The hardest work is the most suitable for the week?

Every week, my mood is like a roller coaster in a cycle -Monday is often dull, and it is happy on Friday. Research also proves this. Human emotions will fluctuate with seven days. Among them, Monday's emotions are the most negative, and Saturday's emotions are the most positive.

The problem comes. If you want to arrange an important and difficult task next week, you need to arrange the time to complete it. Will you choose to arrange on Monday and Tuesday, or Wednesday and Friday?

In a US research, researchers continuously measured the emotional level of 179 college students, and found that their emotional average level showed regular fluctuations, and the changing cycle was just one week. Emotional

The best Saturday, of course, can't arrange work, is it Friday? In addition to the mood roller coaster, there are some other little mysteries in the week. If you understand these mysteries, maybe you can do more with less!

01

Monday is painful,

But it can also be a golden day

Whether it is a student who returns to school or the employee, it is always unpleasant to leave from the weekend leisure time. After all, people instinctively evade stress and pursue happiness, but in fact, the painful Monday can make people very advanced.

A survey from Robert Half, an international human resources company, found [3]. 56%believe that at the beginning of the week, there was more work productivity (such as Monday Tuesday). 29%of the respondents thought that Monday It is the day when the work is the highest, so although the mood is not good on Monday, it is often more concentrated. According to one day, nearly three -quarters of respondents believe that they have done the most before lunch.

Why do we have better job performance at the beginning of a week or one day? It may be because "Fresh Start Effect".

Every Monday is a new start, I have the opportunity to re -people ｜ Giphy

People will always pin their hopes to the new beginning, such as setting the goals of the next year in the new year, and writing the work plan of the ocean in the early quarter. Start a new struggle with a positive attitude.

The good start is half of success. If you like the feeling of "being a person again", you may wish to make good use of the starting effect. With the freshness of this stock, you can make a piece of time every Monday. With new expectations.

Compared with other days, Monday's emotions are more likely to affect the motivation to work and study.

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A study [5] surveyed the weekly emotions and academic motivation of college students, and found that the good mood of Monday can bring higher academic motivation, and Monday's bad emotions are more likely to make people criticize themselves.

Especially for perfectionists with high self -requirements, if they think that learning tasks are heavy and stressful, and lack of self -motivation, returning to school on Monday will feel more negative. In contrast, when I think that my learning goals are interesting and meaningful, Monday is more positive and pleasant.

Returning to school and working sometimes makes people feel funeral, but if you can arrange some small things that make yourself happy, tell yourself that "it doesn't matter, it is already good to start", reduce perfectionism, and find the meaning of learning and work. It can help you spend Monday more smoothly, mention positive emotions, and give a good start for a week.

In addition to Monday and Tuesday, it is also the first half of the week, and it is also an efficient day. Some investigations have even found that on Tuesday more productive than Monday. This may be because it took more time to arrange plans on Monday, and let the body and mind start to adapt to the working week, and it can maintain or even improve work efficiency on Tuesday.

So, if you want to arrange some important or difficult tasks, you can try to put it on Monday and Tuesday.

For managers, it is best not to pull the employees to meet on Monday morning -this is the precious and efficient time of employees. It is a pity to meet for a meeting.

02

Unclear Wednesday and Thursday

And the rotten Friday

The painful Monday and the pleasant Friday are always impressed by people, and the rest of the days are often chaotic. If you ask you on Wednesday, "What is the week?", You have a probability of thinking more, even if you accidentally say on Tuesday or Thursday.

A British study found that [6] is more likely to remember the work day in the middle of the week. During the experiment, the judgment of the subject's judgment on Midway (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) was more prone to errors than other days. Even if the judgment was correct, it took more time to think about it. Among them, the most reaction time for the judgment on Wednesday was Monday and Friday More than twice.

The study also found that the semantic associations of "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Thursday" are less than other working days. The level of emotional arouses is relatively similar, and even the number of search engines appears less.

The reason why the days in the week are easily confused because people's inner impression is more bland and similar. The reason why Monday and Friday remembers clearer, because they have richer and unique meaning, giving people more extreme feelings Essence

In English, Wednesday is called "Hump Day", because Wednesday is like a hump, it is the middle stage of working days. After the hump day, everyone begins to rot.

A work management app "RedBooth" found the application data statistics in 2017 [2]. Starting from Wednesday, the work completion has gradually declined. , I wondered what to play on the weekend on Friday. The heart of Friday has flew away | References [2]

Therefore, important things can be rowed forward. After all, it is unclear on Wednesday, and on Friday, it has long flew until the weekend.

03

Is it really so painful on Monday?

Try emotional tracking

It's really so painful on Monday, is it really so happy on Friday? Perhaps there are subjective exaggeration.

Research from the University of Sydney found that when people predict the daily emotions of the next week, they will often underestimate the emotional level of Monday and Tuesday. In fact, in the following week, it will not pass on Monday and Tuesday. Other days are not as happy as they expected. Not only will they have bias when predicted, but when they recall the past week, it is easier to evaluate the emotional evaluation of Monday and Tuesday.

People often have bias when predicting and memories, thinking that it is very painful on Tuesday, but in fact, your mood may still be good on the same day ｜ References [7]

Monday morning is not necessarily worse than any other morning. In the interview, many subjects were surprised by the pessimistic impression of Monday in their hearts. In fact, there were many happy things on Monday, such as sharing their respective weekends with colleagues, and the actual feelings on Monday also happened more and actual that day actually happened that day. What is related.

Therefore, although the seven -day emotional cycle is common in the crowd, in fact, every week is different, and the emotions will not completely fluctuate in accordance with subjective predictions. People are similar to specific days. Impression, instead of being influenced by biased emotional expectations, it is better to explore its own emotional cycle.

You can record your mood every night, and write a sentence or two of what you have experienced today, and you will gradually discover your emotional cycle characteristics

Mood Tracking is an effective method [8]. By using emotions to record APP or emotional diary, creating a space for yourself to reflect on the progress and feelings of the day, and have a clearer awareness of your emotional fluctuations.

Long -term records can find your own emotional change model, for example, maybe you are often more anxious and sad on Sunday night, or usually feel better on Tuesday afternoon. Use these data to find the reasons behind these emotional fluctuations to change or accept them calmly. By exploring your emotions, you may know when you can be immersed and focused, when should you put down the work cup milk tea.

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[3]Early Bird Gets The Worm: New Survey Reveals Productivity Peaks For Workers Across 28 U.S. Citieshttps://press.roberthalf.com/2019-07-25-Early-Bird-Gets-The-Worm-New-Survey-Reveals -PRODUCTIVITY-Peaks-For-Workers-Across-U-S-CITIES

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Author: this wood, editor: small towel, You Zhixuan

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