Essays/Aug 2026·2 min

4,000 Mondays

If you live until 80 that's 4,000 Mondays you'll experience. That's almost 11 years where you can choose to be positive or negative about starting your week.

People can be so negative about Mondays and without going into why, let me just share some perspective. If you live until 80 that's 4,000 Mondays you'll experience. 4,000 Mondays is the equivalent to almost 11 years in total. 11 years where you can choose to be positive or negative about starting your week.

I'm not saying you have to ignore the things that are hard, but what I am saying is if you can figure out a way to be positive about Mondays, you'll have significantly impacted the quality of ~11 years of your life. Find a reason to be happy and start your week off right today — happy Monday!

Living clear and connected,

— Dr. Anthony Lopez