads, than we do in reality" — Seneca. Hormozi says it too, but Seneca said it first — and it hits just as hard either way.
The amount of Mondays I have had where I feel like I'm starting over after a weekend of drinks, a ton of food and not so much sleep is alarming.
But I have come to realize that mindset really isn't helping me progress. In fact, it's crushing any sliver of hope I had to wake up feeling confident this morning.
But most of it was in my head. Actually — all of it was. Because the moment I got up, stopped thinking and started doing… the Goliath of issues my brain had conjured up, tumbled over in an instant.
Mondays are hard because we make them hard in our heads. We stress about the start of a new week — work, deadlines, the kids' events, who's cooking dinner, how on earth are you going to fit the gym in. But when we look back after Monday is over, we think: "that wasn't so bad."
We dread Mondays, but in reality they're just another day — full of opportunity.
When you spend Saturday and Sunday eating and drinking whatever you want because you needed it to decompress — then blink and it's Monday again and "somehow" you weren't ready for it. It's a cycle.
How do we break out of it?
Daily non-negotiable habits.
Contrary to popular belief, rules create freedom. Structure creates freedom.
When you have 2 or 3 things you do every single day — no matter what — Monday loses its power over you. It's just the day you do your habits. Same as Tuesday. Same as Saturday.
Mine are simple: move my body, get some water in before I look at my phone, and write down the one thing that has to get done today. That's it. Three things. Non-negotiable.
The weekend doesn't undo them. The late night doesn't cancel them. They're the anchor that stops Monday from feeling like a reset — because nothing actually reset. You just took a couple of days off.
You're not behind. You're not starting over. You just have to begin.
What's your non-negotiable habit that keeps you grounded on a Monday morning? Drop it in the comments — I want to steal the best ones.
Coach Jimmy
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Happy Monday - you absolute weapon.
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