Stop Waiting for the Weekend, Mid-week Magic Exists

How to find magic in everyday life instead of just surviving until Friday.

Everyone’s favourite day? Friday or Saturday, hands down. Maybe the odd Sunday-lover out there but it’s always “thank god it’s the weekend!”

Not me.

I’ve always said to my sister that I f*cking love during the week. Mondays to Thursdays are where the magic happens.

Why I love weekdays

During the week is where I grow. It’s where I learn, where I get uncomfortable, where I make progress.

During the week I eat better, think clearer, move more, and generally just feel more like me. Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love the weekend too, two days off work, freedom to do what you want. But during the week is da oneeeeee. 

My favourite day is Thursday incase you were wondering. It’s got that lil cheeky weekend energy but still holds all the productivity of a weekday. Thursdays are when I do my glow-ups, book things, plan things, dream a bit bigger ya know. I always describe Thursdays like being in the airport before holiday. Hear me out, it’s like you know you have so many good times ahead, the thrill is unmatched, you’re excited to get there but also buzzing that it’s all ahead of you. 

Stop saving joy for Friday

Growing up, my mum always said, “We’ll do that in the summer.” I’d say, “Mum, let’s go here or watch that movie!” and she’d go, “Aye, in the summer.”

THE SUMMER?! Why not now?

I think that’s where I get my “do it now” attitude from. If I want to do something, I do it. I don’t wait until the weekend, or the perfect time, or when everyone else is free, I’ll go alone. Life’s too short.

And I get it, life can be tough. Sometimes it’s hard to even get through the day, never mind go and do something exciting on a Tuesday. But that’s the thing: that’s exactly when you need to find a wee sprinkle of magic in the ordinary.

Finding magic in the mundane

Magic isn’t just big trips and plane tickets. It’s the small, ordinary things you choose to notice:

✨ Waking up a bit earlier and sitting quietly with your coffee instead of scrolling.

✨ Buying yourself fresh flowers on a Wednesday just because.

✨ Putting on music while you cook and pretending you’re the main character in a film or my own personal favourite that you are Ainsley Harriott on Ready Steady Cook. 

✨ Going for a walk before or after work and noticing the smell of the air changing through the seasons.

✨ Wearing your favourite outfit to Tesco – who said fashion was for weekends?

✨ Taking yourself out for dinner midweek, phone-free.

✨ Sitting journaling, or reading OR go for a swim instead of watching another series you don’t even like.

✨Join a class to learn a new skill

✨ Calling someone you love instead of waiting until “you have more time.”

The truth is, life can be sh*t sometimes. Things fall apart, people disappoint us, and work can feel relentless. But gratitude, the tiny kind, not the performative kind – has this weird way of pulling you out of it.

It’s like a quiet, gentle upward spiral. You start noticing the good, and the good starts noticing you back.

It’s not about spending loads of money or turning your week into a non-stop party. It’s about shifting your mindset from “I just have to get through this week” to “I get to live this week.”

A wee reality check

You don’t need to be happy all the time to have a good life. You just need to notice the small things that are good — even when other bits aren’t.

Your morning coffee, a funny text from a mate, a good song on the radio, the smell of rain, your pet doing something ridiculous – that’s the magic. That’s the stuff that keeps you going.

Go make Tuesday your new favourite day.

Buy the flowers. Book the class. Eat the steak. Dance in your kitchen. Romanticise your life because no one else will do it for you.

We’re going to die one day, so you may as well live while you’re here.

This is your sign to find the magic in your Monday.

Love,

Cat x