Why do Sunday nights cause so much anxiety about Monday?
Sunday evening dread keeps people awake because the anticipation of returning to an exhausting work week creates severe anxiety all weekend long. This overwhelming feeling prevents people from getting proper rest and enjoying their free time before Monday arrives.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1focusing only on the parts of the industry you love and hiring out the restDid this help you?
- 2working with a spouse who subsidizes the businessDid this help you?
- 3transitioning to freelancing or consulting in fields you personally enjoyDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I had a job where I would wake up in the morning and think about how many more days I have until the weekend. I would sit and think about how many hours I am going to have to survive through.”source ↗
Where this came up
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