An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but it won’t do anything to cure you of a case of the Mondays. Making a successful transition from weekend mode to workweek mode can require practice. After all, we have a lot working against us on Mondays.
For starters, science says sleeping in on the weekend can interfere with your body clock and result in a not so cheerful Monday morning. As psychologist Susanna Jernelöv, a sleep researcher at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, explains, “It’s partly because of our circadian rhythm, so when you sleep in later, it’s like giving yourself a bit of jet-lag, and jet-lag makes you less bright and perky.”
