First of all, instead of calling it “beating the Monday blues”, I would call it “dancing with the Monday blues” (will be explained later).
As today is Monday, this very thought of Monday blues came to my mind and I would make the following suggestions:
1) Acknowledge its existence if it affects you at all; otherwise this blog does not apply to you.
2) Go to bed earlier on Sunday night in anticipation of a new week.
3) Arrange something to cheer yourself up. For example, you may want to have dinner with friends in the Monday evening. Give yourself a treat.
4) Not to overwhelm yourself with a lot of tasks (meetings) to tire you out on the first working day of the week (for most people).
5) Reframe Monday blues to mitigate its negative association. You may call it Monday special instead of Monday blues (to be more neutral). It is quite personal and the idea is to make it more neutral instead of negative. By calling it “dancing with the Monday blues” instead of “beating the Monday blues” is another example. Dancing is more positive than beating as we don’t need to frame it as a battle.
6) Look at it with a more positive light. It is the fresh beginning of a week and there is hope of a new start. It will lead to another weekend.
On that note, happy Monday to all :>