Have a Chirpy Morning!

It's Monday morning.

Again. 

The weekend had come and gone, just a little too quickly. The alarm blares at you and you wished you could tap on the snooze button just one more time but you had already had your entire snooze ritual come and gone, dues has been paid for the "I promise, it's the final 5 minutes on top of the usual snooze ritual I have, and I will pay it back by skipping my primer step in my makeup regime, and go straight to foundation", and you had better get your lazy ass out of bed before you run late for work.

You trudge reluctantly to the bathroom and get showered and dressed, and then on your commute to work, you check into Facebook, only to see an entire wall bemoaning Monday Blues, and you wonder is there any other thing on earth that would make people so united in a single opinion at a single time. 

Wouldn't it be nice if you woke up feeling chirpy on a Monday morning? Wouldn't it be motivating to see people around you smiling for no apparent reason, and that makes your morning so much better that you can't help but smile as well, which in turns brings happiness to a whole other lot of people? Am I being delusional for even thinking of the possibility of that ever happening? 

People, it's time for a change.

Some Monday mornings, I find myself literally skipping off to work and smiling to myself in the train. How'd I do it? 

Here's my guide on How to be Chirpy on a Monday Morning:

1. Prepare your stuff the night before. Do a final check on your to-do list, make sure all your necessary stuff is in your bag so you don't have to grab them in a hurry the next morning, and hang out the outfit you intend wear the next day.

2. I used to wake up to the default iPhone alarm ringtone, which goes something like: "BLARE!! BLARE!! BLARE!!" My suggestion? Invest in a sleeping/alarm app which provides nice ringtones or allow you to pick your own, better if it features a gradual increase in volume. You might want to choose a soothing melody or a nature ringtone, such as chirping birds or pattering of rain. As for me, I picked Cloud Atlas' Sextet. It really gives a soothing feeling as it gently wakes me up every morning. 

3. Wake up feeling thankful you're awake. Some people go to bed and never wake up. Ever.

4. Be thankful you have a job to go to. When I was jobless, I used to wake up on a Monday morning thinking, "I wished I had a job to wake up to." 

5. Listen to your favorite music on your commute to work. Nothing like nice music to brighten your your day.

6. Think of good and happy stuff. For example, I think of how awesome today is gonna be because of my awesomeness and my hard work and perseverance and productivity. I also think of how much I love my boyfriend and how much he loves me and how lucky we are to be together.

7. Do some light reading on your way to work. Think articles, Facebook shares (not the gossipy kind), or even a bible verse, if that's your thing. It's always nice to have your brain slightly worked up by inputting stuff into it so that by the time you arrive at the office, your brain is activated ready to go.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will finally wake up to chirpy Monday mornings.