Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow

Let’s get something straight. Is Sunday the end of the week? Because according to our calendars, Saturday is. For all intent and purposes though, and taking into consideration the predominant workweek that is ruled by corporate America is Monday through Friday, making Sunday the end of the week, we’ll go with Monday through Sunday.

Okay, let’s break it down. We’re going to criss-cross, so pay attention here. Today is Wednesday. Now before we go forward, let’s examine the past. Tuesday was yesterday and Monday was last Monday. Or is it this past Monday. Last Monday implies Monday from last week, and two days ago is still this week, making it this past Monday, according to individuals who I’ll call weeklies. Weeklies are individuals who think by the week rather than by the day. I don’t know about you, but I’m a daily. I think and live day-to-day, not week-to-week. (Technically, we live by the second because according to time, anything can happen at any given time, but that’s another paper.)

We’ve gone from living on a daily basis to a weekly basis. You could almost make a case for calling two days ago “last Monday”. The contractors will always contest it, though, by asking “do you mean this past Monday or last week”. All I have to say is “do you live by the day or by the week, because if it’s by the day, last Monday was two days ago.” If you insist it’s Monday from last week, you’re living by the week, not by the day. Notice if you say last Saturday/Sunday, people automatically think this past Saturday/Sunday. Why? Because our mindset has established Monday as the beginning of the week, so last Saturday/Sunday and this past Saturday/Sunday, although the same in this case, was last week. You can also substitute the term “weekend” in its place and it would have the same outcome.

Fast forward to tomorrow. That would be Thursday. Friday is this Friday, Saturday is this Saturday, and remember, we’re talking about a Monday-Sunday week, Sunday is this Sunday. So, where does that leave Monday. Not this past Monday or last Monday, but the one coming up. Is it next Monday, because it’s next week, or this Monday, because it’s the next Monday coming up. Depends on how you live your life – daily or weekly? Weeklies would say next Monday because it’s next week. Dailies would say this Monday because last Monday was this past Monday. Weeklies would counter with this Monday was this past Monday because it’s still the same week, so since this Monday coming up is next Monday, it’s next Monday. Why do we say a week from last Monday, when weeklies consider last Monday as the Monday from last week? Weeklies contradict themselves. Dailies get it right.

How do you live your life?