Take back your week!...
or, 62% of your life! "Monday to Friday.
" Does this simple sentence sound exciting? How is it that this three-word phrase has so often come to suggest or imply drudgery and routine? A schedule to be obeyed, and an inevitable weariness to once again be endured, ending perhaps with a TGIF gasp.
"The weekend.
" Ah! This has a much different ring and feel doesn't it? And occasionally a bonus treat, the "three-day-weekend!" Sweet! 62% of our lives are lived between Monday morning and Friday afternoon.
It seems a shame to feel that "Monday to Friday" is to be survived, with "the weekend" being our reward.
We'll often sigh, "man, I'm looking forward to the weekend!" but of course, seldom - "I can hardly wait for Monday!" Oh I know, millions work around the clock in jobs and shift work which completely ignore this 5 & 2 rhythm, but even these folk can feel this background tension.
How much fun do we have in our love-life Monday to Friday? Same old? Can you even remember last week? Take back your week! Here's a simple suggestion you may want to try to bring a bit of mischief and enjoyment into your Monday to Friday.
We've written elsewhere encouraging you to consider how much really decent "romance" you might import into your day, and have also suggested some clandestine ways you might enjoy an affair with your spouse.
This idea however, is a simple "wish list" for you to revel in, Monday to Friday, to bring some renewed life and enjoyment back into this 62% of your life.
Sometime Monday morning (or Sunday night if you're eager), email, text, tweet or Twitter this bit of homework to your spouse; (perhaps just copy & paste this to them!) "Sweetheart, please email back to me three things you'd just love for me to do for you between now and Friday supper time.
Please get your list to me by 3 p.
m.
today.
These can be matter-of-fact requests, outrageous sexual treats, practical gift ideas, or invitations for simple pleasures (a back massage, a walk, a Martini by the fire, etc).
I will get MY list to you by 3 p.
m.
as well.
Thanks for doing this! See ya!" Hit "send.
" Done.
Cool! Within a few hours, their secret wish list lands in your "in box," amidst all sorts of less exciting Monday emails.
(Don't forget to send them yours!) Now you just wait to see when and how your gifts might come to you, and look for opportunities to insert your gifts into your partner's "Monday to Friday" life.
Kinda like waiting for exciting mail! Try it! It works! And it sure brightens your Monday mornings taking a few moments to dream up and send off your secret missive to your spouse! This is not a licence to demand a certain privilege, but rather an opportunity to invite each other back into things we perhaps once did more often and easily together.
As well, this excites curiosity, and brings anticipation and a certain kind of mindfulness back into your relationship.
Good things.
Welcome things.
And sometimes some lovely surprises, as you will likely have no idea when or how these gifts might arrive.
Much successful loving is as simple as asking your partner what they want, and then going to get it for them.
"Here sweetheart.
I think you wanted this!" "Why...
thank you! How did you know? So thoughtful...
Wow! Thanks!" You could let another "Monday to Friday" slip by, and wonder why some things seem to remain so stale and unmemorable.
Or...
you could "copy and paste" the Monday Morning invitation above...
and enjoy a much more satisfying week! Carpe diem!
or, 62% of your life! "Monday to Friday.
" Does this simple sentence sound exciting? How is it that this three-word phrase has so often come to suggest or imply drudgery and routine? A schedule to be obeyed, and an inevitable weariness to once again be endured, ending perhaps with a TGIF gasp.
"The weekend.
" Ah! This has a much different ring and feel doesn't it? And occasionally a bonus treat, the "three-day-weekend!" Sweet! 62% of our lives are lived between Monday morning and Friday afternoon.
It seems a shame to feel that "Monday to Friday" is to be survived, with "the weekend" being our reward.
We'll often sigh, "man, I'm looking forward to the weekend!" but of course, seldom - "I can hardly wait for Monday!" Oh I know, millions work around the clock in jobs and shift work which completely ignore this 5 & 2 rhythm, but even these folk can feel this background tension.
How much fun do we have in our love-life Monday to Friday? Same old? Can you even remember last week? Take back your week! Here's a simple suggestion you may want to try to bring a bit of mischief and enjoyment into your Monday to Friday.
We've written elsewhere encouraging you to consider how much really decent "romance" you might import into your day, and have also suggested some clandestine ways you might enjoy an affair with your spouse.
This idea however, is a simple "wish list" for you to revel in, Monday to Friday, to bring some renewed life and enjoyment back into this 62% of your life.
Sometime Monday morning (or Sunday night if you're eager), email, text, tweet or Twitter this bit of homework to your spouse; (perhaps just copy & paste this to them!) "Sweetheart, please email back to me three things you'd just love for me to do for you between now and Friday supper time.
Please get your list to me by 3 p.
m.
today.
These can be matter-of-fact requests, outrageous sexual treats, practical gift ideas, or invitations for simple pleasures (a back massage, a walk, a Martini by the fire, etc).
I will get MY list to you by 3 p.
m.
as well.
Thanks for doing this! See ya!" Hit "send.
" Done.
Cool! Within a few hours, their secret wish list lands in your "in box," amidst all sorts of less exciting Monday emails.
(Don't forget to send them yours!) Now you just wait to see when and how your gifts might come to you, and look for opportunities to insert your gifts into your partner's "Monday to Friday" life.
Kinda like waiting for exciting mail! Try it! It works! And it sure brightens your Monday mornings taking a few moments to dream up and send off your secret missive to your spouse! This is not a licence to demand a certain privilege, but rather an opportunity to invite each other back into things we perhaps once did more often and easily together.
As well, this excites curiosity, and brings anticipation and a certain kind of mindfulness back into your relationship.
Good things.
Welcome things.
And sometimes some lovely surprises, as you will likely have no idea when or how these gifts might arrive.
Much successful loving is as simple as asking your partner what they want, and then going to get it for them.
"Here sweetheart.
I think you wanted this!" "Why...
thank you! How did you know? So thoughtful...
Wow! Thanks!" You could let another "Monday to Friday" slip by, and wonder why some things seem to remain so stale and unmemorable.
Or...
you could "copy and paste" the Monday Morning invitation above...
and enjoy a much more satisfying week! Carpe diem!
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