The first full working week of the year is like an endurance test, but we’re too disorientated to get off the starting blocks at full speed.
Instead, we’re limping into Monday regretting not buying a lottery ticket this weekend, wondering what’s the point of life is without mince pies, lie-ins and mulled wine on tap.
If the first Monday at work has also left you in existential crisis, you’re not alone.
Most people are experiencing pure dread
Others are full of self-doubt
Some are in a state of denial
And others have prepared for the worst