Thank God It's Tuesday

Let's give it up to Tuesday, the most under-appreciated day of the week. People at least hate Monday. Wednesday is Hump Day, Thursday gets you College Night drink specials at the bars, and Friday got its very own restaurant. What did Tuesday get? Nothing.

It gets even worse for Tuesday if you assume that the seven days it took to create the earth in the Christian creation story were literal days. Sunday got light and Monday got water, pretty important. On Wednesday the weather was clear and we got stars. Thursday and Friday saw the start of life and Saturday was the original weekend. Tuesday? Well, Tuesday got dirt.

I find that Tuesday is the real start of the week. Come Tuesday, you have survived slogging through the haze of Monday and come out the other side. The coming weekend still stands far off on the horizon, too distant to draw your mind away from the reality of being mired in your week. Tuesday is for facing reality which makes Tuesday the most important day of all.

It is easy in life to become distracted. Most of us spend our time dreaming of the future or thinking over the past. Rarely do we see what is right in front of us. In the present we apply the lessons of the past to achieve our dreams for the future. So go ahead and mourn the coming of Monday and smile at the thought of the coming weekend on Wednesday. But remember, Tuesday, the least respected of days, is where you'll get things done.