Changing a holiday can change a week? Former Microsoft executive talks about “the world’s leading way to take time off

What can we do to avoid Monday depression?

There is a term called “Sazae-san Syndrome. It is a term that describes the feeling of being depressed on Sunday evenings when work and school start tomorrow. It is also known as “Blue Monday” overseas, and it seems to be a common problem worldwide to feel depressed on the Monday after a holiday.

I am sure you may have some of the same feelings as I do. On Saturday, you get up near noon to put away the accumulated laundry, and on Sunday you laze around on the Internet, and before you know it, it’s evening and you sigh, “Another week starts tomorrow.

Even people who are on the front lines of the world sometimes get lazy. It is a natural feeling that everyone has, to sleep in until noon because they are completely unmotivated.

I have done it many times myself, and what I tend to do is to waste time without being aware of it.

We should be intentional when we spend time being lazy. Try to change the environment by saying, “If I’m going to be lazy, I’ll go to the park and enjoy the sun. Or, you can set a time limit and say, “I’m going to be lazy until noon. Lazing around actively and proactively is different from lazing around aimlessly in terms of how tired your brain and heart will be.

If you are lazy for no reason, you tend to spend more time in self-denial, blaming yourself for such a situation. The first strategy to avoid on holidays is how to reduce the time of self-denial. If you deny yourself, you can recover from physical fatigue by resting, but you will not be able to get rid of mental and brain fatigue. If I’m going to linger the same way, I want to be intentional and proactive and welcome Monday.”

This is the advice of Shinji Koshikawa, author of “What Do the World’s Leading Professionals Do on Their ‘Day Off’? Mr. Koshikawa, a former Microsoft executive, established Cross River in 2005, and has proposed reforms in work styles, such as a “three-day workweek and remote work,” at more than 800 companies.