Why Fractional Work Is the Best Way to Fight the Blue Mondays

Antonio Portuesi
May 20
2 min read

It’s Monday morning. The alarm buzzes, your inbox is already overflowing, and the thought of another week stuck in back-to-back meetings feels like a weight pressing on your chest.

Welcome to the phenomenon we all know too well: Blue Mondays, that gloomy feeling of starting another uninspired week.

But what if Mondays didn’t have to feel like this at all?

Enter the world of fractional work—the best way to the modern workplace blues.

What Causes Blue Mondays?

Lack of purpose
Rigid routines
Commuting fatigue
Endless to-dos with little autonomy
A calendar filled with meetings you didn’t ask for

Blue Mondays are rarely about laziness. They’re about disconnection—from our work, our energy, and our sense of agency.

How Fractional Work Changes Everything

1. You Own Your Schedule: Fractional professionals choose their projects and set their calendars. Want to start late on Mondays? Take a longer lunch? Block out mornings for deep focus? Done. The power to design your week makes Mondays feel like a choice—not a trap.

2. You Work with Intention, Not Obligation: Fractionals are hired for impact, not hours. You work on projects that matter, solve real problems, and bring your full value without wasting time in performative meetings or internal politics.

3. You Start the Week with Variety: Fractional work often involves multiple clients or sectors. Monday might mean refining a pitch for a tech startup, while Tuesday you’re mentoring a sustainability team. Variety energizes your mind and breaks monotony.

4. You Eliminate the Commute (and the Dread): Most fractional roles are remote or hybrid, freeing you from the soul-draining cycle of rush hour. That saved time? It becomes space for movement, mindfulness, or creativity — all of which help ease the Monday blues.

5. You Reconnect with Purpose: When you work fractionally, you're in control of what projects you take on and who you work with. That alignment means you spend more time doing meaningful work — and less time asking, “What am I even doing here?”

It's Not Just Work. It's Life on Your Terms.

The best part? Fractional work doesn’t just fix your Mondays — it changes your entire relationship with work. It gives you the autonomy, variety, and clarity that corporate roles often take away.

And when you start your week from a place of choice — not obligation — you don’t dread Mondays anymore. You own them.