Now, various terms like "Monday Syndrome," "Tuesday Resignation Syndrome," "Wednesday Excitement Syndrome," "Thursday Fatigue Syndrome," and "Friday Elation Syndrome" are popular on the internet. In the American comedy film *Nine to Five*, there is a similar scene: three white-collar workers become lethargic every Monday and need to go to a café for coffee to perk up. The bartender always greets them with, "Got the Monday syndrome again?" As one enters the workplace, this scene from the movie becomes more relevant than ever. For professionals, each person's psychological cycle, work rhythm, and physiological indicators vary slightly throughout the week. This week’s theme plan will guide you through a weekly situation survey to help you find your own "work rhythm."
**Keywords: Seven-day rhythm**
According to the UK's *Financial Times*, Canadian psychologist and McGill University professor Debbie Moskowitz conducted an interesting study where she mapped out a weekly work rhythm based on people's behavioral patterns throughout the week. She believes that a person's week follows a certain regularity. From Monday to Friday, the work rhythm varies significantly; during the first half of the week, people are energetic, with more aggressive attitudes and behaviors. During the second half of the week, energy levels gradually decrease, but people also become more accommodating.
This result indirectly validates the widely circulated concept in the medical field known as the "seven-day rhythm." Over 6,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians had a theory called the "seven-day divine power," which suggested that life processes (including disease symptoms) follow a seven-day repetitive cycle. Medical science has fully proven this pattern. In *Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders*, Zhang Zhongjing said, "If a sun disease causes headaches and resolves by the seventh day, it is because the pathogen has run its course." Most doctors believe that within a week-long physiological cycle, the efficiency of human tissue function undergoes significant changes, affecting both physical strength and intellectual capacity. Generally speaking, abilities are at their lowest on Monday, characterized by poor mental state, low mood, lack of motivation, and restlessness. These gradually improve, leading to high spirits, optimism, quick thinking, and agility, only to decline again by the next Monday.
**Monday – Non-essential Disturbances Unwelcome**
A recent survey conducted by 51job targeting white-collar workers revealed that 42% of professionals do not wish to be disturbed on Mondays. If you visit clients or seek a meeting with your boss at this time, you're likely to face resistance, as everyone is dealing with the backlog of work accumulated over the weekend. No one will have the patience to listen to your plans or proposals. Especially on Monday mornings, your client might be upset due to a "Black Monday" in the stock market opening, and your presence could only make things worse.
As the start of the workweek, some say Monday is a double "transition period" for both mind and body. After the weekend, the body's biological clock often hasn't adjusted yet, switching abruptly from a relaxed state to work mode can leave one feeling overwhelmed with tasks that seem endless, yet prone to mistakes. Accompanied by fatigue, dizziness, body aches, and difficulty concentrating—the so-called "Monday Syndrome"—the start of the workweek can be quite troublesome. It is reported that on Mondays, there are more instances of tardiness, more visits to the doctor, and more reports of fatigue...