Alessandra is reading…

Ever since one Monday a few weeks ago when I saw multiple “Monday Blues” posts on bookstagram, I knew I had to get my take out there. I knew I should put my personality in that kind of post with some honesty and motivation for others. And I started calling it Monday Motivation.

So, pictured is a blue book that I’ve been thinking of and my current read. I’ve thought of Group recently because I’ve also been thinking of looking at some of my psychology books that I haven’t touched in a couple of years. I also thought of Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi after listening to an old episode of Andy Frisella with Tia Clair Toomey. 

My Monday Motivation for today – I’ve barely groaned about it being Monday. Instead, I started my standard morning and as soon as that clock hit 9am, I began to make the calls and emails needed for the things that I want. I made sure I was on it, in these people’s inboxes and voicemails so they would get their work done for me as soon as they heard and saw my name. 

I used to have so much anxiety calling people on the phone. When I was in college, I worked one job for 2 years that required me to interact with people face to face and make phone calls. I was giving myself exposure therapy because I knew these were things that I didn’t want to do, but they were things that I would have to do if I wanted to prosper in life. I went to graduate school and stopped making as many phone calls (I had more face to face interactions and got a lot better at those). During the pandemic, my phone call anxiety significantly increased. These past couple of weeks, I didn’t hesitate with making phone calls, I did think twice, but hesitate I did not. Because I knew that if I wanted to get new things started and have the life that I want, I need to do what I’m uncomfortable with. 

Read on and kick Monday in the ass.