Did you ever felt the need for a fresh start?
How many times you said to yourself: "I'll start from ..."?
Somehow I'm always in the need for a fresh start. It seems that my quest for improvement will always start on the next Monday, or the next first of the month. I don't like something? I'll fix it from Monday.
Have you ever wondered why you heard so often "I'll do it from Monday?".
"I'll start going to the gym on Monday"
"I'll start my diet on Monday"
"I'll start working on myself on Monday"
We use Monday as a temporal landmark. Temporal landmarks interrupts our day to day attention. A chance at a do over. It gives us a fresh start.
The temporal landmark works like a train station. It takes us from point A to point B. And let's get honest, every time measuring unit we have it's a temporal landmark in the end. Because we can't stop the time or put in a bag. We can only measure it.
There are some famous temporal landmarks. In the book I'm reading there are actually 86 days presented as temporal landmarks. I've selected only a few of them.
- Mondays(52 in a year)
- First day of the month(twelve)
- First day of winter, spring, summer, autumn(four)
- Your birthday(one)
- Christmas(one)
- Easter(one)
- New Year(one - the king of landmarks)
I've only presented the few ones that I know I'm using. For example, I'm using the next Monday and Tuesday as a fresh start in some areas of my life. Monday is a temporal landmark in itself while Tuesday is 1st of May.
I realised that our psychology is quite strange in this way. Why would we wait for a specific day to make a change? I don't really know. But I always feel comfortable to start fresh on a Monday. Like a clean slate. Just like on New Years. New years, New me and the New Year Resolution.
Does it really matter why it works? As long as it works? For me it works. I feel motivated on Mondays. And on the firsts of each month. I feel like an opportunity to start something. I feel full of energy.
For you, when is the time for a fresh start?
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