In case you haven't heard, Thursdays are the most evil days of every week. They drain your energy and make it impossible for you to think clearly  or use good judgment. If, that is, you aren't prepared for them.

The days of the week are as follows:

Monday: Everybody dogs on Mondays, but that's usually their own faults for having stayed up too late on Sunday nights. In reality, Mondays are often not too bad, because you've filled up your fun tank over the weekend and the memories should sustain you for the first day of the work week. You might even remember why you liked your job in the first place on Monday.

Tuesday: Arguably Thursday's nasty little brother, Tuesdays can have serious attitude. The fun high you rode the day before has crashed, and the work week still looks dreadfully long. I recommend having a special playlist of fantastic music especially designed to distract you from the fact that it is Tuesday.

Wednesday: It's Hump Day! The first half of the week is over, and it's all downhill from here. Making it to the weekend now looks like a manageable feat. Also, cue awkward double entendre jokes with not-so-subtle coworkers. Wednesdays can be fun!

Thursday: Ugh. Yuck. Nasty. Thursdays are the WORST. Think about it. By the time Thursday rolls around, you are ready for the weekend. Work demands can be especially heavy on Thursdays (my friends in the medical field say this is especially true in hospitals and crisis clinics) as mental fatigue worsens judgment, causing careless mistakes that must be corrected AND/OR people who haven't done their work all week try to cram it into one day by dumping some on you. Develop a "Thursday bubble" and stay inside it!! Thursdays are also terrible because they taunt you with their almost-Friday-ness. You are tired enough for it to be Friday, but it's not. Oh, no. It's THURSDAY.

Friday: Fridays are AWESOME!! Try not to get too excited, but the moment the work day ends the weekend begins!! Woohoo!! *happy dance*

So how do we survive the dreaded Thursday? I have a few tricks that have worked for me over the years. As with Tuesdays, if you are allowed to listen to music at work (I'm not, but I keep my iPod with me for my breaks), I highly recommend making a playlist of survival music that keeps your determination high and prevents you from bottoming out. Friday will follow if we can just keep breathing through Thursday. I also move my early morning workouts to after work on Thursdays and reserve my all-time favorites for this day. That way, I get a little extra sleep AND have something fun and distracting to look forward to on Thursdays. Packing an extra tasty lunch and using your lunch break to read a great book helps, too (doing this every day might avoid the Thursday dip altogether, but start with baby steps).

Good luck with surviving your own almost-Friday-ness! We can make it!!