Why is Thursday the worst day of the week?
Hello you! ✨
Can you believe that it's already Thursday?
Let’s be honest: Thursday is the worst day of the week: It just weirdly hangs around between the others! While Monday marks the beginning of a new start, full of plans, motivation and optimism that then gently swap over into Tuesday, Wednesday already feels like "Ouch, I really have to get things going now!", whereas Friday is technically already part of the weekend (accompanied by the idea of "Oh, I'll just do it next week" (Fill in your procrastinated task of choice)). And nobody, literally NOBODY, doesn't like Saturday and Sunday. Thus, Thursday is the weekly culprit! Do you feel the same? 🙊
Let's take a closer look at what Thursday actually means.
The day is named after Thor, the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder (and now forever branded in our brains with the looks of Chris Hemsworth 😜). It literally means "Thor’s day" in Old English. In most Roman languages, however, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was also the god of sky and thunder. Some religions suggest to fast on Thursdays, while others celebrate it as highly auspicious, such as 'Holy Thursday' before Easter, the day on which the Last Supper apparently occurred. Thursdays are considered to be lucky days, and babies born on this day will, according to an old nursery rhyme, go far in life. And in Buddhist Thailand, Thursday is considered to be ‘Teacher’s Day,” and it is believed that a person should begin their education on that very day. Hear, hear!
I personally believe that one should do as much as possible to get over with the day as fast as possible, and with the least amount of disturbances. 😅
The best way to do this is with the help of a nice, long DAYTIME NAP. Yes, you read correctly: A nice snooze after lunch! At least in Goa, the tradition of siesta is standard procedure: Most shops are closed from between 1 and 4pm (or even 5pm, depending on how much fish curry the owner ate for lunch), as it's the best time to beat the heat, and digest in peace.
Pete Hamill once said, “The replenishing thing that comes with a nap — you end up with two mornings in a day.”
Napping in the daytime also offers many health benefits: It improves your memory, lifts your mood, eases stress and physical over-stimulation, and makes you more creative, alert, and thus more HAPPY. Recently, I stumbled across this amazing audio book "TRULY BORING FAIRY TALES", which is perfect to get you into your sleepy groove. A lovely woman with a very calming voice tells you her version of popular fairy tales that are SOOOOOO BORING and SOOOO SLOW and NOTHING EVER HAPPENS that your brain has no other choice than passing out. That said, whoever wrote these stories, is a genius (you will understand when you listen)! 🦄
So press play, set your phone aside, and snooze away. Wishing you the best nap ever! 🦋
With love from Goa,
Isabelle 🌿
