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How do you kick off your Mondays to start the week?
Do you do anything special or just treat it like every other day?
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@eivindhaa That's a really cool schedule! How long do you usually meditate for?
@richardfliu Thanks! I tend to meditate for 10 minutes a day. More than 10 minutes, I find it hard to retain the schedule over a longer period. What about your Mondays?
@eivindhaa Haha I usually just write up a trello board of my to dos for that week 😊 Don't have as vigorous of a schedule like everyone else has !
I open 7/8 new tab with my favorite design news website and take my coffee while learning and staying update :)
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@richardfliu here is my top website :
- https://www.blogduwebdesign.com/
- https://sidebar.io/ (this one is so cool)
- https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/
- https://designspartan.com/
- https://heydesigner.com/ (love this one so much, there is a newsletter available too)
- https://www.designernews.co/
- https://uxplanet.org/
+ Twitter and Instagram :)
Twitter is really nice if you follow the right people, while instagram is more random and decoratif.
Every friday, i have a list of phone calls ready to call on Monday and do that vigorously :) Whom to call? What to say? what problems do we solve and why we should be given a chance! Helps me understand customer pain points and their lingo. Find more customer segments and also keep refining my pitch each time
@nilova_pande Hi Nilova. Really interesting method! Do you schedule customer interviews for this type of calls?
@eivindhaa Yes Eivind, I use LinkedIn and Calendly for setting up these calls. Of course there are many other ways and tools!
This is a weirdly topical question for our launch today. We created a tool to help make sure you get your morning right (Autopilot). It's particularly important on Mondays since in the same way that the morning sets the tone for the day, the monday can set the tone for the week.
I resonate with people who said it starts on Sunday though. I like to do a goal setting and general week envisioning.
But also - my "mondays" often fall on thursdays, fridays, and tuesdays, because I use non-traditional 4 day long weeks, which I have found are better for productivity.
@the_esc That's a pretty cool non-traditional way of doing things. Good luck with the launch also, I gave it an upvote :)!
I start week on Sunday, so Monday becomes just a usual day. On Sundays, while everyone else are resting, you can put things in order and nobody bothers you. And Monday (which anyway is start day of working week) is less stressful.
My Monday day is similar to everyday. I am trying to train myself with daily habits. Sometimes, I takes off a little bit.
I do a weekly planning on Sunday night itself. Monday is a no big deal if can remove the concept of weekends from our mind.
There are days and we can take everyday as same and do our best. Did you know according to a Gallup Study 84% of people globally hate there jobs and mostly these are people who hate to start the Monday.
If starting a new week gives you pain its time to thing about your work and find something that is more exciting.
I totally love Mondays, its one of my favorite days, I just feel is a refresh of everything, I try to keep this positive mindset, I feel is crucial to stay motivated and full of the energy I need for the goals ahead!
I usually start checking out the priorities tasks on our common board.
Also a great cup of tea + me-time with nice music just before going to the office helps!
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A hyped-up team meeting. Getting everyone on the same page and tackling the weeks objectives and goals 🔥🔥🔥
Planing the tasks of the week + prepare emails + checking specific news on socials ;)
Hello @richardfliu. Like others have mentioned, I think that Sunday evening is critical for a great start of the week. Typically I wind down with a cup of tea and review the items that our team and myself personally are looking to work on and accomplish for the week. It helps to have that information in the back of your mind... sometimes I even dream about a solution that we're working on!
In terms of mindset, as @gd77 mentioned as part of the pattern of getting the most of a Monday, making Monday one of your favorite days can be huge. A lot of people think about Monday as a drag, or if you've ever seen Office Space "a case of the Moondays" 😂. Taking on any task with the intent of having fun and being productive will at least make it more enjoyable, if not also more productive. Mondays are no different.
Monday mornings, I'd try to do a brain dump in a journal. That could include what I've been feeling, interesting stuff that I came across or ideas that I thought of. The important thing is to not filter, not worry about sentence structure. Just let your writing instrument connect with whatever that is on your brain.
This helps in getting all the thoughts out of my head, onto a paper so that I have the headspace for things that move the needle for my product.
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