Category: Mental Health | Reading Time: 4 Minutes
It’s 7:30 PM on a Sunday. The credits are rolling on your weekend.
You just finished dinner, and Netflix is on. By now, you should be relaxing.
But instead, there’s that familiar, heavy rock sitting right in the center of your chest. Your jaw is tight enough to crack a walnut. You are already mentally drafting defensive emails for a meeting that doesn’t happen for another 14 hours.
You feel sick. You feel dread.
Essentially, you are mourning the weekend before it is even officially dead.
Welcome to the Sunday Scaries.
Stop Time Traveling (It’s Inefficient)
Let’s look at this from my perspective (the cat).
At this exact moment, I am kneading this very soft blanket. I am thinking only about this blanket. I am certainly not worrying about whether the dog next door is going to bark at 9 AM tomorrow.
You humans possess a particularly annoying habit called Future Tripping.
You aren’t living in your living room right now. You are mentally living in a hypothetical disaster zone somewhere around Monday morning.
Here is the math on why that is stupid: If you worry about Monday right now, you are suffering twice. Once in your imagination (tonight), and potentially again in reality (tomorrow).
It’s inefficient. It’s exhausting just watching you do it. Stop time traveling. You’re bad at it.
Anxiety is a Liar. Tarot is a Weather Report.
Think of your anxiety as a drama queen. It is a liar that only knows how to write worst-case scenario horror movies.
It whispers that you’re going to mess up the presentation, that everyone secretly hates you, and that you’re probably getting fired before lunch.
In reality, that is rarely true.
Real Tarot doesn’t do drama. It acts as a weather forecast, not a death sentence.
If the cards look intense (like the Ten of Wands or The Tower), they aren’t screaming “YOU’RE GOING TO DROWN!” They are simply suggesting, “Hey, it’s going to rain tomorrow. Bring an umbrella.”
Stop Acting Like a Victim
Currently, you are behaving like the victim in a scary movie, just waiting for the monster to jump out.
You need to stop asking the cards helpless questions like, “Will Monday be terrible?”
That question gives away all your power. It assumes Monday is going to happen to you, and you just have to sit there and take it.
It is time to shift your mindset from victim to protagonist.
Don’t ask if it will be bad. Ask how you can be ready.
Instead of worrying about the 10 AM meeting, ask the Oracle: “What specific strength do I need to handle that meeting?”
- Scenario A: You pull the Queen of Swords.
- The Advice: Be direct, factual, and cut the small talk.
- Scenario B: You pull The Magician.
- The Advice: You have all the tools you need. Improvising will work.
Suddenly, you aren’t scared anymore. You have a plan.
The Challenge: Put on Your Armor
You wouldn’t go to battle without a shield, so don’t go into Monday morning naked.
Tonight, before the dread takes over completely, pull one single card.
Ask the deck: “What is my armor for tomorrow?”
Look at the card. If it’s the Chariot, your armor is speed. If it’s the Hermit, your armor is silence. Trust it. Then turn off Netflix and go to sleep.
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