mondays
Here I am again. Monday morning. I wonder how many Monday’s I’ve been alive for. I was born on a Wednesday. There are 52 Monday’s in a year. I’ve been here for 30 years minus two and a bit weeks and two days. So give or take I am about 1557 Monday’s old. That’s a lot of Mondays.
To me Monday’s are neutral. Neutral because sometimes they are good and somedays they are bad. So if I were to take all those Mondays I’ve been around I think they would be a wash; evenly good and evenly bad.
I didn’t really like getting up and going to school Monday’s but for the most part I would say it was enjoyable by the end of the day. As an adult Mondays have been kind of good but maybe mostly anxiety inducing.
Do you like Mondays?
Today was a good Monday. I slept in and went for breakfast with my friend at a diner. I had avocado toast, fruit, and two sunny side eggs. My friend and I talked about our weekend. This campaign I’m running, hopes and dreams, and things we are working towards. I think it is really healthy and good to eat with friends. Together that breakfast was probably ~$50-$60. That’s a lot of money. It sucks that going to eat breakfast with your friend has got that expensive. I guess this is in Toronto but still; why do only rich people get to sit and have breakfast with their friend on a Monday.
I guess it’s because people have to work. Or people have to do stuff. Maybe.
So that’s going to eat with one (1) friend. What about going to eat with many friends? What about going to eat when you have a kid? Or you’re trying to save for a house? Or you’re trying to save to bring a family member over from an other country? Or you’re trying to save to start a family, buy a house, and move your elderly parents from another country to live with you?
Is getting breakfast with your friend(s) worth doing at the sacrifice of those other goals?
No wonder guys are lonely. Practicing friendship in that way is expensive. In a lot of cases prohibitively so.
I guess you don’t have to get breakfast with your friend on a Monday but it is a nice way to start the day.
There are a lot of nice ways to start the day. Not all the nice ways to start the day are expensive but a lot of them are. Going out to eat or get coffee, lunch or dinner. It’s a sacrifice to have that in your life. I guess it always has been. But I see why people do it; eating together with people allows for a deep connection.
Maybe I’m entitled. Maybe I’m out of touch. Maybe I am naive.
I think more people should be getting breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. I think men should be doing that with their friends. I also think that you should be able to do that without jeopardizing your financial life. Without having to think about can I eat with my friend or pay rent. Without having to think can I have friends or can I have a place to live.
I don’t know.
I think about that kind of stuff a lot.
Maybe I’m overthinking it. Maybe I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill. Maybe.
Or maybe that would be a nice thing.
What do you think?
Stay connected out there.