Hi ,
I like Mondays. Don't really know why. The social paradigm is that we live for the weekends, but dread Mondays. Because we're, y'know, back to work. And work sucks. That's what we're taught to believe.
Of course that's not true for everyone. It may not be true for a lot of people. I like weekends as much as the next person. But weekends are different for different people. In Starbucks over the weekend, the barista and I got to talking and she said, "this is my Thursday." It was Sunday. Her schedule was definitely shifted from the norm.
So why do I like Mondays? I like getting back in the saddle, to see what I can get up to that helps create business for
TradeshowGuy Exhibits, helps exhibitors, lets me be creative. Yes, I know I'm lucky in that I work for myself. But that wasn't always the case,
in fact, for most of my life I've worked for other people. And generally, I always loved Mondays.
When I was in radio, I loved getting back on the air after a two day weekend. Actually, for most of my radio career, a 6-day work week at least half the time was normal. Extra shifts on the weekend were typical. But I still loved getting on the air. Yes, there were days that it seemed like the shift would never end, but overall, I loved the job, loved being on the air, loved radio.
Here in the tradeshow world, it's different. But not that much. You still have to do the job. You have to get things done. You have to be efficient and make good use of your time. And here in this world, I still get to be creative, which is one of the reasons I do this newsletter, record the podcast, write books, etc. It scratches my creative itch.
What are you doing in your job to have fun, to create, to scratch that itch?
Soundtrack* for this issue:
Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. Released in 1971, it was the third of four albums in three years. Critics have said that these first four albums are, in a sense, the best of the band. I was barely 16 when this came
out, and it was the first Black Sabbath album I could say I fully heard. My recollection is I heard it when visiting a friend. Then my older brother bought it. Oddly enough, I never owned a copy until I got much older, but I heard it enough that it made a big impression. According to Wikipedia, it's often referred to as "doom metal, stoner rock, sludge metal." But it sold a ton, and it was the first top ten album for the band until they released
13 in 2013, their final studio album.
*What do I mean by soundtrack? It's the album I toss on the sound system while I hammer out this issue of the newsletter. Wanna join in? Track it down on YouTube or one of those streaming services.
