Sunday scaries

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   Anxiety felt on Sunday evenings by people who have to return to work on Monday morning,…

   Anxiety felt on Sunday evenings by people who have to return to work on Monday morning, about the weekend (and free time) being over and the pressures of the workweek resuming.

   • VON: Sunday scaries is that feeling when the weekend's over, Monday's coming, you got stuff due, but you try to ignore it, you just sit there. / SARAH: (Laughs.) Yeah, thanks, Von. Sarah thinks . . . Von's right, Sunday scaries.
   • ... with a heavy dose of rest, and Mondays consequently shifted to “do the bare minimum” days. As a result, I no longer experienced the so-called Sunday scaries on a regular basis. I looked forward to the week ahead with minimal stress.
   • I had a friend who suffered from what she called the Sunday scaries. Maybe you can relate. The Sunday scaries are when you get to Sunday evening and start to realize that the weekend is over and you're about to go back to work.

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