Monday Blues

How many of you are experiencing the "Monday Blues"?



Its Monday!



What is it with Mondays?

Here are some fascinating and positive facts about Mondays:

The first Oscars were held on a Monday
On Monday 13 December 1903, a toss of a coin gave Wilbur the honour of making the first flight.
Amedeo Giannini, son of Italian immigrants to the US, started the Bank of America in a converted saloon in San Francisco at 9 am on Monday, 17 October 1904
Monday 11, 1955:. The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.

Not so great but something that says some of can worry about Monday is the fact that the World stock exchanges collapsed on Black Monday, 20 Oct, 1987

But why so miserable?

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Its time to be positive. The great news is that a number of South African economists are stating that there will NOT be a recession. They do say things will be tough but we can be safe in the knowledge that recession will not hit South Africa.

Even if it does here is today's tip to beat the blues.

This weekend my wife and I were given a voucher for Pick n Pay. It's a great thing. We decided to NOT use it but rather treat it as a savings account.

Huh?

Yes. Saving for a raining day is often difficult. With cash in your hand it is spent. With the banks in South Africa charging crazy rates the banks don't allow you save. So what do we do? We use the voucher. Pick n Pay is just one example, other shops and shopping centres offer these voucher cards. They can be topped up at any time. So we decided to create a top up account for Pick n Pay.

We have started with R50 and will add R20 or R50 every week or so. We won't look at what the balance is until we are feeling really depressed, which luckily is not that often. Then it will pick us up and we can go and buy something nice. It's simple but positive and is affordable to all.




So....

Today is Monday.

The sky is blue.

The sun is shining.

I have my health.

I have a stew cooking in the slow cooker

And life is good.

Smile, keep positive. What are you doing that makes you happy? Share it with others?

Be positive!