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Starting Monday, the typical five-day work week has its usual ebb and flow. Most employees hate that Sunday night feeling. Your weekend is almost over and the stress and grind of Monday is fast approaching like your 8am train. In the animated film Shrek, the feline character of Puss in Boots, while sitting in a local pub, humorously commented, “I hate Mondays.” The furry animated feline uttered a phrase that many Americans repeat in that weekly work ritual. Despite the emotional anguish of Monday, most people are looking for some relief. You scan the horizon for a ray of hope and catch a glimpse: Wednesday!
Wednesday, the hump day of the week, indicates that you have reached the top of the climb. You are at the height of your work week and will quickly slide into the weekend.
The humpback day celebration can reveal a lot about our modern work habits and human nature. It can also reveal the divide between those who truly enjoy their work and those who don’t.
In my work experience, almost everyone I’ve met bleeds the praises of hump day. To me, these workers were under intense stress in their jobs. So overwhelming was the stress that these people were looking for a little relief. In addition to the glorious Friday, Wednesday was the signal that the long week was almost over.
This sight on Wednesday is an indicator of a bigger problem. Today’s employee doesn’t seem to enjoy his job. If people enjoyed their races, then hump day wouldn’t be a sign of impending joy!
So what do you do if you’re at the love hump day camp? Well, it could be a sign that you need to find a new job. Or it could be a sign that you need to change your work perspective. The world is difficult to change, but our ability to change our own perceptions is relatively easy. I suspect that those who are most successful in their jobs don’t focus on the buzz of the workweek. Rather, they see it as an opportunity to challenge their own abilities while earning a living.
Before you think about changing your job or career, try this: Identify what you produce and how it helps people. No matter the job, we all perform a service or create a product that helps meet other people’s needs. Reflecting on this can alter your view of your work. Are you a worker on a car assembly line? Someone is going to use the vehicle you helped produce. Are you a high school teacher? So you are helping to educate the next generation to positively affect change. Do you work in food service? So you’re bringing joy to the taste buds of people who may be starving for attention or having a bad day. If you identify what you do and relate it to how you help people, then you can see your job in a more positive light and see Hump Day as just another day.
Today’s worker faces many challenges. The job market is not in your favor. Companies are cutting costs. The competition is fierce. Technology is automating many processes. But you don’t need to be your own enemy. While we’re justified in considering our weekends sacred, the workweek doesn’t have to be so torturous. So the next time someone says, “Thank God it’s hump day,” you might just shrug it off. Because for you, Hump Day is just another day in your productive and mentally healthy life.