Do Days of the Week have Personalities?
Do days have personalities or am I stirring an all new Nature / Nurture Debate? This thought came into my head yesterday as I was trying to find something to wear and has lingered. I have never liked Thursdays. I would not go as far as saying it is my least favourite day of the week, but if pushed, it probably is. What is it about Thursday that offends my sensibilities? What has poor Thursday done to meet with my curled lip and a “Meh”? I think days of the week may have personalities or we have given them ones based on how we use them. I might have stumbled on a new “psychological” phenomenon that will take the researchers years to untangle and debate. Is this the new nature, nurture debate?
Why don’t I like Thursdays? Thursday, to me is kind of clingy. The week is not over, but she sits next to much more glam sister Friday and whines. I have never known what to wear on a Thursday, my clothes don’t seem to match because they have been used up by Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and now sit there in an odd assortment of possibly turning to me to Grunge Fashion or Nudism. Friday knows her stuff. She is confident and upbeat. She holds the promise of freedom, like the last day of term at school. She is hot, she knows it, but she is not arrogant. Thursday simpers next to her, instead of asserting herself to BE something. Saturday is any thing you want to make her. She can do anything from the relaxing yoga guru to the high powered marathon runner. Talented and forward thinking! Sunday, I like, but she is the grandmother of the week, proud of her grandchildren (the previous days of her week), slightly nostalgic and somethimes sitting calming saying “Oi vey, another week”. Sunday only sometimes, get miserable around 7pm, like a friend who is a bit maudlin. Monday, I don’t mind. I am an “up and at ’em” kind of girl. Monday to me is always a fresh start, a clean slate an opportunity to shine. Tuesday, is a bit like Thursday, if you haven’t shone on Monday, Tuesday punishes you with how much you still have to go through. To me, Tuesday is the personal trainer, tough love, with a glimmer of hope. Wednesday knows she is the pivot point, “hump day”, she is positive and energetic. Which takes me back to Thursday and you know how I feel about her, so I will say no more!
What do you think? Is it just me? Is it the nature of the days or did we nuture them this way with our expectations? I am off now to play with Friday, my buddy who is uncomplicated…
You may be stirring an all new nature/nurture debate, a pretty cool one. The days do seem to me to have different personalities and some seem to be coloured differently too. Sundays for me have got a very dark yellow overtone (like a 3.30pm colour), which is totally irksome to me. I wouldn’t mind a total eclipse of the sun every single Sunday. Fridays ALWAYS feel Spring green, whatever the weather or time. They’re utterly gorgeous and beauteous days. Thursdays are a nice, clean dark blue. Blast, can’t carry on, Dave’s just dished up dinner…