Why I Don’t Work Mondays: Time, Culture & The Rebellion of Sovereignty
Most people dread Mondays. I love them. Because I reclaimed them.
As a Middle Eastern woman raised in the West, I noticed early on…
In Kurdistan-Iraq, the weekend is Friday + Saturday. The workweek starts Sunday. In the West, it’s Saturday + Sunday. The week starts Monday.
So who’s right? Neither. And both.
Time is a construct. But we’re conditioned to feel certain things on certain days: Monday = dread Friday = freedom Sunday = anxiety
When I moved from the UK to the U.S., I felt behind constantly. Even working 15-hour days - London was already awake. My nervous system was always racing.
Now I live in CST. And I’ve had to unlearn the panic of being “behind.” That wasn’t time. That was trauma.
One of my late mentors taught me the 6-Fold Path
A framework to deprogram from calendar-based conditioning. And it cracked me open. It inspired me to question everything.
Time became my friend. I remembered: I have all the time there is.
I don’t work Mondays. Not because I don’t love work - I do. But because I love my nervous system more. I’m not here to be on time for capitalism. I’m here to be on time for my calling.
And yes, I often work weekends. I run errands on Mondays. I go on weekday date nights. Because I’m not confined to the rules of someone else’s rhythm.
This isn’t rebellion without structure. It’s sovereignty with rhythm.
You don’t need permission to live differently. Just the courage to believe you’re allowed.
Lena Kay
Why I Don’t Work Mondays: Time, Culture & The Rebellion of Sovereignty
Most people dread Mondays.
I love them.
Because I reclaimed them.
As a Middle Eastern woman raised in the West, I noticed early on…
In Kurdistan-Iraq, the weekend is Friday + Saturday.
The workweek starts Sunday.
In the West, it’s Saturday + Sunday.
The week starts Monday.
So who’s right?
Neither. And both.
Time is a construct.
But we’re conditioned to feel certain things on certain days:
Monday = dread
Friday = freedom
Sunday = anxiety
When I moved from the UK to the U.S., I felt behind constantly.
Even working 15-hour days - London was already awake.
My nervous system was always racing.
Now I live in CST.
And I’ve had to unlearn the panic of being “behind.”
That wasn’t time.
That was trauma.
One of my late mentors taught me the 6-Fold Path
A framework to deprogram from calendar-based conditioning.
And it cracked me open. It inspired me to question everything.
Time became my friend.
I remembered:
I have all the time there is.
I don’t work Mondays.
Not because I don’t love work - I do.
But because I love my nervous system more.
I’m not here to be on time for capitalism.
I’m here to be on time for my calling.
And yes, I often work weekends.
I run errands on Mondays.
I go on weekday date nights.
Because I’m not confined to the rules of someone else’s rhythm.
This isn’t rebellion without structure.
It’s sovereignty with rhythm.
You don’t need permission to live differently.
Just the courage to believe you’re allowed.
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