Hello! My name is Lainne and welcome to Happy Monday!

This story begins at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Born from, self-serving roots, it started out as a weekly gathering of myself and a few friends. Our mission was to conquer the Monday blues. We decided that if we got together every Monday for dinner, drinks, coffee, whatever, that we would have something to look forward to, something to get excited about, and thus a reason to get out of bed without growling on Monday morning. Being cleaver students and budding intellectuals we aptly called our Monday evening social event ‘Happy Monday’.

It worked. In no time, I began to look forward to Monday, heck, I was even a little joyous about it. This joy stayed with me even after University. Most people found my Monday mood a tad, lets say curious.... I found myself sharing my University experience with friends, co-workers, sales people, waiters, bartenders, etc. It was becoming overwhelmingly obvious that most people were in definite need of some Monday cheer. Meanwhile, life had become very, very busy. I was living in a big corporate city, and the idea of making a weekly date with friends seemed unlikely. So, I embraced the standard means of communication and the Happy Monday text was given life.

Life has a way of consistently guiding one toward the direction of change, and growth, if you let it. I no longer live in a big corporate city. These days, my life is lived out of a suitcase (a whole other story). My main means of communication has become the internet via my constant companion, Angel, my macbook. Thus, bringing forth the inevitable evolution of Happy Monday.

I find myself pleasantly surprised to have witnessed the life cycle of a University experiment. The simple awesomeness that is Happy Monday has touched the lives of many people. It brings a bright smile to my face to know that even a small amount of grace can be found in its message.

Thank you for reading and enjoy your day! See you next Monday for the first official Happy Monday message.

Lainne

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