Physiologists and sociologists already found the gloomiest and the happiest days of the year (January, 21 and June, 20 respectively). Now they got down to the days of week. They finally figured out that the hardest day is Wednesday, not Monday as we all believe.
It is on Wednesday when people feel the weekend is still far away. What makes it worse, Wednesday is associated with the biggest workflow during the week. In addition, psychologists surprisingly discovered that while we are dying for the weekend, its actual coming does not make us happy.
Scientists at the University of Sydney conducted a poll among 200 adults, asking about the hardest day of the week. Most of interviewees said they felt the worst about Monday morning and Monday evening, but the approaching weekend made them feel better, especially on Friday and Saturday. Their point was that they had no urgent business those days and could plan their time as they pleased.
Then, psychologists organized a “real time” experiment. They were asking 350 volunteers the same question – How do you feel today? – through the week. The study showed the volunteers felt different through the week compared to their former answers. Monday turned out to be not that awful while Friday and Saturday didn’t bring excepted relief.
Charles Areni, a head of the research team, thinks people are burdened with many stereotypes about the days of week stemming from the common idea that we feel good only when we are free to choose what to do, instead of working for the benefit of the employer. In fact, Areni goes on, the weekend takes away so much our energy that it feels like a job.
