Monday Monday!

I opted out of the gym today. It was an easy choice. Since the shop is closed on Monday's. the day starts out with less urgency. One might think that given this is the case, I actually would have more time to go to workout.I have chosen to use Monday's as a respite from that routine. The challenge will be tomorrow when I once again have to motivate myself to get my butt in gear and get back at it.
This is one of those Monday's when I did not prepare well. I chose to spend a great deal of time yesterday,not preparing for the day today.I had no real goals other than survival and weathering whatever may happen to come up during the upcoming week. Like someone bracing for a punch, I could feel myself tensing up as the day went on. Now I sit here with this "okay, bring it on " attitude instead of taking control of the day. 
That's just a dumb plan!
As I think about it, this is in sharp contrast to the way I addressed Monday last week. I specifically remember cleaning my desk over the weekend last week so that Monday morning I would have a clean slate. I remember sitting down,on Monday morning, grabbing a pen and jotting down at least 10 agenda items that I wanted to address that day. Some resolved quickly others lingered on until I could find my way clear to address them. However, I had a map and with that map in hand I eventually developed a course of action.It was a very effective process.
This weekend and today specifically, I seem to have chosen a course of inaction.I am literally glued to my chair,waiting for life to come at me. I find this to be as ineffective as can possibly be.
So here's my new plan of action for today. I am gong to pour a cup of coffee,have a piece of fruit and get my day started over again. The first and most important thing for me to do is to get up and away from this self imposed prison, my desk, and energize the entire process by moving around.
There are a few things I know I wanted to accomplish before the rest of my week happened so why not get them out of the way.
Late in July I had jotted down the following :Spring Fever/ The Dog Days of Summer. 
I had no idea why. The note sat on my desk for a couple of weeks. Today I am starting to see what that was about. It was a cautionary note to myself. Both of these ,Spring Fever and the Dog Days of Summer are times of inaction for me. The apathy I experience at these times drains me of my energy. Being aware of this is important if I want to have any hopes of working my way through what traditionally are trying times for myself.
Amazing how the mind knows!
Absolutely amazing.