Four ways to help you hate mondays a little bit less

I used to experience this sickly, low, unshakeable mood around 4 or 5 pm every Sunday. I couldn't get rid of it. A movie could soothe it a little, so could a big order of pad Thai or a pepperoni pizza. But it became the predictable low point of my week - and I dreaded it.

It's OK if you feel this way too - even people who are obsessed with their career don't always bounce out of bed on a Monday morning. These days, I work for myself, so Mondays feel like any other day ... and I've come to realize that they are. No matter who you are or what you do.

We so unfairly associate Mondays with misery that we've come to resent and fear them - just because everybody else does. But there's another way! Because life is way too important to waste hours on a Sunday (and devote at least half of your Monday to being in pain).