Monday Motivation

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Monday Motivation is a slogan redistributed on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook under the hashtag #MondayMotivation where users of the social media sites post positive messages on a Monday. [1] Positive quotes and uplifting messages are included in this hashtag as well as many photographs. [2] Monday was the chosen day for such hashtag as a result of the widely known Monday Blues phenomena. [3] The hashtag also aims to inspire productivity for all, with users using this hashtag for motivating other users to get out of bed on a Monday morning. [4]

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References

  1. "#MondayMotivation Is The Positive Twitter Trend We Should All Get On Board With". Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Quotes, Motivational. "Monday motivation" . Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Monday Motivation: Quotes and images to get your week started". The Metro. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. "#MondayMotivation: 10 Tweets to Inspire Productivity (While You're Wasting Time on Twitter)". payscale. Retrieved 30 March 2017.