Monday Motivator

Mondays are always tough. You roll out of bed, not at all ready for what is to come. If you’re like me, you grab a cup of coffee; then another. You go through the motions of a morning routine, all of it rushing headlong into a day at work. Once you’re there, you attack the pile of things that you know must be done before Friday ends. Eight hours pass. You go home, content that another Monday is done.

All that negativity brings me around to what I hope to accomplish this morning. My intention is to self-medicate. Since there are no hard drugs around, I figured that a little reminder of something good would be a great way to start my morning:

My wife is the best wife a man could have. You could say that all this writing stuff is almost the equivalent of a very early mid-life crisis. My priorities have changed. I’m spending a significant portion of every day on writing and blogging and developing those abilities.

It is not without a cost for both me and my family. Even as I endeavour to do it after the rest of the family goes to bed, I can see it start to creep into other time slots.

My wife has always been supportive of whatever I’m “on about.” If she thinks I’m crazy, she’s done a fantastic job of not letting me in on it. She supports me, encourages me, and generally makes me feel like I’m better than I actually am. Wait. Rewrite: she genuinely makes me better than I actually am. She makes space for me to do things I think are important. She gets on board and makes them important to her, too.

So, this Monday morning, as I dive into cup number 3 and 4 (and 5 if there’s still any in the coffee pot,) I’m going to stop and remind myself of just how blessed a guy I am.

Rebecca, thank you. I love you.

The rest of you, have a good Monday.